Alex left her mother in law's hospital room, leaving her daughter with her grandmother and aunts to see how her brother has been doing this past few hours that she hasnt seen her. When she gets there she sees him dressed and almost ready to go home packing the last few of things.
" Where are you going Luca?" she asks and Luca looks up at her as if it wasn't visible what he was doing.
" Well I'm being discharged, the doc just needs to sign the papers."
Alex looks at him suspiciously and frowning " And where are you going to stay? Because you can't go back to your old house" .
Luca laughs at Alex's confused face " Well I'm going to be ok Alex, I've been okay before you found me, it's my destiny to disappoint people, and probably die as a drug addict and alcoholic..."
"What are you talking about Luca? Don't think that you're just going to get rid of me, I'm not gonna let you get back to that terrible life you had" Alex answered frustrated with her brother and how easily he's giving up on a better life.
"Alex you don't understand, my dad, or our dad, never cared about me, I don't even remember how his voice sounded or how his face looked when he smiled, I started drinking at 14 and smoked weed for the first time when I was 15, my mom walked out on me a few years after that, I only disappoint people, and I have never been loved, and I also don't expect you to love me, a stranger who just met her brother, who has her own beautiful family and is loved by all of them, I'm not angry at you, I just can't disappoint you too." Luca said as tears started to roll down his cheeks and he tries to wipe them before Alex sees he is crying although it is way too late.
" Alex I'm so useless that I can't even KILL myself, I don't want to get in your way, please leave me alone, you're pregnant, having someone like me is not good for you, your baby or anyone really." Luca continued and he could see the tears threatening to fall out of his sister's eyes.
Alex looked at how hurt her brother was, and she couldn't help but cry too
" Luca I can't believe that you're going to give up so easily, I'm gonna help you out no matter what, and you know why? Because I believe in you, and I KNOW that you're a great person…"
"Alex I'm not as great a person as you think, I just didn't tell you everything I should have… You know Alex I got involved with a Cuban gang who paid the house I lived in, while they paid I had to sell drugs, but mostly weed, in the street, when they discovered that I wasn't doing my part they burned down my house and I still owe them a lot of money. Ask your husband, Ryan, he will know that I'm speaking the truth."
Alex takes a seat at the couch near Luca's bed, she couldn't believe what she just heard " What are you talking about? Why haven't you mentioned this to me? When have you seen Ryan? What does Ryan have to do with this? Luca how dare you keeping things like this from me?" Alex got up quickly and walked around the room trying to understand everything Luca just told her
"Luca I'm so mad at you right now, you have no idea what I'm going through right now… I have enough stress to deal with I cannot deal with your half truths as well. But it doesn't even matter because the moment I found out about you I knew that I wanted to get to know you, when I met up with you the first time all I wanted to do is help you, you accepted my help and then you LIED to me, I don't even know who you are right now. All you had to do was be honest with me from the start." Alex looks at him crying as she raised her voice while talking to him or more like reprimanding him.
" Luca you don't have the right to walk out of this room and go anywhere else than a place where I'll know that you're okay. I always wanted to have a brother and I've liked you the moment that I started to know you better, and all of a sudden I receive a call that tells me you're hospitalized, if you had committed suicide you wouldn't be the first person I would lose to depression… do you know how hard it hit me? I have a friend who killed himself but I will help you come hell or high water because I am not giving up on you!" Alex answered him almost screaming when they both looked at the door that showed Ryan entering the room they were in.
"What is going on here?" Ryan asked genuinely confused.
" Ryan why didn't you tell me about Luca being involved with a Cuban gang ? Or more involved than what he told me." Alex asked her husband looking at him furiously, they were starting to walk in the peaceful direction of their marriage but as it seem right now they're going to another fight sooner than they expected.
" I didn't tell you because I didn't have time, there's so much going on right now in our lives that your drug addict and alcoholic brother slash criminal is the least important thing in my opinion" Ryan answered frustrated and when he realized what he said and saw the look on Alex's face he regretted his words immediately.
" Ryan, you don't have any right to talk to me or my brother like that, I'm starting to think that you're going to win the 'husband of the year award' with all the s*** you've been doing this last days." Alex looked at her husband and brother as if she was capable to throw both of them to the wolves.
" I think I'm going to let the two of you talk alone, and once again I'm sorry for causing trouble in your marriage" Luca said as he walked out of his hospital room.
"I'm sorry Alex, I didn't mean to say it.. I've came here earlier and I thought he was a great kid but then he told me about this crimes and I just… didn't think it through before saying it, I'm really sorry babe" Ryan walked over to Alex trying to hold her hand but she just walked back, not wanting to be touched by her husband.
Hey guys this chapter has been written by help offered since I am unable to type on my laptop. I am grateful for the help and feedback I get from all of you guys. Thank you for all the love.
Lovies-S & L
