Chapter 7
Milia sat on her bed, listening to music. It had been a week since she had gotten back,
and now she was alone in the mansion with just the servants and body guards. She was
bored. Linda had been the only one to visit her. And Milia was disappointed because she
wanted to spend time with Vince. She loved the idea of having a father, but it wasn't like
she had hoped for.
"Milia!" She looked up to see one of the maids at the door. "Your parents are here and
want to talk to you." Then she left before Milia could say anything.
'I hope they're here for awhile.' Milia thought to herself as she got up. She checked
herself to make sure she was presentable then made her way downstairs. Linda and
Vince were in his office, they looked up as she came into the room.
They both stood up and hugged her. Vince giving her a kiss on the cheek. She sat down
next Linda and waited to hear what they had to say.
"Milia, we wanted to talk to you about something." Vince said sounding somewhat
business like.
"Okay." Milia answered slightly confused.
"We've decided to get you a tutor. We want you to have an education. Then you can go
on to any college that you want to." Vince said. "But, we've decided that it would be
best if you were away from here, so that you will be able to concentrate. There are to
many distractions here."
Milia felt her heartbreak. Sure, she wanted to learn all that she could, but to be sent
away. 'They must not want me here.' Milia thought to herself. 'They must be ashamed
of me.' But in no way was Milia going to make herself look like a fool, she wasn't going
to stay somewhere she wasn't wanted.
"Okay." Milia simply replied. What else could she do? There was no where else she
could go. The only other option was to live on the streets, and she refused to go back
there.
"Good, I have a flight scheduled for you to leave in three hours. You'll be staying at a
house with your tutor and body guards in Los Angeles. It's a great city, where you can
see so many new things. You'll have your own bank accounts set up, and I'll be putting
money in them every month." Vince told her.
"Sounds great, Thanks." Milia said with a sad tone to her voice.
"Milia, we'll come and see you as often as we can. We love you, and this is for the best.
You need an education so you can make something of yourself." Linda said noticing
how unhappy Milia seemed to be about this.
"I know, thanks. Um, I'm going to go and start packing." Milia said as she got up.
"Sure. Oh and Milia, Paul as agreed to go with you. We don't want you to have to travel
alone."
She just nodded. What else could she say? She went back up to her room and started to
pack. When she was finished she carried her bags and set them beside the door. She sat
down on the stairs and just waited. She wanted to cry, but she refused to let herself.
Thirty minutes later, a limo pulled up. Hunter came to the door, Milia was waiting for
him. Vince and Linda finally came to foyer.
"We'll miss you Milia. And I promise we'll come and see you soon." Linda said
hugging her. Milia still didn't say anything.
"Bye, honey." Vince said now hugging her. Milia just nodded her head, turned, and
walked out of the door never looking back. Vince couldn't help but notice how Milia
didn't give him his usual kiss on the cheek.
"Call us when you get there, Paul." Linda said.
"I will, bye." And with that Paul followed Milia out to the limo. A few seconds later it
pulled out of the drive and through the gates.
"Vince I still don't agree with this. Milia, needs to be with us. We just got her back and
now we're sending her away. She was hurt, Vince. I swear to you, we better not lose
her."
"Linda, calm down. She'll be fine. She needs to do this, be away from us, so that she
can learn to be on her own. Stephanie's right, she would be to dependent here." Vince
said with a sigh.
"You better be right." Linda snapped before heading out the garden. The place she liked
to be alone.
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"So your back to not talking, huh?" Paul said as he sat beside Milia in the limo. It had
been five minutes and still she had not said word, not even hello.
"I don't have anything to say." Milia told Paul. She was watching the scenery go by
through the window.
"Okay. You know I'm here if you want to talk about it."
"Talk about what?"
"Talk about what's bothering you."
"Nothings, bothering me. I have no clue what your talking about."
"Contrary to popular belief, I'm not dumb Milia. I know when something is bothering
you."
"I never said you were dumb Paul. Maybe dense, but not dumb." Milia said with a
smile.
"Am I supposed to Thank You for that?"
"If you want too."
"Well at least your speaking now."
Milia didn't say anything, she just looked down at her hands. She began to pick at her
nails, out of nervousness.
"Maybe I spoke too soon." Paul said watching Milia.
"I just don't get it. They say that they love me, now they're shipping me off to the other
side of the country. What did I do wrong?" Milia asked as a tear began to slip down her
cheek.
"Milia, you didn't do anything." Paul said pulling Milia into a hug. "Your parents just
want what's best for you. Think of this as an adventure. Plus, your parents will be by all
the time, and so will your brother and sister, and I."
"Thanks Paul, somehow you always say what I need to hear." Milia buried her head in
his shoulder.
Paul looked down at Milia in his arms. In a weird way, he had became really close to
Milia in the month that she had been with them. She felt like his little sister. Right then
he swore that he would protect her no matter what.
Milia sat on her bed, listening to music. It had been a week since she had gotten back,
and now she was alone in the mansion with just the servants and body guards. She was
bored. Linda had been the only one to visit her. And Milia was disappointed because she
wanted to spend time with Vince. She loved the idea of having a father, but it wasn't like
she had hoped for.
"Milia!" She looked up to see one of the maids at the door. "Your parents are here and
want to talk to you." Then she left before Milia could say anything.
'I hope they're here for awhile.' Milia thought to herself as she got up. She checked
herself to make sure she was presentable then made her way downstairs. Linda and
Vince were in his office, they looked up as she came into the room.
They both stood up and hugged her. Vince giving her a kiss on the cheek. She sat down
next Linda and waited to hear what they had to say.
"Milia, we wanted to talk to you about something." Vince said sounding somewhat
business like.
"Okay." Milia answered slightly confused.
"We've decided to get you a tutor. We want you to have an education. Then you can go
on to any college that you want to." Vince said. "But, we've decided that it would be
best if you were away from here, so that you will be able to concentrate. There are to
many distractions here."
Milia felt her heartbreak. Sure, she wanted to learn all that she could, but to be sent
away. 'They must not want me here.' Milia thought to herself. 'They must be ashamed
of me.' But in no way was Milia going to make herself look like a fool, she wasn't going
to stay somewhere she wasn't wanted.
"Okay." Milia simply replied. What else could she do? There was no where else she
could go. The only other option was to live on the streets, and she refused to go back
there.
"Good, I have a flight scheduled for you to leave in three hours. You'll be staying at a
house with your tutor and body guards in Los Angeles. It's a great city, where you can
see so many new things. You'll have your own bank accounts set up, and I'll be putting
money in them every month." Vince told her.
"Sounds great, Thanks." Milia said with a sad tone to her voice.
"Milia, we'll come and see you as often as we can. We love you, and this is for the best.
You need an education so you can make something of yourself." Linda said noticing
how unhappy Milia seemed to be about this.
"I know, thanks. Um, I'm going to go and start packing." Milia said as she got up.
"Sure. Oh and Milia, Paul as agreed to go with you. We don't want you to have to travel
alone."
She just nodded. What else could she say? She went back up to her room and started to
pack. When she was finished she carried her bags and set them beside the door. She sat
down on the stairs and just waited. She wanted to cry, but she refused to let herself.
Thirty minutes later, a limo pulled up. Hunter came to the door, Milia was waiting for
him. Vince and Linda finally came to foyer.
"We'll miss you Milia. And I promise we'll come and see you soon." Linda said
hugging her. Milia still didn't say anything.
"Bye, honey." Vince said now hugging her. Milia just nodded her head, turned, and
walked out of the door never looking back. Vince couldn't help but notice how Milia
didn't give him his usual kiss on the cheek.
"Call us when you get there, Paul." Linda said.
"I will, bye." And with that Paul followed Milia out to the limo. A few seconds later it
pulled out of the drive and through the gates.
"Vince I still don't agree with this. Milia, needs to be with us. We just got her back and
now we're sending her away. She was hurt, Vince. I swear to you, we better not lose
her."
"Linda, calm down. She'll be fine. She needs to do this, be away from us, so that she
can learn to be on her own. Stephanie's right, she would be to dependent here." Vince
said with a sigh.
"You better be right." Linda snapped before heading out the garden. The place she liked
to be alone.
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"So your back to not talking, huh?" Paul said as he sat beside Milia in the limo. It had
been five minutes and still she had not said word, not even hello.
"I don't have anything to say." Milia told Paul. She was watching the scenery go by
through the window.
"Okay. You know I'm here if you want to talk about it."
"Talk about what?"
"Talk about what's bothering you."
"Nothings, bothering me. I have no clue what your talking about."
"Contrary to popular belief, I'm not dumb Milia. I know when something is bothering
you."
"I never said you were dumb Paul. Maybe dense, but not dumb." Milia said with a
smile.
"Am I supposed to Thank You for that?"
"If you want too."
"Well at least your speaking now."
Milia didn't say anything, she just looked down at her hands. She began to pick at her
nails, out of nervousness.
"Maybe I spoke too soon." Paul said watching Milia.
"I just don't get it. They say that they love me, now they're shipping me off to the other
side of the country. What did I do wrong?" Milia asked as a tear began to slip down her
cheek.
"Milia, you didn't do anything." Paul said pulling Milia into a hug. "Your parents just
want what's best for you. Think of this as an adventure. Plus, your parents will be by all
the time, and so will your brother and sister, and I."
"Thanks Paul, somehow you always say what I need to hear." Milia buried her head in
his shoulder.
Paul looked down at Milia in his arms. In a weird way, he had became really close to
Milia in the month that she had been with them. She felt like his little sister. Right then
he swore that he would protect her no matter what.