A Second Chance

Good Grl

"The woman I want to marry is Beryl, but..." Darien had begun but never got to finish because at that exact moment his father sprang up from his chair and began his screaming.

"I can't believe you! I had thought that you would understand the situation this family is in. Any other woman out there would only try to ruin everything my family has worked for. You disappoint me Darien. I just don't understand what you would see in a woman like her!"

"Damien, it's alright. Just calm down. We knew what we were doing when we thought about this marriage. But if these two really don't want to become part of each other's lives then we can't expect them to ruin their futures," David said with a calm posture.

"Ruin their futures? That is exactly what I was trying to avoid here David. If Serena became part of this family, we would have an alliance that no one else can break. You just watch. If that woman comes into our family, half of our relatives will withdraw their support; you know whose family she comes from! We can't do anything without unity in our families!"

"Damien, as I said, calm down. No matter what, we have always considered each other part of one family and simply because we don't have more close blood relations do not mean that we would not support you! For pete's sake, Mina is a daughter to me just as Serena is. I think you should calm down and we will discuss this in private."

"Discuss what in private exactly? Are you hiding something from me father?" Darien was getting suspicious as both elder gentlemen kept their conversation vague and to themselves.

"Well I don't care what it is. Thank you so much Darien. You have certainly proved that you are not a difficult person! Thank you so much!" Serena exclaimed as she excused herself from her seat and began to move toward the living room. Exactly at that same time, Darien also stood up with a grim face. He showed no emotions. His posture was indifferent and stiff at the same time.

"I was not finished Serena."

Serena turned back toward the table with a frown set on her face once hearing Darien's words.

"Father you interrupted me before I could tell you my final decision. I had said that the woman I wanted to marry was Beryl, but I have some responsibilities toward this family so I am willing to subsist the rest of my life with the woman this family picks. I believe Serena and I will ultimately come to like each other."

He smirked or smiled at her, but his eyes told a different story all together. It looked as if all he ever wanted to do was grab his fork and shove it in Serena's heart. Which he had already done with his decision to wed.

"Well then, why didn't you just come out and say that! Why talk about the other woman that you should have already forgotten about Dare. Come on son, everything will turn out just fine. You and Serena make a fine couple and you both would understand each other much better than any other person."

"Yes, come here sweetheart! Come here Serena and let me give you a hug! I am so happy. Please a toast for the future groom and bride," exclaimed Elena as she got up to pull a dumbfounded Serena to the chair next to hers. The family toasted, except Serena who still kept staring at Darien as if he had suddenly evolved another head, and began to happily discuss the oncoming wedding and all the plans they would have to make.

Darien only looked back at her once in the whole evening in that time and even then she could not tell what he was thinking and what he was planning. Serena itched to slap him and was curious at the same time as to why he had changed his mind in one day. What could have happened to suddenly turn Beryl and Darien's love sour? She pondered the question throughout the whole evening and could not come up with an answer.

All the while, her family and Mina's family rejoiced in their fortune she couldn't help but wonder that there was something sinister behind the whole thing. They were all hiding something, or it was just her father and Damien. They knew something and she wasn't allowed to know. Did that mean that Darien was also aware of something that threatened both families? What could it be? And the most important question. Who?

well that was all for now...i'm sorry that it was kind of short, but I plan on making the next chap longer. So please be patient.