A/N: I know, I know. After last chapter, you want to see more Dean, but this is gonna be another Amina-centric chapter, just to resolve some story stuff. I'll post the next chapter soon, don't worry.

Fanfiction Writing Month: December [1016]

If You Dare Challenge - #770 (Betrayed)

Are You Crazy Enough To Do It Challenge - #36 (book title) The Art of Deception

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Amina took a long sip of her coffee and then rubbed her eyes. It had been a long night. They had had to move Dean into another room because he had woken up everyone multiple times, and it had been her turn to watch over him as he slept. Twice he had tried to fight her (and now she had several bruises to prove it), three times he had screamed until his voice gave out, five times he curled up and cried, and twice more he whispered Sam's name over and over again. She was exhausted.

"You okay?" Sonny asked her, sliding in beside her at the kitchen table. He was tired as well; it showed in the dark circles beneath his eyes.

"Fine," she said. "Rough night for Dean, mostly."

"How many times?"

They'd gone through this process so often now that he didn't even have to explain what he was referring to. "Eleven," she answered. "No, twelve."

Sonny sighed, pressing his palms against his eyes. "I don't know what to do anymore…"

Kathy staggered into the room, exhausted as well. "Hey, Kathy," Amina said. "Tough night for you, too?"

Kathy had done two night shifts with Dean before Amina's shift. "Mm hmm," she mumbled. "Dean woke me."

"Sorry," Amina said, but Kathy shook her head.

"It's fine," she said, and she gave Sonny a quick kiss. "Nothin' you can do." She yawned. "Any coffee left?"

"Lo tengo," Leona muttered, raising her own steaming mug. I have it. "Lo necesito." I need it. Whenever Sonny's employee grew tired, she slipped back into her native tongue; Leona and Rosa had been speaking in Spanish for a week or two. Leona was Rosa's cousin from Mexico who had come to work at Sonny's occasionally.

"¿Puedes hacer más café?" Amina begged. Could you make more coffee? "Ya he terminado." I already finished.

"Ya lo hice," Leona grumbled, "y estoy terminando." I already made it, and I'm finished.

Amina didn't know why she was in such a bad mood. "¿Estás bien, Leona?" Are you okay, Leona?

The dark-haired woman glared at her. "Si un chico está tranquilo, tal vez una mujer puede dormir. Y entonces estaría bien." If a boy was calm, maybe a woman could sleep. And then it would be fine.

Amina stood. "¿Piensas que es mi culpa?" You think it's my fault? Sonny felt the tension in the room multiply, intensified by the lack of sleep in each person.

Leona took a long sip of coffee. "Si una mujer ha hecho su trabajo…" If a woman had done her job…

"¡Hice mi mejor esfuerzo! Tu falta del sueño no es mi culpa." I did my best! Your lack of sleep is not my fault.

"Están tranquilas, señoras," Sonny warned, trying to calm the storm before it began. Calm down, ladies. But it was too late.

"Solamente preguntamos que mantenga el silencio de Dean, Amina. Y no puedes hacer esta cosita!" We only ask that you keep Dean quiet, Amina. And you couldn't do that one little thing!

Amina's fists formed into stones. "Si aprecias tu sueño tanto, puedes irse!" If you cherish your sleep so much, then you can leave!

"Yo?" Leona's face spelled murder. Me? "Es mi casa, y no es tuyo. Si alguien tiene que salir, te estará." It's my house, not yours. If anyone should leave, it should be you.

"He hecho más que tú para los chicos! Todos sus acciones son solamente quejas, quejas, quejas!" I do more than you for the boys! All your do is complain, complain, complain!

Leona slapped her cup down, spilling some of her coffee. "Acciones? Puedes hablar sobre acciones? Porqué no hablamos sobre tus acciones, Amina, sí?" Actions? You want to talk about actions? Because we don't talk about your actions, Amina, do we?

"No—" No—

"Déjame terminar, perra!" Let me finish, bitch!

Although Kathy did not speak Spanish, she knew at Amina's expression that Leona had gone too far. "Terminalo," Amina replied coldly, after a moment of intense silence. Finish.

Leona shot daggers in Amina's direction. "Caminas por esta casa como un ángel, Amina, pero sabemos que eres." You walk around this house like an angel, but we know what you are.

Amina felt her heart skip a beat. "Leona—"

"Una puta." A slut.

Sonny grabbed Leona's arm. "Bastante, Leona—" Enough, Leona—

"No me toques!" she snapped, wrenching her arm away. Don't touch me! She spun on Amina. "Te he escuchado. Hablando por el teléfono con su novio misterioso, sí? Sí? Pero no es un novio, verdad? Es una novia." I've heard you. Talking on the phone with your mysterious boyfriend, right? Right? But it's not a boyfriend, right? It's a girlfriend.

Sonny and Amina realized at the same time that Cas and Dean, whenever together, had mastered the art of deception around Leona, cautious never to show her anything she would react negatively to. Rosa was fine; she had known Amina for much longer and was much more liberal, but Leona was a generally conservative woman. They had known, had she found out, she would have had something to say about it.

Leona glanced to Sonny for a reaction. "No tienes nada para decir, Sonny? Sobre su… sus… perversiones?" You have nothing to say, Sonny? About her… her… perversions?

"Ya lo supe, Leona," he said quietly. I already knew, Leona. He wished Rosa were here now, but she had taken a trip to the hospital to refill Dean's medication. "Siempre lo sabía." I always knew.

She looked in disbelief from one face to another. "You knew?" she asked Kathy. "About… her?"

Kathy nodded, shrugging.

"Y no…" And you don't… Leona glowered, feeling betrayed. "You don't… care?"

She shrugged again.

Leona spat on the floor at Amina's feet. "Me das asco, perra. No quiero trabajar con una puta que folle muj—" You disgust me, bitch. I don't want to work with a slut who sleeps with wo—

Sonny stepped between the two women. "Es suficiente, Leona," he said coldly. That's enough, Leona. "Estás despedida." You're fired.

"Pero—" But—

"Puedes salir. Ahora." You can leave. Now.

A/N: Don't worry, you'll get your Dean fix soon. Thanks to everyone who's supporting me so far!