ALISA'S POV;
Lia had been really joyful during her shower and I couldn't help myself but laugh. She was too ecstatic about her father, hadn't stopped talking about him from the moment I woke her. After her dressing she flee down the stairs with glee than most days. I got a quick shower and dressed rather quickly, Lia was everything but a patient kid. It was rather odd that she had awaited her meal with no shouting today. As I entered the small kitchen I found her silently helping her father lay the table. The magic he had,for three years I hadn't gotten Lia to do anything willingly but he had her laying a table. What a charm he was!!
"You finally wake" he turned to face me from the meal he was making and it smelled good. He had always been a good cook,brilliant in fact. It was a specialty I couldn't outdo him and he always made sure I knew.
"Yes, monkey will you please get me the milk bottle in the fridge?" And with that Lia was away from listening distance.
"You have no right to do this. Budge into our lives ,threaten me in my home,sleep here and make my daughter lay a table. You can't even use my kitchen to make whatever you are making.." I finished halfway frustrated my breaths couldn't even come out right.
"Im making Spanish omelette Mica. If we start talking about rights I don't think I'll be the one at fault.." and before he could finish a joyful hopping Lia was back with the milk. She then grabbed a sit and Tony served and joined her. They sat there and talked about this and that leaving me out. I felt like an outsider right before my eyes and there was nothing I could do about it. I turned and went upstairs to catch a breath. As I locked the door to my room I couldn't help the tears cascading and the pain I felt. It had been ages since someone had made me fill unworthy of myself. I was good at being a mum but as I watched Lia and Tony I actually felt bad. I had made five years pass without her father's love and right now they looked perfect together. I had been selfish about her and I knew better than that. Five years ago as I had decided to tell him everything I had walked in on him. He was talking to a man I had never met in his study. They were talking about files,the same ones that I was supposed to get for Mr Montero. He was supposed to move them away but someone had gotten to them first. But what the other man said was what shoke me. He claimed I had stolen them and was showing him a video of the occurrence stating I had appeared at the crime scene at the time of occurrence. What shoke me further was when Tony asked him to call the police and that he would confront me after I had come home. As I ran to the room we shared at the mansion tears couldn't stop running down my cheeks. He was gonna have me sent to jail? As I packed a bag,my mind was made up and I was gonna run. Hide in town or maybe catch a plane to Newton. No he would find me at Esther's so I had to find a new place. I drove the car off town into a motel and slept there. I was gonna run as fast as I could away from him and never go back. I was gonna tell him about Mr Montero but I couldn't and now no one was gonna help me hide. He was in pursuit of me after years of me and Austin hiding from him. He had confirmed it through the email he had sent me. He was coming for me and this time I had no clue where to hide and who to trust. It had been a long Chase and I couldn't give up now.
I watched the door and back to the window again estimating how long I had before Tony would come in search of me. I was gonna go against him today and I felt no remorse. As I made my jump out of the window I didn't miss the shuffling of feet on the staircase. Oooh!! He was going to be soooooooo mad and it excited me. I made a run for it across the road when an angry Tony appeared at the window.
"Miccccccaaaaaa,come back here this instance!"he retorted. I just turned and shook my head vigorously giving him a smile. I then walked away satisfied as I found my way to a diner. I was hungry and the air seemed better than the house. As I made an entry into the diner I didn't miss the man in the grey coat that was staring at me from the diner's see-through glass. No it couldn't be, I was imagining things. I had to be. If not how had Austin found me?