It was always you

Chapter 14.

Things are not always planned, sometimes the unexpected would change the course of the entire destination. 

The next day, Sasha was busy on the phone with her lawyers and went to Pablo’s to settle some paperwork. Sasha was excited and nervous at the same time. After their kiss yesterday, Mateo has been stealing glances at Sasha, and Sasha did the same thing, they were feeling a little giddy but did not speak about their kiss. 

Clay noticed their exchanges, so he decided to approach Mateo when Sasha went out. “What’s going on with you and Sasha?” 

“Nothing” Mateo brushed it off, knowing Clay wouldn’t be alright if he knew what had happened. Maybe he wouldn’t care since he’s with Monica now, he thought. 

“You promised you would never touch or go near her in that way” 

“Look Clay, you have Monica, why are you still worried about Sasha?” 

“She’s mine,” Clay stated as a matter-of-fact tone, Mateo immediately tensed. “Monica is yours, Sasha is your best friend Clay” Mateo hissed. 

“Just stay away from her Mateo, tell Pedro too, he’s been sleeping with her”, Mateo clenched his fist at the thought of her and Pedro. Is she having s*x with Pedro? Did she kiss me back because Pedro and I are twins and she got confused? Mateo's mind was racing. 

“You can’t have both. You had your chance, you decided not to take it, now your girlfriend is pregnant. You’ve decided on who you want, Sasha might date around, she won’t wait for you, she’s not 17 anymore”, and with that Clay punched Mateo straight in the nose. 

Monica saw as she was walking down the stairs and shrieked, then Pedro came running down, both Mateo and Clay were fighting. 

“STOP!” Monica yelled, “STOP FIGHTING!” “CLAYTON!”

Pedro pulled Mateo off Clayton, Monica's futile attempt to hold her man back. “WHAT IS THIS? WHY ARE YOU BOTH FIGHTING?” Pedro’s voice roared throughout the house. 

“Ask Clayton, he threw the first punch” Mateo seethed. 

“Let’s go Mon” Clay grabbed Monica’s hand and left the house, not caring that he didn’t have money or keys, they left. 

“What the hell Mateo?” Pedro questioned Mateo.

“Have you been having s*x with her?” Pedro immediately knew he was referring to Sasha, rolling his eyes he answered, “what we do behind closed doors is not your concern Mateo. You are my twin, but you do not need to know every detail of my love or s*x life”. 

***

When Sasha came back to the house, she was excited to tell Mateo everything, since she hadn't gotten the time to tell anyone her surprise yet. Tomorrow she will officially be part owner of Pablo’s by the beach, and Pablo had a few requests added, he insisted that she takes 50% of the shares, he wants her to revamp the menu add some of her own dishes to the menu, and he requested if there was any expansion in the future, that it would be named Pablo and Sasha’s. 

“What the hell?” Sasha exclaimed as she saw Mateo sitting by the kitchen island face bruised, she rushed to him taking his face in her hands inspecting. “What happened?”

“Just don’t” he pulled her hands off his face and walked away. He treated her coldly like she was his enemy.

“Mateo! What happened? Are you okay?” Sasha asked in concern grabbing his sleeve, stopping in his tracks. “Nothing happened”, he said harshly and pulled his arms away from her, immediately she understood, she understood that he didn’t trust her enough to open up to her, he doesn’t like her that way, as she suspected. She respectfully retreated her hands, grabbing her phone, and went out to their patio. She needed time to cool down, she didn’t understand what had happened, but she knew he didn’t want her the way she wanted him, she knew she needed to push her feelings for him away, she knew that it would do her no good for her to harbor any feelings for him. 

She desperately needed to talk to someone, someone who isn’t here, she decided to call Adonis. 

Ring 

Ring 

Ring 

Ring 

And it continued ringing, he didn’t pick up. 

She sighed. 

Sasha : Tried calling you. Call me back when you’re free. Hope everything’s alright Ade. 

Sitting by the patio. She stared at the stars, now realizing it’s nighttime. She wondered where her mom and dad were, she often felt alone and abandoned, right now she needed someone, she needed and craved for someone to be there for her. Slowly she let her tears fall, silently crying on Parker’s patio staring into the dark sky. She could hear movements in the house, Clay and Monica must be whipping something up, she was glad no one noticed her absence. Michela texted earlier in the day saying that her parents flew them to Hawaii for a little family fun. She could talk to Clay, but she didn’t want to cause problems between Monica and him, they were always close and she didn’t think Monica or any girl would like another girl clinging to their boyfriend or baby daddy, so she chose to remain alone. 

She knew Pedro was out on a date with his girl, she didn’t want to disturb him. She decided to wipe her tears, and get up. She needed to lie down, and hopefully sleep it off, suddenly a huge lighting strike, she shrieked in surprise. 

It started pouring rain. 

Great, she muttered. 

Buzz buzz

Buzz buzz

Buzz buzz

Her phone was ringing, she checked to see who it was, hoping it would be Adonis, but it was Pablo, she wondered why he was calling her, so she picked up. 

“Hello? Tio?” 

“Sasha.. sniff.. The restaurant, we.. we were robbed and Ben was killed” Pablo's voice was almost inaudible. Sasha’s heart fell to her stomach.

“Are you there now?” 

“Ayy Si” 

“Have you called 911?” 

“Yes Sasha” 

“Okay, I’m on my way. Hang on. I’ll be there in 15 minutes, let me get my stuff and I will call you when I’m in the car. Be careful Pablo” she could hear his soft sobs through her phone and she knew she had to be there for him, so she hung up the phone and rushed into the house. 

She saw Clay and Monica sitting on the sofa watching TV, while Mateo was sitting by the kitchen island eating his dinner, and next to him she spotted her handbag, quickly rushing to her handbag, grabbed it, and turned. 

Mateo grabbed her arm, stopping her, her brows frown in confusion, she attempted to pull her arm away but he tightened his grip. “Where are you going?” 

“Nowhere” she snapped.

“Sash, it’s pouring. You can’t leave”

“I can leave if I damn want to” she spat 

“Tell me where you are going. It is unsafe Sasha. The roads are slippery, I can drive you if you really need to leave.” he offered gently.

“Pablo’s” her eyes started tearing again, quickly wiping away trying to stop herself from breaking down, he nodded and grabbed his keys. 

***

As they were arriving it was still pouring, they saw police lights, it looked like they just arrived as well, they were securing the place with tape, the car barely stopped, Sasha jumped out of the car running to Pablo’s, shocked by Sasha’s actions, Mateo ran after her not knowing what to expect. 

They went in, everything was damaged, everything was broken, the TVs were gone, the liquor was gone, Sasha looked around searching for Pablo, she spotted him sitting on one of the chairs looking defeated. 

“Tio!” Sasha ran up to Pablo and hugged him, both of them embraced each other and cried. Sasha felt horrible, she barely knew Pablo or Ben- head chef, but she felt like they were her family already. 

“Sasha, I understand if you want to back out of the deal. I completely understand”, Sasha shook her head.

“Don’t think about that tio, don’t worry. I’m all in, I told you, you can count on me. Are you okay? Are you hurt?” Sasha's voice laced in concern. 

“I’m okay, I’ll be okay”, Mateo nudged Sasha’s arm, attempting to get her attention. 

“What Mateo?” she sounded irritated, she knew she shouldn’t be, but she was still hurt by him not even 3 hours ago. 

“I need to leave, I can’t be at a crime scene, I have a record”, Mateo needed to tell her, he had no choice, he needed to leave.

“What do you mean? You’ve never been to prison” 

“Yes I have Sash, we’ll talk about what I did later, but I need to leave now '' he looked around in panic, one of the reasons he was released early was on good behavior and overcrowding. His heart was racing, he immediately noticed he looked suspicious, he’s wearing all black and his face was beaten up. 

“Sasha, bring him out of here” Pablo whispered, as he saw an officer eyeing Mateo suspiciously.

“HEY YOU” the officer shouted towards them. Instantly panic-filled Sasha and Mateo.