My heart sank as I dread the day I refused his proposal, my response was going to be yes and then we get married and live happily ever after---- that's the plan. I sobbed harder, resting my back on the wall only to find Jeanette laughing at me. "You must really love Damon.... well he isn't dead but he is back and had requested the presence of everyone"
I glared at her as the urge to slap her gripped me, too bad I wasn't the one who got the chance to..... Of all the people in this mansion to play this joke and she chose Damon.
Jeanette had called Alicia as she was walking by to tell her the joke she just pulled on me, in no second Alicia's hand met Jeanette's skin. "Never joke on Damon's life like that! If you want to make a silly joke use yourself or anybody but never in your gold digging life utter Damon's name close to the word death" hearing her speak, I had to admit that this was the first time we both share the same thoughts.
Alicia looked at me, she saw how weak I had become as I held my chest, "If you are this hurt when you heard of Damon's death, then I hate myself that I shot at the wrong person...." She said no more as she went straight downstairs to where we were all summoned by Damon.
I didn't understand what she meant and I didn't want to start analyzing. I picked myself up as I went downstairs with Jeanette following closely behind me.
The moment I saw Damon I felt happy as a smile appeared on my face, he did look at me but didn't reciprocate the smile I had sent to him but rather he went back to speaking with the lawyers around him, he is probably annoyed that I behaved like that. Xander, Beatriz, Elizabeth, Alicia and Link we're already seated waiting on the both of us.
I took a seat next to Beatriz, it was the worst place to be in, that I realized a moment later.
"Shall we begin" Damon said and the lawyers that had come along with him distributed an undisclosed document with each family member name written on it. When the sharing was over I realized both Alicia, Jeanette and I weren't given. "Please open" Damon said to everyone who had the document in front of them.
As they all open the document in front of them, I watched as there was both happiness and anger mixed together with a nonchalant Link as he pushed the document to the side relaxing his back on the chair.
I for one didn't know what was in that document but at the way Elizabeth flared up I am certainly sure that it was something that didn't sit well with her. "Damon you promised me Liliana will have everything, then what's this?" She aggressively threw the documents to Damon's face, thank God his bodyguard was there to block it from hitting him. "I'm sorry" she apologized folding her hands to her chest as a means of protest against what was going on.
"Liliana will have everything when the time is right but I have decided not to transfer everything to her since I will be having a child in the next eight months" Damon said coolly despite the way Elizabeth had lashed out on him.
"So you are saying that an unborn baby now has priority over Liliana...." Elizabeth blurted out as she looked at me. "I guess you finally got what you wanted"
"Elizabeth... That's too harsh" Alicia mocked me, giving a slight laugh.
The tense air reduced a bit when Damon kept his silence and I saw as Xander sneak a hand under to touch Elizabeth, those two no longer hid their relationship to anyone.
"Damon thanks for giving me the penthouse and resort, I finally have something that gives me peace" Link thanked him and I realized all of this was about property sharing, Damon nodded his head in acceptance of Link's gratefulness, among everyone Link was the only one who appreciated everything Damon had done by sharing off his assets to all of them....
"Damon why are all of the pages in mine empty...." Beatriz complained as she turned the pages rapidly, I elongate my neck to see if she was pulling on an act only to find out she wasn't lying.
For all the four pages clipped together none of them had anything written on it, they were all blank.
"Son... If you gave everyone something then why am I excluded from it, of all people I should be the first to receive a property share since you know that your father ousted me from his will and gave you everything. Dear tell me why am being excluded" Beatriz beckoned on Damon while touching his hands. "Come on".
"The reason will be disclosed when they arrive, until then I want to announce that Liliana will hold fifty percent of my properties and asset..."
"Yes!" Xander exclaimed with joy which was quite out of character but since his dearly beloved had joined him in doing so there was no need to push the idea that they both were using little Liliana to grab a huge chunk of Damon's wealth.
"We are both finally on the same page Damon, I thought you cared nothing for our daughter.... Where is it? Let me sign" Elizabeth sought swiftly for a pen as Damon chose that moment to burst her over inflated balloon.
"I was talking about Priscilla" Damon said, pertaining to that you wouldn't dare to believe the eyes that were fixed on me now. I myself couldn't believe a thing Damon had uttered that I had to point at myself to be sure it was me he was referring to and nobody else, he nodded his head in response only for the rest of the family member who showed less support at this to feign a heart attack.
"This is unbelievable.... How I wished that I slept with Damon before you did, now I will be the one to press everyone neck" Jeanette muttered, "Lucky you"
"Are you saying that Priscilla's name is Liliana? Did you all numb skulls name my child after my proxy?" Elizabeth said with a look of disbelief in her eyes, "I can't believe you all knew about this"
"Count me out, I am just as shocked as you are right now.... I mean I would've chosen to give your daughter your name since logically speaking you are her mother after all, this is so sad" Alicia lamented touching the arm of Elizabeth who didn't think twice but to push it away.
"I really can't believe that it took me months to realize that my baby was named after my husband's lover, it's so absurd... Of all the names in this world.... Ow.. migraine, get me my medication" Elizabeth sat back on her seat as she rubbed her forehead continuously.
"Damon... So you would rather give a woman you just met for roughly a year half of your properties than give a woman who has been with you all your twenty nine years of your fucking life!" For the first time today Xander spoke, there was no how Damon wouldn't want to retaliate to this but his persistent silence showed that he won't mind being dragged in the mud and yet still uphold his decision.
Xander further looked at me with disgust as he angrily sat back down on his seat. Beatriz had her head down to the table as she sobbed silently as to she termed as a demeaning act from her son towards her. When she lifted up her head, bother eyes are extremely red as she tried to clean the tears off with her hands.
"Let's carry on..... They should be here by now" Damon checked his watch before tapping his finger nails on the table while trying to think, what could Damon want to do that got him this worked up. I stood up, pacing back and forth as he raked through his hair before stopping at the table to look at me. "You have a diary in your possession, bring it for me"
I was bewildered at this. How does he know that I had a diary at my disposal? Did that Detective tell him? No way he hates Damon a lot to tell him that. Then how? Or wait... Is Damon the one who sent me those notes and the diary itself? This is crazy... Damon is one of the people who had no idea about his mother's deeds and he loves Elizabeth dearly, maybe not anymore but he did love her.
"What diary are you looking for?" Elizabeth asked looking agitated.
I got up to where he stood and denied having Elizabeth diary with me. He wasn't surprised that I denied it as he turned to the bodyguard that had saved his face from Elizabeth anger.
"Go up to Liliana's room and get me a diary in the last bag she used when she went for her doctor's visit" he ordered before turning to another bodyguard at his side, "Go into my study, look for a book shelf that has all of my dad's books, find a book with the name "how to make sense out of life" bring it to me"
"Yes sir" the bodyguard bowed before leaving.
"You over there..." He said to the maid holding a tray of fruit she had wanted to put on the table. "Hurry up to Beatriz's room, go over to her wardrobe and check the floor board you will notice that it hollow, underneath lies a lot of documents bring me the document with a green cover"
"Damon! What are you doing?" Xander said angrily, I too remembered a green folder Xander took in quietly to check it's content, it was at that time I was really looking for Elizabeth's diary missing pages. I saw as Beatriz mellowed, covering her face in her hand.
Ignoring his brother, Damon told the maid to hold on, "Hand over the keys to your room and wardrobe" he said to his mother and Beatriz looked at him shaking her head before handing over the keys.
"Do what you want to do" she covered her face again with her hands, this is the very first time I had seen Beatriz look like she had lost a battle, even her argument with Alicia the other day didn't even bring her down like this has. What did that folder hold that might bring to end Beatriz's dictatorship.
All this while Damon was a silent ticking bomb waiting for the right time to explode, seeing his actions today, Damon knew of the secret all of his family members has been harbouring all this while, even I am beyond shocked at this. Damon was fully aware of my whereabouts and was the reason I was brought back in to this mansion and yet he acted so well that I didn't even suspect a thing.
One by one they all brought back the things Damon ordered them to bring, in a moment the greatest of the the great will be brought down, I inclusive.
"So this is who you are...." I said as the diary was dropped on the table. His lips moved as he spelt out the word "trust me" that I only could understand.
"Well this should be fun, I'll go get some popcorn and some orange juice, would you like that I bring you something, Alicia?" Jeanette asked getting up from her seat when all the items were brought to the table.
"Please.. don't stop yourself and make sure you get enough, this is going to be a long day" Alicia made a strong emphasis on the word long as she crossed her leg, her left hand caught my eyes when I notice the ring Damon was meant to give me on her finger.