Revenge After Divorce Novel by Black Rose

OLIVIA

Something was going on, and I wanted to know what. I was tired of being in the dark. Someone had to tell me something, anything. Lupita was being chased out of the house, and I didn't know why. They were treating me like a child, and I didn't like it.

Even the way my dad spoke to me was like he was talking to a child. I might have been his child, but I was not one, I was a grown woman, married with kids. I deserved to know why the woman who had been like a sister to me for a couple of years now was being chased out.

What had she done that was so bad that she had to be kicked out? Why were they hiding it? Lupita was a good woman, and they all knew that. I was sure whatever mistake she made could be forgiven. It couldn't have been that bad.

Marcus walked in while I was busy pacing the room, so frustrated that I didn't know what to do with myself.

"You will drive yourself crazy if you continue this way."

I stopped. He might know what was happening, he was there. He must have heard.noveldrama

"Before you ask, I don't know anything. If you want answers, go to your father and ask him."

I looked at him, trying to read his face, but he gave nothing away.

"There is no way you allowed my father to kick Lupita out without knowing why. Tell me, what did she do?"

Marcus hesitated, and that told me he knew something he didn't want to tell me. I needed to know what.

"I don't know. Your father didn't tell me, and he didn't need to. When he told me it was to protect you, I didn't need to know more. Your safety is my priority."

For how long were they going to keep using my safety as an excuse to keep my circle small, to make decisions for me?

"I will go and find him," I said, just as I walked past him. He held my hand, and I stopped.

"Why are you acting like you'll never see Lupita again? Is she not going to the old house?"

I frowned but said nothing.

"You can see her anytime you like, and she can visit too. I'm not sure what it is

you want to know. Is it why she was sent to the old house, or are you just trying to insert yourself into a situation that doesn't concern you?"

I looked at him.

"Don't look at me like that. You like acting naïve sometimes and putting yourself into these situations where you get hurt in the end. Do you think that's fair to us? I know you don't ask for these things to happen to you, but damn it, Olivia. Sometimes it's like you go looking for them."

Now he was the one pacing, and I was just standing there, listening like a child being scolded by her father.

"Do you even like or want peace?"

I frowned. How could he ask me that?

He didn't wait for me to respond, he continued.

"I like that you have a good heart, I do. But sometimes I wish you could be selfish, Look at Nick, we banned him from coming into our home, but because of Lupita, we had to go back on our decision. We are always accommodating others, and it's not fair."

He paused and looked at me.

"Olivia, your father is not stupid. He wouldn't have targeted Lupita for no reason. She did something, and that was why she also didn't come running to you when Luke chased her out."

Why didn't she come to me? What was it that she did?

"Think about it. You will go and fight

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with your father on her behalf, but why don't you ask yourself why she never said anything and just listened to Luke when he asked her to leave? It was because she knew that Luke had every right to kick her out."

I sighed, taking a seat.

"Who am I going to trust, then, if I can't trust Lupita?”

My husband came and joined me.

"I'm not saying don't trust her, but I'm asking you to be careful. You've been through a lot with Lupita, but maybe losing her grandmother did more damage than we initially thought. She might blame you for what happened."

"That means having her close and in this house... I will be giving her all the time she needs to plan her revenge if that's what she wants, and how to do it."

"My father saw it best for her to leave this house before she could get used to it and know its weaknesses," I finished for him.

Now that I was thinking about it, I couldn't believe Lupita would do something like that. Yes, she might be angry with me, even resentful, but she was not evil.

"Olivia, it's time we put ourselves first, and our children. Let's not put ourselves in situations that may harm us or even take us away from our kids. They deserve better than that, don't you think?"

I nodded. I didn't know what else to do. How was I supposed to act around Lupita now? Was I supposed to act like nothing happened or try to address the issue? If I did, where would I even start?

It was all so complicated. Why did it have to be so complicated?

"I know how you're feeling, and I know you want to protect Lupita, and I know you

still feel guilty about what happened to her grandmother. But Olivia, I think we've done more than enough. There's no need to feel guilty anymore."

It was easier said than done.

"I'll go and see her tomorrow and..."

"Give her a week to settle in first before you visit. Give her time and space to adjust to everything. Then you can go to her. But don't bring up what happened. If she wants to talk about it, then she will bring it up herself. Remember, you are not at fault, and you did nothing wrong.”

I did nothing wrong.

That repeated in my mind. I wondered if Lupita was going to see it that way. I

didn't want her to be my enemy because of this.