Page 133 of Delilah In Discretion

My mother nodded as she walked out of the living room with him.

“Dad, you have to stop!” Zachary whisper-yelled, and Benjamin nodded, agreeing. My father rolled his eyes as he held the twins in his arms as they crawled over. He kissed the top of Trinity’s head and smiled.

“You know… I love looking at you all. And when your mother is pregnant… the way I look at her changes every time. Each time with even more admiration and love. Although, I know I do have to stop soon. Six should definitely be enough,” he muttered.

I shook my head, laughing. “That’s exactly what he said after you, Ivory. Don’t believe him,” I said, and he glared at me playfully as the tension was soon let go.

He seemed as though he wanted to say something else, but my mother’s shouting made us freeze in our place.

“NO! GET THE HELL OFF OF MY PROPERTY!! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT, YOU SELF-CENTERED BASTARD!”she screamed, and we could faintly hear Reginald trying to calm her down.

My father stood quickly and handed me Tyler as Ivory took Trinity. He looked over to us and sent us a look that clearly said “don’t move.” He left the room with Benjamin, and my mother got even angrier.

“Love, what’s wrong—”my father started, but he went silent.

“You think you can just waltz into her life this late like I didn’t try reaching out to you so many years ago!?”she screamed, and I stood up slowly as I heard the mystery person speak.

“I have a right to see her no matter how long it’s been. If anything… we both know she’s more mine than she is yours.”

Looking over to my siblings, they shared a look of sympathy with me as their eyes pleaded for me to sit back down with them.

Handing Tyler to Zachary, I walked over to the foyer slowly as my mother slammed the door and walked away from it without saying another word.

She headed for my father’s embrace as her body was practically shivering in anger. She slowed her breaths before she began hyperventilating, and we locked eyes for what seemed like forever. My father looked over to me as well, and his eyes held the same look.

There was a knock at the door, and I looked over to it as the person spoke behind it.

“Brielle, don’t do this to me. I need to see her.”

Then, it was silent. I’m sure you could hear a pin drop.

Soon, my footsteps filled the silence, and my heart throbbed as I placed my hand on the doorknob. I twisted the knob and opened it to see a man. He looked angry, as if he wanted to continue arguing with my mother, but his face softened slightly once he saw me.

I kept my face stoic as I tried to hold up whatever walls I had, because I wasn’t sure they would stay up after seeing his face. It seemed like they were going to crumble, taking me with them and making me feel like a five-year-old little girl again.

“Can I help you with something?” I stated rather than asked, and he sighed as he looked into my eyes…the same as his.

“Delilah... hi,” he muttered.

“Hello. Can I help you with something?” I spoke again, and he sighed as he seemed to be nervous now. I knew exactly who he was, but a part of me needed to hear himsay it.

“My name is Michael, and Delilah,I’m your father.”

Chapter forty-seven

Omniscient

Stephan lay back on the couch in his apartment as he was close to falling asleep. The door busted open, and he couldn’t have even bothered to see who it was. It couldn’t have been the landlord since he was using his father’s money to pay the bills, but he didn’t care at the moment.

“Get up. I need you to meet someone,” Luca said, and Stephan opened his eyes and looked up slowly.

His eyes widened as a man holding Delilah’s prominent features walked into the room. Stephan sat up quickly as he gaped at both of the men.

“I can’t believe you actually did it. You really want to tear this family to pieces,” he said in disbelief, and Luca shrugged harmlessly.

“Well, when you put it in such practical terms, sure, that would be the end goal.”

Michael placed his bag on the floor as he looked around. “This place looks like shit, but I guess it’ll have to do for now.”

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