》Michael《

Mia came to see me

- Dad, I understand that you mean well for me, but... I trust him and I think it's okay if I sleep with him once in a while.

- Mia, I've lost your mother... I don't want to lose you in the same way.

- But...

- Mia, no. I will not agree to that.

- But we protect ourselves

- Mia, I'm not going to let you share your mother's fate. To sleep with a moron and get pregnant that will kill you

- You were right. You become your own father. You want to decide about my life. - she left

I sat in Isabella's armchair and cried... Mia was right... Convinced that everyone wants to hurt her, I decided to decide about her life and who she can and can't date...

- Mike? - I heard Alishia's voice above me

- Yeah? - I looked up and looked at her

- Why are you crying?

- I'm no different from Joseph... I treated Mia the same way he treated me and my siblings...

- You're overreacting... You're just her father, and you want her well-being.

- I'm a complete moron... I killed her mother, and now I'm just making her feel bad while trying to protect her from the same kind of idiot

- What d'you mean, you kill her mother? So she didn't die in childbirth?

- She died, but I was the one who made her baby... it's my fault that Isabella isn't here now...

- You couldn't have known she had this aneurysm

- We should do some testing first... Why haven't I thought of that?

- Mike, stop...

- No. I can't... It's my fault that Mia is a half-orphan.

- If you hadn't made Isabella's baby, Mia wouldn't have been here at all.

- She wouldn't suffer because I was her father... It would have been better for everyone if I had been the one to die

》Mia《

I heard my dad's conversation with Alishia...

Why did he blame himself for my mother's death?

I went to my grandmother's, I had to ask her how it really was...

I learned sign language from my dad and Alishia, so I had no problem talking to my grandmother

- Mia, why are you crying? - she asked

I told her that I had an argue with dad

- About what

I explained to her that he wanted to decide about my life and who I could sleep with, and that he was justifying himself by saying my mother was dead

- Don't be mad at him... When Isa died, he was in a very bad mental state... And me and his mother, we even wanted to send him for treatment, because he cut himself... He blamed himself for her death to the point of overdosing on medication... praise God they rescued him

I explained to her that the overdose had nothing to do with my mother's death, but was the result of my father's illness

- Even if. Your father is simply afraid that the pregnancy will kill you too... He's lost Isabella, so he's afraid he'll lose you too... - she hugged me - I miss Isabella too... She was my only child...

》Alishia《

I couldn't calm Michael down

- Michael stop it, it's not your fault...

- It is... I'm ruining your lives. Understand this...

- If that were the case, I'd take Abi and leave you.

- Then you're a bigger idiot than me for not seeing it, or you're just a whore and you' stayed only for the money.

- Are you hearing yourself? - Tears flowed from my eyes... I never thought I'd hear anything like that from his lips... - Think about what you just said. I've got someone to leave you for. - I left

》Abi《

- Abi, - Mom peeked into my room - Come on, come with me to Melanie's...

- For what?

- I want to surprise your dad, but you have to help me.

- Okay

I went with my mom and Bill to my mom's friend's house

It wasn't until Melanie's that I discovered the truth

When Melanie opened the door, Mom immediately cried

- Alish, what happened?

Mela took us inside

- Alish, why are you crying?

- Michael said he was ruining our lives, and if I didn't see it, then I'm dumber than he is, or I'm a whore...

- What a moron... Stay here... I'll talk to him. Do you have a gun?

- I won't give it to you, you'll kill him

- If he says he's ruining your life, he probably won't mind...

- Mela, no... For now, I want to scare him that I ran away... Bill went back there to get our stuff... let Mike worry... That's enough for now

》Mia《

My grandmother, Isa, and Susan and I went for a walk around Neverland to cool down after that argue...

》Michael《

When I calmed down and left my and Alish's bedroom to find her and apologize for what I had told her, there was no one else in the building...

I tried to call Alish, but she didn't answer, and neither did Abi, and Mia and Susan's phones rang in the building, from their bedrooms

Did they all leave me? They were right... I'm a moron and I deserve it...

Suddenly, Melanie called

- Michael, Bill is in Neverland?! - she asked panicked

- I don't know. Why you ask?

- He brought Alishia and Abi to me, he was going to come back to pick up their things... but... I went out with Abi to the shop on the opposite side of the street... someone kidnapped Alishia... I only have a letter with this information... And that if, and I quote, this idiot doesn't pay, Alishia will die...

- Is Abi still with you?

- Yes

- Give me her

- Dad? - I heard my daughter's voice in the phone... I was relieved

- Abi, did your mother tell you why you were going to Mela's?

- Because of what you told her... She wanted to scare you...

- Okay... Tell Mela to get her things and come to Neverland... When I find out how much I have to pay for your mother's life, I'll go to the bank to get the money...

- Okay... Aren't you mad at me?

- Baby, I can't be... I can't blame you for the argument between me and Alishia, and the most important thing is that you're fine...

***

Half an hour after Melanie's call, Mia, Susan, Isa, and Isabella's mother returned

- Dad, what' happend? - Mia asked

- Alishia was kidnapped

After another hour, Bill arrived at Neverland, and two hours later, Melanie and Abi...

I tried to call Alishia's number, but the calls were rejected...

Finally, the kidnappers spoke...

After an hour I had the cash ready.

***

When Bill and I arrived at the indicated place, I saw the flames engulfing the wooden house... I heard Alishia screaming from inside of it...

I didn't think about it for too long... I jumped into the lake so that the fire wouldn't take me so quickly, I went back to car to get a fire extinguisher and ran in there and following her screams, I reached the room where they locked her up... luckily for us, the door was barricaded on my side so I freed Alish...

Unfortunately, when I opened the door, she was already lying unconscious and the fire had engulfed her hair and clothes... Somehow, I extinguished her and took her outside...

No sooner had I rushed out of the building with Alishia in my arms than Bill shouted:

- The ambulance and fire brigade are already on their way

- Thanks...

I put Alish behind the car so that something would protect us from the fire and the possible explosion

- Bill, if she doesn't survive, I'll kill myself... - I started to take what I could off her so that it wouldn't merge with the skin and so that she could be saved... I wasn't worried that I was suffocating myself and almost spit out my lungs...

- Sir, we have to be optimistic...

- I'm sorry love... - I whispered to Alish as I took off her wedding ring

I managed to take everything off of her, but the very fact of how badly she was burned made me cry...

- I'll find that son of a bitch who did this to you... I'll find him and feed my panther with little bits to which I'll tear him... - I said as I looked at her burned face

Until the ambulance arrived, I monitored her breathing, and then I followed the ambulance to the hospital...