Heart Darkness
Chapter 34 Does Mom Still Hate Me?!

While in Durante Pavilion ....

Maribella is busy preparing the dinner table for dinner later in the evening, while Marya struggled with a lot of dirty utensils. Today his heart and liver continue to work throughout the day, rhythmically irregular as suffering from disorders and organ dysfunction. Starting this morning, at breakfast at the dinner table with Reinha and Mr. Abner then noon with Elgio. How the man continued to create pounding for the sake of pounding like the pounding of the waves on the shore through a smooth and soft gaze that reverberated so intimately.

Elgio almost kept hugging her, if only Aunt Maribel had not returned to the kitchen. They date in the kitchen and forget the snacks in the frying pan in the last cluster until the food is scorching and black. Elgio almost took her away to the back garden, avoiding Aunt Maribel's nagging. The man was not kapok, he returned to the kitchen after three hours of working with Mr. Abner with that dazzling handsome face.

Now he's pounding back thinking about seeing Mom after all these years. Sometimes he stopped his activities, looked out the window, exhaled heavily as if unable to recognize and detect which type of emotion was lodged in his mind. He was agitated, angry, resentful but very eager to see Mom. Does Mom still hate him? That's certain. Mom never looked for him. He became sad.

"Are you nervous?" ask Elgio.

The man noticed Marya who was moving restlessly. Elgio sat in a rattan chair from across the table, folding his hands with an intense look as if enjoying a master chef performance. Wanting a sense of crossing the table and hugging the girl, he held back. Marya was so fragile, frail and tender, that she invited Elgio to protect her. There was something about Marya that made Elgio so comfortable being around her.

"Emmm, yeah. You keep looking at me without blinking. I was misbehaving. Your pupils can dry out Elgio."

Marya grimaced with a reddened face. That's so sweet. Elgio flashes. Sure enough his eyes hurt when he blinked due to too long glaring at Marya.

He sighed, "Oh, I think you're nervous about meeting your mother."

Marya paused for a moment, from across the table she looked at Elgio hesitantly. His eyes tormented Elgio. The man tightened a hug on his own arm. Otherwise, he would have ended up near Marya. He was even envious of the pot Marya was holding, aih, half her sane had drifted away.

"Elgio ... What if Mom rejects me? Mom once said she didn't want to be recognized by me if I grew up. I don't know if I hate him or miss him?"

Elgio thought for a moment. Is there a mother who does that to her own child? Animals just won't do it to their children. Salsa regrets the decision to love Benn after they have Aruhi, isn't that ridiculous? Elgio fixed his seat.

"There are some clues to whether or not your mother wants you. I'll lure him. First, if he's interested in talking about you all the time sincerely .. we'll know that later. Second, you can be Marya Corazon to make her want you but I don't want to take any chances."

What if Salsa thinks about kidnapping her lover? Oh no, enough been separated for 13 years. He won't let that happen again. Marya can't vanish from her sight for a second.

"I'm going to eavesdrop from the kitchen," Marya quits her dilemma. Besides, he doesn't want Salsa in trouble if he suddenly sees her. What if you have a heart attack and pass out? Marya nodded unconsciously.

"Did Mom come with my new husband and step-sister?" marya asked quietly, a bit strange to mention step-sister.

"It could be. Didn't your mother come because she wanted to match me up with your step-sister?"

Marya doesn't seem to like it very much. What would you react to knowing that Elgio and himself have stepped into marriage? Will he seize Elgio for his Son and wound his other Daughter? Any more? Marya close her eyes. Mother's shadow went back over and over again, she opened her eyes quickly and Elgio was seen across the table, unsettled looking at her. No. gabe. You can hurt him first, not this time. Elgio is his and no one can take him.

While they were chatting casually, a car stopped in the Pavilion courtyard. Elgio went to the window and came back and spoke meaningfully to Marya.

"Umm, looks like we've got a guest."

Marya shrugged, sent a question, I don't understand what you mean?

"What ... Mommy's coming early?" marya asked with a stifled breath.

Elgio nodded out the window in response and Marya approached, nervous. Not Mom but ....

"Ethan Sanchez?!" Marya gawked in astonishment, "what's she here for?"

"We'll know. I'll go see him! Does he want to find Reinha? Me? Or ... "looked at Elgio curiously, "looking for you in my house?"

"mrs ... Ethan knows I live here and he's also the first one to see my face. He saw me three times."

Marya's honesty made Elgio shocked, when it became jealously enveloped his handsome face. He's pouting.

"Well, that makes me angry. Three times isn't that a delay? You were showing off to her on purpose?"

"Oh you, I accidentally. Last time someone hit me at the fair. Ethan saw me there."

"Highway you mean, recently?! So, I hit you?" ask Elgio more to himself.

"A, what do you mean?"

"You went on a date with him at the fair? Wow .. it's amazing."

"It's not so ...."

Aunt Maribel entered in a hurry and was astonished to see the two lovebirds arguing over something, she frowned. They had just made out like a heavy kasmaran and did not want to take each other off even to the point of forgetting a pan full of peixiohos da horta that had blackened and reflected smoke. They almost burned his beloved kitchen, what makes Elgio face as if he had just swallowed a bucket of vinegar? Recalling her goal to the kitchen, Aunt Maribel made a sound.

"Miss Marya, I think your sweetest boyfriend came looking for you." Aunt Maribel was shy. Elgio looked at his nanny, he stroked his forehead suddenly dizzy. His face grew sour.

"Sweet? Did you lick it when you told her to come in, Aunt Mai? Sweet what? So pale?" Elgio complained unhappily. "Just wait here! I'll meet him!" he told Marya to make Marya flabbergasted.

"Ehh?! You're not gonna make a fuss, are you?"

"I'm not going to make a fuss with teenagers. You just calm down. It's like to lock you in a tower before your pretty eyes are seen by other men and they're hypnotized by you."

Elgio grumbled and left the kitchen, leaving Marya on full alert, and Aunt Maribel unable to help but laugh.

"Oh my God, I didn't see it wrong? Young Master is jealous, very sweet."

Marya smiled wryly. Elgio looks mature but if Ethan provokes him, it could be that the man will turn out like the Hulk.

"I wonder who you're looking for?"

Elgio welcomes Ethan in the living room. Ethan replies to Elgio's welcome with a sharp look.

"Reinha's working in town if you're looking for Rein-"

"Marya Corazon .. I'd like to see him," cut Ethan Sanchez flat.

Elgio. He hates to admit that Ethan is handsome and charismatic. That's why Reinha likes Ethan and another one, Ethan is crazy about Marya.

"Marya Corazon is my wife" said Elgio, leaving Ethan Sanchez stunned. He wants to kick Ethan out as quickly as possible and go back to the kitchen, interrogating Marya.

"All right, I'm asking permission to meet your wife Marya Corazon. I want to hear from him."

"What if I mind?" ask Elgio expressionlessly.

"If Marya is your wife and loves you so much, you don't have to be afraid she's attracted to me" Ethan said bluntly. The teenager's mutter mocked Elgio and it infuriated Elgio.

"Trims because you're mocking me. You're stubborn, too, yes, I won't let Marya meet you. You can go!" Elgio stood up and was about to leave the living room.

"I like Marya Corazon."

That overly bold statement turns off Elgio's steps. He turned quickly and riled up. How dare he like Marya.

"I need to ask him to believe in myself. I need certainty and not an answer from you. What if you marry her just because you have to? You're very temperamental. I feel the need to hear from Marya."

Elgio tilted his neck refusing to believe Ethan Sanchez had just accused him of being temperamental and possibly hurting Marya. That's the most genius verbal attack, playing victim.

"Um, I'm sorry about your ignorance. Me and Marya 'married' since Marya was a child and I was 11. We got involved in monkey love then real love and got married for real."

"Call Marya, Elgio Durante!" ethan said forcefully, not wanting to hear Elgio's nonsense. Elgio could have outsmarted it.

"Ethane ...."

Marya stood in the doorway complete with a hoodie.

"Marya .. are you okay?" Ethan smiles happily, moving closer to Marya. "I was looking for you in Laundry but Madam Niels said you didn't go to work today and probably never will work again. So, I'm here. Are you all right?" Ethan is about to grab Marya's hand but is knocked back and sculpted when he sees the ring in Marya's fingers. He asked almost whispering, "Well, you actually married her? Is that why you rejected me?"

Marya nodded, too soon. At least Marya thought first to hold back the answer, like a beam of hope, but the girl nodded quickly. Ethan took a few steps back.

While Elgio almost jumped up where he stood and cheered in his heart, unable to hold back the smile. However, he is jealous Ethan Sanchez even knows where Marya works. The teenager also knew Madam Niels.

"alright. Can we still be friends? We're in the same class on level three" asked Ethan expectantly. At least, he hopes to see Marya at school and study in the library together.

"No. Marya will be homeschooling as well as Reinha," answered Elgio quickly made Marya and Ethan flabbergasted and turned around at the same time. Ethan's hopes are dashed. He stared pushyly at Marya not expecting her to like Marya so much and had to end this quickly.

"You're not going to do it, Elgio. Marya and Reinha need a school environment and both are role models." Ethan looked down on Elgio more on the beat.

"You'll replace them both, Ethan. You're quite popular," said Elgio.

What if not only Ethan Sanchez fell in love with Marya but also the other boy friends at school? Does she have to go to Marya's school every day and stand guard in front of the class like a husband waiting for his wife to give birth? That's just not possible. He'd better build a tower and lock Marya up for himself. Elgio bit his lip for that bad idea.

"Reinha and Marya will use alternative learning methods at home. After all, they're both very smart, so, they don't need school. You can go and you don't have to come here. Thank you for your concern for Marya as well as Reinha all this time. You want to see Aunt Maribel first? He adores you so much. He even said you were sweet as honey." Elgio spoke with one breath.

Ethan turned around, "no. Thank ye. Sorry to interrupt your time. I hope you treat him well, because there's someone else waiting for him somewhere if you dare to hurt him."

Ethan Sanchez's threatening words are too bold for a teenage boy's size. Marya was silent because Elgio's mood was suddenly bad.

"That's not gonna happen. I love Marya so much" Elgio said before Ethan walked away from there in a disappointed hue.

A quiet atmosphere filled the living room. Marya did not dare to go to Elgio. The man wandered towards the entrance. I don't know what he's thinking. His face was not predictable.

"Elgio .. a, I .. " said Marya gagu. Elgio gets moody just because Ethan Sanchez likes him, this is bad.

"I'm fine, mi amor (honey). Go back to the kitchen! It's not your fault if she likes you" Elgio said, keeping a face to face that didn't scare Marya. How is this, he is very jealous and unable to control emotions.

"It's interesting ...." Mr. Abner who was watching from upstairs clapped loudly after Marya left.

"Don't add to my problems!" gerutu Elgio was irritated. "You're fit to be a champion or a champion."

"You're acting like a kid who's afraid of having his toys taken away. Oh, my God, Elgio. You don't have to say, 'My wife' just to beat her."

Elgio looked up to see Abner growing annoyed.

"You were with him for a week and today most of the day in the kitchen peppered him full of desire ...."

"You?!"

"I peeked at you .. and Maribel too."

Elgio. His face is red. My God, there's no privacy in this house. They are like live and breathable CCTVs, going around the house to monitor the situation.

"You almost chewed and swallowed Marya round and round but you're still not sure Marya felt the same way about you? Isn't that ridiculous?"

"Shut up, Abner!"

"You suck Elgio Durante. Whatisit? You want homeschooling? Just build a tower and put it there!"

"Abner, are you a descendant of a fortune teller?"

"Why? You're squawking in the kitchen about the tower. One Durante Land heard your babble."

Abner gasped, happy to see Elgio moping. Elgio went up to the second floor and wanted to punch Abner and then kick him into a decorative lamp.

"I'll advise you, Elgio. Too much affection will make you possessive and instead of loving her, you will only imprison her. Over time, he will be depressed. Before that happens, just fall in love. You know, school friends are a great therapy to build up Miss Marya's confidence. Are you sure you're gonna lock him up?"

Apart from Abner being very good-natured, his guardian was right. Marya needs a school environment so that her half-sociophobia has no reason to be imprisoned in the souls of her lovers. After all, Elgio believes Reinha will balk at the idea of homeschooling.

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Well, this is a long chapter.... It should be for two chapters.

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