CHAPTER SIXTY. ✧ ೃ༄
❝ HER MOTHER FIGURE. ❞

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"Hello?"

"¿Que le dije?" Angelica perked up at hearing her mom's voice. "Siempre, siempre se la pasa en la cama. Es bien floja." [translate: What did I tell you? She always, always, spending her time in bed. She's very lazy.]

"Mom, it's 8 am," Angelica groaned, rubbing her eyes as she sat up, irritated. "Do you need something?"

"Hi, Victoria," the girl furrowed her eyebrows at hearing the new voice before remembering that her mom has been going to therapy. "Sorry for disturbing you, but I'm your mom's therapist as of lately and we have been talking a lot about, you know, your past and the hardships the family has gone through. But, I also seemed to notice... some details about you that are worrying to me, especially, and how that may have affected you."

"Oh, yeah," Angelica dozed off, resting her phone by her ear. "Yeah, I went to therapy because of that woman there. Really great therapist I got, too."

"Would you rather speak on the phone or in person?"

"Do I have to be in the same room as her?" Angelica asked, hearing her mom about to speak. Her therapist shushed her. "No. If you want, we can talk in person. Your mom's next appointment is two days from now at 9 am. Maybe you can come with her then and we can speak without her in the room."

"Mhm," Angelica hummed, eyes closing. "Okay, now I'm going to hang up. I'm going to sleep, very excited for therapy, woohoo! Bye."

"Bye, Victoria. It was nice to meet you."

"You, too. Bye."

Angelica cursed the woman under her breath as soon as she hung up. Now, she couldn't sleep! She couldn't sleep at all. Gumbo was also staring at her, clearly irritated just like his owner for being rudely woken up.

"Ang!"

Angelica groaned at hearing her sister's loud voice, her irritation growing.

"What?"

Genesis came into room, phone in hand, all dressed up for work. "I heard Mom. Did her therapist talk to you, too?"

"Is she talking to all of us?"

"Yeah," Genesis snorted. "She wanted to speak to me but I told her I was okay. She called your stupid older brother and he was being a sarcastic little shit and told her that he didn't care and hung up. She talked to Rose and Jose and they said they weren't affected much by it but that you are the most affected."

"I'm the black sheep of the family, what can I say?" Angelica stretched, a smirk on her lips. "Anyway, I have to watch a movie. I want to cry, but I can't cry, so I'm hoping Home will make me cry. Especially when Oh supposedly dies at the end."

"That movie doesn't make me cry," Genesis looked at her sister before groaning under her breath. "The fact that you're a millionaire because you're a gamer and a streamer is... I want to relax, too!"

"Imagine working?" Angelica snickered, her puffy eyes burning since the sunlight peaking into her room hit them. "Imagine having a real job? Ha! But, you shouldn't be talking, you literally have a maid, shut up."

Genesis shook her head, laughter slipping from her lips. "Alright, I have to leave. I'm making spaghetti tonight. Your favorite. Miss Maira is going to leave around 2 PM. I gave her time to relax today and tomorrow."

"Where is she?" Angelica stood up, walking out of her room as Genesis followed after, eyes on her phone. Gumbo followed them, too, clearly hungry.

"She's in the kitchen," Genesis answered. "She was making some breakfast. I swear, that woman owns my heart."

"Señora Maira?" Angelica called out, heading towards the kitchen.

"Right here, Ms. Victoria!" Said woman yelled out, catching the attention of the girl who immediately walked towards her. Angelica skipped towards the older woman, hugging her small figure.

"I missed you!" Angelica squeezed her tighter, loosening her grip when Miss Maira tapped her on the arm. "I haven't seen you in so long."

"I had to visit my family in Mexico," Miss Maira explained. "How's everything going? Did you finally become big and famous like you said you would?"

"She's a millionaire," Genesis spoke, mouth filled with strawberry shortcake. "She's rich."

"Shut up," Angelica playfully rolled her eyes at her sister, glancing at the dessert she was eating before her eyes widened when Miss Maira gave her a piece. "¿Le he dicho cuánto la amo?" [translate: Have I told you how much I love you?]

"All the time," Miss Maira chuckled.

"Bye! I have to go. I'll see you later and I'll see you Miss Maira in a couple of days. I already sent you your money today and I'll send you the money tomorrow."

"Ay, Genesis," Miss Maura shook her head as Angelica munched on her strawberry shortcake, looking between the two. "I literally came back from Mexico after two months. I think I already had enough breaks."

"Love you, too, Señora Maira! Bye."

Genesis shut the door behind her, leaving the maid and the gamer to stare at each other.

"So, a millionaire, huh?" Miss Maira teased.

"Still surreal," Angelica smiled, continuing to eat.

"It seems like it was just yesterday when you told your sister you needed money to buy some computer things," Miss Maira recalled.

Angelica smiled. She has never mentioned Miss Maira, not because she didn't want to, but because she missed the woman and talking about her brought her to tears. Since she didn't have the love and support from her own mother, Miss Maira tried to give her that when she needed it the most. She has been a maid of Genesis ever since Angelica entered high school, having been there to experience everything the girl went through.

"I like how she calls me rich when she lives in a house like this," Angelica snorted. "I mean, she's a CEO! They make tons of money."

"Your sister never liked flaunting her money," Miss Maira commented, "and you never did either. But, anyway, who's the guy?"

"What?" Angelica gaped at her, slowly chewing.

"Who's the guy?" As if reading her confused expression, the woman chuckled under her breath. "I can see your puffy eyes, I saw on your Netflix account a large amount of romance movies, and you just look sad. So, it's either a boy or your job."

Angelica silently laughed, shaking her head before quickly washing her plate as she finished eating.

"You could always read me."

"Of course I can! I can always tell when you girls are upset. Now, let's sit. Tell me about him."

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

First chapter that is not
angsty 😩 Next chapter,
I'm going to put a major
trigger warning right now:

Mentions of a past abusive
relationship

And I will add it later, too.
Double update today :D

I haven't been feeling
like writing especially
since I've been having more
incidents with that one user
so I'm just 😃😃😃😃

Now, I have to redo my
theme so enjoy this