Chapter 98: You don’t deserve it
Laura’s eyes blazed with intensity, her jaw tightly set as she glared right at me, an angry expression etched onto her face. I watched with wide eyes as she marched over to the stand in front of me, crossing the space between us in just a few strides.
She leaned in closer, her face hovered just inches away from mine. "Who do you think you are?!" She sneered with a disdainful scorn, spitting the words out like they were poison in her mouth.
I let out a breath and reached up to wipe the tears that were lingering at the brim of my eyes. "I’m the mother of my child," I replied firmly as I kept my gaze steady on her. "What are you doing here?" I questioned, my tone carrying a sharp edge to it.
It was at this moment when Blake rushed in behind her, his eyes darting around, scanning the space before they landed on me and we locked eyes. "And I’m the father of our child," he chimed in. "How could you try and hold a funeral service for our son without letting me know? Who gave you the right to do this without first consulting me?! After all, I am still the father!" He yelled, raising his voice this time, his tone laced with anger.
A cold chuckle left my lips with an incredulous look plastered across my face. Standing just next to me, Xavier’s face darkened significantly and his fists were clenched tightly beside him, and even his knuckles were starting to turn white from the pressure.
He stepped forward in Blake’s direction, his eyes boring directly into Blake’s cold blue eyes, forcing him to move back. Before I could say a word in retaliation to Blake, Xavier’s voice boomed loudly, echoing in the room. His deep voice dropped to a hush and deadly whisper, his tone was heavy with a threat.
"Try yelling at her one more time and see what happens," he warned through gritted teeth, their faces now dangerously close.
Witnessing the scene before her eyes, a frown crept onto Laura’s face within the next second and her brows were furrowed together in concern. She quickly stepped forward, her fingers wrapped around her son as she pulled him back in an instant, creating a distance between them. "Are you crazy?" She snarled, glancing over at Xavier with wide eyes swimming with anger. "Who are you to threaten my son?"
"I can do a whole lot more than just threaten him," he retorted, the words that left his lips were coated with a thick layer of malice and rage was spreading inside of him like a wildfire. There was a brief moment of pause as silence lapsed between them before he broke it once again. "Do you want to find out?"