Chapter 86: Mother knows best (2)
"Delilah said she was telling him of her feelings for him, and he got angry with her. I understand that Rafael does not feel the same way, but it didn’t call for what happened after," said Rachel, feeling offended that Beatrice questioned what she said when it was true that Rafael put Delilah over his shoulder.
She thought differently of Rafael, so this disappointed her. Then again, men always had hidden anger. Rafael was not as gentle as everyone painted him to be. At the end of the day, he was still a knight with a temper.
"Rachel, I think of you as a smart woman. Doesn’t this story seem odd? Your daughter went to tell my son how much she loved him, and it ended with him forcibly taking her out of his home? Why am I only hearing about my son’s actions? Tell the story from the beginning, Delilah. Not missing anything out," Beatrice said, wanting to hear the tale Delilah told her mother.
Beatrice was not angry with Rachel. All of her anger went to Delilah, who knew what she had tried to do and why Rafael reacted as he did, yet she allowed her mother to travel here, and she sat quietly. Just thinking about what might have happened if Delilah had succeeded in undressing and then crying out, angered her further.
Delilah bit her lip, not wanting to speak of what happened yesterday. Her parents were not to know since she would deal with it on her own. She had bad luck for someone there to have told her parents. She couldn’t help thinking that it was Benjamin. He should consider himself fired.
Delilah told her mother she did not want to come along to see Beatrice, but her mother would not let her stay home.
"I-I don’t want to talk about what happened yesterday-"
"Well, isn’t that why you and your mother came to my home so early in the morning when I have not yet enjoyed a full breakfast? You are telling me something about my son, so I would like for your mother to hear the full story before anything is said to anger me., More than I already am. It is taking all my strength not to lash out right now," said Beatrice.
"Do you already know the full story, Beatrice? You didn’t send a note to us. Am I missing something here?" Rachel asked, looking at Delilah, who quickly turned her head to avoid meeting her eyes. "Delilah, tell the full story from the beginning. I have come here early without notice to end this."