Page 4 of My best friends little sister

''Hey man, have you seen angel today? Is she okay?'' Mateo asks as he walks in the door

''Shes alright, said it was just a nightmare. Shes eaten and we spent the day watching tv, nothing seemed out of the ordinary'' I see his eyes widen as he mutters under his breath

''Did she tell you what it was about'' I shake my head

''Nope she said that if you haven't told me you must not want me to know anything'' I furrow my brow at him and he sighs moving towards the couch

''Its not that I dont want you to know its just not my information to share, its angels'' this is all so weird, theres like a big secret thats being passed around me and I'm not in the loop. Mateo sighs

''I guess you should know, you found her last night so youll need to know what to do in case it happens again'' I raise my eyebrow at him, again? That might happen again?

''You know about my dad right?'' yea that jerk abused them, cheated on his mom and then just left ''yes I do'' he shakes his head

''Theres more to it than what I told you, a lot more actually'' i move to the couch and sit down next to mateo, I dont push I just wait for him to talk

''He abused angel, pretty badly'' I tense, my whole body stiffens at his words ''abused...how?'' he lets out a shaky breath before saying

''Sexually'' I'm stunned, my mouth wide open in shock as i look at him. What the fuck did he just say?

''I-'' I cant get the words out, I dont know what to say. My body is flooded with anger at the thought of angel being abused like that. So many things are running through my head and I just cant think straight, I'm snapped out of it when I hear Mateo speak next

''She was 8 when it started, my mom she knew, she never tried to protect angel from him she just let it happen'' anger consumes me and I see red, I have to calm down I need to breathe

''When I was 16 I came home from school early and I...I heard it'' he shakes his head and brings his hands to his face

''She was only 10 and I could hear her screaming and crying for someone to help her, she thought she was alone in the house and that nobody would stop him'' hes angry now I can feel it, I feel the pain in his words as he talks and the more he says the more anger I feel

''I tried to protect her, I tried to stop him but he beat me. The next thing I know I'm being kicked out the house all my stuff thrown from my bedroom window and I see angels little face just staring at me through the living room window, I still see the pain in her eyes'' Jesus Christ

''I did everything I could to get her out of there, it took me years but when she turned 16 my mom caught my dad cheating and my dad just took off, fucking pussy'' he looks at me and I stare back still in complete shock

''My mom kicked her out. They got into a fight and she beat angel, she started slut shaming her and saying horrible, disgusting things about how she deserved what dad did to her. Thats why she has to stay here, I cant let her go back there but I cant let her live on the streets'' the thought of angels own mother telling her shes a slut and saying she deserved what happened enrages me. if I ever see either of her so called parents, I'm putting a fucking bullet in their heads

''Jesus I-'' again speechless ''so, she gets nightmares? About it?'' is all I can muster

''Yea, it varies. Sometimes she screams and cries in her sleep and no matter how much you try you cant wake her. Sometimes she wakes up and just goes distant like shes not in her body'' ah yes, that I witnessed

''Yea, thats what she was like last night. It was fucking scary it was like she was a ghost'' I shudder at the image of angelica standing there last night.

''Ive been trying to find him for years, to give him what he deserves for what he did to angel, I will rip him apart limb by limb'' I see the anger flood his eyes and his body goes tense

''We have all the resources why didn't you tell me? We could have found him by now I would have helped'' this is the mafia after all, he has everything at his exposure to find that son of a bitch why hasn't he used it?

''As much as I appreciate you saying that, there are much more important business things we have to focus on. I will find him and I will torture him until he takes his last breath but we cant just drop everything to do that'' as much as i want to argue hes right, hes not a threat to angel right now and thats what matters

''Does she know? About what we do'' his head shoots up and he shakes his head ''god no, I dont want my littler sister involved in this dangerous life. Shes suffered enough as it is I cant bring her into this, her safety is the most important thing to me'' I nod understandingly, shes so pure and innocent, this isn't the life she needs.

''Angelica slept on the couch last night'' he looks up at me and i see the confusion on his face ''I told her I made up her bedroom. Why is she sleeping on the couch?'' I sigh

''She told me she was afraid, but she doesnt know why'' he looks just as confused as I am. ''Ill talk to her'' I nod at him before thinking for a second ''let me take her shopping. She needs clothes and stuff anyway, ill let her pick out some room decor to make her room more welcoming''

I can see his eyebrow raise in confusion before smiling at me ''is she growing on you? I told you she was the sweetest girl and youd both get along'' she was the sweetest girl. The purest, kindest, sweetest girl I had ever met. We both stand from the couch and exchange goodnights before heading to bed, I stop just before the stairs and turn to Mateo

''Shes welcome to stay here as long as she needs. if what she needs is permanent, then i will welcome her with open arms. I quite enjoy her company'' I smile at Mateo before turning back to the stairs leaving him staring at me shocked. I dont think he expected me to say she could stay permanently, and honestly I didn't expect it either.