Stefan turned around immediately and left the visitor's lounge. Cayenne was still stunned with the truth but she also knew that they needed to talk before things gets worse.
"Stefan, wait up." She ran after him, forgetting the fact that she didn't even bid farewell to his stepfather. Jonas didn't mind being ignored but he was worried for his stepdaughter. Of all people that she could love, she ended up with Stefan who hated him the most.
As soon as they stepped out, Stefan got inside the car. Cayenne immediately followed him inside, not giving him the chance to get away.
"Stefan, let's talk about this. I didn't know. I really had no idea of what happened. I didn't try to find out as well. But you can't blame me for this. It's my stepfather.
I didn't want to mind his business or whatever he has done because he wasn't my biological father. Stefan –"
"Cayenne, can you give me some time to think about this?"
"Are you going to think about us as well?" she asked but Stefan didn't answer her question. "Chris, can you stop the car somewhere. I want to get some air, too."
Since Stefan didn't refute her command, Chris followed Cayenne and stopped the car somewhere. Cayenne alighted and walked to another direction without looking back. They both needed space with what happened. After all, she knew how much pain it caused Stefan when Alexander died.
Her tears fell and she wiped them abruptly. But no matter how much she wiped them off, they wouldn't stop falling. "I'm scared. I'm so scared. What will happen between us now? I should have told him about my mother's death.
Perhaps he wouldn't be that angry with me."
Cayenne walked aimlessly with tears streaming down on her face. People were staring at him but they didn't pay her any mind. They just went on their way, ignoring her after looking weirdly at her.
"Stefan, won't you get her back? She looked distraught and broken." Chris told Stefan while looking at Cayenne's hunched back.
Stefan looked at her walking away as well but the pain of what he discovered still haunted her. "Let's just go to A's bar."
After an hour or walking, she decided to come back to the funeral home. Her personal matter was important to her but her mother's funeral must be respected and she needed to be there as her one and only daughter.
Unexpectedly, one problem came after another. Reuben Montefalco was still around when she arrived. She felt an onslaught of headaches stabbing her brain from all the stimulations she has received in a very short span of time. It was so depressing that she wanted to flip a table.
'Calm down. Calm down, Yen.' She told herself again and again as she strode inside.
"Cayenne." Reuben called her name. "Can we talk?"
"What do you want to talk?"
"I don't even know you. What us are we talking about?"
"I'm your father. Didn't your mom tell you about me?"
The atmosphere sank and the two of them were in dead silence. Cayenne had no intentions of breaking the silence. She didn't even want to talk to him at this point. She was too tired to have another headache inducing conversation.
"I just wanted to see you." Reuben mentioned while taking a sip of his drink. "I was thinking that maybe I can lend you some help or perhaps asked you to come with me. After all, I am still your biological father."
Cayenne looked at the man with dull eyes. She was angry at him for leaving her mother. If he didn't leave, none of the sufferings she's been through will happen. Her mother won't find someone else to love. She wouldn't have a murderer stepfather. Stefan's brother probably wouldn't die or if he still died, it wouldn't have anything to do with her.
"Yen?" Luiz tap her shoulder which brought Cayenne to reality. Seeing her brother's handsome face, her tears fell once again. She felt so guilty of denying their existence. Even though they were having a hard time, her brothers never complained or asked her anything outrageous. They were always mindful and careful around her. They never talked back to her.
'How could I think that way?' Cayenne asked herself in pain. 'There's no ifs in life. What's done was done. I cannot turn back the time. I can just fix it now.'
Cayenne hugged her brother and cried her heart out. As for the reason why she was crying so hard, they had no idea. Reuben was sure that he didn't say anything wrong.
Luiz didn't ask any question. Kyle was just watching the two of them with worry. Now that everything's turned awful. They can just depend on each other. Although, he was still worried that Cayenne would go with her biological father.
After her the pain on chest subsides, Cayenne wiped her tears and faced her father again. "I'm sorry for letting you see my weak side. I'm usually strong." Cayenne commented while giving the man a faint smile. "Anyway, I won't take anything against you. You and mom, you were not destined to be together even when I was conceived. But I won't take away your rights to be a father to me.
However, I cannot come with you. I want to stay with my brothers wherever and whatever situation we'd have to go through. If I really need help, I will come and find you. Until then, don't send me any financial help. I'd like to stand on my own two feet."
"Then, how can I be a father to you?" Reuben asked in confusion.
"You can be a father to me when I ask for help."
"Can I give you a gift first to seal this agreement we have. I just want to know that you have accepted me as a father."
"Alright. I'll come back tomorrow with my gift. Thank you so much, my daughter. Thank you for giving me another chance." Cayenne would have never thought that her father's gift would come in handy after several days.
After they separated their ways earlier, Stefan didn't contact Cayenne even once. But around seven in the evening she received a message. 'Come to A's bar. Your husband is drunk. Take him home.'