Zenaida at Home

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[font=Agency FB] Zenaida at home again.
[size=medium]Telling my family what happened to Elias & Making up my mind.

Mason and I talked. Even though it was on Riverside, where I didn’t feel too comfortable. Luckily no one seemed to be bothered by my presence. We talked as a result we decided that it would be better if I went home. I just can figure out what to do with Mason. It feels like that there is this huge river between us, keeping us from meeting. But what or where this river is actually coming from, and why this big?

So here I was back in my ship flying home. Trying to find ways to tell mom and dad what had happened and Caesar? I hope they’ll understand. As I got I tried to image as many scenario’s possible of how they would react to the news. Or to my behavior or how they would react if I didn’t tell them or lied. Although I’m almost sure I won’t go start lying, can’t do that to mom and dad, they will find out sooner or later.

I saw Porto Novo in the distance, I still didn’t make up my mind on what to say. I would just go and see what happens. I docked the ship. The base looked calm, not much seemed to be happening around the docking bay. Good, I don’t need anything busy right now. I got out of my ship. Made a little detour around the hanger. I noticed that Ceasar’s ship wasn’t there and neither was that of dad. Maybe they were out practicing. Dad seemed so keen on getting Caesar ready to fly. He said he was the most talented on the three of us but always proud on everyone he said.

Against my will I walked to the front door of ‘our’ quarters. I slowly opened the door which was standing on ajar.
“Mom, are you home?” I carefully said when I entered the room.
At first there was no reply so I say it again, a bit louder. This time there was a reply.
“Zen, is that you?” A voice coming from the kitchen. A voice that I missed.
“Hey, mom. Yeah I’m back again.” I walked to the kitchen and lend against the doorpost, resting my head against is.
“You brought Elias this time?” She talked with a calm voice as she was preparing dinner, wanting it to be ready when Dad and Caesar would be back.
“hm, I’m alone again. Sorry I didn’t call that I was coming again though.”
“Don’t worry about it, I’m glad you’re here and there is enough dinner.” Alice smiled at Zenaida for a short moment as she continued cooking.
I remained quiet, just staring at mom, thinking about what I knew and what she didn’t know yet. I will tell them when we’re all sitting around the table for dinner, is what I thought. Walking to a closet getting a glass, getting myself a drink, walking over I sat down on the couch in the living room. Would mother notice something? She isn’t saying anything either.

Alice walked from the kitchen to Zenaida and sat down next to her on the bench in the living room. She remained silent for a moment.
“Something is bothering you isn’t it Zen?” she said with a caring and sincere voice.
Should I tell her now? Zenaida turned somewhat towards her mother, Alice. She looked het deeply in her eyes.
“Mom… ” Zenaida sighed briefly before continuing.
“Mom, Elias won’t be coming home anymore. He…” Zenaida could barely get it out of her mouth.
“He was killed. In Liberty” The look in the eyes of Alice changed, as they turned to something looking as if she turned into shock. She shook her head turning away from Zenaida staring forward to the wall. A picture hanging on the wall, the whole family was on it. She stood up without saying a word, walking towards the picture on the wall.
“Mom…” Zenaida let her hand slip of her mother as she stood up. Her mother Alice stepped closer to the picture. She placed her hand on Elias’s face, she already knew what had happened to her son, she knew very well what Zenaida meant. He won’t be returning to her.
“Oh son…” Zena’s mother sighed deeply as she moved her hand over Elias’s face on the picture.

Zenaida sat back on the couch, not knowing what to say, she just remained quiet. Alice walked back to the kitchen, she stood their rowing a spoon through the boiling dinner. ‘what am I supposed to do…’ Zenaida though, she was utterly confused on what to do with the situation. Then she heard quiet weeping coming from the kitchen… Zenaida took a deep breath and walked to kitchen, seeing her mother crying, taking away a tear from her eye. Zena laid her arm around her mother, sharing the lose.
“It’s okay…” Zenaida said quietly to her mother. Barely able to keep her own eyes dry.

At that the same time Zena’s dad and her younger brother walked in the apartment.
“Honey, we’re home.” Bastiaan Zenaida’s father said.
Zenaida gulped as she heard her dad’s voice. She guided her mother away from the kitchen, still her arm around her. Setting her down on the couch. Both Caesar’s and Bastiaan’s faces looked stunned as they saw Zena with their saddened mother. Zena motioned them to be quiet and sit down. Bastiaan sat down next to his wife.
“Hey honey, what’s wrong?” He looked at Zenaida as she returned from the kitchen, she sat the dinner away to prevent it from burning. Zena sat down on a chair next to the couch.
“Caesar, sit down too please?” Zena said quietly. Caesar who was totally confused by the situation did as he was told, he gave his mother a caring look but remained silent.

Zenaida leant forward, her hands folded, she looked at her dad.
“Dad, Caesar. Elias…” Zenaida sighed “Elias won’t be returning. He… was killed”
“What?!” Bastiaan her father said angry, loud, shocked… Alice pulled him back onto the couch as he tried to stand up closing both her arms around him tight. Caesar remained silent as sacked down into his chair staring at the table in front of him.
“I told him not to go... but he was so stubborn and now he’s gone.” Zenaida said in one go.
“Go where?” Her father said curt.
“Elias was after someone, a navy officer… Because that officer was protecting a ‘hacker’. Elias lost and tried to redeem himself by taking the officer out…”
“Another corrupt one heh… another family member gone because of the friggin’ Libertarians”
“Bas, clam down…”
“I’m not going to calm down. I will deal with this guy myself. Zen where is he and name…”
“Dad, don’t, it’s not right.”
“How is this not right? He killed my son, and what’s wrong with you why didn’t you chase this guy down?”
“Because…” Zena sighed again.
“Because of what?”
“Dad just don’t go, it will only make things worse.”
“What’s wrong with you, I can tell something is wrong.” Bastiaans voice seemed to turn to angry. Zenaida shook her head and stood up wanting to walk away. Bastiaan stood up letting his remain seated and grabbed Zenaida’s wrist to keep her from walking away.
“What is wrong Zen.” Zen sighed closing her eyes briefly.
“I didn’t kill or take revenge because he saved my life okay?”
“Is this some sort of joke? He killed your brother!”
“And he would’ve killed me too if he… if I would go after him the way Elias did.” Zenaida turned around to her dad.
“But you are not going after him!” Zena’s voice turned angry too going against her father’s voice.
“Are you protecting him from a fair judgment? He killed my son, your brother he deserves nothing, he doesn’t deserve life.”
“Fine, go after him… if you want to hurt us all, if you want to follow in Elias’s footsteps blinded by revenge.”

Caesar saw how Zenaida and Bastiaan his father rambled onwards. He noticed something was wrong, something changed.
“Dad, go get him.” Caesar stood up and pushed Zenaida to his room, Zenaida shook her head.
“Don’t go dad!” She said before Caesar closed the door.
“Sit” Zenaida shook her head again and sat down.
“Now tell me what is going on, why don’t you go with father to catch that guy hm? Tell me”
“heh, I can’t.”
“why”
Zenaida shook her head, you won’t understand.
“Ow I will. My brother isn’t around anymore, I have the right to know.”
“He was also my brother, Ceas.”
“So tell me what is actually going on”
Zenaida looked Caesar into his eyes. With a somewhat desperate look.
“That officer, Caes… he told me he loved me, he never intended to kill Elias, it was Elias’s own fault. I tried to stop him, he forced Mason to kill him by his own stupid actions.”
“Is this really some sort of joke to you? You choose a corrupt son of a bitch navy officer above your own brother.”
“He is differ-…”
“I don’t need to hear more, you killed your own brother”
“What?!” Zenaida looked Caesar into his eyes, his eyes looked angered, Zena’s eyes turned wet, ‘I knew they wouldn’t understand’ she thought.
“Ceas, if dad goes, he’ll get killed too or arrested or whatever, it won’t do anything good if he goes.”
“Then I’ll go with him, we beat him together and while we’re at it you stay home and take good care of mom, got it?!”
“I won’t let you go.”
“You can’t stop me…” Caesar walked out of the room angered and slammed the door behind him.
“Dad let’s go” Zenaida could hear from behind the door.
“Dammit!” She punched against the wall with her fists a couple of time.

Zenaida cried for a while not loud, quietly she tried to keep it for herself while she sat in the room, when she managed to get a grip on her emotions again she opened the door. She saw the front door just close. Wanting to go after her dead and brother but as she reached the door, her mother grabbed her hand.
“Zen don’t. Let them. It will just make things worse.”
“Mom, no you don’t understand, if they go. That will make things worse. Let me go.”
“No I won’t. stay here.”
Zenaida shook her head still angered ‘why don’t they understand’. She walked to couch and sat down her arms crossed.
“This is so not right.” Her mother walked back into the kitchen ignoring Zena’s protest.