Bully in Love

Chapter Seventeen

A/N: So my updating daily is kinda failing but I am not gonna leave you guys for that long. You can expect a couple of updates in a week. I gotta push through and finish my first converted book. I have been asked if I have anything planned after I finish this and to be honest I got nothing planned. But let's enjoy this great fic for now. Happy Reading!!

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Sinu headed out of the kitchen to the front door. She looked through the peephole and saw a beautiful woman, close to her age, standing on the other side. Curious, she opened the door. The woman was more beautiful than Sinu had thought and she was well dressed in a silk blouse and black skirt.

"Hello. Can I help you?" Sinu asked.

"My name is Clara Jauregui. I believe you have my daughter."

A small scowl fell over Sinu's features after the mystery woman identified herself. Sinu was never one to hide her emotions well. Her facial expressions always said it all. "Oh, you're Lauren's mom, huh?"

"Yes. I was informed by my butler that she was at this..." Clara looked past SInu and gave the house a once-over with a disapproving look on her face. "...residence?" she finished.

Sinu caught the undertone of an insult and was instantly put off by Clara's obvious bigotry. She folded her arms in front of her chest and eyed the woman up and down. "Yeah, she's here. The girls told me what happened last night."

"Good. Then you know my daughter is being disobedient and must come home with me at once."

Sinu gave an unamused chuckle before stepping outside with Clara and closing the door behind her. Clara looked at her as if she had lost her mind.

"Okay, listen, Clarice."

"The name is Clara," she corrected. "That's Mrs Jauregui to you."

Sinu rolled her eyes, already growing tired of this woman and her high horse. "Clara, Mrs Jauregui, whatever," Sinu countered. "I may not know a lot of things but I know Lauren is a good kid... a real sweetheart that cares for others like no one's business. But right now she is heartbroken because her own mother won't accept her."

Clara looked at her, outraged. "This is none of your concern. I demand to see my daughter now."

"Oh, it's a big concern for me," Sinu shot back. "Do you know how often Lauren has been over for dinner? Do you know how much time she spends here?"

"It sounds like too much time."

"Well, it's more time than I can count for the past few months, I'll tell you that. But you know what? I don't mind, because Lauren has told me herself that she would rather be with us than at home."

Clara scoffed. "That's absurd. I won't listen to this any further. Bring Lauren to me."

"I'm not done yet. Have you even asked yourself yet why Lauren ran away from home?"

"She's clearly confused. Lauren is at a stage in her life where she can be easily influenced and being around... unsuitable outside sources is causing her to act abnormally."

"Unsuitable sources, huh? Oh, you mean blue collar folks like us," Sinu stated, rather than questioned.

Clara defiantly stuck her chin out, refusing to answer Sinu's question. They both knew the answer just by the look in Clara's eyes. "She has no reason to run from me. I've given her everything a young girl could possibly want."

"Yeah? What about attention? What about love? She wants to feel like she belongs somewhere." Clara looked as though she were about to speak but Sinu cut her off. "She needs those things and she finds it here. I treat Lauren like one of my own."