Chapter 6 - Pampered Sister

"But tonight, i want you to come home with me. Your sister in law has been asking for you." Ralph said as he hug her by the shoulder. Really treating her like she's still small. Immediately Alicia groaned. Not in pain but more like in terror. The thought of meeting Ralph's wife is making her shivers. She needed to think of a way to escape.

"Ah...about that. Can it be postpone..." She stopped talking when she saw Ralph smiling ever so sweetly at her.

"Postpone? You haven't finished your sentence yet." He said in a gentler voice. She just froze.

'I'm going to be dead, i'm going to be dead.' She felt like screaming while slapping her mouth. There's one thing that one must know is that Ralph is someone who pampers his wife and will never say no to her bidding. No matter if people call him Satan or Ralph the Ruthless, he will never disobey his wife. He's the typical 'What wife says goes' type of men. He can even sold his own sister to his own wife. Just like now. Don't be fooled by his sweet smile and gentle voice. And don't even think of getting any help from the others as well.

"Huh? I said postpone? Ah, what i meant is postpone the party tonight since i'm so eager to meet sister in law as well." Hopefully the tone of her voice sound sincere. She felt like her throat is straining in pain getting the sentences out. Anymore thab that she can get herself choke. Others were grinning widely seeing her in torture. Thankfully Ralph took her words easily. If not, he will definitely stopped her from staying at her own place.

"No can do. We can't postpone the party tonight. It's been years since we last meet you and the moment you got here, you put yourself in trouble." Aaron protested.

"Yeah Alicia. You can't just ditch us just to save yourself." Zack added oil to the fire. Alicia shot them each a glare as she peak Ralph who's still holding onto her shoulder. Doesn't look like he'll be letting go.

"It's fine if we hold the party. Your sister in law want you home for the whole week. You can forget about living at your place at the moment." Ralph assure her. But that doesn't seem like and advantage to her. It just seem like another sort of evil plan to get her stay inside Ralph's house. Unfortunately, she doesn't have that guts to disagree. Might as well just go along with it.

"Fine. My clothes is still there right?" She finally concede.

"Your sister in law bought you new clothes that will suits your age. Your niece and nephew has been asking about you the whole time. So, that's why she insist wanting you to come home." Alicia nodded her head. She's not that fond of kids but she just doesn't know why her niece and nephew doesn't seem to care that she tried to avoid them like a plague.

"Okay, enough talking about that. Let's head to our private room first. We're attracting to many butterflies here." Jason said as he winked towards beauty. She rolled her eyes upwards.

"Butterflies my ass. Either she's blind or your appearance are screaming money." She retorted. Ralph flick her forehead as soon as she said that.

"Language!!!" She shut her mouth meekly making the others chuckling at her behaviour. Only Ralph can handle her. She's his dear sister after all. And no matter how much they fight, Alicia will still listen to him. They saw how Ralph begged his parent to take Alicia to be his adopted sister and they saw how Ralph pampers her and will always watch over her during her rebellious years. But there's a taboo topic that Ralph wouldn't let anyone mention. He even erased everything that happen on that fateful day.

"Oh yeah, i forgot. How's mom and dad?" Alicia asked Ralph who's now holding her hand leading her towards their private room. The room that's only reserved for them. Being part of the bar's owner has its advantages.

"You just mentioned them now? They've been waiting for you to call them so they can pick you up but who knows someone decided to sneak in quietly not letting anyone know." Ralph didn't forget to attack her. She grimaced.

"Ralph,,,alright,alright. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make that decision. I just wanted to try and stay at my own humble place. You know, being a doctor i won't always be at home. So that's also the main reason i wanted to have my own place. Plus, it's close to the hospital. I can just walk."

"Tell that to mom and dad." He said curtly. Alicia start to act like a little girl. Swinging his hand and making a pitiful face.

"I promise i'll come home during my day off. So, can you please help me?" Ralph look at her childish act and can only sigh. He flicked her forehead once again before agreeing.

"Mom and dad will be coming to my house tomorrow. So you better prepare." Alicia nodded her head continuously before smiling widely making him feel helpless around her. Others who are used to watching their 'drama' only shook their head. Aaron who's always picking a fight with Alicia pointed out the problem.

"You pamper her to much. She'll end up selling you to the devil if you keep this up." He said making Alicia chase him around trying to beat him up. Having Alicia with them again, it became loud and lively. Ralph was laughing and the others couldn't stop teasing her. It was all good.