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december 31st, 2020

Buzz after buzz Della's phone kept ringing. It was four in the morning and both Della and Austin were sleeping

But because the girls phone kept constantly vibrating she was no longer in a slumber. Now she was in a mood

Nervous and annoyed. Why was her phone blowing up. Did she accidentally post something, or was an article put out about god knows what? What was the internet in a frenzy over

Turns out, it wasn't the internet at all. She turned her phone over and saw hundreds upon hundreds of text messages from her family and distant relatives

Some people who she hasn't seen since she was  little were texting her. But that wasn't the most concerning part

What worried her the most was the 28 missed calls from her father and 54 text messages from Amela

And as she was looking through everything her father called again. Immediately she answered and began walking out of her room and into the living room

Right away she heard sobbing and her father talking in a distraught manner with incomplete words

She tried to calm her father down by talking quiet and calm  "Baba, kini aṣiṣe. Fa fifalẹ ki o sọ ohun ti o ṣẹlẹ fun mi jọwọ."

( dad, whats wrong. slow down and tell me what happened please. )

All he could respond with was three words. His sobbing grew louder as her tried to say them

When he finally did, everything changed

"Iya re ni." ( it's your mother. )

In that moment she knew what this was about. She knew was everyone from both sides of her family were calling

Why everyone's calling

Nieces, grandparents, aunties, cousins, in laws, everyone texting and trying to get a hold of her

Her mother had passed

Suddenly the world went completely silent. Tears didn't gather in her eyes, her heart didn't break, and sobs didn't leave her mouth

None of the that happened. She didn't even feel anything. Della kept a straight face and her words were spoken monotone ""Baba mo ni lati lọ, Amela n pe mi, Emi yoo ba ọ sọrọ nigbamii. Mo nifẹ ati ma binu."

( dad I have to go, amela is calling me. i will talk to you later. i love you and i'm sorry )

Her father said I love you and then with that she hung up. She didn't know she was holding one but she let out a sigh

A small sigh of relief. And as sad as it was, she didn't care. Her mother treated her horribly growing up, and still does. Did, she still did

But she quickly got herself together and tried to act as sad as she could when she answered her sisters call

"Did you hear." The girls voice was quiet and quivery. The younger Monet could tell her sister had been crying

She let out another sigh, but this one was for sympathy "We're nigerian and argentinian, of course I heard. I'm so sorry amela, I just wish I could hug you right now."

That time, that was not acting. She knew how close amela was with their mother and she genuinely felt really bad

But as the older monet sniffled she shook her head, even though Della couldn't see it "Don't be, you didn't like her. It's ok Della, you 
don't have to pretend to be sad. I just wanted to make sure you knew."

"I'm not going to the banquet tonight so tell Catalina and Nova. I love you, bye." Her voice got quiet and she rushed the ending of the call

Which left Della very confused, and with her words on the tip of her tongue

Once she hung up she crossed her arms and looked down. Her mother was an absolute terror to the younger monet

She treated her so badly and spoke awfully of her. That was why the model wasn't crying. She didn't feel remorse, guilt, or sadness

To be honest the only two things she felt was relief and nothing. Everything didn't seem real and it was cloudy in her mind

But a certain deep male voice cleared out the clouds in Dellas head

Austin wrapped his arm around his girlfriends waist from the side and gave her a kiss on the head "Dels are you okay?"

He was whispering and it was genuine concern

Della took a slow deep breathe before telling him what happened "My mother uh, she just passed away."

The male immediately looked at her in the eyes and his face dropped "What. What happened to  her."

Della just exhaled and shrugged. Which made Austin pull her into a bear hug

This left the girl confused because he knows about her past and relationship with her mother

But she knows he also felt with this at 23. Most likely he was just reacting out of pure sympathy and instinct

"Sweetheart I'm so sorry. Why don't we go back to bed and then we can do whatever you want today." Austin was stilling hugging her as he had one arm around her waist and one holding her head

Naturally Della nodded hugged him back just to be in his embrace and because she loves him

She knew this topic would affect him so she just agreed and didn't talk about it