"Scare??" I pull my arm out of his hold. I don't want him touching me "Of who? You? Please" I give him a force laugh. "Prove it then dance with me" he gives me his I dare you look. I know if I accept then I'll be falling right into his trap but I can't help it. He knows that I can't turn down a dare. "Fine" I storm out to the dance floor not waiting for him. I really don't want to dance with him but I can't turn down a challenge especially one that I know I will win. Raul is about 5'6, brown hair, brown eyes that remind me of chocolate, and he has a good body. He isn't ugly at all and he knows it. He is cocky, a know it all, and a complete jackass. "So one more year until you turn 21 you know what that means?" he says as we dance. "That I'm going to be an adult" I answer trying to put distant between us. "Yes that but it also means that we can finally get marry" he gives me a smirk as he pins me to him. "Ha!" I throw my head back in laughter "I can turn 100 and I will still not marry you". The only reason why he wants to marry me is because he wants to take over my father's business. Little does he know that I would trade all of this in a heart beat for a few seconds of freedom. "Jane when are you going to realize that I'm the man for you?" he slides his hand down my back and I step on his foot. "Sorry" I smile weakly "and what man are you talking about? I don't see one". I look around trying to find this man he is talking about. "I can show you how much of a man I am" he spins me and I elbow him right in his ribs. "Ugh" he moans how is that for showing me. I take the opportunity and walk away from him. "Oh my gosh Jane you look hot!" Sam beams as I walk towards her. I'm so thankful I finally found her. "Thanks prima and you look hot your self" I say as I hug her. She is wearing a pink dress that makes her look like the princess she is. "Don't look now but Raul keeps staring over here" she smiles. I roll my eyes "Sammy you know damn well I can't stand him". Sammy doesn't know about my history with Raul and I don't plan on telling her. That was a huge mistake that I rather pretend it never happen. "I know but you have to admit that he is hot and tio would let you date him" she says. Of course he would let me date him since Raul is always kissing my father's ass. I refuse to let my father choose who I can or can't date. No one is going to make any decisions in my life but me. "Sam," I grab her hands "promise me that you aren't going to let your father pick out your boyfriend and no matter what you will stay away from Raul and any one that is like him". I need her to know that she has a choice in her life. That it's okay to stand up for herself. I would hate to see Sammy end up with a low scum like Raul who only sees her as a way to climb up rather then the wonderful woman she will be some day. She stares at me and frowns "I promise but why are you making it seem like you aren't going to be here?" she looks concern. "Of course I'm going to be here silly I just want you to know that you have a choice that's all" I pull her in for a hug. I need to stop talking. "Okay let's go dance" she drags me to the dance floor. I follow her lead because that's exactly what I need a distraction. After we dance for a while I opened up gifts. I got cloths, jewelry, and a lot of envelope fill with money. I collect all the cash and put it all together in one big envelope. At the end of the day that is the only thing that I need right now. The crowd slowly start to die down little by little and once there was a few people left I decided to call it a night. "Prima" Sammy shouts from the door. I really don't want to say bye to her because I don't think I'm going to keep myself from crying. I walk over to her "You're leaving?" I ask. "Yeah daddy is tired," she motions to my uncle who is talking to my dad. "I'll come tomorrow so we can go through all that cloths and gossip" she says. I feel a ball forming in my throat. If everything goes as plan I won't be here tomorrow and this is the last time I'll see her. "Okay" I manage to say. She wraps me up in a hug "Happy birthday I love you very much don't forget that" she whisper into my ear. I roll my eyes to keep my tears from falling "Love you too". She steps back and I quickly look around hiding my tears from her. "Ready?" uncle Jay yell from out side. "Yea bye prima" I hear Sam say. I wave goodbye to her with out looking her way. I need to be alone but before that I have to find my dad. "Daddy," I call him "I'm going to bed" I say. I give him a big hug before he notice my eyes they must he red by now. "Thank you for everything. I love you dad always and forever never forget that and I'm sorry for everything" I squeeze my father tighter. This is the last chance I got to tell him what I feel. I know this is our last hug so I want to hold on to him for as long as I can. I take in his scent he smells like cigar, scotch, and cologne. I take in how warm and safe I feel when he hugs me. When he hugs me I feel like everything is right in the world but once he let's go I see the world as it is. I love this man so much I don't want to let go of him. "Princess I love you too no matter what. You can't do no wrong in my eyes" he kiss the top of my head. I press my face in to his shirt trying to clean my tears. "Princess I think I herd my back bone crack" he tease and I let go of him. I didn't realize how strong I was holding on to him. "Sorry" I apologize. "Hey," he tilts my head up "are you okay?". I nod my head not trusting my voice. "Yea just tired" I mange to say. "Are you sure?" he studies my face for a long time. I know he can see the sadness in my eyes but maybe I can play it around as being tired. "Positive just tired good night daddy" I give him his last kiss and walked away before he sees me crying.