Isabella POV (Present day)
Beep
Beep
Ugh, this damn alarm clock. I swear one day I will end that clock. I couldn't sleep good because of these damn nightmares.
"Mars, what time is it?", I asked in a sleepy voice, sitting up.
"It's um... 6:35 am", he responds, handing a cup of coffee. I know it already has a load of milk and sugar, just how I like it.
Shit, I have no time to be drinking coffee, I woke up late. They are going to punish me, I just know. I start to get up from old- beat up mattress, if you can even call that a mattress.
"Don't worry I took care of it", he says pushing me back on to the mattress.
"You made their breakfast!", I whisper yell.
One thing you need to know is that he sucks at cooking, he burns everything he cooks.
"What, you were sleeping and I didn't want to wake you, Bella. I know you have problems falling asleep, so I thought I let you sleep.", he says softly.
I know he means good but I am going to get punished but him because I have to their food. I sigh. "It's okay, I know you tried but next time wake up me okay", I say to him.
"Isabella, get now here. NOW!", says a voice I recognize as Laura, yelling the last part.
I get up from the mattress, handing my cup to Mars and heading downstairs. When I get there, I'm met with a pissed Laura and John.
Before Laura married John, she was nice and so was John. We had movie nights, get ice cream and went to the park. Everything was fine but like they say something good last forever. At first he would make up lies like saying "Honey, they're lying, they told me to shut up because I'm not their real dad", or "Honey I did that because they hit me and disrespected me that's why I hit them, you know I love them like my own."
They started hitting us for a lot of dumb reasons like getting home late by a minute or two, punished. Didn't make the food on time, punished. Didn't clean the home, punished. Ate without permission, punished. Didn't buy beer for them, punished. We would get punished for every little thing.
"You call this food, you ungrateful bitch", she says, pushing the plate to me.
She starts walking to me and finally she stops when she's close to me. She starts to punch me in the stomach. I let out a yap and that when I see Mars coming out downstairs to see what's happening and to say the least he looked livid. He looked like he was going to murder someone. He glares at John who is coming closer to where me and Laura are.
"Careful, how you glare at me, boy", says John, now walking to Mars.
"And if I don't?", says Mars with the same attitude that John is giving him.
"Then you get punished like your sister here, who is about to be punished for the mistakes she made", Laura says, continuing to punch me in the stomach.
She stops for a bit and I fall to the cold ground. I have to be strong. They can't see me like this. I have to be strong, I know I'm strong. I'm strong enough to kill them but a she's my mom b I have to clean up the blood that they spill and c the police, they're too much trouble.
"Now Isabella get up and turn around, your back facing me", John says, walking to me.
I do as I'm told, though I think my ribs are broken. They hurt when I try to get up, but now I still get up even if my body is screaming to stop. I'm up and my back facing John. I pull my shirt and that's when I fell the belt making contact with my skin. I promise myself that no matter how bad it hurts I won't cry. They can try as hard as they can but I won't cry.
"Stop", shouts Mars. "She wasn't the o-"
"I was the one who cooks their breakfast, right Marcello", I say. I won't let him take the blame even if it is his fault. He knows that when I say his full name it means that I am not playing around.
"Right", he mutters, looking at the ground, turning his hands into fists.
John continues to hit my back, it feels like it's been centuries. Laura huffs and says: "Why aren't you crying, give me that", She takes the belt from John and starts hitting me harder. I let out a little sob that you can only if you're ready close to me but I'm guessing she didn't hear that because she continues. I felt a thick liquid on my black but then realized it's blood.
'Why. Won't. You. Cry. You. Little. Bitch. You. Ungrateful. Bitch.", she says, pausing between words to hit me. "Fine then if that won't work then let's try something new."
She stops and drags the belt but walks to the kitchen and takes out a knife. I know what she's planning. I start walking backwards and Mars seems released too and starts walking to me but is stopped but John who blocked his way by punching him in the face.
I stop walking and just stand there frozen. My legs stop working, I can't move. I breathe in and out aggressively, that's the only thing I can do. She's getting closer, closer and closer but I still can't move. Of course she won't do that... I'm her daughter, why would she hurt me? She's now standing in front of me.
"All you had to do was listen to me but you make things too hard you know. I would say I feel sorry for what's about to happen but I don't", she says, stabbing me in my thigh.
My screams filled the house, there was nothing but silence after that.
"That's all you had to do, see that wasn't too hard, now was it?" she says laughing. "Well then, me and John are leaving now."
With that they leave, slamming the door shut.
"Shit, how bad does it hurt on the scale 1 to 10?" he asked, examining the wound.
"100", I responded.
With that he carries me bridal style to the bathroom and puts me on the counter. I hiss a little at the pain.
"Sorry", he mutters
"It's fine", I say softly
He gets the first aid kit from underneath the sink. He takes out a bottle of alcohol, cotton balls, and painkillers.
"I forgot to mention this but you're going to need stitches, if you want it to heal faster. If we just wrap it, it won't really heal.", he says, getting cotton balls and the bottle of alcohol. "It might hurt"
The moment he poured the alcohol is the moment I regret not killing that bitch, it would have been more faster. I bit my lip to not let a sound come out. My leg starts to feel numb. I don't feel anything.
After what feels like hours, he finished. Mars was good that everything that had to do with being a doctor.
"Okay, now you can't do a lot of physical things, don't get water on them and keep them clean. Okay? Also your ribs are broken and bruised but I believe you know how to wrap them up if not, ask me " he says, putting everything back where they belong. I give him a thumbs up.
"Okay now let's get to school", I say, trying to find a way to get off the counter without getting hurt. Keyword: trying.
"What did I just say, Bella, no physical activities.", he says, lifting me up and putting me back where my feet can feel the floor.
"We don't have to walk to school, we can just tell Marcos if he can give us a ride to school, you know.", I say, not that I want to go to school but if the school calls Laura it's not going to be good. We know that the hard way.
"Fine, but only because you're not walking", he says, pointing a finger at us.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Outfits:
Bella's outfit
Marcello's outfit
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At school
Me, Tori, and Lise are sitting in the back, Me and Tori are sitting next to the window. Mars and Marcos sit in the front, Marcos sitting in the driver's seat and Mars in the passenger seat. The boys always driver never letting us drive so if we go somewhere it's always the Mars or Marcos driving.
"Okay, we're here kids", says Marcos, unbuckling his seat belt. Marcus has curly dark brown hair and is 5'8. Marcus is an Assassin for the Spanish mafia. He's good and makes every murder look like an accident, which I think is cool.
"You sound like a parent who is dropping off his kid at school", says Tori. Tori is 5'7 so she is only taller by two inches, meaning I'm 5'5. Yeah, I'm that short, I really am that short. She has black straight hair that stops at her shoulders. She's a hacker for the Spanish mafia, just is also good she can break through any firewall in minutes.
"No, I don't", he argues, opening the back door for us ladies.
"Sorry babe, but you do", says Lise, kissing Marcus on the lips. They have been together for 3 years. Lise has wavy blonde hair that stops at her waist. I like her hair the most out of all of them. Lise is my second in command. When me, Mars, or Alex are not there, she gives orders to the workers.
We go inside the building and everyone stops what they are doing and moves out of our way. Everyone knows not to mess with us. They know we work for the Mafia, so they just stay out of our way. We walk to our lockers to get our textbooks for the day. My locker and Mars are right next to each other, so he doesn't have to go far.
As I close my locker my phone rings. I pull out my open to see who's calling and it's Alex so I answer.
"Hey, what happened?", I asked him, knowing he would only call me if something important happened.
"Well, I'm calling because the Germans moved the meeting to tomorrow.", he says. "I tried to tell them it's not possible but they wouldn't listen."
I sighed. "What to do you mean they want to move the date? You know I can't. I had everything for next week."
"I know but we have to go tomorrow or there's no alliance.", he says. I know he's pissed because the Germans have been stealing our shipments for years and then they say they want an alliance but by marriage. They wanted me to marry Anton Kaiser, the don of the German mafia. He's older than me by 7 years.
"Fine, I'll tell Lise to get everything ready" I say. Damn it, why did they move it up. I know they're planning something.
"Ce qui s'est passé", Asks Mars. (Translation:What happened?) They all look worry, and they should.
"Ce qui s'est passé, c'est que les allemands ont déplacé la réunion à demain.", I say, kicking the locker. (Translation:What happened is that the Germans moved the meeting to tomorrow.)
"Mais pourquoi", say Lise. I shrug my shoulders and start walking to class. I don't want to be late. (Translation: But why?)
On my way to class, I feel someone grab my shoulder, and I throw them over my shoulder. I see it's just a random boy. I sighed. I don't like when people touch me even from my friends, the only exception is him and sometimes Mars and Alex. Every time I was with him I felt safe, like nobody could hurt me, like I was unstoppable but I was wrong about him. He betrayed me, lied to me, so naturally he was the last person I ever trusted. I hate him. I feel disgusted by him.
"Hey, Bella. Hello Earth to Bella, anybody there", says Marcos, waving his hand in front of me.
"Yeah", I say, walking away from the scene. They know not to talk about him in front of me. It hurts me to even think about him.
I get to class and see a girl sitting on my spot. I walk up to the girl and tell her to move. She moves without an argument, I'm not rude or mean to them unless they did something to piss me off unlike Mars. Mars is rude and mean to everyone even if they didn't do anything to them.
The rest of the crew walks into the class and into their seat expected Mars. Mars walks up to me and says: "¿Qué pasó allà atrás?", he asks, looking concerned. (Translation: What happened back there?)
"No pasó nada", I say, opening my textbook, not that I pay attention. (Translation: Nothing happened.)
He sighs and goes to his seat. Minutes after the teacher, Ms. Fernandez, walks in. Me, not wanting to listen to her, I connect my airpods to my phone and put the music to the highest so I don't have to listen to her talking.
I see a yelling Ms.Fernandez and pointing at me so I think she's talking to me. So I take out me airpod out of my ears. "- you don't listen to me, I will write a refusal for you Ms.McCallan."
"I'm sorry can you repeat what you said", I say, putting my airpod case in my backpack.
I can see her nostrils flare in anger and her face turning red as a tomato.
"Why you-", she says before the speaker cuts her off.
"Can Isabella and Marcello McCallan report to the principal office?"
"Well, see you later Ms.Fernadez.", say, getting up from my seat and waving at her.
I leave the class and Mars follows behind me. I wonder why they called us, I mean I didn't do anything today.
"Why do you think they called us for", says Mars, walking beside me.
I shrug and keep walking until I stop at the principal office.
Mars opens the door for me and walking in I see a man in a suit. Maybe his police but why would the police want to see Mars. He has a criminal record but never done anything at school.
"Hey George, what am I trouble for today?", I ask, sitting down at one of the chairs in front of him.
Mars sits right next to me and I know he's observing our surrounding. I see his eyes stop at the man with a suit. I can tell he has a gun on the side of his hip. You can just tell.
"Right well um... kids I'm sorry to say this but your parents have passed away this morning do driving intoxicated.", he says, with the look of pity and sadness in his face.
I hate pity no matter who it comes from. It makes me feel weak, like I can't do anything.
Those bitches don't deserve our sadness. I'm glad they're dead, but I wish it could have been sooner.
"Will we go to a orphanage?", asks Mars coldly. Alex has been wanting to adopted us for the longest time, now his wish will become reality.
"No, your eldest brother had agreed to take your custody.", he says.
What the fuck does he mean brother. What brother?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I hope y'all liked this chapter pls comment if I need to fix something and don't forget to vote. Pls don't be a silent reader. Okay bye.ð