•Previously•
"Baby, why did you skip your pills?"
"The pills make me nauseous, I think somebody might've changed them."
"Then I'll personally get the new pills for you."
"Who are you?"
"The name's Ponzzo, I wanted to meet you."
"What do you want?"
"They found the rat. Killed him actually. I hope you know what he does for a living or I'm gonna be dead for saying all these in front of you.
"I'll see you soon bella."
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•Now•
°Madelaine's POV°
"Bebè, it's time for your medicine." Nik came into my bedroom with the pills in his left hand and glass on the other.
"Ugh!" I whined.
He fed me the medicines and I gulped them along with the water.
"Good girl." He muttered and kissed my head. "Are you hungry?"
"No." I shook my head and continued reading.
"I'll bring you something." He got out of my room.
I rolled my eyes externally but internally smiling.
Flipping to the next page I scanned the words carefully, combing my hair back with my fingers so it was not in my way when I was reading. Suddenly a child's voice sounded through the mansion. I got up from the bed but not before slipping a bookmark on the page I last read, then walked toward the door and peeked outside to see what was happening. Unfortunately, I can't see anything, so I got out of my room and walked down the stairs to the living room. There sat a child with chubby cheeks and curly black hair. He has the cutest feature of a boy his age.
He sat there and just stare at everything in the room. A woman in her late 30's I think was talking to Nik in the corner of the living room.
The child saw me peeking and gasped. He turned to the woman to see if she was looking and she wasn't.
He hopped down from the sofa and walked slowly in my direction. After he was 2 feet away from me, he looked up and said, "Hi." In the cutest voice possible. I was in awe.
He extended his hand for me to take. I took his hand, surprising me, he kissed the back of my palm like the gentleman he is.
I giggled, "Hi lil guy. How are you?"
"I'm good." He latched on my leg and hugged me. "You're the most beautiful lady I have ever seen." He spoke with a cute voice that sounded so innocent.
"Thank you-"
"Silas, what are you doing there?" The woman spoke with a loud voice scaring both of us.
"Mama, this lady is so pretty." He giggled and swung my hand left and right.
"Silas come back here, now!" The woman glared at Silas with big scary eyes. He gasped and walked waddled towards her.
"He's still a baby, huh?" Nik scoffed and rolled his eyes. "You even lied about his age. This is ridiculous." He looked at Silas with disgust.
"I've seen him, that's enough, you can bring him back now." He walked to the door three feet away from me and yelled out, "Steven!"
Here comes Steven, being the head of the security he walked around with his guns and all attached to him. "Yes, Don?"
"Escort them out." He ordered with authority.
"But, Niko hear me out." The woman said. Steven started walking towards her. "Niko, please, I have to get to work and we don't have a babysitter. We need somebody to look out for him." The woman complained. "Please help me Niko, for your brother." She pleaded.
Brother? Holy shit they're siblings!
"Mama I don't want to stay. He is scary." Silas said, mispronouncing some words while hugging onto his mom's leg as he did to me.
"Shut up Silas!" The mother scolded.
Nik shifted his eyes to me, staring coldly. I gulped and he rolled his eyes. "Go back upstairs." He said with little to no emotion. Who was he even talking to?
"I can help babysit." I said just to annoy him.
He frowned and gave me his death stare.
"Perfect. Thank you for wanting to help. Silas is a good child, he won't cause any trouble I hope." The woman said and brought Silas next to me.
"Of course." I said while staring at Nik. His nose flared and he walked away angrily.
"Thank you." Silas's mother said.
Silas looked at me and smiled cutely.
"I can play with this pretty lady?" Silas pointed at me and looked up at his mother.
"Yes, but you need to behave. Your brother will be very angry at you if you don't. He'll throw away all your toys." The mother threatened.
Silas looked scared and bowed his head down sadly.
"Don't worry ma'am, I'll take care of him." I said reassuringly. Silas looked up and smiled again.
"I'll pick him up later. Be a good boy Silas." She announced and went out of the mansion in fast strides.
"Shall we play?" I asked him. He nodded excitedly.
"I want cars!" He yelled and jumped around.
"Ok, come on let's find you cars." He held my hand as we walked together. His hand was so tiny.
We played a lot of things in my room and soon it was 4 p.m. "Do you know when is your mama coming back?" I asked softly.
"She said later." He played with the puzzle and tried solving them.
"Here it is." I pointed at the blank space.
"Yey!" He hugged me and laughed.
"You're such a cutie." He looked at me and blushed.
"My girl friends say that too." His cheeks redden.
"Girlfriends?" I asked, shocked.
"Yes, I have a lot of girl and boy friends." He said proudly.
"Oh, I see what you mean." I nodded in relief.
"Do you have friends?" He asked.
"I do. They're really pretty, really nice, and sometimes horny." I said the last word lowly.
"They have horns?" He stood and looked at me.
"No, no. I mean corny. They make a lot of jokes." He looked at me suspiciously and decided to let me go.
"I'm hungry. I always eat at 6. Can I eat snacks?" He rubbed his belly.
"Okay." It's not illegal to eat snacks right?
We sprinted to the kitchen and dived into the cabinet to find some snacks.
He chose his snack and I chose mine. We walked closely like we were each other's best buddies. We ate and talk in the garden. After the snacks, he wanted to play hide and seek. The classic game. So we did.
Now he's searching for me, I thought about scaring him a little. But refrained from doing so as it could possibly result in a heart attack or panic attack or he could fall from the shock. But I did it anyway.
"Boo!" He screamed and ran away.
Well, that went differently.
He kept running around and I chased him. He ran like Usain Bolt, how was I supposed to catch him?
I saw his tiny figure running across the second floor. How did he get there?
"Hey!" I whisper yelled.
I ran to the second floor and he was gone. I looked up and saw he was now on the third floor. What the fudge?
I ran to the third floor, but before I checked the whole third floor I looked up opposite me to see if he runs to the next floor. But he wasn't there. I open the bedroom door one by one, I don't know if anybody lives on this floor. All I know is usually floor 3 and floor 2 are always occupied. I've never checked here.
I pushed open one door and saw him hiding under the long desk stationed in the middle of the room. It looks like a meeting room. Yes, this is my first time here. I can't just roam around anyway, it's not my house, and I don't think Nik would appreciate it if I just get in a room without his permission.
"Silas, come out here please. Let's not make your brother angry. Come on." I whispered. "Hey, I already see you there. Come out!" He didn't budge. Did he really think I didn't see him? He was right there, barely hiding. "Silas, I'm not kidding anymore," I said while squatting to see him from outside the door. I'm really scared to go inside. "Silas!" I whispered again, but he closed his ears with his two hands.
I tsked and got up from my squatting position, I huffed out loud and turned around.
"Holy fu-" I fell back down on the floor. My back to the wall and butt on the floor, holding my chest as it pumped too fast.
"What are you doing here?" Nik asked looking down at me.
"I- I- nothing, S- Silas was just t-there." I stuttered when I feel like I can't breathe properly. I started hyperventilating and feel my panic attack coming. "Nik-" I grasp onto anything in the air, hoping he'd hold me.
He stayed there for a while before realizing what was happening. He squatted down in front of me and helped me lay on the wall properly before cupping my face in his hands. "Breathe baby."
"Can't" I coughed over and over again.
"It's ok, it's ok." He pulled me to his chest in a split second. Tears pricking me in the eyes.
"N- Nik" I heaved and sobbed.
"Baby, breathe for me, please." He caressed my hair slowly and soothingly. "Count to ten with me."
"One." I started. He nodded at me and tucked a strand of hair behind my ear.
"T- two." I coughed more and more each time.
"Three." I coughed again. Nik continued holding me and looked at me with worry in his eyes.
"Four." I stopped for a while and closed my eyes.
"F-" I coughed again, each time harder than the last. I couldn't stop.
"Five." Nik counted for me. I looked at him and continued.
"Five." I can feel it slowly dissipating.
"Six." I said more clearly now.
"Seven." I counted again, just a little bit more and I'll be fine. I convinced myself.
"Eight." I stopped after each count for approximately 0.5 seconds.
"Nine." I breathed slowly.
"Ten." I finally felt relieved.
"Ten!" Silas jumped from beside me, head peaking outside the door.
I gasped, thankfully nothing came back.
"Never do that again." Nik looked at Silas dead in the eyes and scolded him like a father would to his child. Silas looked scared, he nervously played with his fingers and looked at the floor.
"I'm sorry." He whispered.
"I bet you are." Nik said mockingly.
"Don?" A few men stopped in their tracks on the stairs going up to this floor, I stiffened. When I said a few I meant a lot. I couldn't count them with my fingers. They were all really scary. In black suits, blank faces, standing in a really neat position next to each other.
And don't forget they had guns too, I didn't see it yet, but I knew. They probably tucked it behind their pants.
"Go back. Come back in three hours." Nik spoke with authority and they all looked at him with wide eyes. Nik craned his head to look at them and they quickly disappeared into thin air. He continued. "Laine, go back to your room."
Without arguing I breathed out, "Come on Silas."
He tucked on my fingers and walked with me. As we descended down the stairs, I turned to look behind me, Nik was ruffling his hair and we locked eyes for a few seconds before he got inside the meeting room and slammed the door shut.
He was mad.
Who's fault was that?
Mine.