Chapter 7 - ۞ VI ۞

KHLOE JUMPED FROM THE BED, "YOU DIDN'T ASK, BUT my favorite song is Escapism by Raye. I'll leave you to it now, otherwise I will feel like asking more and more questions because I want to know you better. I'll get someone to put a printer her for you. You have our numbers, so, anything you want, just call us. We are here for you!"

As she left the room, Chiara stared at the door, feeling a wave of sadness hit her. "She has the same personality as Tine," she took a deep a breath and refused to cry. She hates crying, and she rarely does that, and that wouldn't be the moment for it.

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Like she told Khloe, Chiara was done with her research in exactly 7 days, since she used that as an excuse to stay awake all night overworking and trying to focus on something other than revenge and the loss of her family. Moved by energy drinks and caffeine.

Around 20 o'clock, the hour that the Armstrongs dine together every night on the dining room, which she had taken notice of, Chiara finally got down the stairs for the first time after she went up when she arrived four weeks ago. She was using another black hoodie with a waning crescent silver moon on the front, and matching sweatpants, with black socks, and pink sleepers that were her sister's. Her hair, for the first time since she arrived in England, was style in two endlessly long root braids, and she was with her reading black delicate glasses.

Her phone on her pocket, and twelve folders of documents in her arms, which she put down on the empty side of the dining table as she walked to them. And all they could see was that the eye bags under her eyes had deepened from the last time they had seen her, thanks to her insomnia. "Good night, to you all. Did you tell them about your request to me, Khloe?"

"I did," she spoke after swallowing her food and drinking her wine to go down with it. "I told them a week ago."

"Are you done?" Kevin gasped looking at the folders.

"Yes," she looked around. "Zio, can you send your staff away while I tell you all I got from my digging on the Scarlats?"

He nodded and sent them away, then made a sign for her to sit down, "Feel at home, Chiara."

I doubt that'll happen. "I'm fine. I'm in a peak of energy, so I'll tell you everything at once. Pay attention, I won't repeat what I say, okay? I'll try avoiding speaking any Italian, so you won't keep stopping me midway to ask me to translate it." When they all nodded, focusing on her, she took the first folder and showed to them. "This is the extra folder with the origin of their family, how they came to be how they are now, when they moved from Romania to the UK, and both the Scarlat and Vasilache family trees that originate the current family, and everything that relates them together as one."

She pushed the folder further the middle of the long table and Kevin took it, taking a quick look at it. "That's beyond efficient."

Chiara held the first important folder, "I'll be summarizing each of the 11 important folders. As each of them is mainly on all the information I could gather from all the members on their family, that consists of three generations. Theodor, Natalia, Luca, and Keira as the 1st; Nicolae and Madalina as the 2nd; Damian, Cornel, Florentina, Nina, and Marin as the 3rd."

Oh, wow. They all stared at her in awe.

"Theodor Coriolanus Scarlat," she waved the folder she was holding, "the patriarch of the Scarlats in the UK. 72 years old, born and raised in Brasov, Romania. Moved to London at 15 with his best friend, where he met his wife, and decided to build a family. Master's degree in business, founder of the first company under the Scarlats. Isn't the Chairman of their company anymore but keeps them in check. He is a strong believer of Christianity and has strong and traditional beliefs that he passed down to his son and grandchildren. 1.88m, white, dark brown hair, light blue eyes, and full of toned muscles for his age, thanks to his love for box and martial arts. It's the member of the family with direct links to the Romanian Mafia, because of his two uncles, Victor and Augustin, and their family, that are part of the Mafia.

"He's always been a lover for being the focus of any event and loves the attention, thus he is an extroverted, with an ENTJ personality. In football, he's a Liverpool fan. In basketball, Theodor is London Lions fan. Regarding hockey, he's not only a fan of Sheffield Steelers, as he's also the current owner of the club. Born on December 2nd, he's of the Sagittarius zodiac sign, with rising in Leo, and moon in Taurus. Now, when it comes to mental illness, this guy has a handful. Anxiety is shown is almost all his family, and he isn't an exception. Theodor also has PTSD since his younger sister died in front of him when he was 13 years old, to a theft that tried to steal their home. He also has insomnia, somnambulism when he sleeps, and ADHD. Currently lives in the Belgravia neighborhood with his wife."

She handed his folder to Kevin who passed down to the others and she picked the second one, holding it up for them to see.

Did she hack into his psychological records? All of them asked themselves, while looking at the stern-looking girl in front of them, asking if she had investigated them in depth too.

"Natalia Diana Smith-Scarlat. Matriarch of the Scarlats. She's 70 years old, born in Manchester and raised in London where she moved to when she was 6 years old because of her father work on a textile factory. Met Theodor when she was 19, and got married to him a year after it, in December. Only has one child who came to be when she was 23 and he was 25. Her mother, Astrid, was from Serbia, thus she has a double nationality, though she never lived there. Graduated in History and later in Law to help her husband on the lawful matters of his company that became a conglomerate. Like her husband, Natalia is Catholic and traditionalist. 1.74m, white, slim, blonde hair, with big light brown eyes.

"Having a fame in England as a philanthropist socialite. No contacts with the Mafia and keep two security guards with her all the time. She has an ENFJ personality. Manchester United fan, in football. Newcastle Eagles fan, in basketball. Born on January 8th, she's of the Capricorn zodiac sign, with rising in Gemini, and moon in Pisces. She's probably the healthiest mentally out of all Scarlats, only having anxiety disorder and OCD, but constantly having chronical headaches. Currently lives in the Belgravia neighborhood with her husband."

Giving the folder to them, she picked the next.

"Luca Valeriu Vasilache. Patriarch of the Vasilache in the UK and Theodor's best friend since childhood. 71 years old, born and raised in Brasov, Romania. With Theodor, he moved to England at the tender age of 14, met his wife at 20, got married on the same year. Graduated in Mechanical Engineering and later Business to join Theodor on his company. Has more roots with the Mafia then his friend had, as his parents and grandparents were all part of it, though he also didn't pass it down more than the basics on survival, and on how to deal with problems and people who get on their way," Chiara grinned to that, knowing exactly what that meant. "Like most of his kind, is also heavy on the Christianity and traditional beliefs, which he also passed down to his only daughter. 1.85m, pale, black hair, dark green eyes, also full of muscles but bigger than his friend, because he's an enthusiastic of all kinds of martial arts, and weaponry fighting styles."