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I entered a room that follows an office and was greeted by six pairs of eyes that matched mine. I was ecstatic to see everyone after so many years, but I just can not show it because I still can not forgive them. My 'father' introduced himself, but none of the others did.
They were watching me, and when I nodded to my father, I took a deep breath and introduced myself. " "Hello, my name is Giselle Rose, and I'm assuming you're familiar with me." Something flashed through his eyes...hurt?...what?...no, but he quickly pulled a small smile out.
We walked out, and I noticed Bran walking out with his parents too. I was about to meet him, but Papa's voice called out, wow already calling him papa huh not that I'll call him in real "Where are you going, Bambina?" " I point at bran and his parents. He was about to say something when he was interrupted by another voice.
"why?! Who is he?!" It was one of the twins whom I don't yet know the name of.
I flinched slightly at his tone but hoped no one noticed. I was already irritated and snapped in my usual cold tone. "He's my best friend, and he's going with his parents as well, I'm going to say goodbye even though it's none of your business and I have my car I'll follow you guys."
I took the chance of papa's nod and went up to Bran. " BRAN," he turned around and saw me, and he approached me, his parents close behind.
"Hey, you okay?" we asked, and he laughed, and I just chuckled. I lied and said, "I'm fine." "you?" "Honestly I don't know, I feel overwhelmed. I think we need to talk and I have no option but to go with them," he says hugging me tightly.
"I'll call you, I think I'll be here for a few more days now that I've met my 'family.' "
I hugged him back and said hello to Mr. and Mrs. Gonzรกlez before walking back to my car and meeting them where they were waiting for me. I was pleased to say they feign surprise at seeing my car. This is only the beginning I thought, as we drove off to their house.
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After about half an hour we reached a mansion and might I say was it a fucking beautiful and the biggest mansion I've ever seen.
"You guys have a beautiful house," I blurted out before I could stop myself. They laughed, and Papa corrected, "our bambina, it's yours, and are you ready to meet your mother?"
My mother... I missed her... but did she miss me? I don't even know what she looks like. Someone bought me out of my thoughts. someone who appeared to be my oldest brother... "She misses you, Sorella (sister)," I nodded, and we went inside and further into what seemed to be a living room.
Okay, boys, please introduce yourself to your sister." They all stood in a line and began. "Hi sorellina ( baby sister), my name is Alejandro and I am your oldest brother. I am 26 years old." The twins were up next because they resembled each other. "Hi baby girl, my name is Leonardo and I am 25 years old. I nodded and looked at the next brother as he smiled. My name is Lorenzo, Sorella. I'm glad you're here with us right now." I slightly smile back then looked at my other brothers, who had neutral expressions like mine. "Hello Piccolo (little one), my name is Mattia and I am the fourth oldest brother," he says softly.
Then I noticed someone grinning and looking exactly like me...what the fuck, why didn't I notice before?
"Why the fuck does he look like me and is grinning like a fool?" I wondered out loud may I add? "Bambina, that's your twin brother, Giovanni," as soon as I heard that my mind stopped working, and tears welled up in my eyes. I had a twin that I had forgotten about.
He approached me and asked, "Can I hug you?" I was never a hugger, but I felt like I needed this and said yes in hushed tones that he heard. He hugged me so tightly that I felt happy that I hadn't felt in a long time. "I missed you, Stellina (star)" I hugged him so tightly that he laughed. A clearing of the throat separated us, and I smiled at him sincerely as I heard gasps. Perhaps it was the first time I smiled since I met them.
I was about to say something when I heard someone call out to Papa. "Honey, where were you guys today? I thought you were coming home soon."
I didn't turn because I knew it was Mama, it had been 14 years since I'd seen her or so I thought. "What are you doing-" She was cut off as Giovanni moved away from me, and I slowly turned to her, causing her to freeze. She remained motionless and locked her gaze on mine. She was silently crying, so I guess she knew it was me. She finally snapped out of it and asked papa a question.
"Is she my baby, Armando? Elle, my elle?" Papa said yes and she tackled me into a very tight hug as she burst into sobs. "Oh my baby, my elle, my sweet child," she says.
She cried on my shoulder for several minutes before breaking the hug and kissing my face. For a brief moment, I felt like the happiest person on the planet and let my tears fall, but it all came crashing down on me when I remembered what they had done to me.
I wiped my face and took a step back, putting on a blank expression. I need to get out of here as soon as possible. I turned to gio, whom I had already named. "Could you please show me my room, I'm pretty tired." He agreed, and before we could leave, papa said, "Bambina, dinner is at 6 p.m." I said yes and walked away to my room with following gio.
We walk upstairs and passed through many doors before arriving at mine, which had my name written on it. " Stellina, this is your room, and next to it is mine. I opened the door and was astonished.
"Do you like it?" I noticed that it took me a while to respond. "If you don't want to, we can redecorate it, it's just that I do it every year." "Oh no, I love it, gio thankyou." I smiled at him and he walked away.
I still look around in awe. this is not a room but a whole apartment and it's so big. I sighed and jumped on my bed, closing my eyes and thinking about how my life had changed in just a day... I needed to call Diego and Ana.. and with that, I dozed off to sleep...