The DE COSTAS

Chapter 9

Clarissa POV.

Deferent thoughts continue running through my mind as I was waking behind this fierce guy.

He led me into an elevator and

While we were in the elevator, he received a call from someone.

"Yeah??"

"Are you sure??"

"Great then. Bring her straight to the mansion."

No, Not the basement."

Getting to the living room, I was met with a guy sitting on the sofa keenly engrossed in his laptop.

His   Body was covered in tattoos.

But as if noticing our presence,

to the living room. A boy was sitting on the couch operating a laptop. His body was filled with so many tattoos. As if noticing our presence, he drifted away from the laptop and averted his gaze toward me. when he looked at me, I swear his face was so scary.

"Wow... she the girl you talked about??" His voice was even scarier. 

The guy beside me nodded a yes.

What have they talked about me huh?

"No doubt. Her blue eyes remind me of my mother.  her short blonde hair, the height in fact she's the mirror of mum." The guy said and dropped the laptop and started walking towards me. He was very muscular and I panicked shaking nervously. I found myself clutching to the garment of the man beside me. I don't know him but between them both, I'll say I've known him longer.

"Hey don't  be scared of me, sweetie." He smiled softly when he noticed my fear. I don't know if the smile was genuine but I imagine it as a smirk teasing around his face and thinking about it, it reminded me of my brothers. Each time they smile at me it's either they gonna beat me or worst still hit me.

I was still lost in my thought when a prodding footstep jolts me up. 

"What the fuck..." tracing the direction of the voice I saw two boys standing at the stairs. They gaze at me in shock but their shock suddenly turns into happiness and the seemingly youngest one ran from the stairs. Before I knew it he engulfed me in a bone-crashing hug. "

"You look so pretty Princess. I'm so happy to meet you.." he continued hugging me and he wasn't going to let me go if the first guy didn't stop him.

"That's enough, Liam." He pulled him away from me and Liam frowned.

Princess?? what's with them?? Why are they calling me all that?

"Capo," a voice said and everyone faced the direction of the voice. Turning to face the direction, I saw a guy and beside him was a girl.

"Here she is." The guy said but my gaze was on the girl beside him. If not known that there wasn't a mirror there, I would have thought I'm staring at my reflection in the mirror. She wasn't just my look alike, she was me. The resemblance is just too much.

We both locked gaze and with the look on her face, she was as shocked as I was.

Who. is. she?

"Can someone tell me what's going on?" My look-alike asked, breaking the silence while still staring at me.

Everyone aside from me all turns to face the guy who I was clutching unto.

He sighs and turns to the guy who had brought in my look alike.

"Mark you can leave."

"Yes, capo." The mark guy bowed and walked out.

(Capo means Boss in Italian)

"Let's get all get a sit guys." He instructed and started walking off while I followed him and the rest of the boys followed him.

The boys settled down on separate chairs while I sat on the same chair with the first guy.

I was like that annoying chewing gum stuck in the guy's hair. But he doesn't seem to mind.

My look-alike was still standing rooted on a spot.

"You too Rechel. Come over here." The same guy instructed and my look-alike reluctantly walk down and got a seat for herself.

Wait did he call her Rechel?? Is she the Rechel he had mistaken me for? No doubt cause with our look, who wouldn't mistake us... I mean.

"So girls..." he cleared his throat gaining our attention. "I understand that you don't know what's going on here but to cut the story short the boys you see here and including me, we are your brothers."

That statement threw tension in the air.

The very word brothers made my heart sink into my stomach and while I was trying to process what he met by they are my brothers, my look-alike spoke.

"What sort of expensive joke is that huh?" She yelled and sprung up to her feet.

"Hey calm down Rechel," the guy beside me said and brought out a jewel. "I'm sure you recognized this pendant right??" He asked.

"Of course that's mine..." she fired and snatch it from him.

"I know it's yours but what if I tell you that pendant belongs to my mother, the lady in there is my mother, our mother, and I maid that for her??"

"Then I'll I'll tell you it's a lie cause this pendant belongs to my mother and I don't even know the lady In there." She fired back, panting and she was trying to contain her anger. And that got me even more confused I don't know why she has to be angry about this information and why I'm still thinking of how to react to this.

"I see and as complicated as this is I will try to make you both understand. When I saw that pendant from you, I suspected that you might be related to us somehow but I wasn't so sure of it till I have to kidnap Clarissa...."

who's Clarissa?" She cuts him off. "She, your look alike. I kidnapped her cause I mistook her for you and somehow I found out she was someone from the orphanage and her orphanage papers bear the same name as us. De costa, that prompt me to run a DNA test on her..." he turns to face me

"and that's the reason for the stitch on your wrist. When the DNA came out, it read Positive which confirmed that Clarissa she sure related to us. Here's the DNA test result." He said and drop the result on the stool which made it visible  for both me and my look alike.

"So how has that gotten to do with me, the result is hers, not mine." Her once angry voice was now husky.

"You both look so much alike, Rechel. You don't need an Oracle to tell you that you are sisters possibly twins and Clarissa is our sister that means you as well but if you want DNA then we can run it."

"No, I don't fucking need any stupid DNA test cause you know why I don't need a family. Where the hell were you when I needed you huh? And if it's true that you my brothers, I don't care cause to me my family is long dead." She yelled in tears and before anyone could say a word, she ran away.

Her reaction made all of them stunned. I on other hand didn't know what to feel or what to do. I was just frozen on a spot like a statue.

I was still lost in the dark when someone broke the silence.

"So little sis, you aren't saying anything??" That was the youngest one speaking.

I stared at him blankly as if trying to process what he was saying.

"Or maybe you want us to do a little introduction to you sweetheart??" The other guy closer to him asked.

"No..." I finally manage to whisper when I was finally able to register the information.

"This can't be..." a tear escaped my eyes as I stood up and they were all staring at me in shock. "I don't want to have another brothers." Having said that, I took to my heels and started running away.

They wanted to come after me but I heard the eldest of them (the guy whom I've known the longest)  telling them to let me be. 

I didn't know exactly where I was heading but following the same route that I took, I found myself inside a random room.

The door wasn't locked so I was able to enter but after entering I made sure I locked the door.

I sat on the floor and started crying.

Why are bad things always happening to me?

To me? Just when I thought I'm finally free from the human version of devils called brothers, I found myself in another hell?

And if my brothers made life hell for me then wouldn't those scary beast Out there definitely make me see death?

Rechel POV

When I ran out, I found myself at a garden. I sat down in the field and allow tears flow down my eyes. I really don't want to believe what the  de costa told me.

Because thinking about it, it brought back those old memories I've been trying to squash. I had a very difficult life while growing up and when I needed them the most I didn't find them.

I looked for them, I tried but they were no where to be found. Yes mother told me I had brothers and that was why she gave me that pendant, she said it will help me find my brothers.

I don't understand how she meant at first but now it kind of make sense. But  that woman inside the pendant isn't my mother, even if it's been years I can recognize mum and that woman Isnt my mother. wait...what if the de costa aren't really my brothers?

What if they are lying to me for some reason??

T.b.c