The Twins (EDITED)

Chapter 12

Third Person's POV-

As all the Realano siblings got home, none of them got out of the car. Ariana slowly looked up. Her green eyes pierced with her eldest brother's blue ones.

"Today was plenty of a distraction. That didn't answer any of your questions though," she simply states as she gets out of the car. She leaves all her brothers stunned. Even Alexander and he can read her the best. They are twins after all.

"She's keeping something from us. I just know it!" Reese said, clearly frustrated. They all looked at her twin. He lifted his hands up in a surrendering way.

"I don't know anything. I promise!" He exclaimed. They reluctantly believed him. So, what is she hiding?

Ariana's POV-

We were at home, alone. Alone except for one other person. Tanya.

"Disappointments?! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Tanya screamed at the top of her lungs. Alex and I rolled our eyes...but that soon turned into fear. She appeared from around the corner and yanked my hair so hard I fell to the ground. She turned to my twin, getting ready to strike him.

"Please! Don't hurt him! Just...hit me all you want! Let him stay unharmed! Please! I won't have my Mafia come after you!" I pleaded. She nodded her head, thinking about my offer, putting her hand down.

"Okay...I'll take you up on that. Remember, tell your older brothers, and your twin dies by my hands!" She said, raising her voice. She was borderline yelling when she finished the sentence.

She started taking out all her anger on me. It really hurt.

"P-please! I-I'll be good! I-I promise!" I screamed in pain.

"Ari, wake up. She's not here anymore. Don't worry, I've got you!" A voice pleaded. One I recognized as Alex. I woke up drenched in sweat with all my brothers looking at me with worry etched on their faces.

"It was that day, Alex," I said to him in a strained voice. He nodded his head pulling me into his big, warm embrace.

"Ari, we'll talk about this in the morning. Okay?" Brian said. I simply nodded my head, too exhausted to say anything. When all of my brothers left except Alex, he knew I wanted to cuddle.

"I love you, Alex. Goodnight," I said drifting off to sleep.

"Goodnight, Ari. I love you too," Alex responds. My twin is my everything. Everything I could imagine. Alex is everything I'm not. Everything.

Brian's POV-

The twins have gone through so much. Especially Ari, I see why her walls are built so high. She went through terrible things.

"You should get some sleep, Brian. Stop worrying about them," Reese said calmly. I nodded.

"Yeah...I haven't gotten much sleep the past few days. The Mafia is going downscale. The legal businesses are also not doing so well. I might ask the twins to do a collaboration with us. It'll really help the sales," I rambled. Reese rolled his eyes. Actually, the twins’ product-fans would probably stop being product-fans if we collaborated. Nevermind then. 

"Go to bed! Go to sleep! Relax! You've been working too hard, Brian. Trust me, this is doing you more harm than good," Reese explained, worry written all over his facial features. I sighed in return.

"Fine. You win. I'll go to sleep, maybe some rest will help my dilemma," I said.

"Goodnight, Brian. I love you," Reese said.

"Goodnight, love you too," I said as I walked to my room. I took a shower and did my nighttime routine. I fell onto the bed, laying down.

I hope Ari and Alex are okay. I felt my eyelids drooping, finding Reese was right. I have been overworking. That was my last thought before it all went black.