seven souls seven sins

chapter 46: expect the unexpected

Natasha's pov:

My smile falters in confusion. The girls drop their jaw in shock. "NICO FREAKIN' HARPER?" Cassie asks for me to repeat. "Yeah him. Is there something wrong?" I reply back puzzled. "No wonder your brother's hate him so much." Jasmine puts two and two together and sighs in acknowledgment.

Wait what do they know that I don't?

She elaborates further "Nico Harper is one of the biggest assholes I know, after your dad obviously. This was around 3 years before you came back by the way. He befriended Xander and was close friends with your brothers. He visited often for parties and dinners, and he gained Vincent's trust which was the worst part. Vincent had just inherited the Brazilian mafia after your father passed away and he was naive and new to the mafia world. Somehow, Nico managed to sneak into his office and stole files that could send all your brothers to prison for life."

My hand raises to my mouth in horror.

Cassie starts this time "We don't know what was on those files but when your brothers found out via CCTV they were livid, especially Xander. Even though they were 14 at the time, the twins punched well. Nico told them something which I unfortunately forgot but they left him alone after that incident. He hasn't been in your house since he stole the files from Vincent's computer. "

My jaw drops even further.

"I've heard that Nico couldn't come to school for a few weeks due to how bad the beating that he had received from your brothers was. When he did, he came in with crutches and a broken arm. He couldn't play football for months and when he got better all he did was play. Whether that be with girls or a ball." By the time she finishes her last word a tear has already spilt from my eye.

"You're too pretty to cry Amor." Jasmine wipes a tear from my eye.

Her words only make me sob more. "I trusted him." I wept. Cassie rubs her hand up and down my back. "We all did." Jasmine murmurs. "Do you know what he stole from Vincent's office?" I curiously query. "I'm pretty sure that it was something mafia related. Thank god Mama isn't associated with that."

"What do you mean that?" My eyes bounce back and forth between the two of them.

When I don't receive an answer, I wipe my eyes dry and ask a question that I've been meaning to know the answer to for quite some time now. "How are we related anyways?" Cassie brings her hand to her heart and closes her eyes in pain. "You really don't remember anything, do you?" Jasmine rhetorically asks.

I look down and murmur "No, not really."

They flick a cautious glance at each other before their eyes return back to me. Jasmine starts "Well for starters, our mother is your father's older sister. She loved him very much but she was unfortunately raised in a traditional household. Growing up, she was treated unfairly compared to your father. She was supposed to inherit the mafia from Grandfather but then your father came into her life."

"Grandfather turned against her." Cassie adds.

"Do you remember Grandfather?" Jasmine asks me out of the blue. I shake my head negatively. "He was an asshole. He always believed in traditional ruling as a mafia Don and when it came to the case of who was inheriting the mafia, the decision was practically already made for him."