Loner

Chapter 4

BERNARDIS

Domenico woke up at his usual time, which was 5 AM, did his morning routine, and left his room to go toward the jogging area that was behind their mansion. He came back and then went to the gym room for a workout. He was done at 7 AM, he freshened up and made his way toward the kitchen to make himself a coffee. Upon reaching the kitchen, he saw Leandro already sitting there with his usual blank face lost in his thoughts, and sipping on his coffee. Last night's incident started running in his mind, his eyes darkened thinking about all that while he continued making his coffee.

Ever since he found the truth about his grandfather's and parent's death, he lost the tolerance to see any stranger on Bernardi's property. He never left that person alone who entered or even touched anything that belonged to Bernardis. He would lock them up in the basement of the mansion and torture them not by beating them but by making them starve until they're found innocent....and that was what he was going to do to that girl...well it had never been the case that the person is found innocent, it's always the spies hired by their enemies to spy on them.

"Oh hi, good morning, when did you come?" suddenly his thoughts were interrupted by Leandro's blank tone. "5 minutes ago maybe when you were so lost in your thoughts," Domenico said in his usual cold but dark voice. He was all dressed up in a black Armani suit whereas Leandro was wearing a navy blue suit. Both of them had a cold aura around them. They were suddenly interrupted by Domenico's ringtone and Leandro slightly frowned as this was really unusual for him to get a call that too, this early in the morning. Domenico looked at the caller's number as it was an unknown number. He picked up and kept the phone on his ear and waited for the other side to speak.

"Hello, is this Mr. Domenico Bernardi?" came the voice from the other end of the call. "Who is this?" Domenico spoke in his usual cold and dark tone that could make anyone shiver at their spot. "Umm...Hi, I am Angelina Rose from Genoa's police station and I called you to inform you that we have run some DNA tests and found out that you have a sister living here in Genoa and she will be sent to foster care as she has lost her guardians who she was living with. So if you are interested in taking her in your care then you'll need to come to the police station by 12 PM and if you are not interested then you can tell me and we'll go by the process I mentioned earlier." she finished in her usual sweet voice. His face darkened even more after hearing this news and he had some unreadable expression on his face which even Leandro couldn't read. "Yes, I'll come." he finally spoke, then he hung up the call, and threw his phone on the table roughly. "Who was it? What happened?" Leandro spoke in a restless but calm tone knowing something big happened as this was not how Domenico would ever react, not even when our enemies would attack on their sites.

"Did mom and dad say that their daughter died right after her birth?" Domenico finally spoke in low and dark tone. Anyone could say that he was losing his temper with every passing second. "Yes-" Leandro started to speak but was suddenly interrupted by Domenico's loud voice "THEN WHO THE HELL IS THIS GIRL LIVING IN GENOA WHO IS CLAIMED TO BE OUR SISTER?". Leandro was shocked upon hearing this and asked "What? Who is that? Who was on the call? Would you mind telling me the details?". There was complete silence in the house except for the deep breathing sound coming from Domenico who was calming himself down and soon composed himself. After a silence of 5 minutes, he finally spoke "It was some Angelina Rose from Genoa's Police Station saying that they had run some DNA tests-", he was interrupted by Leandro's cold voice "and you agreed to be her legal guardian without discussing it with any of us..?". Domenico looked at Leandro for a few seconds and spoke "No one really has a choice on this as I had already promised our parents that I will take care of my every sibling and that-is-what-I-am-doing-right-now." he finished in his dark tone and stood up and walked away. After a few minutes, Leandro also stood up and went towards the dining room as it was almost their breakfast time.