Fine print and forbidden roots

Chapter 1

Iris Diaz

"Iris." My brother says walking through my door without knocking rude. "What's wrong?" I say and swinging my chair. I look at my brother Delano his blonde hair sitting on his face wearing a full black suit. "What are you doing?" Than walks over to my desk where I have my textbooks and notes and my new book I'm reading everywhere.

"I'm just studying for my upcoming finals." I say and than open a new tab on my computer. "Dad is calling you so let's go." My brother says and walks out my room. I push myself from the desk and leave my room and walk towards my dad's office. Once I get there I open the door and see my brother sitting on a chair and my dad sitting behind the desk with his hands underneath his chin and coldly moves his head to a chair next to Delano. I sit straight up and look down my hair falling Infront of my face.

"Iris look at me." I look towards my father and I see how sternly he looks at me. Did I do something. Did I forget to tell him something what's the problem. "So you have been studying behind my BACK!" He booms out and I flinch a bit. I nod my head knowing there's no point in lying. " You have the money everything and you want to study?" He says and I look at my brother who shakes his head and knowing how much I enjoy studying and preparing this is my final year of studying accountancy. "Yes." It comes out more as a breath than a word. Or whatever rocks your boat.

"ANSWER ME!" My father screams this my brother stands up. "You don't scream an answer out of my sister." Delano says. "She is studying because she wants to have an education she doesn't want to be like other women in the mafia that is dumb as two planks put together she wants to be independent." Delano protests . My father lets out a frustrated breath and storms out his office. I run after him my room my books everything I worked for.

"Open this door." My dad says banging on ny room door. My mother runs up the stairs. "What are you doing Micheal?" My mother grabs his arm. "Leave me alone." My father says and pushes my mother one side and she falls. "Mom are you ok?" I say and hold her. This is my father when one of us tries to be better than him. "Iris open this fucking door." He says and thanks tries to grab me but my brother pushes him to the ground. "Don't you dare try and touch them." Delano bites out to my dad and he picks my mother and me up. "Go." My brother commands my dad and my dad gets up and walks towards his office and bangs the door closed.

I can't wait to leave this house and my father. "I'm so sorry sis." My brother says and hugs me as I let out a breath this isn't the first time my dad has tired to hurt me and my mum cause we women. My father wasn't always like this just after what the Hunters did to us when I was about 4.

"Let's go." My brother says and opens my room door and than I step inside it my brother closes the door and I lock it and fall to the floor and lean against my door. I hate it here. Everyday I wonder is my dad going to kill me am I next what will I do if my brother isn't home and my dad decides to do something to hurt me or my mother. I don't live for the luxury of the mafia it's nice to have but the emotional abuse isn't something i want to have if it means having unwanted luxury.

"I'm gonna get out of here I will make it out of here." I say and my voice breaks and I let out a sob. I'm done with this place. I pull my knees to my chest and bury my head as I cried. My thoughts swirling my brain I hate that I can't do anything that's why I hate about this place.

I let my tears dry on my face and walk towards my bathroom I open up the tap and let the water run and I put some bubble bath in I strip my clothes off and I close the tap and i relax in the bath. My muscles relax with the warmth of the water.

I jump out the bath and wrap myself with a fluffy towel. I do my skin care routine and than I open the door to my bedroom. I put on some purple under wear and put on a baggy top that has my surname on the back. I put my hair up in a messy bun and than walk to my desk put my books in a neat order and than my book im reading. The book is Corrupt by Penelope Douglas Erika Fane is such an icon. Let me not rant to much about the book. I smile at it and I put it into my shelf with my other books.

I take my charger out my drawer and I plug it in the wall and put my phone on charge. I go to close my curtains when I look out my window and I see the light of the moon reflecting into the pool giving it midnight dust glimmer. I open my window and I smell the fresh night air like it's opening my lungs. I let out a breath and smile at the stars. "One day I hope I'm a star just raiding beauty and giving light to dark places." Smiling I know one day I'm gonna be something and I know it's going to be a star.

I go to my bed and open it up and lay on it with a smile on my face happy that I made a promise to myself of being a star.