Hiding Behind a Mask

Chapter 16- Take Charge

Lance sat in the living room trying to do something while he sat around the house bored. Antonio was out with his father and his Mom was at work so he was in charge. He noticed Rico sneak down and look around. As soon as he saw Lance was the only one he ran up to him and hugged his big brother.

"Lances!" He cuddled into him. "S da bad man gone?"

"Not yet, he's gone for now."

"When he leave?" Rico asks, Lance shrugs and held his brother close. He hasn't seen Rico in days so it was nice to finally see him again. He could tell Sarah has been taking care of him well. He was clean and didn't look like he wasn't eating. He looked a hell of a lot better than Lance, who was covered in bruises.

"What happened? Didu fall?"

"Oh... um... Rico?"

"Yeah?"

"The bad man did this to me. He hurt me."

"Why?"

"Cause he saw Keith and he didn't like Keith here." Lance said.

"But you like Keith, we's all like him."

"I know, he doesn't though." They saw a car pull up, Rico quickly crawled out of Lance's lap and ran into the kitchen to hide from his father and brother. Lance watched as his family came in. Antonio waves at him.

" Hola Lance, estamos de vuelta. "

" Ya veo. Si eres nuevo me voy arriba. " Lance said. His father kept glaring at Lance, it hasn't ended since the incident with Keith and the cops. The two began to talk to each other. Lance got up and noticed Rico looking through papers, Lance was confused that Rico was looking through, the boy can barely read. He took everything and ran upstairs before his father caught him.

Lance looked at the other two, they didn't notice Rico at all. He slowly ran up after Rico, he saw Rico hide everything under his pillow and looked at Lance. He knew Rico wasn't going to give the papers up and was probably going to show Sarah first, and Sarah was dead asleep right next to him. The two had to share a small bed.

Lance smiles at his brother to reassure Rico that he wasn't mad at him. He walks into his room and fell asleep on his bed. Hopefully his father wouldn't get pissed.

His father was mad that morning. He was looking for all the papers Rico stole. He yelled at all the kids that were there, the culprit was hiding in his room. His father didn't expect Rico to do it, he was young and had given up on trying to talk to him.

Lance smirked as his father yelled at them. He got sick of Lance's smirk so he got in his son's face.

"You know don't you!"

"Why would I take any of those papers on the table? I had nothing to do with it." Lance said. Sarah and Sam looked at Lance with fear, they did not want to lose another sibling. He got slapped in the face, his glasses flew off his face, a new bruise formed on his cheek, but the sting only made Lance happier. His father was pissed off because he doesn't have his suspicious papers. He was annoyed and oh... that made Lance happy.

His father left them. Lance got up while Sarah hands him his glasses.

"Thanks sweetie." He smiles, Sarah nods and runs back upstairs. Lance looks at Sam and smiles happily.

"Now what mi hermano ?" Sam asks. Lance shrugs and walks upstairs, Sam follows him. He wanted to do something while being imprisoned.