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Chapter 16

Delilah

After much persuasion, my family finally believes that I'm fine. My brothers decided that it was a good idea to call my parents and tell them that I had fallen down and scraped my knee, which led them to somehow believe that I was going to die due to excessive bleeding. They almost cancelled their trip. AGAIN.

My family is too dramatic for me to handle sometimes. As soon as the whole house calmed down, I decided to go back to my room. I stood up, only for my brothers, including my cousins, to come to my side.

"It's fine!! I'm just going up to my room." I say frustratedly.

"Then I'll be taking you to your room." They all say at once.

"Ughhh.. I can walk. It's just a small scrape."

"Come here darling, I'll walk you to your room." My grandma finally interrups and saves the day.

I nod and we walk back to my room.

"How come she agrees to grandma. Not fair." I hear my brothers complaining.

Someday, I'm going to strangle them in their sleep. I'm joking, or am I?

After reaching my room, I plop down on my bed.

"If you need anything, call anyone of us alright? Don't strain your leg too much." My grandma says.

"Ok Nonna." I smile at her before she leaves.

My phone rings just as I laid down on my bed. It was Dad.

"Hey Da-" I couldn't even finish my sentence before he interrupts.

"Delilah, my baby, are you fine? Does it hurt a lot? Should we come home? I told your brothers to take good care of you-" He continues blabbering away.

"Dad-"

"They are going to be beaten to death when I come back."

"DAD!!" I managed to make him quiet.

"I'm really fine. You guys don't need to worry."

"Are you really sure?" He asks again doubting me.

"I'm hundred percent sure, dad." I say sternly.

"Honey, give me the phone now. I want to talk with my daughter too." I hear my mom complaining, making me smile.

"If anything happens, your brothers are losing their heads." He says before passing the phone to my mom.

"Hey pumpkin, are you fine?" My mom asks worriedly.

"Yes mom. I'm totally fine." I reply.

"You should rest dear. I'll call you tomorrow."

"Take care mom. I love you both." I say before keeping the phone.

I decide to take a short nap before it was time for dinner.
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"Delilah? Princess?" I hear Ashton calling me.

"Hmmm?" I decided to wake up.

"It's time for dinner." He says.

"Already? How long did I sleep?" I sit up and stretch myself. I see Ashton leaning on the doorway.

"You know its creepy to watch someone right?" I say standing up.

"Just pondering over how someone could be so ugly." He replies.

"You're just jealous that I'm cute and pretty." I retort.

He goes back down laughing. I follow him down and see everyone ready for dinner. As soon as they see me, each and every one of them ask me if I'm fine again, to which I replied that I could run in the next Olympics.

We had dinner and everyone retired to their rooms. I kept checking my phone, expecting someone to text me.
It seems my expectations were too high.

I fell asleep after talking with Tony and Sofya.
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I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night feeling thirsty. I guess the nap in the afternoon was a little bit too long.

The jug in my room was empty so I headed down to the kitchen to fetch some water. As I was going up to my room, I heard some weird noises. This would definitely be a good horror movie scene. Being the dumb girl in the movie, I decided to check what it was.

Curiosity kills the cat.

Several of the bodyguards came into view. They were dragging something.
As I concentrated more, I could make out that it was not something but someone.

I was so shocked and surprised that I couldn't move from my place. Suddenly I heard a voice.

"Keep it down. If you wake my sister, I'll chop off all yours heads." The voice belonged to Tristan.

Now I was shaking and trembling uncontrollably. There were so many questions in my mind.

Who was that person?

Why is Tristan doing this?

Is that person alive?

The questions kept on coming and I staggered back unable to believe what was going on. My back hit a frame on the wall with the family picture, it fell and shattered to pieces. This made Tristan's eyes dart towards me. When our eyes locked, I could see fear in his eyes for the first time.

"Delilah." He called out softly, as if afraid that I would break anytime.

He slowly began coming towards me. On instinct, I ran towards my room and locked the door.

What had I just witnessed?

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A/N

She finally found out. What do you think is gonna happen now? Will their family bond break? How are they going to explain the situation to her?
(Double update because I felt shit about the last chapter. Tell me if there are any typos or mistakes.)
Enjoy!!
- lia__nee