Marino's Heir

Chapter 4

"It's nice to see you again, Cleo." That's the same old man from my school, the one who was there when I talked to the principal on my last day. "You!" I said, shocked of what is happening. "Now, now Cleo, that's not a way to talk to your father for the first time in years. Is it?" He said and walked to me. He held my face with his hands. "You are so beautiful. Just like your mother was." I didn't react, I just stared at him. He looks like me. How didn't I notice that. How didn't I notice the differences between me and my parents, I don't look like either of them. But suddenly I remembered.
"Are you the reason why I'm not learning in the same school anymore?" I asked. He removed his hands and smiled. He turned around. "Haha, ohh.... Straight to the point, just like me." Oh, he's laughing. I was doing fine before he showed up and changed everything. He took my phone away and I can't go to my school and see my friend, and he's laughing! Seriously?! "Oh, I'm always straight to the point, but I'm not like you." I crossed my arms and spoke. I'm starting to get angry; I moved my eyebrow up. "Hmm....Not like me... very well. So, everyone listen. I called this meeting to introduce you to my daughter, Cleo Marino, my princess, YOUR PRINCESS. And you'll treat her like that, like the way you treat me. Or all of you know very well what I'm able to do." He seemed angry at first from what I said, but then he turned around and talked to the others somehow angry. "Everyone meeting's over. Go back to your work, and I don't want any damage. And Natasha, stay." He said with the same high, scary tone he used with me at school.
He looked at me and sat on a chair, then lit a cigarette. A girl came and stood behind me. "Natasha... Tomorrow, I want you to take Cleo to go shopping and buy new clothes." "Yes, Boss." Natasha said. Boss? Why do they call him boss? "And Enzo..." He looked at Enzo, nodded at him to come. "You'll go with them and protect Cleo. Show her around after it. And Cleo..." He stood up and came to me then held my arms. "When you come back, I'll tell you everything you want to know." He said and kissed my forehead. "Right now, Enzo take her back to her room." Enzo came beside me and looked at me. "Wait... I want my phone." I stopped them and spoke. My father nodded yes and looked at Enzo. "I'll give it to you soon." Enzo said, and I followed him back to my new big room, still shocked of what just happened, I'm not sure if I want to believe this or not.

A few minutes later we arrived at my room door. Enzo took out my phone from his pocket and gave it to me with a key and opened the door. "This is your room key. If there's anything you want, call me, my number is on your phone." He said and walked. "Wait..." I stopped him by putting my hand on his chest. He looked at it then to my eyes. I removed my hands and moved my hair behind my ear, looking away. "Yes?" He said. "....Can I... Talk to you for a minute?" I asked. He gulped and looked down before answering me. "Cleo...I....I mean.." He said. "Please..?" I said and looked at him with sad eyes. He put his hands in his pockets and looked at me. "Fine." He said, and I smiled, then entered my room, and he followed in.

I sat on the bed.  "Yes?" He said, still standing. "I wanted to talk to you about something.." I said he looked at me waiting. "How much did he pay you to bring me here like that? " I said, and he brushed his hand through his hair to the back of his neck. "Cleo..I....--You tricked me!" I cut him off before he continued.

He seemed nervous and wouldn't say a complete sentence without stopping in the middle. "I don't think it's the right time to talk about this...." He said and turned around to leave. I stood up and walked to him. Something tells me that he's going to do what I say if I insist. "Stop." And just like I thought, he stopped. He could've easily continued walking and left the room, but he didn't. "I want to know." He turned around and looked at me. "Everything has its time. Right now, I need to go, I have things to do." He said and left. He's so mysterious...

I sat on the bed thinking. I feel lonely... then I remembered my phone. " Delilah!" I opened my phone and called her. *Oh my god, Cleo!!!*.... "Hey."...... *Girl, where have you been?!! You didn't come to school for two days! And I went to your house and didn't find anyone there. Where are you?! I even called many times, and you didn't answer. * She said. "Yeah... I'm sorry... everything's been so weird. A lot has changed, and I really don't know what to say or even understand anything... I want to see you. Maybe I could tell you why I didn't come to school." ..... *Okay, we can meet cause really school has been so boring without you. But that just made more rumours about you, girl. It's crazy. * She sighed. "What? What do you mean?" Even after I left, why would rumours spread even more? I'm not even there.