Black and Grey | Book 1

C h a p t e r 4 9

I sat up in bed. I had been staying in bed for the past week as my body was still weak and Eleonora made sure that I was back to being fit and healthy. Slowly but surely, I felt like my body was stronger, but I was still weak. Everyday, I would have people come in and out of my room to say that they were happy to have me back. I saw everyone.

Except Matthias.

No one told me what had happened after I was gone and no one mentioned him either. I also didn't see my father again after that day. Fear crawled into my chest as I thought of something horrible happening to Matthias. Marcello walked in, disturbing me from my thoughts.

"I think you should come with us." He said and confusion consumed me as I frowned.

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I stayed quiet as Marcello took me to the hospital. I noticed that the villa was empty, or well I thought it was since it was so quiet. We got out of the car and I followed him. When we got to the reception, Marcello murmured something to the lady and she let us in.

"Why are we here?" I asked, feeling like I was going to see something that I wouldn't like. Ever since Marcello had told me to come with him, he had kept a straight face on, not revealing anything. This only made me even more nervous. We walked to a section of the hospital which only had one single room, but it was quite big. We didn't go inside, however outside the room, I saw Eleonora, Caterina, Grayson and Ethan. They all looked worried.

"Marcello what's going on?" I asked him, coming to a stop all of a sudden. He paused and was about to speak until my father came down the corridor.

"Marcello, why did you call me here? Is anyone hurt?" Nicolàs asked. I looked at both of them and Marcello was going to speak again, but got interrupted.

"Actually Marcello. I need to talk to you about something. Can we speak somewhere else please?" Nicolàs asked and Marcello looked at me for a moment, before nodding.

"Of course. Iris give me a moment please." He said and they both walked around the corner to have a conversation. I sighed in frustration. What wasn't he telling me? Why is everyone at the hospital. I realised that no one had noticed that I had arrived and I was relieved. I just wanted to go back home and into bed. I slipped away and tried to find Marcello again. However, I paused around the corner when I heard their voices.

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Marcello's POV:

"Marcello. I need you to tell me the truth. What is going on?" He asked. I dreaded answering Nicolàs as to what I was about to tell him.

"Also where is my son? I haven't seen Matthias recently." He said, using his hands to show that he was getting frustrated. Matthias was also Nicolàs' son who no one knew about, not even Iris. Grayson, Ethan, Sebastian and Eleonora knew that Matthias was Iris' brother. Matthias even knew himself. Nicolàs and Alessandra did everything to keep Matthias a secret. If people had found out that Nicolàs had a heir, Matthias would have been hunted down and killed. Nicholas was a very wealthy and rich man back then and everyone envied him for his success. It was time to tell the truth to Iris.

But right now, I wondered how me working so many years in the mafia and I was too scared to answer a god damn question. I saw Nicolàs at Rico's. What he had done to Rico's body was merciless. He was looking for vengeance for Rico hurting his daughter and he wouldn't have stopped if it wasn't for Iris.

"Nicolas I-. I'm sorry, but I've hid this from you for far too long. Matthias, he..." I gulped. It was heartbreaking to say to someone that their child had a very low chance of surviving.

"What is it Marcello? Spit it out." He snapped, getting impatient.

"Matthias is in a coma. The doctors said that he'll have a very low chance of surviving." I revealed and looked away. It was painfully quiet until we both heard a loud sob. I turned around and was met by Iris holding her hand to her mouth, having gone awfully pale. She was shaking and sobbing.

"M-matthias. M-matthias is my brother?" She let out and I looked away shamefully.

A/N:
Oop, plot twist I guess. Matthias is her brother. I understand if anyone is confused. I also forgot to mention in the chapter before that everyone else had returned back from Italy so people like Eleonora, Caterina and some others as the villa was safe again. If anyone is confused about Iris' family, comment and i'll try my best to explain as I realised how rushed and surprising this may seem.

Please comment down any questions you have about the book, about me, or maybe even the potential of a sequel!

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