Infiltration(ON HOLD)

Chapter fifteen

It's been three days. As usual I don't get any sleep. Nobody talks at the dining table except Axel who uses every opportunity to flirt with Pheobe , sometimes even me.

Callypso and Vicious are absent figures. I don't see both.

I have purposefully avoided every possible intraction with Andreas. He does the same.

I wondered why Martha send me here if she's got a son here. Are they not on talking terms?

Of course they are not. No son of Martha Xavier would get involved in a group of rebellious mafia men . She wouldn't let him.

Hawk though never missed a chance to irritate me. He was after me , more than ever after Snake incident.

This guy was obsessed with me. He was bringing trouble.

I wondered what kind.

It was evening. Time flied in the place. I was in the kitchen watching Pheobe and Gale cook. Occasionally getting things for them from the store. Who thought I would help in kitchen. I never liked the whole institution of it. But surprisingly I was having a good time now.

Pheobe was Gale's perfect assistant. A better cook than Gale. Though Gale never openly admitted it I had seen her being secretly looking at her with pride.

Well Pheobe being Pheobe was born to impress. She would wait eagerly for the response she would get from all of us. I could see why she stayed with her father. The need to please. So much like Catherine.

Gale though was a task for me. I couldn't keep up with her mood swings. She was nice when she wanted to be and absolutely rediculous when she didn't want to be. Today she was nice. Yesterday at the dining table she was fuming as she served us food. Vicious hadn't turned up after asking her to expect him for dinner. She had prepared the food and it had gone to waste.

It was like dealing with two different people. But she had a warmth to her like Pheobe. And I was getting attatched. I was letting myself lose a little everyday. I was guilty but I couldn't just help it.

That was when my trouble walked in.

She was dressed in designer clothes. Her ginger red hair properly kept. Her face had the perfect amount of make up.

She reminded me Martha so much that I ended up laughing.

Oh shit! I stopped.

She was scowling at me her green eyes looking at me with scrutiny.

I figure at who was from the way her eyes moved.

Hawk's sister.

She had such beautiful , big green eyes.
Green eyes and ginger red hair was a deadly combination. She
was extremely beautiful.

"Are these the new charity cases?" She asks Gale , sounding arrogant.

I instantly see why Andreas didn't spend time with her as Hawk had said. She didn't just look like Martha she acted like her too.

I could see how much she reminded him of her. I don't think he wanted the reminder after he had ran away from his house.
If Andreas had ran away from his house. It was the best guess as in to why he was here and why I had never seen him in Asgrin during the later half of my stay their. The half were I was allowed human interaction. Minimal but still.

"What if we are?" I challenge her.

She can go fuck her self with that attitude. I had put up Martha for years. She was no comparison for Martha. I could toss her away in seconds if she plays bitch Barbie with me.

She smirks once at me before turning to Gale.

"Gale I am staying. Ask the servants to clean my room. I want it spotless." She orders.

Ohh she is staying.

"You know where the servant quarters are. Why don't you ask them yourself Merissa" Gale replies.

Burn.

Merissa. Merissa suits her.

Gale goes back to her business after that. Pheobe and I stand awkwardly in the kitchen.

"I thought you girls were helping me. Don't waste your time." Gale orders.

Rely on Gale to put everyone in their places.

Dinner was an awkward business. Nobody spoke not even Ingenious.

Vicious was present. Callypso was again absent. Does he even eat? If so when?

Vicious never looked at anyone while he ate. But today I caught him scowling at Merissa several times. I wasn't even surprised.

Merissa was a case. Irritating to the worst extent. She was all over Andreas at the table. Passing him food , serving it , occasionally wispering into his ears , touching him unnecessarily. What not.

Andreas looked sick. He barely ate a thing. Gale would fume everytime she came to the table to replace things and caught Merissa expressing her love.

Hawk was the only oblivious one. He looked like a proud father everytime she expressed her love.

Oh for god's sake! Isn't he The Hawk! The Hawk! The name comes from his ability to see. This guy was absolutely blind. He couldn't see his friend's sufferings.

One time Merissa tried to feed him and Andreas choked , resulting in him having a coughing fit.

That's it! I might have a problem with the guys father but I was not going to watch him choke to death.

I stood up grabbing a glass of water walking around the table towards them. All heads in the table was turned to me. I placed the glass on the table hard causing the water to slosh.

"Why don't you just fucking kill him?" I ask directly at Marissa's face. She is so shocked that she doesn't react.

Hawk looks like he wants to burn me alive. Ingenious is barely holding back a smile. Andreas doesn't react he just takes the glass drinking the water.
Pheobe looks scared.

And.

Vicious laughs. Laughs hard. He just continues laughing.
Ingenious who was barely holding the smile bursts out laughing.

"God I have been wanting somebody to do that for such a long time." Ingenious says.

Ingenious has tears in his eyes.

Merissa is mad with the embarassment.
She walks away , Hawk follows her after giving me a death glare. I shrug.

"Guys stop. It wasn't that funny." Andreas says to Vicious and Ingenious who are both still laughing.

"It was actually. God the bitche's face." Ingenious laughs harder.

So they all hate her. Not surprising. There wasn't anything to like except maybe her looks. But her shitty character made up for it.

"Why don't you go after her and let us do the laughing?" Vicious says to Andreas.

When I see the smile Vicious I realise that this was the first time I was getting a reaction from Vicious. To such intensity. In the ten days that I have been here. I give myself an imaginary pat on the shoulder.

Even after so many years it was my proud moment. Making him laugh. That was all I wanted to do before. Make Vicious and Catherine laugh. Not Vicious then. But the name suited him more than his real one. The hapiness their smile gave me was beyond everything.

I realised that no matter how tough and strong I had become on the outside I was still the same person. But that wasn't a happy realisation. The old me was weak. The new me couldn't afford to be weak. And this place was making me.