Hope

Chapter 4

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The paperwork was done but Alessandro was called in by the chief for some reason so here I am now standing near the exit waiting for the journey of hopefully a good home to start.

Sarah had said her goodbyes in an extremely sweet tone which made me doubt her sanity more. But I didn't care.

Because I was happy. Happy that I felt comfortable around Alessandro in so less time. Happy that he didn't seem like other men to me. I know, by seeing that I literally have a phobia of men I was trusting him very early.

But I was ready to risk it.

Because I had nothing left to loose.

I was willing to give him a chance. Because he was my brother.

A sigh escaped my lips and I closed my eyes.

I hiss in pain when I lifted my arm to run a hand through my hair, something just on my wrist was aching and it was throbbing continuously. Maybe I was too accumulated with my thoughts to notice it before. Slowly yet cautiously I pull the rim of the sweatshirt up to my elbow. The moment I noticed my wrist, panic rises, causing a lump to form in my throat. I bit my cheek, inner cheek so hard enough to leave teeth marks on them to stop crying. My wrist was covered with a hideous purple bruise. The slight fingerprints of four fingers were still present on it. The area besides it was very pale compared to the hand. But this wasn't the first bruise I had, but surely it was the last. That's what I hoped at least. Something inside me encouraged me to touch the horrible thing and slowly massage it. its not like someone is going to pamper me like a princess and kiss my wrist murmuring for it to go way. I wasn't that lovable.

whilst pulling my shirt back to the wrist. I bit my lip from whimpering. Now that I had noticed the bruise, the pain had intensified and the wounded part was throbbing along with several others on my body like a ticking time bomb.

"Are you ready" Alessandro's voice came out in a thick Italian accent. It startled me and I pulled the rim back on its place covering my wrist.

He doesn't need to know.

I raised my head high to look and nodded at him to which he nodded back and hesitantly yet slowly bought his hand in front of me. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do with it.

Does he want me to hold it?

I looked back at him with nervousness piling inside of me. I haven't held someone's hand in years. His eyes moved from mine to his hand and that was enough to tell me he wanted me to hold it so I immediately clasped it in mine not wanting to make him angry.

It was warm unlike mine, it was really warm. We both looked at our clasped hands and he looked back at me. His eyes were soft like melting honey combined with those green orbs with different emotions swirling in them. I wasn't sure what I had done but his eyes watered a little and if it weren't for the fact that I was looking directly in them and studying every detail in them, I wouldn't have noticed it. I tensed. He blinked them furiously which caused me to hold my breath. What did I do?

"Lets go bambina" he whispered and slowly and gracefully trudged down the steps with me trailing behind him like a kid.

I had no idea what I had done it wasn't like he was bawling his eyes out but why did they water when I held his hand?

That little gesture made me trust him even more. Made me want to regret doubting he would ever hurt me.

We were out of the police station where a black SUV was standing on the roadside. It meant one thing my brother was incredibly rich which I had figured out already

With his hand still clasped in mine and my heart beating very fast we made our way to the car.

The cold breeze kissed my hair causing the positive thoughts buried somewhere deep within my mind to open up. To open up for the first time in so many years.

Hopefully everything would be normal, not perfect, not incredible, only normal would suffice.

For now I just wanted to know Alessandro better.

I just wanted to know my brother better. 

Sarah has more brothers. She just doesn't know that. 

This chapter is really short but I just wanted to show a moment between these golden siblings. About how much Alessandro missed his little sister and loves her. How much it broke him to let her go.

And yes Alessandro is a very cold human being, he's strict, and doesn't like irrational behaviour but Sarah has not seen that side of him.