The Cards You've Hidden, Been Dealt & are on the Table

Chapter Two-Vincent

Hey guys so I decided to try to put a song at the beginning of every chapter. I'll try to get it to relate to the chapter in some way but for now here is, "See You Again" by Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa.

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     Trevor, Marco and myself are walking on the street heading back to our hotel that we own from a business deal. We're making our way along when we hear a boy yell,  "GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME AND MY SISTER. YOU WILL NOT TOUCH HER." My brothers and I snap our heads towards each other, having a silent conversation and then nod and start to run off in the direction of the shout.

     Now normally we would have just let the fight take place but this voice who sounds like a kid mentioned someone touching his sister. Now sure we may do some screwed up things but we have morals too and one of those morals is not hurting innocents and more importantly not innocent women. This stems from our sister that was taken from us by our mother when she was only a year and a half old. We would never want anyone touching her in any way. She has seven older brothers to protect her and one older brother twin to protect her. As she grew up we never wanted any harm to come to our sorellina and we never want any harm to come to her.

     By motivation we never want anyone's sister to get hurt because we can understand that need to protect her.

     As we're about to turn the corner we hear a feminine shriek. We make our way into the dead end alleyway a couple of seconds later. I look at the scene in front of me and...it can't be. No. They were taken from us. I share a look with my brothers and I know they are thinking the same things as I am.

     We absorbed the scene and then we made our presence known and I shouted "HEY GET OFF OF THEM!" Without a second of hesitation we join in the fight.

     Two minutes later the guys are down and the boy who looks like a younger version of my father and the female version of him are with each other. This can't be. That can't be my little sister and younger brother no way. After fourteen years of searching we didn't just stumble upon them.

     I glance over at my brothers and they are staring at them in shock and can see they have the same thoughts as I do. I look back over at them afraid they would be gone, still in too much shock to do anything. The boy who has to be Lucas checks over the girl who has to be my sorellina, Lilliana. I see pure concern on his face. Once he is sure she is not harmed. He steps to the side still able to see her and grabs a hat that looks like it has money in it and goes back over to her and swoops her up. I guess these men stole that hat with the money and they chased after them and more came and jumped them. I mean why else would they be in this alley with those guys. The only question is why do they have a hat with money in it.

     Once he has her secured in his arms and the hat now in her hands he runs off. As they are turning the corner he shouts a quick thanks to us and she looks over at us and my heart freezes as I see all the additional confirmation I need to know these are my siblings. That is a necklace that looks like a circle bouncing on the girl that looks like a younger female version of my father. The necklace I'm sure is a slightly altered version of my own and of my brothers as well. The only difference being our initials. The heart symbolizes our love for the family and that member who wears the necklace and it is circular to show that our love has no end. We will love each other always and forever no matter what. We will always be there for our family.

     "Guys did you see her necklace?" I ask still in shock of what just transpired.
     "Yeah I did so let's chase after them before we lose our baby siblings all over again!" Marco yelled in frustration as we started to chase after them and me and Trevor immediately followed.

     We let Marco take the lead as he was able to catch up to them and was also the fastest so we wouldn't be in his way if he needed to pass us.

     I have to say Lucas is quite fast especially since he was carrying Lilliana but then again she looked small. They made a couple turns and he thought that he had lost us and then it appeared that he slowed to a stop he was panting but not that heavily and he ever so gently laid Lilliana down on the curb. We were behind an old run down restaurant.

     Why are we here? Did they have some connection with the owner although surely they would have gone inside if that was the case. I took this time when we had them outnumbered and pretty much trapped to examine them further and our surroundings.

     Lucas was a little tall for his age. Shared the familial trait of brown hair and the hazel eyes that all of us share which is why Lilliana was given her middle name as Hazel, we thought it was a nice way to show the familial connection that all of us siblings share. He looked to have some muscle but also looked to be pretty malnourished and he looked pretty dirty as well. He looks maybe five eight, five nine.

     Lilliana wow she was beautiful but she was so small I would say she was maybe five foot, she had brown hair and was extremely skinny. She too appeared to be dirty like she hadn't washed in a while.

     Now I look at our surroundings. We are in the back of an old run down restaurant that has a shabby overhang with some holes in it and it seems like there is something that could be used as a mini shelter hidden behind the dumpster and the corner and small backpack. Were they living here? Have they been living on the streets? What has happened to my baby siblings?

     It appears that Lucas noticed that he had not in fact lost us as a tail and looked like he was about to pick her up to run again but she lightly shook her head. He looked at her and faintly smiled and nodded. I guess she was saying they couldn't get out and he was agreeing and reassuring her I really have no clue but these twins have a language of their own.

     Deciding as the oldest brother here I should be the one to speak and I knew my younger brothers were waiting for me to speak up. "Do you know who we are?" I asked hopefully. I was wishing that they could see the resemblance between us or on the very small chance to remember us despite the fact they were one and a half when they were taken.

     Lucas moves in front of Lilliana as he replies, "No sir but thank you for helping us out back there they stole our money, we went to get it back they tricked us, jumped us and then tried to take my sister. So we are grateful for what you did but now we will be leaving. Thank you for your assistance." I have to say he worded that very elegantly for his age. He shares that with Christian. However he's our baby brother and she is our baby sister. We are not losing them again.

     "Well we know who you are Lucas and Lilliana. You are our baby brother and sister. The youngest members of the Cortelli family. We will not be letting you go because we have been missing you for fourteen years and we finally found you."

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1337 words 12/20/20
Hey guys so sorry this one is a little short. I'm trying to not switch POVs mid chapter but I'll probably wind up doing it in the future anyway.

So as I've said I have chapters prewritten and I put them on here by copy and paste. I've realized when going back to edit and making sure their ready for post that I tend to leave you guys on cliffhangers accidentally.

So I'm sorry in advance. I just realized that with the chapters I finished writing last night and boy I left you on two in a row. *Sheepishly hides behind the screen and peeks back out*

Well thank you guys for reading.

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