Isabella

We were all in the car, me sitting on the lap of Riccardo. Everyone was talking and listening to music and I was thinking to myself.

Well more overthinking.

The trail was getting closer and closer and the closer we got, the more I panicked.

Because of our flight, it was now evening and tomorrow 10AM would the trial start.

"Isabella, do you know any placed to go eat? You grew up here after all." Emilio asked.

That's what pained me the most. No matter how long I stayed here, the only places my parents let me go to was school. I didn't have time nor transport to go to restaurants or shops. If I was so foolish to sneak out, it was always the park I went to.

Nature always had a weird way too calm me down and bring a smile on my face.

"Not really. I don't know any places to eat food." I said embarresed.

"Don't worry about it koala, we'll find something." Matteo gave me a reassuring smile and I smiled back at him.

After a little more driving, we parked at a fancy place right outside the city. There were a lot of cars and I was afraid there wasn't going to be any place left for six.

Lorenzo walked at the front and I did a little jump and ran towards him. Once I was besides him I grabbed his hand.

He looked at me surprised but it was soon replaced with a smile. He pulled me closer to him and we walked into the huge lobby.

There was this girl who wore a lot of make up and a way too short skirt. Her boobs were almost naked and I had the urge to puke right there.

If this going to be another bitch-

"Hello there handsome, what can I help you with?" She asked Enzo while almost pushing herself into his chest. He kept a straight face although I knew he was disgusted in some way but didn't want to show it.

He kindly pulled her back but she didn't get the hint. How cliché.

"Is there a tablet for six?" He asked with his business voice. The woman looked at my brothers and stared at them with lust.

We have exactly three seconds before I start to actually throw up.

"And we like to have privacy, if that's possible." Matteo smiled friendly at her.

She didn't not just bite her lip-

"Yes of course! Follow me." She turned around and walked us into a private corner. Of course she didn't walked us to our tablet without swinging her hips more than necessary.

"Here's your table and if you need anything else, and I mean anything- please call me." She said with a voice that suppose to be seductive.

Key word: suppose

"There are only five seats. We're with six." Rodrigo said narrowing his eyes at her.

"But there are only five of you." She said counting the boys and ignoring me. She giggled after her statement because she thought it was funny.

"Clearly you suck at maths." I couldn't control my thought and it slipped before I could stop it.

"Now if actually use the two braincells left, you ask someone to add another chair and plate - that's if you still have braincells left." I shrugged. She is going downn.

"And a little bit of advice, don't flirt with men who aren't interrested. Especially my brothers." I fake smiled at her.

Riccardo and Emilio were looking at me amused. Rodrigo closed his eyes trying to hold back a laugh and Matteo and Lorenzo looked rather proud.

I smiled at the thoughts of Teo and Enzo being proud.

"You heard the lady. Chop chop." Emilio said, walking behind me and place his hands on my shoulder. He didn't pressed it too hard, knowing they're still a little sore.

The woman looked at Lorenzo and he gave her a cold glare what made her immediately take some action. She whispered something to the manly waiter who was passing by and he added a plate and a chair.

I smiled kindly to him and he returned the smile. Suddenly his face turns into fear and walls away quickly. I look behind me and saw all my brothers glaring. Oh lord.

We all took place and I sat between Lorenzo and Emilio. Before is sat the twins and Matteo with Riccardo in the middle.

They gave us menus and I scanned through it. It was all in french and my mouth turned into a smile.

My parents were maybe the worst but at least I got to learn french. I was quiet happy that I was fluent, it was a hard language to learn and it was absolutely beautiful.

"Oh man. It's french." Rodrigo complained and I giggled.

"What? Don't tell me you like FrEnCh?" Riccardo asked shocked.

"I would lie if I say no. Besides it's a beautiful language." I looked back at the menu.

"You want me to sign you up for french classes cariño?" Lorenzo asked.

"No silly. I already speak french. We went to Paris every year and after a while you start to pick up the language. With classes on school and actually going to France, makes me speak french like a second language." I shrugged.

"Want some help?" I looked amused at the twins. But then I saw that everyone was staring at me with big eyes.

"Please do." Rodrigo pouted.

Like I said, an angry little kitten.

I helped all of them pick their meal and ordered because the waiter was speaking french. We talked the whole night and they actually made me forget what was coming tomorrow.

I learnt more about Lorenzo's business. He owned a lot of hotels, casino's and clubs all over the world. Emilio had his own car brand with shops all over the world and worked together with Enzo. Matteo was a famous doctor. Despise being so much away, he made sure to make time for his family. Riccardo wanted to work for Lorenzo when he was older and Rodrigo wanted to work for Emilio.

What didn't surprise me as they both share their love for cars. Then the famous question popped up.

"What do you want to be later Isa? Any ideas?" Rodrigo asked while eating his dessert.

"Honestly, I have no clue." I said schifting my gaze to my lap.

"Don't worry about it mi chiquita, you still have time. And we'll be behind you with whatever you want to do." Riccardo looked at me with a small smile and I returned it.

"But if you ever become a stripper I will kill all of your clients and lock you up like Tangled." Emilio gave me a cold look like never before and I knew he was serious.

"What makes me think about something else. Koala, if you are in trouble, small or big, we will always be right beside you. We're your brothers and keeping you out of trouble is our duty. Don't be afraid to ask for help." He smiled at me and I wanted to koala hug him so bad.

"Come on, I see it in your eyes you want to hug." Matteo said with a grin. I chuckled and jumped of my seat and ran towards him.

I gave him my famous hug and I could feel the twins joining us. Emilio walked towards us and joined us too. I Saw Lorenzo pick out his phone to take a picture and I did my craziest face. He shook his head and joined the hug after he made the picture.

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We were all walking back to the hotel. Matteo insisted we walked as it was 'healty'. It was already dark outside and a cold wind was blowing past us. I hugged Emilio sideways and he gently rubbed my arms to make me warmer.

"I can't believe school starts in two days. I'm mentally not ready." Rodrigo faked shivering. Matteo and Emilio laughed at their brother and I gave him a smile.

"I get that you don't want to go back to the teachers and test and assignments but don't you want to hang out with your friends?" I asked him.

"Of course. I can't wait to put pranks and skip school with them." Rodrigo smirked evil and chuckled.

"Don't make me get you out of detention 24/7 brother or you can say bye bye to your future job." Emilio teased and Rodrigo's playfull face was gone.

Rodrigo and Emilio argued a little more about detention and getting into trouble while I turned my attention to the other twin.

"Is he really that bad?" I asked Riccardo.

"We both are Bella. The only difference is that I don't fail my tests and he does." He shurgged.

"Hey! I heard that!" Rodrigo said angry. I fought a smile coming out as Riccardo tried to save himself from his brother.

Something about walking with them made me feel at peace, and that's what I exactly needed for tomorrow.

We arrived at the hotel and walked straight to the top floor. Apparently Lorenzo booked the whole floor. Something about 'five brothers are like a whole zoo. They're loud, smelly and need a lot of space.'

I shared a room with Emilio as he was always the only one without a roomie. The others started complaining but Lorenzo told them it was only fair.

"Go change and brush your teeth. I'll come when you're ready to treat your wounds." Matteo gave me a kiss on the head and I walked to the little bathroom and brushed my teeth. I changed into a cute pyjama (media)

As I walked out of the room, Emilio was lying in the kingsize bed scrolling on his phone.

"You look cute" he said with a smile. He walked to me and lifted me up.

"Whoa- Hey! What's this all about?!" I asked shocked. He placed me on the bed and right on time Matteo entered.

"Hey koala. You look cute." He ruffled my hair and I gave him an angry pout.

"Alright let's start with you back. Emilio could you lift her shirt please?" Emilio nodded with a glare I haven't seen before. Sadness mixed with anger

The cold oil was shocking at first but I got used to it. I bit away some cries of pain and I saw Emilio checking up on me every now and then. He held my hand the entire time.

After he was done with my back he did my shoulders and then my legs and arms. We were 30 minutes further when he was done.

"All done. Try not to move that much Bella, you need to give your body rest and time." He said with a sad frown. I sighed and nodded. Matteo opened the door but didn't walked away.

All my brothers were entering and I could see worry on Riccardo's face.

"I'm fine Cardo. Matteo is the best doctor I can get." I gave him a reassuring smile and he looked a little less worried.

Rodrigo carefully gave me a hug and kissed me goodnight. Riccardo did the same and they ruffled my hair together.

"Little pieces of-"

"Isabella do not finish that sentence!" Lorenzo looked stern. I lowered my gaze and mumbled a sorry.

He walked towards me and stared at me while talking to Matteo.

"Can I?"

"You can, brother." Matteo said happy.

Lorenzo picked me up and as a reflex I wrapped my legs and arms around him. He laid me on the bed and wrapped me in the covers. He kissed my forehead and whispered 'sweet dreams cariño.'

I gave him a tired smile and they all said 'goodnight' again. Emilio then pushed everyone out and closed the door. He lays next to me and carefully pulls me in his arms. I smiled and leaned closer.

"You won't be alone tomorrow baby." We're the last words I heard before I felt into a deep sleep.

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Here I was, standing in front of the court. My five brothers besides me, each single one of them wearing an expensive suit. Lorenzo had sunglasses on, Emilio was cleaned up pretty good, Matteo wore a gold watch and the twins both had a hard glare on their faces with matching ties. I took a deep breath and started to walk towards the entrance when a hand stopped me.

"You're a Castillo, Isabella. You're so much stronger than you think, never forget that." Matteo let go of my arm and we all walked to the building. My heart beating in my chest, but I knew I could do this. I had to.

When we entered, there were a lot of people present. It didn't surprise me though, my father had a lot of friends. A lot of friends who could take revenge.

I pushed the dangerous thoughts away and walked further into the law court with my brothers. I stopped when I saw his face. My stepdad.

His hands were handcuffed and a cop was holding him. My brothers noticed that I stopped walking and they turned around looking at me confused. When they saw I was staring at my stepdad, their faces soon turned into anger.

Emilio stepped back to me and lowered himself so he was on my hight.

"Hey, hey, Bella look at me. Let me see those beautiful eyes." He asked concerned. I slowly turned my gaze from Logan to my brother.

"He will never, and I mean never hurt you every again, okay? Let's do this together loca." I turned to look back at Logan one last time and he was staring straight at me. My eyes held shock and panic.

"Sleep with your eyes open you brat. This isn't done." He yelled and now all my brothers were ready to kill him as I looked with fear all over my face.

Rodrigo looked up from the ground he was staring to and I could see a vulcano in his eyes.

"Mess with me? I'll let karma do its job. But mess with my baby sister, and I'll become fucking karma, Entendido, idiota?" Logan's eyes went wide after he said baby sister and looked at me, then back to my brothers and he gulped visually. I think I also saw a flash of fear in his eyes but I'm not sure.

Riccardo took Rodrigo's shoulder and whispered something that made him stop from beating up my stepfather right then right there.

I couldn't turn my face away from Logan and Emilio forced me to look at him. His eyes said more than words could do and without saying anything I walked away.

We all took our seats and after a while the jugde started the trial. Alright let's get this over with.

"Good day everyone, please quiet down." Police officers brought two people in. Logan and my mother.

"Mr. Mcfield, accused of dealing drugs, taking drugs, driving toxicated on the road and attacking a police officer." The police officer walked over to the right side and placed Logan next to his lawyer.

"Ms. Mcfield, accused of dealing drugs, taking drugs and attempt to flee about ten minutes ago." They placed my mother next to my stepfather and when she made her way to her place she made eyecontact with me. Her eyes widend when she saw her sons.

Lorenzo stared ice cold back to her and she shifted her gaze to the ground. Ha take that.

"Alright, Commissioner Jeson, you can start."

"Thank you, your Honor." Commissioner Jeson turned around to face my parents.

"Now I really want to get this over with so I can move on for what you're actually are here for. Please play the first video." A man pressed the button and a video was playing and the big screen in the middle of the room. You could see Logan punching an officer really hard.

"He punches like a todler. How was he even able to beat that cop up?" Emilio asked Lorenzo while whispering.

"Mystery of the year, brother. I have absolutely no clue." Lorenzo whispered back.

"Come on, even a panda could win against Logan." Riccardo whispered confused. Everyone agreed but they stopped discussing when Mr. Jeson spoke again.

Pff boys, that's the realy mystery of the freaking millennium.

"As you all can see, Mr. Mcfield's face is clearly visable on the video as he wounds one of my officers. There's also a witness in the right corner. Miss Carter, I call you to stand. Please take a seat."

A woman stood up behind us and walked towards the empty seat next to the judge.

"Could you please tell your name?"

"I'm Morgan Carter."

"Thank you, Miss Carter. Could you please tell us what happened on 19/08, 9AM?"

"I was walking to my appartment a few streets further and as I walked into the Waverton Avenue. I saw a man punching someone. As I slowly stepped closer, I saw that it was a drunken man hurting a police officer. I tried to back away and call for help but a woman slapped my phone out of my hands."

"Could you point to the picture of the man fighting and the woman slapping your phone out of your hands?" A screen with ten faces appeared. Five females including my mother's face and five males including Logan's face.

She pointed to the picture of my mother and stepfather.

"Objection!" Mr. Davis proclaimed. He was the lawyer who was protecting my mother and Logan. Henry shitty Davis.

"On what grounds do you make your objection?" The judge asked.

"This could easily be faked. It's unreliable." He galred at Commissioner Jeson.

"Sustained, Mr Jeson please move on to your next witness or proof material." Mr. Davis smiled satisfied to Mr. Jeson, but he ignored him.

"Of course your Honor. Miss Carter, thank you for your help. You can return to your seat." He turned around to gather some files and faced the judge.

"I also have on camera how Ms. Mcfield slapped the phone out of Miss Carter's hands. The video I showed you first is enough proof to prove you that Mr. Mcfield indeed wounded an officer."

The next video started playing. You saw from a different, closer point how my mother aggressively slapped the phone out of the woman's hands.

"Ms Mcfield prevented backup coming what means she went against the law."

"Objection!" Mr. Davis claimed.

"Overruled!" Mr. Davis sat back in his seat after the judge rejected his objection.

"Now for the being toxicated part, I have multiple files with different reports that there are traces of alcohol and heroin in both blood samples." He handed the files to the judge. He read them fats and signed Mr. Jeson to continue.

"We also have on camera how my patrols stopped their car for alcohol control and the results." Mr. Jeson gave the papers again to the judge and the video played again. You could see them being pulled over and then driving away out of nowhere, police officers shouting and waving.

The judge took the paper and confirmed that the test were positive on alcohol.

"Ms. Mcfield's attempt to flee was seen by literally everyone so I don't think I need proof for that. Now the drugs dealing part is pretty simple. We caught them right in the act. Here we have the police report and witnesses when my team caught them. I call Mr Turner to stand."

An older man stood up and sat in the seat next to the judge. He smiled friendly and Mr. Jeson and the judge and moved his attention back to Mr. Jeson.

"Could you please tell us your name sir?"

"My name is Jack Turner."

"Thank you Mr. Turner, now is it true that you were there on the time some of my officers caught two people dealing drugs?"

"Yes, I was."

"Can you confirm that these people who were caught are the people over there." He pointed to my mother and Logan and everyone waited for his answer.

"Yes, indeed. You don't forget a face in that situation."

"Objection!" I swear this guy is pissing me off.

"If this dude doesn't shut up I'll objection my fist into his arse." Rodrigo whispered to himself what made Emilio and Riccardo to chuckle.

"Behave Rodrigo." Lorenzo whispered back. Everyone was holding back their laughter but I wasn't able to even smile. I was so nervous and my gut feeling said that this was just the top of the mountain.

"Bella, are you okay? You didn't even smile..." Matteo asked in concern what made all my brothers to turn to me in concern. Before I had to answer him, the judge interrupted us. Thank god.

"Mr. Turner, do you vow to speak the truth and the truth only? Are you aware of the concequences if someone has proof that you gave false infromation?" the judge asked.

How is it that he can speak but Ms. Carter couldn't? I'll never understand this shit.

"Yes, your Honor." Mr. Turner answered.

"Then Mr. Davis' objection is overruled. I call the jury to make an anonymous assessment."

"Your Honor, if you allow me. I have one more thing to say."

"Continue, Mr. Jeson."

"We found multiple traces of the blood of Isabella Castillo all over their house. We think this could be a lead to child abuse. I call Isabella Castillo to stand."

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Thank you so much for reading! I'm sorry it took me a while. I wanted to make sure I knew enough about the court before writing the last scene. Just to be clear, I have no clue if this is the way they do in courts. I tried to make it as real as possible :)

Now there's one thing i would like to share with y'all. English is NOT my first language and it's normal to make mistakes. And I don't mind you correcting me, but please do this in a polite way. I'm not pointing fingers, just want to say it.

I'm going back to school so updating will take a little longer but I'll do my best to update weekly. Just sometimes it's not possible, so keep that in mind.

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Until the next chapter my queens and kings!