~ K I N S L E Y ' S P O V~

"How can you be so selfish!" He said in a low voice. I shivered, "How could you be so fucking selfish to do that after we already told you once not to fucking do it." He yelled this time. His grip tightened around my arm as he pulled me off the ground.

"I'm sorry sir I really am please" I begged. I knew what was happening. It happened every time I did so much as breathe at the wrong time.

"You say sorry then continue to do the same things over. and, over. again." He said, a fist connecting with my ribs after every word.

I groaned in pain, my already bruised ribs were already sore and hurt, how much more could they possibly take?

He lead me downstairs into what he called "the playroom." The unimaginable would happen in this basement.

Tonight was one of the nights that his friends decided to go along and do everything he would do.

He would call it "triple the fun."

"Sir please, I promise to be good, i'll do anything please." The tears were now apparent. "If you would do anything, this is what you're going to be doing." He said, his voice turning cold.

I was thrown onto to mattress. "God you are such a s-"

I gasped for the air that was suffocating me from under the blankets. Fuck you nightmares, find someone else to haunt.

I caught my breath, before getting up to get a start to my lovely morning.

Mornings. Mornings were like a punch in the face from reality. Mornings to me, were a repeat of the previous days i've just finished.

I finally got out of the twin sized bed, now a mess from me sleeping in it. I walked over to the window, the blinds covered the sun light, begging to be let in.

I opened it slightly to be blinded by the sun. I'm happy Washington decided to have a happy sunny day on the day I needed it most.

Last night, before I stormed out of the office, Officer Brown told me my father would be arriving at around 9:30. It was currently 6:17 and I had so much time prepare myself.

I started preparing myself by getting the change of clothes I kept in my bag for emergencies. It consisted of a pair of jeans and a black shirt. I would of course wear my hoodie that I wore every other day also.

It was simple but it was also one of the few things I actually owned. Sure I had bought or even stolen things but it was never anything that I truly needed. It was only a want.

If you would have been in the same position as I was, you would realize, in order to stay alive, there was no time for wanting anything. It was only filled with needs that barely got filled.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door breaking me out of my thoughts. Officer Brown walks in, a smile present on her face. "Good morning Kinsley! How are we this morning?" She says, more cheerful this morning.

"Tired." I said truthfully, she shook her head, "nonsense, it's a great day today!" she said, "Now, come with me, we have an hour to talk before your family gets here!" She said, half dragging me out of the room.

Wait an hour?

Did I really spend that much time thinking about nothing.

We got into her small office which smelled of coffee. "You want some?" she asked, shaking the cup in front if me. I shook my head. "Thank you tho." She nodded, moving papers around on her desk.

I was never aloud coffee or even food for breakfast. They said I didn't deserve it. I guess it was true. I believed everything they told me when I shouldn't have.

"Well, an hour is going to take a while, so what do you want to do?" she asked. I swear Officer Brown was like a ninja. She always knew when I was thinking about something bad or anything for that matter.

"We can just sit here honestly." I said. Sitting here wasn't really all that bad. Sure it was kind of boring but my overthinking made me have something to do.

"What do you think about the weather?"

Its gonna be a long hour.

~ T I M E S K I P ~

I lied. An hour went by as if it were only five minutes. My palms were sweating and Officer Brown noted that they should be here in about 5 minutes.

Before I knew it, two men in suits were walking around as if they owned the place and entered the small office.

Officer Brown stood up to greet them but I stayed glued to my chair. Frozen, as I looked into the eyes of my father and the man behind him. They did the same, studying me before minding Officer Brown.

"It's great to see you Sir, now, all we have to do is go over and sign a few papers, agreeing to adopt and take care of Kinsley." she said, slipping 2 papers in front of him.

He read over each paper, then signed on the line, very sloppily if I must. The next part, I was busy doing my overthinking. She was talking to him something about his duties as my father and what my brothers must do. It was almost like she was making a brand new life for us. For me.

"Alright. Congratulations, i'll leave you guys alone for a bit, have a safe trip back home and Kinsley, I wish you the best of luck love." She said, shaking each of our hands.

She shook hands with him like she was just signing off a business deal. She left to room but not before exhaling very visibly.

My father shook his head at Officer Brown and stood up. My father was a tall man. He was probably around 6'5. He had the similar gray eyes as I did, except his held many more secrets than even he could remember. He had a slight stubble on his chin only visible from the small lights hitting his face. His hair was almost white as well.

What have these children do to this poor man. "It is truly amazing to have you back bambina." My father spoke, a look of adoration went over his eyes as he held a smile. "Indeed it is amore. You look just like Matteo" the guy behind my father said.

He was almost as tall as my father, 6'4 probably. He had green eyes like mom. That was his only feature that screamed mom, everything else was a spitting image of father.

"Do you remember me at all by chance?" The guy spoke again. I thought long and hard but the face couldn't ring a bell. I shook my head, waiting for him to tell me.

He nodded, "I'm Andrea! I'm your second oldest brother." He said, a smile hanging off of his face. I returned the smile. "Aweeee you're so cute bambina." He said, coming over to give me a hug.

I stepped backwards out of reflex and his smile dropped to the casual cold look from when he came in. "Sorry, I-" "No, it's ok I understand. I'm new. Really it's ok." He said, turning towards the door.

I sighed, bringing myself closer to my brother. It's been so long since i've given anybody a hug that I'm not even sure I remember how.

"Andrea." Dad said, making him turn around. I held my arms open and Andrea smiled again. He wrapped his arms around me as mine locked around his neck. "Let's get out of here." He said, picking me up. "Andrea!" I squealed.

"Just wrap your legs around me. I'll care you to the car." He said in between laughter. I wrapped my legs around him and giggled my way through the station.

We got outside and there were 6 black SUVS all parked around each other. There was one car to the right and thats the one that my father, Andrea, and I got in. The other cars surrounded ours and we began our very long journey to New York.

"Kinsley, the is one of our driver, Mr.James." My father said, introducing the guy driving. "It's great to meet you sir." I said, smiling at him.

"Oh please, call me James, sir makes me sound old and i'm not even as old as this guy." James said, giving a friendly punch to my father. I laughed, "Oh you think thats funny." My father said, turning around to face me.

I stopped laughing, "N-no Sir. Sorry." I said, moving my gaze out the window. "No, Kinsley, sweetie it was just a joke, I didn't mean to upset you." He said, looking more confused than ever.

I felt stupid after that. "Im sorry." I said again, not looking away from the window.

It's going to be a long ride...

And it was, the ride lasted about 3 hours before we reached the Washington National Airport. We got out but not before I thanked James for driving us. There were many men in suits walking around us and I was very confused on why.

We got in the airport and talked to the security guards which lead us to a private area secluded away from everyone else.

We got to the gate and talked to one of my fathers pilots. Yea, he has a fucking pilot.

I was lead inside by Andrea and was instructed to sit right next to him. They had a matte black jet and it was gorgeous. There was a gold R on the right side by the wing. The inside was just as pretty. It was filled with gold and black interior.

I sat next to the window and Andrea sat right next to me as he said he would. "This ride is going to take some time amore, why don't you take a nap or something?" He said, placing his hand on top of mine.

"I'm really not that tired." I said, shrugging. He shook his head then got up. "Follow me." he said, holding his hand out for me to follow him.

We made it to a small sitting area that had a tv mounted to the wall. Andrea told me I could sit by him and watch him play for a while. So I did exactly that.

It had been a few minutes and I was fighting off the sleep. I didn't want to fall asleep and then they do something to me. I didn't fully trust them at this exact moment.

"Don't fight the sleep bella, I'll be right here." He said, moving me so that I was now laying on the couch, my head in his lap.

I must have dozed off because I didn't remember anything after that.

~ T I M E S K I P ~ (because why not:))

I was being shaken awake by someone and I didn't want to be awake. I was finally and peaceful getting sleep and someone just had to interrupt that.

"Kins, babe wake up were home." Andrea said, running his fingers through my hair. "No." I said, dragging the o. He laughed, "I guess i'll just have to go and get Matteo." He said, snickering.

"Who's Matteo?" I asked, still having my eyes closed. "You'll figure it out once he comes to drag you inside." Andrea said with a smirk on his face.

I sat up real fast after I heard that one. Andrea was laughing his ass off and I sat there unamused. "Come on bambina, they are waiting for you." He said, I made grabby hands without thinking about it.

I can fucking walk on my own. Why am I acting like a toddler. Andrea understood it though and made his way over to me, picking me up like he did at the station.

We made out way up the stairs to the huge mansion. It was so so pretty. It was obvious they had money.

The house was 3 floors and it was a white marble color all the way around. It was a giant fountain sitting in the middle of the drive way. They had a black gate keeping people out if there area. We got let in thought and I was introduced to Mr. Shawn. He was one of the guards.

"Alright, i'm going to put you down now so you can prepare yourself for what's about to happen." Andrea said. My father shook his head and opened the door. I clung close to my father out of reflex and he wrapped his arm around me.

We walked inside and it was almost as gorgeous as the outside. Pictures and expensive decorations hung effortlessly on the walls. There was a grand staircase that lead upstairs. I could see a few maids walking around the house putting things in there places.

"BOYS GET DOWN HERE." My father yelled beside me, make me jump a little. It sounded like elephants were running around upstairs, then down the stairs, and then stood in front of me.

And that's when the fun began.

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this chapter took some time and it's still not what I wanted it to look like but thats ok 👍.