Elias

It's been 5 days sine I burned Francisco's picture. Well pictures. I got angry when I was writing in my journal and ended up burning the rest of the binder and all of the pictures I could find of him. That got me in a lot of trouble.

Apparently burning a photo album meant I was trying to burn the house down. Whatever

So now I'm grounded, no tv or video games. And my laptop has been taken for a week.

Well you know what I lived like 13 years without technology I can go a week without it.

That was easier said than done.

After spending the last few weeks watching tv and playing video games non stop I guess you get addicted.

There's only so many workouts I can do before not only being exhausted but also getting bored.

Screw this.

I walk into the living room and don't see any of my brothers. The coast is clear

I turn on the tv and turn on the show I have been watching, Modern Family. They're so stupid and oblivious but it's hysterical.

I love it

I was halfway through an episode when I heard the front door open. I quickly shut off the tv and pick up the book next to me and act like I'm just reading.

"What are you doing?" Santiago asks me, his eye brow raised.

"Reading. Duh" i tell him without even looking over at him. I'm reading Charlottes web, it's the first chapter book I picked up and actually tried to read. The tutor was trying to help me read another book called 'Because of Winn Dixie' but it's so boring I genuinely can't actually pay attention to it.

"Is that why I heard the tv on when I walked in?" Santiago asks.

"I have no clue what you're talking about." I respond. No way was I admitting anything

"Uh-huh. Let me see the remote then." He asks while reaching over the back of the couch. He turned on the tv and there Modern Family was.

"Last I checked you're the only one who watched Modern Family."

"And how would you know that?" I ask him, putting my book down. Looking him straight in the eye. Confidence is the key to getting away with lying.

"Alvaro hates it because he believes his time is better spent watching something informational or just not watching tv, Leo barely watches tv but when he does its a rom com or medical drama, Marco and Alexander watch either horror or action nothing else and I prefer the office as my comedy show, I have never tried to watch Modern Family. Now want to admit it?" Santiago says with a smirk.

Damn it. I will never admit it

"Nope I have no idea what you're talking about." I tell him, keeping eye contact.

"Good, when Alvaro or Leo ask you about anything you never admit it. If they have you cornered you just find a way to wiggle around it." Santiago says while winking.

"Noted, now can I get back to watching my show?" I ask him while holding my hand out.

"No you're grounded, we can watch The Office though." Santiago says while smirking.

I sigh loudly before turning my attention to the tv, it's better than reading a stupid book.

The office isn't bad

It's actually kind of entertaining. I love Jim and Dwight. They're funny.

We watch a few episodes before Leo comes in.

"Why are you watching tv? You're grounded Elias." Leo says.

I turn around and see his hands on his hips with a stern look on his face.

"You said I couldn't turn on the tv, I walked in and it was on. And i have my book so technically I'm not watching it, I'm just in the room while it's on." I tell him smugly.

I see Santiago wink and smirk and me from the corner of my eye.

"You know you're not supposed to be watching tv period. At all, none. Don't make me tell Alvaro, your grounding will go for another week if I catch you in the same room as the tv." Leo says sternly.

I sigh before getting up and trying to walk out.

"Hey wait a minute, Alvaro needs you in his office." Leo says.

"Why does Alvaro need to see me?" I ask. I haven't done anything wrong. Not that he should know about.

"There's something he needs to talk to you about, now I've already spent 5 minutes looking for you so let's go before he gets upset." Leo says while moving out of the room.

He wants me to follow him.

I sigh before following Leo down the hall.

The closer we get the more my stomach twists. Does he know?

I enter Alvaro's office and see him sitting behind his desk with his hands clasped on the desk in front of him. Leo takes a seat in a chair on the side of the room.

"So what's going on?" I ask Alvaro. I was trying to act casual but maybe I was acting too casual.

"I wanted to inform you of a family reunion that's in a few days. All of our family will be there." Alvaro said.

I sat there trying to look surprised even though I wasn't.

"How much family do we have?" I asked him even though I already knew the answer.

"We have two tios, Tio Emilio(uncle) and Tio Francisco. Tio Emilio has a wife, our Tia (aunt) Lucia and they have 4 sons and two daughters. They are your primos(cousins). Theres Alencio, he's the oldest of the primos at 30, there's Manuel at 28, then Valentina she's the oldest triplet at 25, then theres Augusto whose another triplet, and Selva the youngest triplet, then lastly there's Ernesto at 20. You will probably get along best with Ernesto and Selva. They're loud and rambunctious but they're sweet when they want to be. They where obsessed with you when you where a baby."

Okay woah, that's a bombshell.

"What about the other guy? Doesn't have any kids?" I ask. I refuse to acknowledge him as family.

"Your Tio Francisco has a wife Anya, she's Russian and doesn't talk much. I'd prefer you to stay away from them. They're very tense and aggressive towards not only each other but everyone." Alvaro says while looking at me.

"Okay that's not a problem." I tell him and wait for him to dismiss me. Apparently I have to wait for him to tell me to go. Last time I left without him saying so he got really mad.

"If you want to see pictures there's photo albums in the library, we haven't touched them in years but they're all dated and says who's in them." Alvaro says.

I tense and shake my head. "No I'll meet them at the reunion, no need to see baby pictures." I tell him before shutting my mouth.

If I'm nervous he will know and that brings another issue we don't need to get into.

Alvaro nods slowly before looking over at Leo.

"How is your medicine treating you Elias? Are you having any side effects? Drowsiness, dizziness, nausea?" Leo asks.

"I haven't in a while, the medicines doing its job I guess." I tell him while shrugging.

"And how are your hallucinations? Have you seen any in the past few days that you haven't told us about?" Leo says while looking straight at me, like he's trying to look into my head and get the answer himself.

"I don't know, half the time I can't tell if it's a person who works here or if it's one in my head." I tell him while holding his stare.

"Are you having issues determining whether it's a real person or not?" Leo asks me curiously.

"Well yeah, I always do. I can't tell if they're real or not, my brains fucked up. That's kind of part of the disease." I tell him with a duh tone.

"The language and attitude is not necessary, Leo is trying to help you out and you having an attitude just makes it harder. How are your studies? Your tutor tells me you're catching up wonderfully but you just don't want to read the book she's assigned. Because of Winn Dixie? Is that the book?" Alvaro says.

"Yeah it's a boring book. I'm reading Charlottes Web right now. I don't care to try and read something that isn't interesting." I tell him.

"Well that's what's going to happen in school, you're going to have to read something you don't particularly have any interest in. So you'll read the book with no verbal complaints understood?" Alvaro says while raising his eyebrow.

I just nod, it's so stupid, that book is a waste of time.

Alvaro stares at me before dismissing me, I immediately start walking to my room. I don't need any issues coming up anytime soon.

If I'm going to kill Francisco and get away with it I have to be smart. I can't let my emotions get the best of me and put me in the eyes of Alvaro.

I get to my room and go to sit at my desk, pulling out the notebook I have for my plans to kill Fransisco. Elijah has already told me the plan.

When I get the signal from one of his men I'm to make an excuse about feeling tired or some shit and go to my room, the day before the reunion I will cover the camera so it's not suspicious. I will walk to my room. Change my clothes and then walk right back out. I'll take the servants tunnels and go to a far hallway and go into the bathroom and wait for Fransisco. They will lead him over there and then it's my time to shine. Elijah will hack into the cameras and erase any footage of me coming or going so that all it looks like is Fransisco is taking the long way to the bathroom before he's murdered. Elijah said I can't use any method I want to kill him but he keeps hinting to make it look like an accident but Fransisco doesn't deserve an accident. He deserves torture. He deserved a slow and painful death.

Elijah keeps reminding me that I have about an hour to get the job done and get back to my room. He said he'd give me a signal when time was close to being up so I would know to hurry up and finish. So somehow I need to do everything within an hour.

This isn't going to be hard at all.

I sign before getting to work.

I plan to kill him slowly. First I'll gag him so his screams won't be to loud, then tie him up like he did me so many times. I'll cut his Achilles tendons so he can't run before I stick the largest stick I can up his ass. No lube or anything. Just like he did to me. That will make sure he's immobilized and can't run. Then I'll carve the same words he carved into me on his back. Then I'll add some of my own. I'll dislocate his arms before giving him a nice smile on his neck. One from ear to ear. The biggest smile ever.

Now where can I find the perfect stick....

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Hey long time no see. Sorry for the late update I was out of the country for a week on vacation with my family. I didn't have any internet for long enough to actually write.

What do we think? This was kind of just a filler chapter but I think it's still good.

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