She was abducted and abused.
She was scared and scarred.
She was malnourished and mute.
But above all, she was a fighter and a princess. A lost mafia princess.
Abducted at the age of 2 and found her family at 13. Tormented in between and was cherish...
Everyone was settled in the living room as per orders of Lucas. All of us, including Lucas and Martin, were waiting for some person to arrive.
After five minutes of waiting, the doors opened and a man entered. He appeared to be in his late forties. A cold aura surrounded him but his eyes held strange warmth. All the boys were either shocked or very happy.
"Alicia meets him he is-" Lucas was about to introduce when the man interrupted him.
"Lucas, let me introduce myself." Lucas nodded.
The man came in front of me where I was sitting on the sofa. He knelt and held both of my hands in his.
"Baby girl I am yours and boys' Father. I missed you so much. Forgive me that I couldn't come sooner. I understand if you don't trust me now but believe me I love you. I love you the most in this entire world, princess."
Tears were freely flowing from my eyes. For the first time, someone said he loves me. My father said this to me. I couldn't help myself and freed my hands from his grasp only to throw them around his shoulders. I hugged him tightly. But it's not my fault Yahel loves to hug me and so does Felipe and now I am not awkward in giving them.
"Dad" oh no I shouldn't have said that at least not in front of my brothers. Except for Lucas, nobody knows about my attempts at speaking. But this man, my father, made me feel so safe and protected that I couldn't help how I react. I felt like I already knew him for ages. In his embrace, I felt like I had nothing to worry about and nothing can harm me. I never trusted anyone this soon, except for my father.
"You sp-spoke," Issac said, too shocked that he stuttered. I broke our hug and looked around and except for Lucas everyone was shocked, yes even Martin. Lucas has a small smile on his face.
"Can you call me that again Mi Amor?" (my love)
"Dad."
"How can you speak?" Yahel asked me but instead of replying, I looked at Lucas.
"Hermana has been trying to speak for a few days now," he answered others. (sister)
"Come on boys show some emotions to your old father, it has been a while since I have seen you all."
One by one all the brothers went to dad and hugged him.
It was time for lunch so we all headed to the dining room. This time father was seated on Lucas's chair.
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While having lunch, everybody told father what was going on in their life and dad told us about the places he visited. Even though everyone was busy talking, Issac made sure that I ate all of my lunch.
After lunch, dad asked me to go with him for a walk. He took me to the same swing where I went with Yahel.
"Sit Alicia."
I didn't sit on the swing but sat on the ground beside him.
"Alicia, do you trust me?" I nodded.
"Dear try using words as much as you can."
"Yes, I trust you d-dad."
"when Lucas told me that you are back, I wanted to return immediately. But we didn't want to overwhelm you, so I had to stall my arrival. When Lucas told me about you being abused, I couldn't any longer. I was at a far-off place so It took me two days to get back. Seeing my family, and my kids back together were pure joy.
But spending time with all of you, I realized that you and your siblings are not as close as a family should be. Alicia a family is much more than just getting along.
So tell me what's stopping you from trusting your brothers completely?"
"I feel like I am still an outsider that they see me as a burden. I feel guilty that Martin doesn't live here anymore so he doesn't have to see me. I feel like one wrong move and they will snap at me just like sir did. I feel scared."
I don't know why I confided in dad about all my fears. And I never stammered in this long speech.
"I am proud of you Alicia, both for speaking and speaking the truth to me. You know trust is even more important than love when it comes to a family. Today, I assure you, Xia, that no one will ever hurt you in your family. It is a rule of being a family that family fights with the world, they don't fight among themselves. Dear, you should not force yourself to behave as desired by others, you are a free person, do whatever you please. There are just a few simple rules that you must follow because they are for your safety. And if you fail to comply with those rules you will be punished but beating, slapping, etc would not be a part of it. Even your brothers were never punished that way."
"Thanks, dad."
"Alicia, always remember that in a family, no one is a burden. Everyone is the other's responsibility. I'll talk to Martin and find out what's bothering him. And from tomorrow, I'll be teaching you Spanish every day, so you don't feel left out when your brothers talk in Spanish, okay?"
"Yes, dad thank you for understanding me."
"in Spanish, we say papa for dad."
"Papa"
"that's my daughter. I love you, Alicia, always keep this in mind."
I nodded and then we both steered back to the mansion. I went back to my room to take a nap. I was happy about the talk I had with dad. His assurance made me believe that my brothers and sir are not the same. My brothers are family and they would never beat me. ___________________________
If you have carefully read the characters, in the beginning, you might have been expecting her dad to make an entry. If you haven't then go back and check the characters out again.
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P.s.- Another update will be near Christmas 🎄 Bye till then XOXO
