Just Another Mafia Story [Completed!]

Chapter#46 "Survival of the fittest"

The sullen  surly clouds hover over Yakuza Mansion, the darkness seized any hope of light, just the sound of steps of Men walking over the rusty leaves, the agonizing sound of wind left strange feelings in the hearts of the desperate survivors,

The inner condition is same as the outer condition, the mourning atmosphere, sad faces, broken hearts, shattered dreams, lost love...

Katrina's POV:

We, the young ones were sitting in the boys' room, my eyes couldn't leave the brothers, who were trying to comfort each other, Cross recovered a bit but there were no changes in the attitude of Cross X,

he was mourning in silence, he didn't break things nor scream out loud, he just faced all of it in complete utter silence,

I saw Paul trying to feed the silent twin by giving him his favorite food item, cheese pizza with extra pepperoni but he didn't respond to any of it which was making the brothers a little worried,

I was with Rats on his bed, he was watching the tragedy struck family and their efforts to recover from it,
life can be cruel sometimes,

these twins were the voice, the life of this normal boring house, we had gotten used to their drama, their jokes their continuous hustle and bustle, their silence was affecting us at a very high level, we just wanted it to end,

"Come on baby eat something", Avril asked in her motherly voice which I never knew she had, but he was just staring at the ground completely lost as if his soul was somewhere else, it had abandoned the empty vessel that was his body, leaving it in our weak hands to look after.

Cross was sitting on his bed, his eyes were closed shut, his head rested on the bed's headrest, I saw Ben coming in with someone,

"Cross", I heard a very unfamiliar voice, his voice was deep and manly, A voice that could sing magnificently one day if it tries,

I diverted my gaze to the man standing in a black three-piece suit, his tie was loose, he placed his handbag on the ground and let go his suitcase,

this man had a very familiar taste in attire, then It clicked he was, "Eric", the guy who worked for daddy even the taste in clothing was same as my father's.

Cross got off his bed and directly landed in his arms, I could sense that how Cross was so close to him,

Eric looked like he could hurt anyone for Cross, overprotective best friend type,

I settled myself comfortably in Rats arms, I have one too and I know how much a best friend is necessary and especially in the times like these,

he was hugging him tightly whispering magical, soothing words of best friends in Cross's ear,

I saw him getting calm, like his cloud of sadness had vapored into thin air, then his eyes landed on Cross X,

Cross said something Via eye contact, Eric nodded and gently pressed his shoulder,

he went further, "Hey Cross X, look what I got you?", there was no response,

"are you sure you don't want it?", Cross X was still silent,

"Aw man! means my travel to Abu Dhabi was a waste of time", he turned a bit to look at Cross,

"I will give Cross what I bought for you, I know it cost me a fortune but who cares, my best friend deserves it more",

we were observing this little show quite interestingly, what was his motive? I don't think Cross X will move,

"I will have to break the X from it first", he picked out a box in which there was a chain, it sparkled like the scorching sun in the room lights,