Chapter 15

"I TOLD YOU! I HEARD THEM TALKING! THEY ARE PLANNING SOMETHING AGAINST US! I SWEAR!" Even before my older brother and I could enter the house, I heard Alexius shout inside.

We just arrived and until now I am still restless with the worry that something bad might have happened to my

brother.

"CALM DOWN ALEXIUS MATTEDEUS WE ARE NOT SURE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING YET!" Daddy is now the one I heard shouting.

"Mommy, Daddy, what is happening?" I asked them when we entered the house.

We caught them all in the living room and when I said everyone, I was referring to my parents, my younger

brother and all of Matteo's.

Amos,

Liander,

Lancer,

Dean Simon,

Auntie Shamel,

Uncle Sean,

Auntie Lisa,

even Aci is here and ofcourse

Janssen with us.

WOW. Okay? what is really happening?

"We need to make sure before we act, we are not sure if Alexius heard right." Amos said calmly.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ME? A DEAF? I'M SURE I HEARD IT RIGHT! WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME?!" Alexius shouted again.

"CAN YOU PLEASE STOP SHOUTING?! MY EARS ARE GETTING HURT!" it was Aci

"Can you all please shut your mouths for once?" I try to stop them, I don't want to shout because I feel weak again, my chest pain was slowly returning. I think I need to consult a doctor, but not to my brother or anyone that my family know.

"What happend to your wrist Aci?" Janssen rushed towards Aci and look at her wrist.I noticed that Aci's both wrist was red, I looked at Alexius because he sighed I saw he also had a bruise on his face.

"Alexuis." I called my brother

"Did you get in to a fight

again?" I asked him. That's the only reason why I see him having a scar on his face.

"No." he answer without looking at me

"Then why do you have a scars in your face" I asked again and crossed my arms over my chest.

He did not answer me, they all just looked at each other except Janssen and I who had no idea what was going on.

"What? What is really going on?" I was hoping that they might answer my question but no one answered.

"You won't really answer my question?" to be honest, my patience is starting to run out again.

A lot of questions came up to my mind because of them.

What if something bad happened?

what if someone gets hurt?

what if it has something to do with the kidnapping again?

WHY DON'T THEY JUST SAY WHAT IS HAPPENING SO THAT I CAN HAVE A PEACE OF MIND?!

"You know what? if you really won't tell me what is happening? I'm going out of this house. I need a fresh air."

I was ready to turn around to get out of the house when I restrained my own foot because of what I heard.

"They are planning something." I heard my father said.

Everyone was quiet, even the elder Matteos did not speak.

"Who are they?" I asked,

"We don't know." Daddy replied as I dropped my shoulder.

"You still did not tell me the whole story." I smirked

I saw the elders look at each others eyes, as if they were talking using that part of their body.

My father sighed before looking at me again.

"Alexius and Aci were kidnapped earlier, Janssen said he heard the-"

"WHAT?!" I could not stop myself from shouting because of what they said.

someone was kidnapped again! not just one but two!

Another thing, even the Matteo's were now affected, that;s why they are here.

"Wait a minute Mackie, listen to what I have to say first."

I calmed myself down so I could hear what daddy had to say, even though it was hard for me to calm down in the this situation, I still did.

I'm scared, what do they need to us?

"They were kidnapped but escaped immediately, fortunately they were not harmed."

Not harmed? for them Aci and Alexius is not harmed in that situation? For Pete's sake! Alexius got bruises and scars! while Aci is obviously hurt too!

I restrained myself from saying everything in my brain right now, Daddy might even scold me. Psh, is it bad to worry?

"The two of them were taken to an abandoned building not so far from our restaurant. Alexius said that he heard someone talking to someone over the phone, he said that they would be used to get what they want. They have planned all their actions."

Why are they using our Family and the Matteo's to get what they want? We don't even know them!

"Why don't we tell the police what happened so that they can catch them?" that's the only way I can think of to end it all without anyone else getting into trouble.

"we can't, more people will be affected if we report to the police. It would be great if we just solved our problem ourselves."

"Daddy? Do you hear what you are saying? How can we solve our problem if we do not know them? One more thing, it would be better if the police took them to finish this mess! The Matteo's were also affected." I do not understand why they do not want to report to the authorities. Why don't they tell others about the kidnapping going on in our family? what if it happen again?

Another thing, how can they solve the problem if they do not know who is person behind it all? Unless, they know something and they just don't want to tell us or ... me?

"Ever since Alexis, we are already affected by this. Before all this happened, we already expected the possible things that could happen." aunt shamel spoke so I looked at her.

"Before? What do you mean?" I was even more confused by what aunt shamel said, does that mean they all know this can happen?

Does it mean that they already know that this day will come and something bad will happen to all of us? is that so?

"Alexis listen" Aunt Lisa called me who had been quiet for a while.

She approached me and held me on both shoulders.

"Alexis, there is nothing we can do if all this happens, it is part of our lives, YOUR LIFE. All we can do is be careful and pray that no one will harm us all." I can see the fear in Aunt Lisa's eyes and traces on her face that she is also worried for everyone.

"But autie... do you all know who is the person behind this? or even what he want or what is the reason why is THAT PERSON doing this?" I asked again, trying to get an answer.

they did not answer immediately. The elders look at each other first before Mommy spoke to answer my question.

"Alexis, your question should be "Who" not "What". Because he doesn't need A THING, he needs SOMEONE, someone that we have."