Exceptional Family

{Bertha}

"Katrina!!!" I yell frustrated at the women.

"Yes, mam coming!"I hear her shout along with fast footsteps approaching. I stump my left foot repeatedly on the tile floor as my impatience grows thin. She walks in the room with her normal maid outfit on and I slap her hard across the face, a nasty red handprint is left on her left cheek which she holds as tears slowly stream down her face which I roll my eyes to. She's so incompetent at her age of 30 you would think she would be over crying all the time I scold her. She continues to quietly sniff and I growl in irritation

"If you don't stop sniffing, Ill let Ratas have his way with you again, "I say with a smirk on my face and she surely quiets down.

"What is this?" I ask holding up a blouse that was burnt on the sleeve with my left hand and intensely stare at her as she is visibly shaking keeping her head down.

"Huh! because of you I won't be able to wear this blouse I was planning to surprise Erik with! Tell me maid what punishment do you think is fit for this?"

She gulps and keeps her head down as she says, "anything you deem fit mam." and I smirk at her response.

"Alright, follow me then," I say ad I walk out with her following close behind. Passing my parents bedroom to my siblings, the multiple prestige family portraits stand tall as with each passing one made a rush of pride flow through me. My parents as usual are out on business but my brothers sometimes are on the job and sometimes having fun.

I stop right before the game room and open it to reveal Ratas playing one of his Xbox games. Hearing me enter, he pauses the game and turns to face me with a snicker.

"What's up little sister, don't you see Im in the middle of a game," he says getting up in the nude.

"Pants," I say with my hands crossed averting my eyes, as he puts his pants on.

"So what brings you here little sister?"

"Ratas, I need you to teach her a lesson-shes misbehaving again," I say as I tuck a strand of her hair behind her ear as she quietly whimpers and visibly scared. Poor thing must be really scared, well she should be considering she choose to make a mistake.

"Anyways, has father found any leads in finding Elena?"I ask

"Still nothing, be patient- sooner or later we will find out where they are hiding and kill them all," he says an I sigh out loudly from frustration. I want that bitch dead, no one looks down on me like that especially her, she got lucky a year ago but next time ill make sure to kill her myself, I think to myself as mischievous grin peppers my face.

"Alright, Im going to school, take care of her, "I say and her legs buckle as she slides down breaking down in tears. Ratas grabs her by her ponytail and drags her across the room to the couch and begins undressing her.

"Oh by the way isn't it a bit late to go to school? It's already 10 am "He says in between holding the maid down as cries for help in distress.

"Oh please, we are the Pears, I can do whatever the fuck I want in this small town of Vindale."I say and walk out of the room, back to mine. I get my backpack with my school books and walk down to see my trusted bodyguard and eldest brother Willy waiting for me downstairs.

"What a surprise, you're taking me to school this morning?"

"Well yes princess, you are always complaining that Im never here, so now that your favourite brother has returned, why not?" he says with a confident smile showing off his yellow stained teeth. I cringe from the sight and say, "Willy not only are you fat but your teeth look disgusting!"

"I'll get my teeth cleaned alright and maybe go to the gym"

"No, you need to stop smoking period!"I complain placing my left hand on my hip.

"Arent you going to give your eldest brother a hug, its been months girl," he says sticking out his hands to hug him but I look away instead refusing to embrace him.

"I see you are as stuck up and spoiled as ever sister, you haven't hugged me since you were this big he says indicating my height with his hand that stops by his hip. I roll my eyes in annoyance and start walking to the driveway, "Well come on already, lets goooo."

With the bodyguard driving, Willy sits by the front and me at the back alone. "So how is school going, I hear you are still with the same boy, how is he treating you?" Willy asks as we are making our way to the school. We stop at a traffic light and Willy looks back and says, "Oh come on sis we used to be so close now you don't want to talk to me anymore?" he asks but I still remain silent, trying to ignore him.

I look towards the front as the car begins to move again but I hear the sound of a fast-approaching car but before I could process anything we are hit by the drivers' side from the right. We spin out of control until the car comes to a dead halt. My head spinny and vision foggy, I struggle to unlock the seatbelt to try to exit the car which I eventually do. Struggling to properly walk, I limp out of the car coughing.

"Willy!" I called out trying to see past the smokey car if he was okay and I see the door budge open and he sluggishly comes out, falling to the ground. The side of his face oozing blood and his leg seemingly injured. He takes out a beeper from his pocket and calls for help back home.

Relief floods my mind as I see that he is alright, I start to slowly limp to him but I suddenly hear a sound of a gunshot go off and see Willy's body knock off of balance and fall backwards hard on the tar road.

"Willy?"I call out desperately and limp faster toward him, my heart beating out of my chest and blood running cold from fear. I kneel next to his body and see a gunshot wound in the middle of his forehead.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"I scream out from seeing my brother's dead corpse, and his lifeless eyes staring back at me. I start shaking and rocking back and forward telling myself, "This is not real, this is not real, this is not real..."

"Oh but I would say it is, a brother for a brother right?" a voice says coming from behind. My eyes widen in realisation recognising that its Elena's.

I look back to be met with her behind me and aiming a gun right in the middle of my forehead.