behind the garden wall

chapter5

❖ || Please stop screaming I can hear you and try to answer you || ❖

The blue car stopped after driving for six hours

In front of a medium-sized house with two floors, and how relieved he seemed to be at his arrival. I turned to the one sitting next to him who did not hear him breathe, his eyes were observing the road with apprehension and he never left it.

Matteo sighed and raised his arms until his bones crackled, so he let out a sigh again.. He looked back at the sleeper.. He didn't want to wake him up.

For some reason, he looked prettier in his sleep... He rolled his eyes and shook him hard. Until the youngest slowly opened his eyes. He rubbed them with his fists. He yawned softly. Matteo spoke his words as he closed the car door.

Eugene, carry your bag and follow me.

Eugene grunted in acceptance and tried to take his seatbelt off

But he didn't succeed.... Matteo looked at him from afar. Then he came back

And the door next to the dark one opened. He extended his hand to help him

Eugene closed his ears tightly and let out an annoyed murmur at what he was doing. He pushed Matteo away with one of his hands and pushed him away, but with the other, as soon as he took off the belt, he slapped the younger one hard... Eugene turned his head and placed his hand painfully on his cheek.

Matteo threw the bag at him, pointing with his forefinger as a warning

Here you will listen to everything I say and stop behaving like children.

The dark man didn't answer him, just rubbing his damaged cheek. Matteo shouted in a loud voice, startle him

Eugene's concept?

He shook his head quietly, which surprised the eldest, as he did not cry, sound an alarm, or even scream... He was suspiciously silent, to the point where he thought he was mute... Is he mute?

he does not know? He hasn't heard it yet...

He walked towards the house and the other followed him... As soon as he took his first steps, one of the children greeted him while he was running outside the house, then another followed him who almost hit Matthew, so he shouted at them

- Dylan, Adrian, shit... where are you two going?

He settled his gaze when he turned towards the younger one, whom they collided with without interest, so his bag fell and was torn apart, to scatter a box of sweets, books, and clothes.... He collected his things and hugged them tightly, then stood up and caught up with the older one who was lying negligently on the couch...

So the dark one sat on the ground in front of him and opened the box of sweets, or what was a box of sweets, but now it was a box of sewing tools... He started sewing his bag again with deadly calm.

And Matteo looks at him from under his arm that is placed over his eyes.... minutes and finishes sewing it, then rearranges his clothes inside and his books, then arranges the box and closes its zipper

He sat up and put the bag next to him.

Matteo sighed heavily and straightened himself, looking at the silent one

He wanted to talk to him... Usually, when someone enters his house, he will look at everything and express his admiration, especially if someone has never seen anything but wooden walls that smell of damp.

Then what is the story of the sewing box and all this arrangement..

He left him and went up to one of the rooms.. He knocked on the door quietly, then opened the door and peered with his head only to see that body in the middle of the bed.. He entered and closed the door very slowly so as not to wake the sleeper... He sat on a chair and held the large wrinkled hand... The eldest turned to him and smiled as much as he could. To the extent that the wrinkles of his eyes became visible, and he said in a calm, rough voice, in contrast to his emaciated body

- Welcome son... when did you come back? ...

Matteo quickly raised his head, wiped his teary eyes and answered calmly

- I arrived a few minutes ago... How are you? And when the house is empty of anyone but the devils..

His grandfather laughed at what he said and then answered

- I'm fine...the two devils were with me...what happened to you? ..Have you met Alice or Elena, how are they?

How about your brother go with your mother? ...

Matteo sighed and put his head on the bed. Grandpa raised his hand and started stroking his red locks of hair after he sat down too.

Matthew replied narrowly

She didn't even say hello to me. Then Elena is pregnant with her third child...

He smiled more and even laughed happily when he heard the news that he had another grandson. All he cares about now is that all his grandchildren and children circle around him... Matteo resumed, ignoring his grandfather's laughter.

- My mother abandoned him... and gave up his guardianship and the right to write his name with hers... He has no one left.

Even Elena pretended to be incapacitated, her difficult financial situation, and the number of her children, just so as not to take over his responsibility

The grandfather's smile increased with every word uttered by the youngest, despite the glint of sadness in his eyes for his abandoned grandson by everyone, and how he only knew about it now.

If he knew, he would have sworn to protect him and raise him by himself and in his hands to make him his little pamper who does not refuse his request

Grandpa said happily

- if ?....

Matteo sighed and straightened his seat

- So, the bottom line is that it has become my responsibility...

The grandfather let out a happy laugh that made his grandson happy, so he pulled him from his arm and hugged him tightly..Matteo smiled and wrapped his hands around the grandfather. It was only a few minutes, and many voices resounded below..Matteo pulled away narrowly and came out saying:

I'll see what the demons do.

The grandfather smiled at Matteo, who was about to kill the children of their neighbor, Maya. Isn't his two cousins ​​enough for him and all the troublemakers around him? He left the room and headed for the spacious hall.

With his eyes, he toured the place, where in the middle of the hall was a sofa, opposite to which there were two chairs, a glass table, and a crystal chandelier

He sighed sharply at the sound of screaming, and there was nothing in the hall other than his brother's bag and his scattered belongings

He went out to the front garden, but there were only shrubs that surrounded the rock wall, and his car was in the garage. He headed to the back of the house, where there was a garden wider than the front, and it contained a white swing, two trees in the corners of the house, and his swimming pool...with the four goblins surrounding him curling up and screaming with his voice.. .

- Diana, what are you doing? ..

He called the most sane person among the madmen, a girl of eleven years old, golden hair with two braids, green eyes, dressed in children's clothes, and a hat turned back like one of the delinquents.

- Adrian, Dylan and Lynn .. bully the doll because he does not speak, but he started screaming because they touched him

He sighed and overcame his shyness until he stood in front of the remaining three. He looked out of the corner of his eye at his brother, who only groaned, without showing any features on his face other than coldness.

The first thing that comes to Matteo's mind is that he is a liar who likes to attract attention with his childish and justified behavior, and this is what he hates most in people... lying...

One of them pulled the hem of his shirt, and he bowed to the little girl, who was not yet five years old, with brown hair and freckles on her nose, with brown eyes, like her two brothers, Alex and Marcus...

- My brother Matti.. who is this? ..

He smiled at her and then carried her on his shoulders..he looked at Eugene and said sharply

"Stop it, Eugene. Go inside."

Eugene stood quietly until he went, but the nine-year-old, Adrian, surprised him by pushing him lightly.

He took two steps back to avoid Adrian's hand before it touched him, but he slipped from the edge of the pool and fell into it...

Mateo looked sharply at little Adrien, frightened by what he had done, and shouted at him

- why did you do that? Eugene, get out of the pool.

He waited for his exit for a few seconds, but there was no sign of him in the rippling water, so he cursed loudly before putting the little Elaine and jumped behind him..Terror took over the hearts of the children

Adrian fled to his house crying, behind his sister Diana

Matteo came out, towering hard, and headed towards the edge of the pool, then lifted the younger one to throw him out carelessly... Eugene coughed.

And he breathed turbulently... Matteo sat with his feet still in the water.. He turned back quickly and his look frightened Dylan, so he said quickly as he pulled Lynn

- Sorry, Mr. Matteo... S..we'll go from here. I have a lot of homework to do..

He said his last sentence as he ran to the back door.

Eugene stood without any care or feelings and headed inside the house.. Mateo sighed and muttered despair

- A problem from the first day.... Oh God, patience, please..

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