Trapped

Chapter 4- La Famiglia

Italian - La Famiglia

English - The Family

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I looked up at the house. I won't really call it a house because it looked like a mansion. It was so big, and a mafia-owned it. There wasn't any doorbell so dad knocked on the door twice.

I will be meeting my biological parents tonight, I am getting goosebumps while thinking about it. I don't know how they will react or how I will react. I am getting really very nervous.

The large door opened, revealing an old woman. She looked up at my dad and her eyes remained wide open as her mouth formed an 'o'. She kept looking at dad and minutes passed by then her eyes moved to take in mom. She looked at me and gasped.

"Is she-" she was cut off my dad.

"Yes, she is." Dad nodded.

Her lips curved up forming a smile as her brown eyes moved to look at dad again "Nina told me you will be coming, but she never told me you will be coming so soon. It's- it's good to see you again." She opened the door wide "Please, come in. Nina will be happy to see you."

We followed her, climbed up the stairs and stopped in front of a room, the doors were closed and we could hear some humming sound from that room, it seemed someone was talking and from that sound, I guessed it's a woman. The woman, whom I think is a worker here, knocked on the door twice as she called out "Nina, we have some guests here." She sounded excited.

I guess we are not on the same page then.

The door opened revealing a woman, and as I looked at her I saw the similarities. Those amber eyes, whose curly brown hair and that same short height of five feet. She looked like me, please me. She looked like an older version of me. And I knew who she was. She was my mother, my biological mother.

My momma.

She looked shocked. She took us all in, her eyes stopped at me. Those amber eyes watered as they stared at me. She inhaled sharply, her teeth bit down on her lips. The same habit. She blinked again and again as if trying to stop those tears from escaping. And then I saw her smile for the first time. That beautiful, she looked so beautiful.

"You came" her voice broke. "Why are you all standing here, come in please come." She moved aside giving us space to enter.

The first thing I saw was the man lying on the bed looking at us and I guess dad noticed him too because that's at he asked first as both mom and dad rushed towards the man on the bed. "What happened to Lauriano?" dad looked at momma.

She looked at dad and her eyes watered "Roberto did this. He wanted revenge."

"What?" dad sounded so furious, I never saw him this furious.

She looked down "Roberto wanted to know where she is and Lauriano won't tell him. So, he let his men beat Lauriano to death. But, he said that he won't kill Lauriano, he will let him suffer." By the time she stopped, she was sobbing.

"Why now, why does he wants to know about her now?" mom's voice was shaking and she looked terrified.

Momma shook her head, she kept looking down. "He wants something from her. I don't know what, he never told us why he wants her."

"Oh god! That's why you called us, didn't you?" mom's voice was still shaking.

"I wouldn't have if-"

"Momma, Paola told me we have guests." came a feminine voice, I turned to look at her. She looked young, maybe fourteen or so. Her blue eyes looking at us, her brown hair tied in a braid. Her face resembles the man on the bed.

Her father, my papa. She is my sister.

My sister, I never thought I will have one. But, now suddenly I have a sister too. Well, okay.

"Who are you all?" She asked us. Her voice was so soft.

Momma looked at me then she rushed towards me. She stopped in front of me and then her arms wrapped around me. She sobbed her face in the crook of my neck.

I was shocked, too shocked to even do anything, so I stood there motionless. I felt it, I felt the connection between her and me. My momma. So what if she wasn't there while I was growing up. She did that to save me, to protect me. And she was my momma. I feel lucky to have two mothers and two fathers.

My arms wrapped around her, I felt myself tearing up. As she cried I wanted to cry with her. "I am sorry, I am so sorry. I never got to see you grow. I wasn't there for you." her arms tightened around me. Her sobs increased.

"It's okay, momma." my voice broke, I felt my eyes burned with tears. "I know everything and I don't blame you, I don't blame anyone."

She released me, her tears rolling down her face. I cupped her face, wiping those tears with my thumbs. I looked at her and smile. "Tears will make you look old." I tapped her cheek. I turned to look at my sister. "Hello sister, I am Andrea." I smiled at her.

Her eyes widened, she turned to look at momma and she gulped. "You are Andrea, you are going to save me from Roberto?" her voice was soft, her wide blue eyes were looking at me.

I was confused, how can I save her from Roberto? What will Roberto do to her?

I will seriously kill that bastard! He is hurting everyone.

"Asia, it's your elder sister, Andrea. She doesn't know anything about Roberto." momma's voice was stern.

"You never told us about Asia, Nina," Dad asked momma, who was still looking at me. Her thumb caressing my cheek.

Taking her hand away from my face she turned to look at dad. "It's because we never wanted to call you. We wanted to keep your location hidden. I wouldn't have called you now, but I had to, for Asia."

"Why- why did you call us?" mom frowned as she looked at Asia and then at momma.

Momma exhaled and closed her eyes, she opened them and looked at mom "It's because he told me if I didn't call you and tell you to bring Andrea here then..." she bit her lips, she looked at the ground "then he will sell Asia to some mafia friend of his."

"Bastardo" hissed dad "Why does he want Andrea?"

"I don-"

"I do." came a rough masculine voice. We all turned to look at the owner of that voice. "And what do we have here. My beautiful niece, Andrea."