"Baby girl what happened?"I heard Kristin's voice behind me and I quickly threw my arms around his neck crying my eyes out hoping to find solace and content.
The Marco, Maurice and Kyle stood behind him.
"I..I don't know, o..one minute he was with me and the next he was g..gone" I wheezed out holding on to him tightly.
"I'm here baby girl take it easy, we'll get him back, I'll make sure of it" he told determination laced within his voice.
"Who would want to do something so cruel?" I questioned calming myself down upon Kristin's reassuring words.
"He'll be back before you know it princess.........do you remember speaking to anyone or seeing anyone suspicious?" he questioned after sometime.
And I shook my head vigorously, we were so caught up in having fun, we forgot about everything around us.
After my baby brother Antonio had gone missing, I had contacted the police, then contacted Mom and Dad in which they got home as quickly as possible. Then I contacted Steff as Kristin's phone was unreachable.
The police had done some investigation and would contact us as soon as they had a lead on the case.
Dad was upstairs trying to calm Mom down while I was downstairs trying not to collapse from a heart attack. We were both vulnerable.
"What happened to you?" I inquired after seeing Steff left blue eye he was now sadly sporting as he sauntered in.
I narrowed my eyes looking between the two, you leave them in a room for a second and they try to start a war.
"Oh this? I got in a fight with some dude trying to hit on Ariel" he replied and I could tell he was lying, he was always a bad lier.
"Of course you did" I responded letting him know I did not believe anything he just said.
I looked to Kristin and his face was has clear as crystal not a single sign of anything, his face was completely neutral which had a worried expression just minutes ago, of course he was trying to hide something.
I then saw Maria walking in and I ran to her "Maria I'm so glad your here" I whispered hugging her as if my dear life depended on it.
I could feel her tense before she spoke, "I just heard the of what happened, I'm so sorry Anna" she sobbed.
"It's not your fault Maria, it's not as if you were the cause of this” I managed to croak out.
“I'm just glad your home safely” I smiled weakly.
“I was out with some friends, I'm sorry I wasn't there but we'll through this don't worry” her expression mirrored mine and I could tell she had meant every word.
She then walked over to Kristin, “Thank you Kristrin, for comforting Anna after seeing what a mess she's in” she hugged on to him tightly.
If I'd not been worried about Antonio's well being, I'd have been pissed at her for hugging Kristin but I guess it was nothing but a friendly hug.
I looked away when I saw Mom and Dad coming down the stairs, her eyes was puffy and swollen while Dad on the other hand looked like he was about to cry but if I knew any better I'd say he's been holding back, trying to be strong for the both of them.
“I'm glad your back home safely Maria” told Mom smiling sadly at her.
“Yeah, I just heard about the news, how are you feeling?”
“I.. I don't even know anymore” she broke down again while Dad held her.
My heart sunk just looking at my mother crying her eyes out. My eyes began to water again when I felt a hand securely snake around my shoulders, I felt calm and knew exactly who it was.
“I didn't know you had company over Anna?” I heard Mom questioned. Dad must be really sick for him not to notice boys in the house.
I stood up from where I sat and introduced them to Kyle, Maurice, Marco and Kristin. Leaving the part out about Kristin and I being together as it seemed not to be the right time.
“I had requested Vicky to stay home, she was not feeling well. Will you and Maria be able to prepare something to eat on your own or have take out just for today?” she looked at us with distress.
“Of course Mom, will you guys be ok?”
“Yeah, tomorrow's a new day, Antonio's will be back by then, I need to save my strength for when he returns” she smiled with confidence and determination heading back up the stairs with Dad by her side.
“I need to take this” Maria waved her phone up in the air and headed for the kitchen.
I don't want to even imagine the sight of my poor baby brother, helpless, hungry and have nowhere to go. I shreddered at the thought of something so despicable happening, I don't even want to think beyond that point.
Tomorrow would be Monday and I definitely had no reason to be going to school while Antonio was still missing, I smiled sadly of the thought of me bringing him to school.
“There you go again over thinking everything, I don't want you doing anything irrational, promise me you won't” Kristin whispered in my ear from behind still holding on to me.
“I can't promise you that Kristin, that's my brother we're talking about, I can't stop myself from wanting to do everything within my power to have him with me again, I'd do anything nonsensical to protect the one's I love” I responded grimacing towards the end of my statement.
“You leave me with no choice but to have you on lock down until we manage to bring Antonio back” he told and stood up from my spot.
“Over my dead body will I sit around and watch while Antonio's out there exposed to God knows what!” Did he really expect me to be ok with what he just said.
“Bella I meant what I said and that's final” He spoke leaving no room for discussion, you'd think he was grown up instead of a teenager talking back to me as if I was his child.
“Let's see how that goes Kristin” I dared him not backing down.
“Your father and I came to a conclusion, I didn't want to get you involved but he and I thought it was best for you to stay at home and increase security” he looked me straight in the eye and told.
“Excuse me? And you thought it would be best to conclude that without me? I'm not a child Kristin, you can't order me around or do whatever you please with me, it's my life not your's so but out and stop making decisions for me!” I yelled aggravated at him for putting me in that position.
Running up to the stairs I ignored him following me, shutting the door before he got anywhere near. I needed to calm down and Kristin wasn't helping my situation at all.
I crawled into my bed hoping to fall asleep, twisting and turning. Ten minutes into unsuccessfully falling to sleep, I felt my bed dip. His voice sounded pained making me instantly regret my actions from earlier.
“I'm so sorry Bella but I just can't let you get involved, your just too precious to me, if only you knew exactly what was going on. You have no part in this, neither does Antonio. I've never had to go through loosing someone important to me but knowing your in danger is enough for me to go insane, I promised myself to always protect you and I will stop at nothing” he whispered thinking I was asleep while raking his fingers through my hair.
“Even if I have to die to ensure of your safety”
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