my seven brothers

twenty-nine

Isabella's POV

"D-dad?"

The man stopped at his place. Out of the features that could be seen, I was directly remembered of my father.

But it was impossible.

He had to be dead.

The man didn't respond to my question and was quiet all the time.

"Welcome back, father."
Ryan said while ignoring my question too.

What? Father?

My brain couldn't proceed everything.

This can't be my father now, right?
It's Ryan's father...

But why does he resemble my father?

The man walked closer to me and I got a whole better view of him.

It wasn't my father.

It was someone who resembled my father so much and this shocked me. The eyes and the nose were the same, but I've never seen the guy in my life before.

Who's he?

The man looked at me first, but then he turned his head towards Ryan who was standing in the corner of the room.

"Long time no see, son."
He said to him.

So they are really father and son, hm?

Ryan only nodded and then his father turned back towards me.

"Well well well, look who we got here."
He grabbed a chair which was beside him. I didn't notice the chair at first since it was standing in the dark.

He sat close to me. Not too close, but close. Our knees were barely touching, but the gap between us wouldn't fit another chair though.

"You did a good job Ryan, but now pls give us a moment."
He was talking to Ryan, but faced me the whole time. It was like he was examining my face.

Ryan went out of the room and then only the both of us were left in the dark room.

Shivers went down my spine as the man didn't talk but examined my face.

"W-who are y-you?"
I asked him with a low voice.

I was scared that he would do something to me. He even sent his son out and this didn't mean good news to me.

"You called me 'dad' earlier. So I resemble him that much hm?"
It sounded more like he was asking himself.

I was quiet.

"How ironic."
He chuckled, but I didn't show any reaction.

After a while he stopped chuckling and went back to stare at me.

"You probably have many questions now Isabella."

I didn't respond to his statement at all, but in the inside I was like;

Hell yes!

"Then let me tell you everything. But of course, I still need to introduce myself, right?"