Alice

CHAPTER 33

I look at Arthur. He nods making me smile

"when you said about that lady I wanted to go find her and kill her no matter what and there are seven more people who are here who heard you and I am sure at least one of them must have felt the same way or at least one of them wanted to hug you and cry with you for you but we are not doing what we want now. No we don't want to do what we want we want to do what you want and what makes you happy" San says 

"Really? do you want to cry" I ask and look around noticing everyone but my eyes get fixed on one of my brother near my door his body shaking 

"are you ok?" I ask him 

"y- yeah" he says I smile at him 

"can you come and give me a hug. I really need it" I say

He comes to me and picks me up making me sit in his lap and hugs me sitting on my place

"What's wrong Issac?" Nate asks Issac shakes his head denying to speak anything 

"were you upset all this time because of me" I ask he shakes his head 

he breaks the hug making me look at him "no Alice I am not upset because of you I am upset for you" he says 

I wipe his tears " I know something is going on with you these days I may have not said anything or I may look like a prankster but I can't ignore things going on with my only sister. And all our brothers may have heard things done to you but I have seen it and some of it was because I couldn't understand your warnings. I can't forgive myself for giving you pain" he says

"No Issac I know things happened but they would have done that even if you didn't say anything let it go I don't blame you infact I love you, you are the key to my freedom you really tried hard to make me smile. I really love you. " I say

"I just don't want to see you in pain bambina" Issac says

I look at him and smile "I understand you are worried for me but I just didn't want to tell anyone about the flashbacks and trouble anyone" 

"Stella you don't trouble us when you share anything. I promise we all want to help you and be there for you "Alex says 

I look at him and smile "Thank you for being there with me always. I didn't want to tell anyone anything but now I think I will tell you everything. I promise I will tell whatever I remember" I say 

"Magnolia you don't have to say anything if you don't want to we don't want to force you or make you uncomfortable about anything" Ace says

"but before that I want you to sit, I know some things may be triggering to you or maybe it may look like I am lying but I just want you to be here with me even after I tell everything" I say

"yes sweetheart , we will be here for you" San says while the others nod

"I got nightmares or I don't know actually they were flashbacks but for me they were nightmares. One of them was where I was raped when I was little and I was raped" I stop hearing gasps a tear escapes my left eye I wipe it with my sleeve

"And then I was blindfolded and tortured by a man-" I look at Noah he gives me an encouraging nod 

"This man frequently tortured me the same way before he came to the room I was always blindfolded and he used to say 'It's all because of Steve Romano's ' whenever he did that and I can identify his voice and scent." I look at Ace 

"do you want me to continue?" I ask him getting second thoughts about the situation

"yes Magnolia I want to" he says 

"On that day when all the family members came to meet me, I was about to come down but I got scared as it was his scent. He was there. I was scared so I went to my room with Noah and I said to him about it and then he said me to lock the door and then Arthur and Noah made all the cousins come and meet me in my room and then nona came in then nono came to get nona " I look at Noah

"Then we concluded that whoever this person is, it is one of our uncle's as there were no guards before or after their arrival in and there was no other male old enough who can do that to Alice" Noah concludes 

"Do you believe me or not. Because it is about one of your family member we are talking about" I say

"He maybe our family but you are our family member too and a precious one at that" Elijah says 

"And we will figure it out whoever it is now that everyone knows the truth and everyone believes you, you don't have to worry about anything" Alex says

"But I just want it to be between us I don't want anyone else to know this. I don't trust anyone else beside my brothers" I say