Me and my 7 brothers

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I took a quick stop to the bathroom to clean my wound. I walked to my class arriving 5 minutes late. I entered the class without a care in the world. I made about 3 steps into the class when Miss Stuart paused the video they were watching and opened the lights just to speak to me. Everyone groaned with some muttering profanities under their breath.

'Well well looks like Miss Romano has finally decided to join us' She said with sarcasm dripping with every word she said

'Yea so what you gonna do about it.' I said challenging her

She came closer to me and pinned me to the wall and strangled me but let go before I passed out and a slap echoed the room. A series of oohs and gasps were said among the class

'You b***h' I shouted at her

'Go to the Principals office now!' She shouted

'Fine by me.' I said

'And before I go I just wanted to say Karen you're a b***h' I said before I slammed the door

Before I went to the Principals office I took a pit stop to the bathroom to check my cheek hoping it wasn't too bad but much to my dismay there was a handprint on my face and marks on my neck. I couldn't cover it with makeup because I forgot it at the house.

'f**k my life' I thought to myself.

Before I knew it I was in Mr Salvatore's study. The minute I entered his study Miss Jackie's gasp was heard when she saw my cheek.

'Darling what happened to your cheek and neck' She said

'The b***h Karen did it' I said

She gasped before saying 'Tell me everything'

I began to recite the story and by the end she was crying.

'You can go in now' She said while wiping her tears.

I entered the room only to be greeted by a police officer, a lady and a man standing beside the officer.

Sup Stephan' I said to Mr Salvatore

'Hello Cassandra' He said

'What did you do now Cassie' He groaned

'I may or may not have arrived late to class and called Miss Stuart a b***h' I mumbled so only he could hear

'Ughh not again Cass you promised you wouldn't do it again' He said

'But technically it was her fault.' I tried to reason

'Fine' He said in defeat.

'So why am I here.' I asked

'Cass promise me you won't flip out' He tried to say

'Promise' I said

'Your stepfather was in a drunk driver accident and died' the officer said

'Darling aren't you sad' the lady said

'Sorry but who are you' I asked

'I'm Kayla your social worker' She said

'Oh and to answer your question I am not sad. I'm happy he's dead he was a f*****g prick anyway' I said but mumbled the last part to myself

'Wait so am I going to foster care or an orphanage.' I asked

'Umm not exactly' She said

'Your coming home with me' The man beside the officer said

I know that voice very well. I snapped my neck toward the voice.

'Lessi' I said

He looked shocked for a moment before regaining his composure as I got up and hugged him with my legs wrapped round his waist and started crying into his shoulder. After a few minutes I was on the floor with tear marks over my face.

'Cassie what the f**k is that on your face' He demanded

'N-N-Nothing' I said

'Stop lying and why are there marks on your neck too' He said with anger

'I-I-Its n-n-nothing' I stuttered

'Stop lying to me Cass and tell me' He said in a finality tone.

'Fine I'll tell you' I said in defeat

I told him the story but leaving out Mandy but he somehow caught on that I wasn't saying the full story.

'Cassandra Stephanie Romano tell me the whole story' He said through gritted teeth.

I told him the whole story and to say he was mad was a bad example he was f*****g pissed. He stormed out the office while me and Mr Salvatore chased after him. I looked over to see Miss Jackie holding a sad smile. I ran through all the halls to see him nearing the class I ran at full speed to stop him but I was too late. He already entered the classroom and pinned her to the wall before hissing in her ear. She smiled smugly before saying so you're related to the school slut. I heard that she f****d the whole school because her stepfather wasn't giving her attention. What a-' before she could finish I ran to the bathroom ignoring the shouts of Mr Salvatore and the lady who I found out her name was Kayla and locked myself in one of the stalls and sat on the floor rocking myself to keep myself calm.

Slut

worthless

whore

murderer

piece of shit

those words gave me a flashback of the worst night of my life

Mature Content: You have been warned

Flashback

'You worthless piece of s**t. you killed your mother' he said while whipping me

'I-I-I'm s-s-sorry' I stuttered

'Slut' He said

'You know what I'm going to take a different approach.' He said smiling mischievously.

He dragged me to my room and said 'Little girl now that your mothers gone you have to fill her shoes in for me. Me being only 9 years old I didn't know what he was talking about but I was scared. He pushed me onto my cardboard box that I call a mattress and took off his belt. I thought he was going to whip me again but instead he tied my hands with it. He left the room for a few minutes only to come back with a knife and a tennis ball with a piece of cloth wrapped around it. He placed it in my mouth while he traced the knife over my body.

'If you be a good girl I wont hurt you okay' He said

I nodded vigorously.

'Good' He said

He ripped my shirt open leaving me bare chested. He trailed the knife to my trousers and ripped them in half. I was now in my panties in front of him. He quickly tore them apart and put his mouth on my cilt sucking on it while his hand was caressing my breast. Before I could even register what was going on he thrust inside of me making me scream loudly but unfortunately it came out muffled. I silently cried as he thrust in and out of me quickly while his mouth was sucking on my breast. after 50 agonizing minutes he was finally done but after that day it became a tradition. A tradition that he would come in my room every day from 1:00am and doesn't finish until 1:50am not a minute more or less. On holidays he would sell me so he could clear his debts or gain more money for his drugs. I felt violated. The only thing that kept me going was my brothers. They might have forgotten but I certainly haven't forgotten them.'

End of Flashback

I sat still rocking myself back and forth trying to get the memories out of my head. 'Cassie he's gone now you don't have to worry anymore' I kept saying to myself.

'Cassie are you ok' Lessi said but I ignored him

'Cassandra please tell me if your ok' He pleaded but I ignored him again

'That's it' he said

I thought he left so I started to rock myself back and forth again. I heard a loud bang but didn't look up instead I looked at my shoes with my head furrowed between my knees.

'Oh bambina its okay' Lessi said as he hugged me

I kept my head down ashamed.

'Lets go' He said as he held his hand for me to take

I gladly take it and he follows me to my locker which has names written all across it from w***e to Murderer. I look up to see Alessio have tears in his eyes. I opened it to only take mums ring out and slammed my locker shut. I put it safely in my bag before I followed Lessi to the car. I gave him directions to my house and I see his eyes change emotion from calmness to sadness. We stopped in front of the house and before I go inside I strictly tell Lessi to stay in the car. He simply nods. I go down to the basement and pack my backpack with my clothes which I'm telling you now is not a lot. My wardrobe consists of 2 packs of undergarments, 3 oversized hoodies and 2 pairs of leggings. Since I have space in my bag I decided to pack the photo album of me, mum and my brothers. When I came back up I saw Lessi looking around the house. I follow his gaze. He's looking at my blood stain on the stairs. f**k.

'Lets go' I said snapping his attention back to life.

'Ok' He said while I follow him out.

We sit in a comfortable silence before we reach the airport. This is it

'Goodbye Ontario, Hello California.'

Alessio's POV:

'They found her' I shouted at my brothers

'Who' they all questioned

'Cassandra' I said

'W-W-What' Xavier said

'Really' Elijah said

'Yes and I'm going to Ontario today we'll come back tomorrow afternoon' I said

'Good luck' Adrian and Xander said

'Bye guys' I shouted on my way out.

I entered my private jet on my way to Ontario

35 minutes later I arrived in Ontario making my way to the car I hired to go to Bayridge Secondary School. After 40 more minutes I arrived at the high school and headed straight to the principals office. I sat with Cassandra's social worker and Officer Jonas. It wasn't until 5 minutes later a very angry girl came in and started talking to the Principal like he was her long lost friends.

Sup Stephan' I said to Mr Salvatore

'Hello Cassandra' He said

So that's my sister

'What did you do now Cassie' He groaned

'I may or may not have arrived late to class and called Miss Stuart a b***h' She mumbled so only the Principal could hear

'Ughh not again Cass you promised you wouldn't do it again' He said

So she has done it many times before

'But technically it was her fault.' She tried to reason

'Fine' He said in defeat.

'So why am I here.' She asked

'Cass promise me you won't flip out' He tried to say

'Promise' She said while cutting him off

'Your stepfather was in a drunk driver accident and died' the officer said

'Darling aren't you sad' the lady said

'Sorry but who are you' She asked

'I'm Kayla your social worker' Kayla said

'Oh and to answer your question I am not sad. She said

'Wait so am I going to foster care or an orphanage.' She asked

'Umm not exactly' Kayla said

'Your coming home with me' I said

She snapped her neck towards me

'Lessi' I said

I was shocked for a moment before regaining my composure. I couldn't believe she still remembered us but my thoughts were disrupted as Cassie hugged me with her legs wrapped round my waist and started crying into my shoulder. After a few minutes let her down and looked at her face and saw a handprint

'Cassie what the f**k is that on your face' I demanded

'N-N-Nothing' She said

'Stop lying and why are there marks on your neck too' I said with anger

'I-I-Its n-n-nothing' She stuttered

'Stop lying to me Cass and tell me' I said in a finality tone.

'Fine I'll tell you' She said in defeat

I told me the story but I felt she wasn't telling me the full story

'Cassandra Stephanie Romano tell me the whole story' I said through gritted teeth.

She told him the whole story and to say I was mad was a bad example I was f*****g pissed. I stormed out the office while Cassie and Mr Salvatore chased after me. I entered the classroom and pinned the teacher to the wall before hissing in her ear. She smiled smugly before saying so you're related to the school slut. I heard that she f****d the whole school because her stepfather wasn't giving her attention. What a w***e but before she could finish Cassie ran out the room ignoring the shouts of the Principal and Kayla.

'Listen here b***h what gives you the f*****g right to strangle my baby sister and slap her' I said with venom lacing my tone.

'Sister oh sorry I thought that you were her boyfriend cos she's an attention seeking w***e' She spat

'Kayla sort her out I have to find my sister' I said as I ran out the room.

'Cassie he's gone now you don't have to worry anymore' She kept saying to herself

'What does she mean he's gone now' I thought to myself

'Cassie are you ok' I said but she didn't reply

'Cassandra please tell me if your ok' I pleaded but she didn't reply again

'That's it' I said

I broke the door down and what I saw completely broke my heart there on the floor laid my baby sister rocking herself back and forth trying to block out the world

'Oh bambina its okay' I said as I hugged her

'Lets go' I said as I held my hand for her to take

She gladly took it and I follows her to her locker which has names written all across it from w***e to Murderer. Upon seeing her locker tears immediately gathered in my eyes. She opened it to only take mums ring out and slammed her locker shut. She put it safely in her bag before she followed me to the car. She gave me directions to her house and I suddenly feel anger. We stopped in front of the house and before she goes inside she strictly tells me to stay in the car. I simply nod. What is so bad in the house that I cant go in. Of course I'm not going to listen to her. I exit the car and enter the house. and the state of the house had me angry. There were broken bottles of alcohol all over the floor but what really caught my attention was the blood stains across the floor and stairs. But I was quickly brought out of my thoughts by a furious Cassie

'Lets go' She says

'Ok' I said while she follows me out.

We sit in a comfortable silence before we reach the airport. This is it

I finally have my baby sister back where she belongs

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