Chapter 9

Reece

Where the fuck was he? He should have been here by now, he called and told me he had handled the situation and was finally on his way home with our Principessa (Princess) so why wasn’t he here? I growl mentally to myself, having been pacing along the front step, my body on pins and needles as I sat here waiting for Grant and Ella.

“Relax, they’ll be here soon” replies Dylan, as he and Caleb stood off to the side as I paced, not able to be so relaxed as they were for when it all came down to Ella, Ella was our main focus, our top priority, as it had always been even as children.

“I can’t relax Dylan” I say with a snap of my voice, my eyes now on his. “She’s OURS! She’s meant to be here with US! So excuse me if I’m not as relaxed as you or Caleb.”

“Dude, look I know your worried, hell we’re both worried to so instead of placing blame, just chill the fuck out, if Grant said he handled it then he handled it” replies Caleb, his eyes now on his brother as he along with Dylan try to calm me down for it’s wasn’t a no brainer to know that I cared deeply for Ella, heck we all did, but either way Caleb knew he needed to calm me down before they eventually showed up.

Sighing in defeat I move to stop my pacing, knowing it was probably driving them crazy but what else could I say, Ella was my entire world, especially during that time at Christmas when we had each gone home, a Christmas that neither of us forgot as Ella was only 16 but man was she the most beautiful woman we had ever seen, I mean sure we all saw women at different points in our life and I’m sure each of my brothers had even banged a couple of them during that time, but no, for me, there was no other woman, only Ella, my bright little star, the one who kept us anchored even during our hardest moments for growing up wasn’t easy. College was brutal and there were times when we each wanted to quit, but then we would remember Ella and the life we had wanted to provide for her, a life our parents couldn’t and it suddenly made College a little bit more bearable.

“See there you go, relax” chuckles Caleb once he spots me finally giving into the urge to relax, my eyes now finally spotting the black Audi as it pulled into the driveway, making its way ever so slowly up the long and narrow path until it hit the roundabout circle up near the front of the house.

Holding our breaths, each of us moved to wait until the car came to a complete stop, the engine shutting off before Grant moved to climb out. “Took you long enough” I grunt, frustrated that he was late in returning.

Rolling his eyes, Grant chooses to ignore us as he moves to open the back passenger door, a young girl now slowly making her way out causing us to gasp, for standing before us was Ella, our sweet yet adorable little step sister, the one who had stolen our hearts at the sweet tender age of 6 when our parents had first started dating.

“Ella” I whisper, my eyes slowly taking in the Valley View Academy Uniform, the same one we had worn once as teenagers, my eyes eventually moving to take in all of her. My eyes gazing at her 5’8 frame as her long blonde platinum hair sat perfectly along her back and shoulders having worn it partially up as her navy blue eyes move to watch us slowly, as if admiring us from a far as a light dusting of pink moves to grace her cheeks, her body toned and athletic from all her years of dancing. My eyes still focused on her as one of our maids moved to greet her as they did.

“Please, right this way my lady” replies the voice of the maid as she moves to lead Ella up the flight of stairs that lead into the mansion and to where we were currently standing. My eyes still trained on her as I can’t help but notice the big brown bear that we had won her that day at the amusement park, for it was one the very first outings as a family as her mother and our father had thought it would be a great idea for us as a family to bond while visiting a family amusement park.

So when we entered the park that day to explore, Ella’s eyes instantly became wide when spotting the bear, which in turn made dad smile as he had given her money to try only to become awfully sad when she wasn’t able to get it, tears beginning to well up in her beautiful doe-like eyes which in turn tugged at both me and my brothers.

Unable to see her sad, both I and my brothers had each attempted to win her that bear until finally I had been the one to win it for her, her eyes lighting up like diamonds as I moved to hand her the bear, her tiny arms hugging it as she squealed in happiness as I’m drawn from my thought by the maid.

“It’s okay no need to be shy, the Masters have been waiting for you since they got the call early this morning” remarks the maid just as they come to a stop directly in front of us, Ella’s blush still evident as they did, Ella nodding to the best of her ability while still holding the bear, Grant bringing up the rear as my eyes move to see his pants, his pants wet as if he had been doing something that he shouldn’t have been doing.

Narrowing my eyes to him I move to keep my focus on him which causes him to sigh and roll his eyes again just as Caleb moves to speak up from behind me, “Welcome home Principessa (Princess)”.

“It’s been a while Il Mio Tesoro (My Treasure)” replies Dylan as he moves to smile at her as well, my eyes catching her blush deepening with each word which finally has me chuckling as I move to speak up next, not wanting her to think I had forgotten how to talk.

“Come, let us welcome you home Agapi (Love)” is all I say as I move to gesture her inside, my eyes now on the maid. “Lilianna, if you could be a dear, could you please escort her up to her room, my brothers and I have something to discuss with Grant, but once we’re done we’ll definitely come up and properly welcome her home.

“Of course Sir” then with a quick bow does Lilianna move to escort her up to her room, a room we had long since picked out for her in hopes of one day giving it to her. “Thank you” was all I said as I slowly watched her head inside until finally she was gone from sight until my eyes snapped back to Grant.

“Alright, start talking, NOW” I bark my eyes stern as I catch him by surprise.

“What?” asks Grant as if he wasn’t nervous about what he did.

“Your pants, why are they wet?” I ask, the need to know rising.

“Relax, I only helped out the Princess with a little something, it’s not like I did anything wrong especially when it was all her doing” remarks Grant as he looks to us unnerved.

“Explain” was all I said as I waited for him to speak.