Prologue

"Do you understand now?" Lucas asked his daughter Xandra as they've been in the punishment room for a long time.

"Not gonna happen again, father. I understand now." Xandra replied defeated.

"Good, because next time. You will be ripped off your rank and be sent somewhere where you no longer be able to contact each one of us." Lucas said.

"I understand, I'm sorry for causing trouble for you and mom." Xandra replied. Her father untied her and left her on the floor.

"I warned you, Xandra. Remember the rules." Lucas said and left.

"Yeah, yeah yeah, I know. Asshole." Xandra muttered to herself as she slowly stood up.

Xandra was hurt pretty badly as she and her father were there since dawn and now the sun is almost setting when they finish. The door opened and Alejandro stepped inside.

"Xandra! You alright?!" Alejandro asked as he helped her big sister to stand up.

"Do I look alright to you?" Xandra asked.

"I meant after what happened are you alright?" Alejandro asked.

"Yeah, I'm alright. After being dumped by my girlfriend and our parents finding out....I'm good. Thanks for asking, Alejandro." Xandra replied in sarcasm.

"Are...you really ok?" Alejandro asked again and this time Xandra cried.

"I don't know what to do anymore, Alejandro. I'm not happy with the things we are doing. It hurts here!" Xandra explained asshe held her chest.

"I know it hurts but what else could we do? They are our parents. We can't leave them." Alejandro said.

"Yeah, like they never left since mom died. Father used to take and pick you up from school but only our driver drives you here. You can't see that?" Xandra asked.

"I can but I'm not focusing on that. I'm focusing on those that are in front of me and what can I do about that." Alejandro replied and they went outside the room to Xandra's room.

"Are you not going back to school?" Xandra asked.

"I will once I'm done taking care of you. You need to treat these wounds or it will get infected and we don't want that." Alejandro answered.

"I'll be fine, I can ask for help from the maids here so don't worry." Xandra said.

"I don't care, I want to do this. I don't care if I get late or absent. I need to treat these wounds now." Alejandro said stubbornly.

"You really are stubborn aren't you?" Sandra asked as she chuckled.

"I won't be your brother if I'm not." Alejandro said while getting the bandages.

"Alejandro! Come down here!" Their father called from downstairs.

"Shit..." Alejandro muttered.

"That's your cue, bro. I can do this on my own don't worry." Xandra reassured him.

"I'll be back as soon as I can." Alejandro replied.

"No need, go to school." Xandra said.

"I'm not calling you again, Alejandro." Lucas shouted.

"I'm coming!" Alejandro shouted. "Take care, love you." Alejandro said before leaving.

Xandra only smiled and sighed as he left.

'I love you too, little bro.'

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Denise is with her parents eating dinner when the front door opened and security flooded the area.

"Mom? What's going on?" Denise asked.

"Just do what they asked you to do, understand?" Her mom Karissa said to her. Denise can only nod as men take her away and to a car.

From the car, Denise heard her parents getting arrested by the police.

"Mr and Mrs. Villamonte you are under arrest for the murder of Mia Fernandez. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in court. You have the right to talk to a lawyer for advice before we ask you any questions. You have the right to have a lawyer with you during questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you." The police officer said as she handcuffed the two.

"Denise, darling." Her mom called. Denise was about to open the car window but a police officer stopped her.

"We love you, darling!" Her dad shouted with a weak smile. "Take care!" Her mom added and was forced on a car.

"Let's go officers! Our work here is done. Deliver them to Fernandez." The Chief said and went to the car with her parents.

"Hey, Denise. You may not know me but I worked for your father for a long time. I'm his secretary." The woman in the driver's seat said.

"You're Ms. Garcia right?" Denise asked.

"That's right, your parents knew that this would happen to them and asked me to take counter measures when it did. Tell me when the other cars have left okay? I need to keep watch on your parents from here. They're already at the terminal as I speak." Ms. Garcia explained. Denise nodded and kept a look out.

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