Lahat ng Kabanata ng WANTING MY STEP—BROTHER : Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 80

MelanieJuan was the last person I expected to see tonight. Especially not in this part of town. All I could think was the fact that he might have followed me here. But why? “You and Dante are really easy to follow.” Juan spoke before I could his eyes; dragging me into this dark oasis.My jaw dropped. “Excuse me? Are you stalking us now?”“I needed evidence,” he said, voice calm like he was trying to stop a newborn from crying.“Evidence?” I frowned. “Evidence of what, Juan? You sound like an undercover agent.”He didn’t answer. Instead, he leaned forward. “Remember what you told me earlier. I had to find a way to present the truth.”I blinked. Once. Twice. My brain glitched. “What the actually fuck. So you're the reason some random lunatic almost yanked my arm off?”“Yes,” he said. “I had to get your phone. It’s the only way I can expose Dante’s plans,”I didn’t know what to say, as I watched Juan straighten himself. “By tomorrow morning, after I get my team to hack into you

Melanie I had been sitting in that same position since Dante left, staring at the box beside me like it could bite. Eventually I had to summon the courage to open it. So I slid my fingers against the lock that sealed it shut. “A book!” I repeated to myself. That was the last thing I expected to see. Out of curiosity I ended up opening the small book which looked quite old. The first page caught my eyes and I noticed the date written on it. It was 10 years ago Dante was probably a teenager then. My eyes kept moving, leaving the date and landing on the first words written on the page. “The day I lost my mother. 28/09. I can never forget that day because it happened right in front of me. Federico had told those men to take her from behind. I watched them, stripe my mother naked while they raped her. Each of them taking turns. At some point it wasn’t with their bodies but with objects shoved inside her like she was an animal. I watched her scream until she was rendered breathless.”

Dante The minute my head touched my pillow Melanie’s voice tortured me. Endlessly. It fucked with every thought in my mind. “Goodbye,” those words weren’t supposed to mean anything. But my mind had a way of making it seem like more. Like the finalization of something. In this case, it was the finalization of our time together. She would be free and so will I. A part of me didn’t want the finale to be so soon. I didn’t want to think of the whys because I wasn’t ready to face the damn truth. So, I let that single word continue to torment me until it didn’t, until it was replaced by Juan’s voice. A visual representation of my visit to Juan played in my mind. I was watching it all happen; the moment I had arrived at his house, demanding for where he was and down to the moment I was being pointed to the little building where his father said he spent most of his time. I had taken him by surprise, and pointed my gun at his skull. “Kill me,” he was pleading. “I have been waiting for

Dante ‘Melanie is missing,’ “How is that possible?” I asked, staring into Maria’s eyes. “I don’t know. I just couldn’t find her in her room. I checked everywhere in the mansion and there was no single sign of her.” The tears kept running down her eyes and all I could do was analyze the whole situation. Was this part of Maria and Federico’s plans? Had they gotten someone to take Melanie away and now they are acting like she went missing. “Maria?” Federico’s voice stole my attention. I noticed he was walking in our direction wearing a confused look on his face. Maria ran into his arms and I looked at the both of them with pure disgust. “What happened?” He asked, engulfing her closely. “It’s Melanie, someone took her. I noticed she didn’t come down for breakfast and I went to check on her. That's when I realized she wasn’t in her room.” “Did you ask Leonardo or Aria if—“ “None of them have seen her.” She quivered. “She’s gone, Federico. You promised me that this wouldn’t hap

Melanie I have been waiting to hear the sound of gunshots. Or screams but that sound never came. The place where I had been kept hidden got darker as time passed and my only light source had suddenly begun to dim.I wanted to pull my hair off or scream but I reserved my energy for when Leonardo would return so I could kick him in the face.I had planned my escape. It was simple, very simple all I had to do was charge for him then run away. A part of me hoped the plan would turn out as easy as it sounded and another part of me didn’t believe it would. It called my plans stupid, mocked me for thinking that escaping would be that easy.I wasn’t going to let negativity outshine positivity so I ignored that other part of me. I was going to escape. I was going to tell the whole world that Leonardo was a lunatic and get him locked up in the loony bin. Luck was on my side because after that thought had settled in my mind. The door opened and the devil himself appeared.“Your dinner,” Le