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"Fancy seeing you after 15 years, or is it 18, how old are you now Priscillia?"
Priscillia? I'm Ines "Umm, aunt, my name is Ines"
"I know, before that the family wanted calling you Priscilla but your mum was against it, and don't call me aunt I'm your grandma" she concludes, and I thought, that explains the grey hairs "So, you must be Vivian, I heard you'd be tagging along Priscilla"
"Yes Grandma" she said
"See, she gets it" My supposed grandma said and I gave her a small smile "Come on in, is that all the luggage you brought?"
"Yes grandma" Vivian answered for us as we walked in, it was a little comfy duplex, very homey. With that grandma went back inside and never came back out again, which didn't matter because another lady walked in wiping her hands with a checkered kitchen towel
"Grandma takes it as a priority to welcome every visitor that comes by, I guess that's the last of her you'll see today" This lady was dark skinned, so I thought if she were my relative, she's from my mother's side, my mothers family is dark skinned, and my father white.
"Hi, I'm Priscilla, your father's step sister" she introduced; plot twist.
"Okay, and is that my father's step mother?"
"Yes, your grandma, you've probably never heard of us, with what your dad is, family members don't normally want to be associated"
"On the brightside you helped"
"Oh we didn't want to stay away, it's just that our family has come from a long chain of mafia and Waterson earnestly wants to end it with his generation, seperating everyone and keeping them far, I have told him anyway, that it never goes." she said and I squint, because if it never goes, I'm the one inheriting and I'd rather not. "Welcome to our humble home, if you want to know more of our family history, you've come to the right place."
"I'll pass" I said
"I'd like to hear" Vivian said, 'me too' I thought
"The yes have it, in the mean time hope you've eaten somewhere if not you'll have to manage the poison I cook that made your grandma schizophrenic, or what's that disease that makes old people forget things?"
"Amnesia?"
"Not quite"
"Darn Vivian you're a med student, it's Dementia"
"It's only you that wants that degree, I earn as a shadow guard"
"Na, you're cool" The real Priscilla said, I agreed so I nodded
"Poison it is, I'm starving" I said and she goes in the kitchen and brings out some burnt food, I wondered what height of shamelessness she'd reach to do this without batting an eye
"Let's just go out" I said "We can discuss my ancestors in a cafe, from there Vivian and I would go looking for a rented apartment"
"Okay, let me get grandma ready to go to the elderly's home, I'll be back in a jiffy, in the mean time go down the corridor, the room at the left handside is y'alls room, opposite is for my son."
"Nice to know you have a son" I said with interest
"Yeah, his 22 his coming back from college today"
"I'm 22 too" I said with distaste, my interest for him dropping like hot potato
"Why does it sound like you were intere-sted i-n y-o-u-r c-o-u-s-i-n" Priscillas said slowing down and spelling her words to probably touch my moral radar
"It was a joke" I said truthfully this time because I liked Christian
"Both of you, what's your body count?"
"Which one?" Vivian said
"How about you?" I asked back
"I think you should go bathe grandma" Vivian said
"Lemme go scrub grandma" she said leaving this time
"Let's go to our rooms" Viv said as we got up to go to our room "What's your bodycount?" she asks
"2 and 6, and you?"
"probably hit the twenty mark by now"
"Sorry, let me rephrase how old are you, really?"
"I never lied about my informations to you, best believe I told the truth" she said, she told me she was 23, darn; a tough life indeed.
Our room was cosy and cute, pink and everything fluffy, I wonderd if it was made overnight or she had someone staying there, we dropped our back pack in the provided ward robe and we went in to take a shower together, we could've gone one after the other but it is unless girls are caught in the act of coitus and french kissing before they're tagged gay, also the bathroom was wide enough, after our bath, we went ransacking the back pack for clothes, and I was right to not underestimate the amount of clothes that fit in the bag cause it was so much, our clothes were little fabrics that somehow covered a decent amount of skin; atleast my clothes, Vivian instead always had on black clothes that covered her head too toe unless we were in the club, I used to wonder why but now I had speculations, but even those clothes were of light fabrics that fit in the back pack.
I put on a pair of biker shorts and a deep brown Ariana Grand length hoodie, I tied my black braids in a neat ponytail, did my edges and glossed up while Vivian wore a sleeveless black body suit and a black checkered button shirt ontop, she left her wavy blonde hair flying and used a nude shade of gloss, we paired our fits with black Nikes and we were ready for our day
"If only I could top it with Damiens perfume" she said and I rolled my eye and knowing she's stronger I said
"Carry me" hoping on her back
"Get off you little sucker" she said kicking my ass off to the bed and I bounced a little
"You're my big sister now" I said getting up immediately, planning to throw myself on her again, she dodged running out of the room but I caught her in time hugging her waist
"Get off midget" she said and I'm hurt, I get she's 5' 11 but I'm 5' 11 too, to be even more accurate 5 '9, I pout and she laughs trying to be free from my bear hug; I admit, I was a gummy person.
"Mmm" Someone clears his throat and I look up, with that moment of distraction Vivian was able to pry my arms open and make me stand in front of her keeping her elbow on my head, still smiling goofy I pushed her arm away
"Are you Priscillia's son?" I asked looking at my good genes in action, this boy was light skinned about Vivian's height, very handsome, had medium sized but full lips and was on braids, the sides of his head in a fade cut; he looked like the typical black boy, I was shocked he didn't have on a durag, his eyes were as green as Vivian's, his body a not skinny but not big build and his clothes on was a white t-shirt and gray joggers.
"Yeah, I'm Brian"
"I'm Ines, and this is Vivian"
"Hi cous., and Viv." He said adopting nicknames immediately
"So, your mum said you just came back from college"
"Yeah… heard you guys are from Angelus"
"Yeah" I said
"What course do you study?" Vivian piped in
"Computer engineering, in my final year"
"Mmm, big boy" I hum
"We are age mates short stuff" Brian said, squinting at me and Vivian laughed… we did not see that coming
"Oh, is that how we're going to begin this relationship?" I said cocking my head to the side holding my waist "I am tall, I stand tall"
"If you say so" he said and Vivian starts chuckling again "What course do you folks study"
"Medicine" Vivian responded
"And your body counts?"
"What?" we also didn't see that coming
"Nothing" He said walking away
"Seems like that's a major question around here" I call out after him, his strides already took him to his room door
"Just emphasizes how our family is psychotic, anyway, I'll be out to join you guys to the cafe" He says walking in his room
"What a family" Viv said
"Tell me about it" I said holding Vivian's hand and she lightly slapped mine off, then I hugged her arm instead, she gave up with the struggling sighing and we walked to the living room.
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"Let's go" Prisicilla said holding grandma's hand at her left side, she was wearing a brown ankle length flower patterned chiffon skirt, and a navy blue turtle neck crop top with sandals, she looked chic, Brian came out in a brown vintage shirt and brown loosed pants with Nike palms on his legs
Arriving at their home this morning, there was no car on their yard, but after standing outside for a while, Brian drove out a black SUV from behind
"A cadillac" Viv said to me
"Sounds like the backbone of a crocodile".
The drive to the elderly home was quiet, I figured nobody was ready to speak yet, I thought it was probably because of their grandma talking smack in the elders gathering like she were in kindergarten, once she left though the discussion begun
"So what Brian, you have a body count too?" Viv asked first
"Do you count call of duty?"
"Nope, not at all"
"So" Priscilla said "That's not what's important, from what I got from your dad you aren't a confirmed psychopath, which means if you've got body count, it was reasonable"
"You could say that" I said
"And Vivian is of course a guard" Prisiclla said
"Cool stuff" Brian concluded
"So, the tree is short, your grand parent, dead, your step grand mother obviously in a retirement home, So your grandmother, a maltreated young lady died in the hands of the mafia after she gave birth to your father, by then your grandfather was in hands with the Crecent, a passed down name for generations"
"Sounds like someone I know"
"Nah, you can't possibly, it's a deep hidden shit, if you don't know your family tree you haven't heard of this one, not that it's really needed in life, once this mafia thing becomes in exsistent in our lives, these stories wouldn't matter"
"But you said something about it never leaving"
"Well… so, these crescent involved a large trafficking den, can't be stopped till date, your grandfather fell out of it and was killed, you know powers and all, the other leader of Crescent is mysterious till date, your dad probably knows them, so before your grand dad died, he married grandma who gave birth to me, your dad and I are tight, so we've taken alot of lives, hence our survival till date, we said we won't join the mafia, but look at him now, in that dirty money power game"
"So, how did he meet my mum"
"Oh that witch!" she said and I giggle "Darn, it was an arranged marriage, she took your dad from 7 too 10, she's bloody mary, the nun, I can't even mention her name outside, she has her family too"
"Yeah, I know a few, her sister Grace"
"Grace isn't her sister, she's was adopted at age 16"
"Oh" I said
"So your dad, when we were young we seperated, promised never to contact eachother cause we obviously lead different lives, he can't be lonely, there's always someone all up in his business, he reached out a couple days sending you over, and now you'll have to leave in 3 days or so because apparently the traitor will come for you"
"He used me as bait?"
"I guess so"
"Atleast you'll feel included now" Vivian said and I smiled like the blank emoji, my body suddenly invaded with anxiety
"Anyway, we are going shopping after here, I have called my real e-state agent and he will find somewhere inpenetrable for you guys to stay, you will start schooling in Brian's college, so my eyes will be on you both" With everything said Brian parked in the lot of Will's eatery, we walked in and had our seats opposite each other, two per long sit, I sat beside Brian opposite Vivian and you can guess the rest.
After a really nice breakfast, we went shopping, my dad had given me an endless credit card which made me wonder once more, how much does a mafia man need?, I shopped for back to school clothes, luggages and a lot of other miscelleanous things, and when we were back with at least 7 shopping bags I was exhausted
The next day we went to about seven different apartment buildings before we paid rent for a year in a nice pretty apartment on the very first floor of Rayburn paradise, an e-state for the rich, security tight, everything new, close to the bustling city, wifi network very great, college close by, with everything set we packed all our stuffs in, we spent the remaining night and evening cleaning the whole apartment, Vivian and I planned to do even more shopping the next day , anyways we greeted Priscillia bye, it was a nice time with her and Brian where we arranged the whole house, ate and gisted together the whole night on the first day we came.