Mia
When we got back to our apartment,we Showed Maria her room. She stood there for a second. “ What's wrong?”. Maya asked her.
“ I don't know if I should really be here. I mean. I'll stay out of your way, I'll clean and do the laundry, I'll cook “.
“ Maria?”.
“ Yes?”.
“ I know my aunt. Aunt Allie will do everything in her power to get you away from them. Soon you'll be our cousin because aunt Leah will adopt you. Your only Job is to study and nothing else. Someone comes and does the cleaning and Laundry. We cook together or sometimes Mia and Maya we all take turns and cook. We rarely eat out because we didn't really eat out much growing up. Stop worrying and relax “. Gideon said, looking at her.
“ Okay”.
“ It's still early,let's go over to your dorm and get the rest of your stuff. Tomorrow the girls will take you shopping “. Richy said, looking at her.
Monday morning when we left for school it was now five of us. We Did her hair for her and light makeup. She couldn't wear anything too revealing because her body still had the marks. I saw the stares she was getting. One guy tried to talk to her , When she saw him she flinched. Rich and Gideon stood in front of her blocking them.
“ Hey Maria, you got bodyguards now because you clean up nice “?.
“What did you just say to my cousin?”. Rich asked him. I heard the whispering.
“ I guess you're all nobody's just like her”. I don't even know him.
“ Girls”. I turned around and saw her.
“ Aunt Leah?”. She came over to us.
“ Hi sweetie. She said hugging Maria. I just came to get your cousin. Aunt Allie needs her, I spoke with the Dean already. She'll be back later”. She said looking at us and we understood.
“ Okay. See you at home Maria “. Maya said
“ Bye guys”. She said quietly, I saw the smile on her face. Everyone was standing around looking at us. We just ignored Them and went to classes. During Classes I could see Vanessa looking at me. Classes had ended and I was about to leave when she came and stood in front of me.
“ What is your name?”.
“ Mia. Why ?”.
“ I mean your last name bitch. Mia What?”.
I looked at her and smiled. “ You do not want to know, trust me”. I said walking past her and heading to the Cafeteria. I met up with Maya,Rich and Gideon. We decided to skip lunch in the cafeteria. and eat out. We were heading out when I saw him. I ran towards Him and hugged him.
“ Uncle Sam “.
“ Hey princess.”. He grabbed Maya hugging her “ Both princesses. Sorry I wasn't home when you visited. Zeke, Cyrus ,Andrew and Chris Sent something for you. Where's your cousin?”.
“ Aunt Leah came for her, mom needed her”.
“ Okay. Boys, how is it?”.
“ Haven't seen or heard anything today, uncle Sam “.
“ Okay, we'll talk about it later. Let's go to lunch,my treat”. He said smiling.
I knew exactly Why he was here. He was here because of Cole and Jonathan. As we were leaving Maya nudged me . I looked and saw Vanessa, Sabrina, Cole and Jonathan looking at us.
“ Top of the stairs, uncle Sam “. We got into the cars ,and he stopped for a second and turned around and looked at them.
Gideon
After lunch the girls left for class. We were sitting with uncle Sam. We told him what Mia said happened. “ I'll have Caius listening to their conversations. Are those four always together?”.
“Yes” ,
“ Okay. Give me a key card for the entrance and for the apartment. I'm going to set up some cameras. They'll be in the rooms Also. Your mom's and aunt will check over that , the rest of the apartment your brothers will look over it. I need to Make sure it's safe. If I can't get in, no one can. I already asked your parents and they said go ahead. I'm putting trackers on your cars.”.
“ Okay,Do whatever you have to. I need to know my sister and cousins Are going to be safe because sometimes they're usually at the apartment alone while we have classes sometimes”. Rich said
“ Okay. You two Head back to classes. I'll stick around until evening “.
“ Thanks uncle Sam”.
“ Don't thank me. I'm your uncle and it's my responsibility to make sure all of you stay safe”.
I saw Maria getting out of a car. She came over to us smiling. “ Hi Gideon,Hi Richy”.
“ Hey ria. This is one of our uncles. He wasn't home when we visited. Uncle Sam this is Maria Aunt Leah's Daughter , our new cousin “. Richy said. I could see it affected her being addressed like that.
“ Welcome to the family Princess . Now we've got three princesses in the family. You boys watch out for them “.
“ We always do uncle Sam. Come on, we'll be late to class”.
“ Go on , I'll see you later”.
We headed in. “ Is Everything okay Maria?”.
“ Oh yeah. Your Mom is scary,haha. Thank you. It wasn't so hard. She got that crazy woman and man to give up parental rights. I feel like I can breathe for the first time in my life”.
“ That's good. Aunt Leah is amazing. She'll take care of you”.
Maya
That evening we were having dinner. After uncle Sam left We were all in the living room doing our homework. Maria told us What happened after Aunt Leah took her to Moms office. She said they didn't even blink when giving up Their parental rights. She said Aunt Leah asked her if she could adopt her.
“ Do you think she would find it awkward if I were to call her mom?”. She said quietly.
“ No, I don't think so. But ask her first”. Gideon said
We heard a knock on the door and we froze. No one knows where we live,we never told anyone.Richy Showed us to be quiet. Gideon pulled out his phone and texted someone. He Then opened his laptop and turned it towards us. Cole and Jonathan were standing outside our door. What were they doing here and how did they find us?.We looked at each other. The light knocking became persistent. Suddenly someone grabbed them, pulling them away. Uncle Sam didn't leave.
“ Volume Gideon “. I don't know what he did , Did but we could hear uncle Sam.
“ My.my.my. you boys seem to be lost. And what exactly are you doing In Front of my nieces door. I know you don't live in this complex so how did you get in?”.
“ Do YOU FUCKING KNOW WHO I AM?”.Cole yelled.
“ Yes I do Cole Hanes , Dennis Hanes is your daddy, he has maybe twenty Service and Gas stations at most. Only child, a misfit. Daddy paid a lot of money to keep you out of prison and trouble”.
“ WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?
“ Johnathan Tristan, Daddy's a businessman ,has a few stores . You're worse than this One “.
“ Who the fuck do you think you are. My father would crush you ”, Johnathan said.
Uncle Sam started laughing.
“ You're little boys. And your daddy and his money is nothing compared to me or Anyone in that apartment. leave my nieces alone,Do not play the Fuck around and find out game because if you do. The only thing that you'll find out is why you should have listened to me in the first place. Now scram “.
“ I'll deal with you “. Johnathan said walking away. We opened the door and he looked at us. “ I saw them lurking around outside this afternoon so I decided to stay a bit longer. Your parents already know”. He pointed towards the corner of the wall .
“ I don't see anything “ Maria said ,he smiled “ you're not supposed to see it but there is a camera there. Don't worry about it. Get some rest, Jason will be here tomorrow morning, he'll be in the apartment opposite just to be on the safe side “.
“ Okay. Thanks uncle Sam”. “ It's okay, why don't you get back to doing what you're doing”.
We closed the door and looked at each other. “ Guys we've never bragged about Who we are but this isn't high school anymore. They're all Legal adults. I think we should let the parents know and tomorrow we'll tell Vanessa and her clique, maybe that will keep them away from us”. Mia said
“ Okay, I'll text mom, Rich you text dad”.