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Isabella's POV
back at Tony's house - Saturday 10am -

"Alright you know what to do."

"Tony I don't think that I am ready..."
I said with insecure filled my voice.

"You got it dude. Never forget; act natural."
She said, but it still didn't stop me from being paranoid.

One of my brothers came to pick me up and I didn't know which one of them came. But anyways it didn't matter who it was, I was just scared of facing them.

Tony told me over and over again that I only have to act completely natural, but it's quite hard for me to do so.

All in all I noticed that I didn't have another option. I had to act natural otherwise...bad things would happen.

I tried to calm me down while breathing in and out.

Alright Bella, you can do this.
It's pretty simple girl...
Let's go...

"Okay I'm ready."
I exclaimed as I succeed in calming myself down.

"I wish you the best luck."
Tony uttered.

To be honest I wasn't completely calm, but I also didn't want her to worry about me, so I just smiled at her to reassure that I'm fine. It seemed like she believed me cause she returned the smile.

She bid me goodbye and I made my way towards the car.

I was walking really slow and took small steps as much as I could. As I reached half of the way, I could recognise the one who came to pick me up.

It was Dylan.

My palms started to sweat and I grew more nervous than ever. Now that it was Dylan who came to pick me up, the situation was more critical.

Out of reflex I turned around to see if Tony was still standing at the door, and she was. I actually wanted to signal her that I can't do it, but before I could do so she yelled out something.

"Don't worry I can do math by myself!"

At first I was confused as hell because she just said something out of topic, but later on I realised that she only did this in order to keep away a suspicion from my brother.

I realised this as she did some weird gestures with her eyes to the car behind me.

Alright Bella, don't be a coward...
You got this bish!

Out of nowhere I gained some confidence and turned around. I started walking like the usual towards the car and as I reached it I opened the door to the passenger seat.

Only as I seated myself down and closed the door, I realised what I just did.

O.M.G!
I did it!

Dylan didn't look at me nor did he say something. He directly drove off as I closed the door.

Since our house was only a few blocks away from Tony's house, I thought that I might have the chance to avoid talking with Dylan. I just prayed that he won't start talking.

Dylan did some turns to the right and then to the left. Only one turn was left till we reached our house.

Alright it's over soon Bella...

Eventually, we reached the house and Dylan parked the car.

I was so happy and relieved that I survived this car ride without starting a conversation with him. I only wanted to get out of this car as soon as possible. I was ready to open the car door only to find out that it won't open.

It was locked.

My happiness faded and the nervousness returned.

I realized that I had to ask Dylan if he can unlock the door. Even if I wanted to avoid a conversation with him so badly, I was forced to start talking to him.

"C-can you please unlock the d-door."
But all in all I still couldn't hide the nervousness in my voice.

I was facing the door and didn't turn back to face him. I don't know if it was a good idea, but if I had been facing him, I knew for sure that I wouldn't have been able to utter a word.

Therefore I couldn't see Dylan's reaction.

"You know Isabella..."
He started in a low tone of voice.

Dylan didn't respond to my question which made me more nervous. He directly changed the topic.

"You disobeyed me."

My hands started to shake uncontrollably. I grabbed the car handle and I pushed it down multiple times in hope that it would open, but unfortunately it didn't.

"I got in trouble because of you."
I felt him moving closer towards me.

I was still not facing him and had my back facing him.

All of a sudden he grabbed my chin and yanked my head towards him. His grip on my chin was pretty tight. It hurt so much and I got really uncomfortable.

Dylan looked into my eyes. His stare was filled with darkness.

"Never disobey me again Isabella."

He moved his head to the side of my head and whispered into my ear.

"Otherwise you have to face the consequences."

After that he released his grip on me and unlocked the door. He was the first one to get out of the car, leaving me behind.

My heart was pounding so bad all the time. I've never felt so scared in my life before.

Why is it always me?
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I entered the house and smelled delicious food coming out of the kitchen. Seemed like Luke cooked for us.

I was hungry but I decided not to eat in the kitchen because I was scared of Dylan being there too.

I made my way towards the stairs and I was ready to go upstairs till I came to face with Caleb.

"Oh hello Bella. Nice to see you here."
He smiled at me and usually I would have returned the smile, but I couldn't.

To be honest Caleb was my favourite brother, but after yesterday I am even scared of him.

I was struggling on finding the right words. I was so nervous that I thought I should ignore him and go upstairs, but it would make things suspicious.

Tony's words replayed in my mind.

You have to act natural...

"Y-yeah nice to see you too."
I cracked a smile at him.

"Luke made some delicious pancakes. Go and eat if you're hungry. Oh what am I saying, you're always hungry."
He laughed and I laughed along with him.

Even if it was fake...

"Nah I'm good, I ate at Tony's. I'm a bit tired so I'll go upstairs to my room."

Lie...

"Alright then, but come downstairs if you get hungry."
He kindly smiled.

I nodded and went upstairs as soon as he disappeared into the kitchen.

I went into my room and threw myself onto my bed.

This is harder than I thought...

It's hard to act like you don't know anything. But all in all, the hardest thing is to look at your brothers and only to see monsters in them, but you still have to act; completely natural.

Argh...
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-6:15pm-

I was sitting by the counter in the kitchen and eating some of Luke's pancakes. Nobody but me was in the kitchen and I was so happy about that.

All of my brothers were today at home, but they were doing their usual things. Like the twins were in their room and playing some video games and Carter was in his room sleeping or something.

Landon, Luke and Caleb were probably in the basement and Dylan....well Dylan was in his room all the time. So he was with Carter.

What a great duo...

As I wanted to put away my dish, the doorbell rang. Since I was the only one downstairs I decided to open the door.

But I wish I didn't.

Two police officers were standing in front of me.

The hell?

"Is Landon Rodriguez at home?"
One of the police officers asked.

"U-uh y-yeah..."
I said in a low tone.

I didn't know what to do and I wanted to call out for Landon, but before I had the chance to do so, Grayson came downstairs.

"Bella who is at the-"
He stopped himself as he saw the two officers.

He directly called out for Landon and the others.

The trio came up from the basement and Ethan was coming downstairs.

"Who's Landon Rodriguez?"
The other policeman asked.

"I am Landon."
He walked towards the door.

He quickly faced me and I knew by his stare that he wanted me to go upstairs.

I distanced myself from the door and went to the stairs only to be greeted by Carter and Dylan who came downstairs.

I took the first steps, but immediately stopped in my track as the policeman started talking.

"Landon Rodriguez, you're accused of murdering Sofia and William Rodriguez."
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Everything...

Everything happened so fast.

The policemen took Landon. Luke and Caleb insisted on going with him.

Then they drove off.

I was still standing at the stairs, completely frozen.

Landon...killed...my parents?

Our parents?

I slowly turned around to look at the others who were still left.

They didn't seem to be shocked.

Ethan went to sit at the sofa along with Grayson.

Carter and Dylan were ready to go upstairs till I stopped them.

"Why are you so calm!"
I yelled out.

"Why the fuck aren't you shocked!"

"Isabella calm down."
Ethan said.

"What's with you! Our brother is accused of killing our parents!"
I yelled like there was no tomorrow and didn't care one bit about the volume.

My brothers were quite.

"See, you can't even answer me! Why? Tell me why-"

"Stop!"
Carter yelled out.

"Stop this shit! You can't really believe that our own brother killed our parents! Are you that stupid Isabella?"
This side of him shocked me. He was defending Landon and I didn't expect this from him.

Strange...

"Then tell me why he is accused of murdering them?!"

"Isabella Landon was 16 at that time. Do you really believe he killed our parents at such a young age?"
Grayson said. He didn't look into my eyes and faced the ground.

I could hear the sadness in his voice.

But I grew furious at his statement.

"Of course he would do that at such a young age! That wouldn't be unusual for him! For you!"

"What does that now mean?"
Dylan said through clenched teeth.

"You exactly know what I mean!"
I shouted.

"Isabella."
Ethan warned me.

"You guys are sick bastards!"
And with that I ran towards the door.

I ran away.

From my brothers.

Of course they were following me and they were faster than me, so I had to came up with a plan.

What to do!?

I was intending on running to Tony, but without them following me.

As I was sure that they can't see me, I hid behind a tree and saw Grayson running past me.

I took the opportunity and ran to Tony's house.

As I reached it, I rang the bell like a complete psychopath.

Sorry Tony...

"Isabella?! What happened?"
She directly asked me as soon as she saw me.

I could see worry in her eyes.

I didn't have time to explain everything to her, so I just said;

"Hide me."

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A/n
So that was now Isabella's POV

Do you believe that Landon killed his parents at the age of 16?

And poor Bella tho :(

Nah kidding hehe

And oh,

Do u still like Dylan after this chap?

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