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James POV

"Joseph and Cain, I'm finding a person to watch over the business while we are out to take care of stuff. I need you guys to find a person, preferably female, to watch over my little sister. But when you do bring the file over to me, I want to make sure the person is perfect for my sister."

"Yes sir." They say still standing there.

"Well? The fuck you still standing there for? move! Don't make me say it again." I Commanded. Damn fools wasting my time.

They both get their senses back and start walking out fast.

The only man I truly trust in the business is Junior. My father took him in when he was a kid. He grew up with my brothers and I and we bonded automatically. He is another brother to me. My family.

And I'd do anything for family.

I pick up my phone and dial Junior.

"What the fuck are you calling me for? I'm busy with some stuff." He shouts through the phone.

"We all know what that stuff is Junior. Nothing important. You need to stop this dumbass bullshit."  Silence overcomes us and We both start laughing.

"How's the little one doing? Is she loving it there? I surely did." He asks.

"She is doing fine. I just hate my damn self for not seeing it Sooner. What she went through, it's all my fault. I should've found her sooner."

"She doesn't blame you. She knows it's not your fault. Some things happen in life that we have no control over James, but you can't keep blaming yourself. You didn't know."

"Yeah I know." I grumbled, running a hand through my hair.

"Hey when can I see her? I want to meet my little sister." He chuckled and I can technically feel the wink all the way over here.

I laugh a little before replying, "Soon. I just want her to be comfortable with this environment first before letting you visit. It's dangerous, and the thought of her getting into the business makes me angry."

"You know you guys can always count on me to watch over her or protect her. You guys are my family. The only one I've ever known." He assured me.

"I'll take up your offer on watching over her sometime. But right now we are getting a maid. I hate the thought of anyone near my sister right now but we can't watch over her right now with everything going on in the business."

"Here, how about you give the maid a chance and if she isn't good then I'll watch over Kim anytime." He tells me and I think about it for a second.

I let out a long breath I was holding in, "fine. I will contact you if anything else changes." I comment and we both say our goodbyes.

If anybody can protect my sister besides us, it's Junior. So if that maid doesn't work out, then I'll assign Junior.

Let's hope for the maids sake it does.

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Kim's POV

"Okay so Kim. Oliver will take Leo to school and I have to do some work with Oliver. You know, Running the hotel business. Liam will be here but he has his job in the basement. I do not want you disturbing him understood? We hired a Maid and she will make sure to watch over you from now on when we're not here. Also we're getting you a new phone tomorrow so until then if you need anything from us just ask The maid and she WILL tell us." James informs me.

A maid? I mean I'm 13, I don't exactly need one now do I? I mean, I'm smart enough not to burn the house down,

I think.

"Okay, don't worry I'll make sure not to cause trouble. I'm the easiest person ever." I smile at him.

"Sure you are." Leo retorts while walking past me and slapping me hard on my back.

I cough a little before turning around and giving him a secret middle finger.

He sees it and anger grows from his blank expression. Slipping his phone in his pocket, he starts walking aggressively towards to me. I swear I can see the kill look in his eyes.

I panic and I start to run away but James grabs me by the shoulder and steps in front of me between Leo and I.

"Leo. Act nice to your sister." James demands while raising his eyebrows.

"She is the one who stuck up the damn middle finger, why don't you tell her to be nice!" Leo growls while looking at me with disgust.

I take my chances and I stick my tongue at him. He grows even more angry and whispers "I'm going to kill you."

He won't do it. He won't harm his poor little sister, right?

"Guys if you don't act right I will punish both of you. Leo, you know better. Kim, if I see you stick up the finger again I will make sure your bedtime is earlier. Understood?" He stares at me waiting for an reply. He lets go of my shoulder.

"Yes." I mumbled before staring at Leo again. Leo huffs and walks away to the car.

"Bye my lovely little sister" Griffin shouts before squeezing me into a tight hug.

"No no no! I'm in charge of the hugs you copy cat!" Oliver yells before slamming into both of us with a huge hug too.

I giggle before trying to push myself out. "I CANT breatheeee!" I shout while I feel like I'm suffocating.

They both release instantly and I start fake coughing hard.

"Omg Kim are you okay? I didn't mean to! I bet it was this big doofus-" Oliver apologized rubbing my back.

"Excuse me?" Griffin responds while sending daggers at Oliver.

"I'm okay!" I say quickly before anything starts between them two.

"Guys stop acting like children. I still can't believe you two are older than me." Dean comments walking towards me. He hugs me softly and backs away.

The cousins are going to go with them too. They stayed over the night but are leaving this morning. We all played some board games and they are really nice. Griffin and Dean are kind of like 2 more brothers to me.

Apparently they are in the family business. I asked all of them during a game of monopoly last night what the business was and they all froze up oddly.

But they ended up telling me that they own a line of hotels and that it's a lot of hard work and has been passed down from our dad.

I mean, it explains the richness.

"If any of them gives you trouble, call me." Dean tells me grinning.

"Make sure to have your phone in hand because I'm going to be calling you a lot" I whisper before my brothers turn to me and give me a frown.

I nervously giggle before I wave them all goodbye. I watch as they all walk out the door and James gives me a kiss on the forehead before walking out.

Behind them a lady walks in, I assume the maid. She is really pretty. She has black straight hair with green eyes and looks to be around 30. She looks young, why would she want to be a maid?

"Hi there, you must be Kim, I'll be your new housekeeper and your brothers told me to watch over you." She beamed, sticking out her hand. I might've felt a little hint of sarcasm.

She gives me weird vibes. Also, she smiles too much.

I reach out my hand to be nice to her and she shakes it. Then she closes the door behind my brothers and we both head to the kitchen. "So have you ate?" She asked me while setting her stuff down on the table.

I stare at her, trying to read her. I wonder how my brothers hired her so fast.

"I've already ate." I responded and she turns and gives me a smile. For some reason, it looks a little bit forced.

"Ah I see." She walked over and stops in front of me. "So why don't we bond a little? Since I'm going to be working here, I thought it'd be good to know you and your oldest brother, James is it?" She emphasized on James more than anything else.

So this is just one of those girls. The ones who just want to hook up with my brothers and take care of me to impress them. Got it. Maybe I'll just give her a hard time, hopefully she won't want to come back.

Now I know why she was so open to get the maid job.

"He won't like you. You can stop trying to use me as a tinder service." I scoff and cross my arms, maybe being a little too straight forward.

She starts laughing all of a sudden, but not a nice laugh, more sinister than anything. She walks closer leaning down into my face.

"You don't know that. You probably don't know anything." She snaps. Her true side shining as she continued to glare at me with hatred.

"You just recently got here, you're technically not even part of their family. They probably just pity you and took you in. You have the last name of them, but you'll never be apart of their family." She hissed before straightening and fixing herself up.

I sit there and start to feel water in my eyes.

No that's not true, they love me. I'm apart of their family right? because if I'm not,

I don't have anybody else.

I take in a deep breath when I hear footsteps coming this way and I assume it's Liam. The girl straightens her self up and puts on a smile. Like if nothing happened.

I wipe my eyes and look down at my hands to not let Liam see my face. I don't want to disappoint my brothers by letting them know the maid isn't so great.

I hear footsteps and Liam walks in. "Is everything fine?" He asks and I can feel his gaze on me.

I just play with my fingers while sitting on the chair and looking down.

"Yes everything is great! We were just bonding. Isn't that right Kim?" She grins putting her hand on my shoulder. I look up at her and see her staring at my brother basically drooling all over him. I look down again.

"Great." I mumbled.

A moment of silence passed between us three before the maid speaks up. "So, I was wondering, maybe you have something worth cleaning inside your room?" She twirls her hair at Liam.

I look up and stare at them. My eyes probably look a little watery but he can believe it's dry eyes.

"No." He responds with disinterest and he looks at the fridge then back to me. "Make sure you make my sister something to eat. And clean this place up." He demands before turning and walking out.

She huffs in annoyance.

"Told you they wouldn't like you. Stop trying so hard." I whisper loud enough for her to hear me.

"Shut up stupid girl. They clearly could care less about you. As a matter of fact, I don't give two shits what you say. You're just an ugly disappointment. They'll like me and I'll convince them to get rid of you." She grinned, putting her hands on her hips. But the next moment, she suddenly freezes up when she looks past me.

"I suggest you shut your mouth already." I hear a loud voice boom out from behind me And footsteps walking close...

It's Liam.

I turn around with watery eyes and when Liam sees them I can tell he gets even angrier.

"We obviously made a mistake. We asked for a maid not for someone who fucking talks too much. Your job was to take care of my sister, now you're out of a job. My sister is better than you'll ever be, it's sad you think otherwise. I'll make sure to let my brother know you messed with the jones." He tells her in disgust and she suddenly has fear on her face.

"I didn't even realize that you guys were the head of the business-" she stumbles on her words and my brother takes a step closer towering over her.

"Get the fuck out my house and don't say another fucking word before you make your situation worse than it already is." She quickly runs to grabs her stuff and runs out of the room and I assume out of the house.

I hear a loud breath and look up to see him turning to me.

He kneels down in front of me, "don't ever listen to what that b- pickle said." He corrects himself. Did he really just try to not curse in front of me? I mean i appreciate the effort but I've heard way worse when with Joe and Mary.

And hearing pickle made me internally cringe.

"You mean everything to us. She's wrong. We love you and you will always be apart of this family no matter what." He consoles while rubbing my back. It's awkward now, he isn't usually like this.

I get the instinct to just hug him. So i throw my arms around him and squeeze him tight.

I can feel him tense a little but he doesn't pull away. I can tell he doesn't do hugs but I'll help him.

I guess since I didn't get love back with Joe and Mary, I feel like I should give love because I know what it feels like to not get it.

He lets go and we separate. He is acting weird and coughing a little to clear his throat. "Okay well I do need to work but, maybe I can make an exception for one game of uno, ONE! " He smiles sloppily and I laugh.

"Yeah sure, I know you love me big fluff ball." I reply grabbing his cheeks and rubbing them.

He backs away and glares at me before walking away to the living room with annoyance.

I love my brothers. Even if they are difficult.

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What do you think of this softer side of Liam for his sister. She was being a bitch. No wait, what is it Liam said? A pickle

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