The Twin Mafia Girls

|•| California|•|

( Los Angeles)

"Go call your siblings Eloise so they can eat dinner." Mrs. Lopez ordered as she dried her hands with a hand towel. She was referring to seventeen-year-old Eloise as they were both busy in the kitchen.

They had just finished preparing garnished noodles and dinner had been set.

"I don't know what those kids are doing upstairs," Eloise grumbled as she strayed out of the kitchen, climbing the stairs leading to the upper rooms.

She got to her room first and was surprised to hear noises. She kicked the door open and the scene she saw made her angry.

" Axel! Milena!" Eloise yelled angrily, staring at her already disarranged and scattered room.

The two little kids flinched upon sighting their big sister. They already know trouble awaits them for scattering Eloise's room.

"We are sorry big sis, it was Milena who..."

"Shut up! Don't heap the blame on me, we both scattered her room and it was even your suggestion that we play here." Milena interrupted sharply, earning a glare from Axel.

"How many times have I warned you never to shut me up? I am your big brother for crying out loud, so it's better you start respecting me. Three good years isn't three months." Axel warned sternly, and Milena hissed loudly.

The two were always at logger's heads.

"I don't care, I am not respecting any goddamn Axel. Just accept the way I am. Take it or leave it!"

"You know I can just punch you right now," Axel said, folding his fist and Milena stood up immediately kicking the toys aside and folding her arms akimbo.

"You dare not," Milena replied boldly.

"I've had enough! Will you both stop this madness and get out of my room?" Eloise ordered, and both faced her, making puppy faces.

"We are sorry," they mouthed and Milena rolled her eyes.

"Dinner has been set. Just get the hell out of here."

The duo ran out of her room immediately and Eloise sighed, staring at the load of work she had to attend to.

She loves being neat and hates her room getting scattered.

The bedspread was pulled out to the floor, the pillows were at different corners of the room, and her make-up kit was scattered on the floor. She gritted her teeth angrily.

"These kids are just too annoying!" She mumbled audibly, proceeding to arrange her queen-sized bed.

"This would take a whole lot of my time and I must not miss dinner to avoid mum's yelling. Maybe I just have to do this later." she thought, throwing the sheets aside and then moving out of the room before banging the door close.

She moved towards Amber's room, which was opposite hers, and flung the door open.

Amber was startled upon sighting her sister and she immediately hid the tablet she was holding.

Eloise got it immediately and laughed loudly.

"On a video call with him, right?"

"Just keep shut please?" Amber motioned, placing her index finger on her lips, and brought the phone to view as she continued with the video call.

"Erm, I am sorry about that, we will talk later, bye for now," Amber said, smiling sheepishly, before ending the call.

She touched her chest, it was beating wildly.

"He is so cute. I wish he could just ask me out right now and I wouldn't hesitate before giving a positive answer. I love you, Seth." She said dreamingly and her sister watched her surprisingly.

She directed her gaze at Eloise, who was standing at the doorstep folding her arms and staring at her.

"What? Stop giving me that look, Eloise. Why did you barge in like that? You almost ruined my ongoing call with Seth." Amber complained, rolling her eyes at no one in particular.

"You're just fifteen and you're already wishing to be someone's girlfriend. You know how strict mum is and how she would react if she found out about this. Just be careful and don't forget I am still your elder sister, so learn to respect me!" Eloise warned with a stern face.

"Dinner has been set, so bring your lazy ass downstairs, and don't keep us waiting."

Eloise closed the door behind her and rushed downstairs.

Amber threw all the pillows and grunted angrily.

"Why do I have an annoying sis? She just likes poking into businesses that don't concern her. As if she doesn't have a boyfriend." Amber mumbled inaudibly as she dragged her feet downstairs.

°° At the Dining°°

"I'm enjoying this meal a lot," Axel commented as he drank from his glass of water.

The six members of the family sat around the dining table having dinner.

"Really? I was the one who prepared it." Eloise said proudly, even though she was lying. Her mum gave her a suspicious look and chuckled.

"It can never be you, you're such a bad cook and I am very sure it was mum who prepared these garnished noodles. A seventeen-year-old girl can't even cook ordinary noodles, how shameful!" Amber mocked intentionally to get on her sister's nerves and she succeeded.

"Will you shut your trash? How dare you insult me, Amber? What's your fucken business if I know how to cook or not? Watch the words that proceed out of your mouth or better still, go learn how to talk." Eloise retorted, glaring at Amber.

"Another interesting drama tonight," Axel said, giggling as he continued his meal.

"Girls, can you both just stop quarreling and let me eat in peace?" Mrs. Lopez said and both went silent immediately and soon, only the sound of the cutleries could be heard.

Mr. Lopez finished his meal and went upstairs immediately without saying a word to anyone, which was rather weird of him.

"What's up with dad these days? He changed totally and from his recent behavior, one could detect that something was eating him up." Eloise complained and Mrs. Lopez sighed.

She knows what is bothering her husband and she dare not spill it to the children to avoid them getting worried.

"Mummy are you okay?" Amber queried, noticing her mum's long silence, and the latter jerked back from deep thoughts.

"Oh I am fine, daddy is fine too. Maybe he is just feeling stressed out. And one more thing, I don't want daddy's behavior to affect you guys emotionally. Everything would be fine and besides, you have me if you wanna pour out your feelings. Remember mum loves you." Mrs. Lopez said to her kids, faking a smile.

"We love you too mummy." they all chorused except Milena and Mrs. Lopez noticed that.

She moved closer to Milena, since she was beside her, and took her hand.

"Baby girl, what's wrong? You've been quiet since you started your meal. You aren't looking cheerful at all. Tell mummy what the problem is."

"Mummy, I don't know either, but I just have this bad feeling that something bad is gonna happen. I'm a fine mummy and I love you a lot too." Milena smiled and kissed her mum on the forehead.

Though she is not satisfied with Milena's sudden behavior, she lets that slide. Maybe Milena needed to catch some sleep and she would be fine.

Soon they were done eating and Amber packed up the dishes.

They then went to their respective rooms to sleep.

Each of the children had their room.

The house was big enough to accommodate the six members of the family.

Milena couldn't just catch sleep, she was feeling restless and it was late at night already.

She covered herself well with the duvet and began thinking about a lot of things.

"Why am I still up at this time?" Milena asked herself silently when she noticed how quiet and silent everywhere had become.

"I don't wanna go to school late tomorrow." she thought, and then tried sleeping, but it seemed it had been made mandated for her to do vigil throughout the night.

She switched on the lamp and checked the time on the big round wall clock. It was 12:15 am.

"This is so weird of me!"

She switched off the lamp and began singing boring poems hoping to fall asleep, but she didn't.

She sat up immediately.

"Maybe I should go sleep in mum's or Eloise's room but that would be disturbing them, right?" Milena contemplated as she laid back on the bed.

She suddenly heard some noises and she strained her ears to know where the voices were coming from.

The noise continued and she stood up from her bed, throwing the duvet aside and tiptoeing to the door before placing her ears on it.

"Let me go! Don't harm any of us, I beg you"

"Is that not mum's voice, what's happening?" Milena thought confusingly.

"Let us go! We have done nothing to you all!" That was Eloise's voice this time around and Milena confirmed something was wrong.

She became scared and confused as she stood rooted to the spot thinking of the best possible decision that could help the situation at hand.

But what would a ten-year-old girl like her do?

Unusual sweats began covering her and she could be seen visibly shaking.

"I pray they don't hurt my parents and siblings. Whosoever they are, they must be trying to hurt my family. What do I do?" Milena thought silently as her eyes became watery with tears.

An idea came to her mind and she rushed towards the telephone lying carelessly on the table.

She immediately dialed the emergency line with shaky hands and they picked up immediately.

"Emergency! Emergency! Some unknown people broke into house number four at Richwood Street..." She wasn't able to complete her statement when the door banged open and the telephone fell from her hands immediately.