Chapter 3

That's why he goes by the name Maschera in the underworld meaning Mask in Italian. Because of this Atlas believes his brother's attacker must be someone closer to him who knew him enough to know how he looked like and the difference between them. But who?

"Atlas, Atlas? Xavier tried to grab his attention. Atlas had the tendency to drift of in thought.

"What is it?" Atlas turned.

"Your boys want to dispose of that," he gestured towards the body, "And I need to get going. The wife is always antsy when I return home so late."

Although Atlas, seemed to trust no one Xavier was one of the few persons he did trust. Xavier was his cousin. Although Atlas had inherited his parent's business, Xavier built his corporation from scratch straying away from his parents' original source of income.

Xavier may seem like a calm gentleman but Atlas knew how dangerous he could get. Atlas was grateful to the fact that Xavier didn't decide to compete with his brother for the leadership of the mafia; God knows that his brother would be outmatched.

Atlas sighed. He couldn't wait to catch the person responsible for his sleepless nights. Oh how he would make them pay. Excitement glinted in his eyes as various torturing mechanisms flashed across his eyes. He was truly cruel and twisted. "Aaron! Dinner!!"

"Yes sorella!"

It's just a normal city. With normal people, living lives as normally as they could.

For Meredith Rossi, and her younger brother this normal life wasn't so easy to come by. Running away from home with a little brother to cater for wasn't easy.

"Sorella, you're not eating," Aaron pointed.

"Oh, never mind me, go on eat up," she smiled.

"It's okay I miss mom too, but it's been a year now," he said while taking a bite out of his tofu.

Her shoulders dropped, "I know but… if it wasn't for…"

The 12-year-old pinched her cheek, "Stop it, it's not your fault! I won't forgive you if you keep talking like that!"

"I'm… sorry," she muttered.

"Enough about that," he said and turned to his food, "it's getting cold."

She apologized again and started eating. Sometimes, she forgets she's the older one among the two and should act more in charge but she tended to back away from difficult situations and couldn't also speak up when it mattered the most.

She was bullied a lot because of that and no matter how she tried to improved, she couldn't seem to overcame the disability. Her best friend Sofia would be the one to save her from most of the challenges.

Sofia has been her best friend ever since she found her and her brother sleeping on the bench at the park.

Meredith had thought she was crazy at first when she had invited her and her brother home.

yah it's gonna be fun

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