2nd Chapter today as promised. Please Comment.
Brandon looked at the Loud girls and boy for several minutes without saying anything, all ability to speak had abandoned his body, they were staring at him too, there were also some Orphan kids in the place. Like the white-haired boy, no one dared to say anything. Surprisingly it was a little girl who broke the ice, she walked over to Brandon and said:
-Brandon, that kid looks like you, ¿Is he your brother?
Brandon turned to see the girl, she was no older than four years old, another sweet poor soul who had the bad luck of having bastards as parents. Out of his surprise, the boy knelt down to be at her level.
-I don't know, he is nobody, I am also surprised by his resemblance with me but I can say we are not related.
-I understand.
-Yes, Now… Could you do me a favor and go to your room for a while, I have to talk something with these people here.
-Okay!- replied the girl and immediately ran off the lobby, Brandon saw her leave and immediately stood up and looked at the other boys and girls in the orphanage.
-That goes for everyone, please get out of here now!
All children came out of the room too, the Loud kids noticed the authority Brandon had on all of those children, Lola even couldn't help but feel a little respect for that. Once they were all alone, Brandon with her arms crossed and a serious look, spoke:
-So you really found me.
The older sister watched his little bro… to Brandon and said:
-You literally are hard to find, and believe it or not, our intention is not to cause you any problems, we just want to talk to you, if you promise not to try to escape again, I would like to propose a little talk in the park near here.
-¿What If I say no?
I'll talk to the person in charge of this place and tell her about your little scene in our house, I am sure she will love to hear what you did and said there. I am no expert but I know that would be very problematic for you ¿Don't you think?
The girl smiled thinking that he had the white-haired boy cornered but for her surprise, he smiled and answered:
-You're right, I am sure she and some police officers will love to hear how I was literally forced to enter a house against my will, kidnapped, tied up and beaten, don't worry; I'll send baskets with fruit to jail to you and your parents.
Both Lori as the rest were speechless, they really had not expected that kind of response.
-Ok… But it is still your word against a big family's, you would lose and you know it.
If Brandon was scared, he was hiding it very well, the boy didn't even blink.
-(Sighs) Ok, let's talk in the park, and I'm not going to escape. Where I would go anyway? You already discovered where I live and I'm not in the mood to become a vagabond. Let's get started.
-Very well- the blond girl replied.
-But listen carefully! If any of you try something against me, I will defend myself! With violence if it's necessary, ¿understood?
-As the crystal, now we go to the park
Brandon went to the park on his skateboard while the boys Loud followed him in Vanzila, once there, they found a place away from other people and sat down on the grass. Brandon was face to face with the cause of his recent problems, not wanting to extend the situation very much, he spoke:
-Watching your brother Lincoln, I suppose the answer of how you found me is obvious but I still ask, ¿How did you find me?
Lynn walked a few steps to the white-haired boy and said:
-You see, what happened was. . .
…..
-Hmmmmm girls, Are you sure this will work?- Asked Lincoln as he watched his new look and hair style.
-Very sure Lincoln, and you have to admit you look good, it was time to change your style a little don't you think?- Lisa said
-Says the girl who uses the same green sweater every day- He thought but he couldn't deny the new clothes were very comfortable.
After that, Lincoln began to walk through the neighborhood, Lisa and the other monitored him from Vanzilla with a receiver and microphone that Lincoln wore on his clothing, the boy walked for over an hour with no results, he and his sisters were starting to give up.
-Maybe he does not live here after all…
-I'm starting to believe that too Lincoln, come back to Vanzilla so we can plan our next…
-HEY BRANDON!
Lisa was interrupted by that voice in the distance, Lincoln immediately turned to see and saw a young kid running straight to him.
-Bingo! Lincoln, ty to act as natural as possible and don't be nervous.
-Got it Lisa!
-¿Eh? Who are you talking to Brandon?
-¿Me? I'm not talking to anyone, there is no one here to talk, only a crazy boy would talk to himself, don't you think?
Unaware for Lincoln, back in Vanzilla, all the sisters beat their foreheads with their hands.
-Ok… you are acting weird but changing the subject, it seems those strange and crazy girls you mentioned are gone! I guess that's why you came out right?
-¿Strange and crazy?- Thought Lincoln and his sisters on the other side of the line. While the white-haired boy was struggling not to laugh, the others were already imagining having Brandon in front of them to give him a good lesson.
-That's it. . Yes! In fact, it is so good they are gone, I was just making sure they were not here anymore. Hahahahaha.
-Ok Brandon, you are starting to scare me a bit, I guess you're still a little sleepy, come; let's get back to the orphanage!
The boy didn't notice, but once that word came out of his mouth, the boy in front of him and the sisters who listened froze, none of them had actually expected to hear that word when they decided to hunt down the boy.
-Di. . .Did you said orphanage?
-Ahhhh, Yes? Brandon. . . Are you sure you're ok? You are definitely out of your character right now… maybe you need a little more sleep.
The boy began to run and Lincoln, a little recovered from the shock, followed him, Lori turned on the van and proceeded to find Lincoln with her sister's locator. While driving, he couldn't help but see in the rear view mirror all her sister's expressions. It was no dificult to imagine what they were thinking, even she could not get the thought out of her head.
-Orphanage. . .
…
-Interesting, I guess I really underestimated you, that was a very big mistake; I thought I had covered all traces to the Orphanage- said the white-haired boy a little impressed.
Upon hearing that, Lincoln who had been watching to Brandon with a victory smile after having been more clever than him, changed it to a one of concern and sorrow, Brandon looked back at him with a raised eyebrow.
-Boy, I really don't like the way you are looking at me, I'm going to ask you to stop doing it.
-¿What? Oh! I'm sorry, it's just that. . . I never imagined you…
-Lived in an orphanage? Yeah surprise, surprise; it's not that difficult to imagine if you think about it but let's leave that aside and let's go straight to the point, ¿What do you want from me? Why would you go to all this troubles just to find me? You want revenge that badly for what I did to your bratty sister?
Before anyone could answer, the older sister stepped forward and said:
-There are some things we need to discuss but for now let me ask you some questions ¿Ok?
-Sounds good to me but let me be very clear, if the question is too personal, I will not answer, I don't like to talk about me very much.
-Ok.
…
-¿Your baby? I don't know what you are…
Rita hit the glass with force, not enough to shatter it but the point was given. She wasn't in the mood to play the guessing game. William looked at her for a few moments, he sighed deeply and resigned himself, it didn't matter anyway, what would another confession do to him at this moment? He was never going to be released from that place.
-Ok! I understand! But this may be a long history
-I came here from Royal Woods idiot, I have all the time in the world, start talking now.
…..
William was at his desk reviewing some documents, the time to go home was close and he was waiting for his last patient, after a few minutes; she and her husband came to the office. He received them with a smile and a hug, already knowing the couple from a long time ago. They seemed like a regular couple, except for one small very interesting detail. They really loved children! So far, Rita Loud already had five children, and even more incredible, all of them were girls. One would think that with so many attempts, they at least would have one boy but no. Just girls.
Now they were visiting him with a sixth pregnancy; up to this point the doctor had already considered asking them if they knew about the existence of condoms or contraceptives but for obvious ethical and professional reasons, he never did, if the couple wanted to form a little army, that was their issue.
-Doctor Clark! It's so good you see you again- Rita said, giving a hug to his friend.
-Hello Rita, it is a pleasure to have you here again, I see you didn't lose any time again but this time you took a little longer, I must admit that after waiting a full year, I was starting to think that you had already closed the factory Lynn.
-Hahahaha, I understand your point William, Rita and I thought we should take a little break after having Lynn Jr.
-A Smart decision if you ask me, to literally have a daughter per year. If you had kept that way, you two probably would break a World's record.
I can assure you that is not our intention, but we do want a big family, perhaps we could even have a couple more after this boy.
-If you say so, ¿Boy? After all you went through, I thought you were already resigned to only have girls.
Rita smiled and began to caress her stomach.
-I. . . Really understand what you mean but. . I have the feeling that this time will be different, I believe this time I will have the boy we both desire so much. A little knight to protect his older sisters and the next to come.
-I admire your optimism Rita, very well! Then let's get to work.
….
William monitored the child's progress for quite a few weeks, everything went very well, it seemed that the sixth gift from heaven for the Louds also would come without any problems, unaware for the couple, some readings caught the Doctor attention. He already had seen them before but couldn't be sure until he saw an ultrasound. When the day finally came, an smile appeared in his face, an smile he didn't have since a long time ago.
-It seems that Rita will finally have the boy they want and not only that… they compensated the year they didn't have a baby- He said to himself.
Without losing time, William immediately pulled out one of his fake ultrasound and showed it to the couple who could not hide their happiness to know that finally a little boy was on the way. Once they left the Hospital, William wasted no time in search for a telephone number and made a call.
-Hello! Mr DeAngelo, I finally got a package for you and your dear wife
For the following months, everything was great, "the package" grew strong, he had to give credit to the Louds, they always had healthy kids. When the day finally came, William received Rita in the delivery room and had no problems convincing her that there seemed to be some troubles with her baby's birth process and it seemed a C-section would be necessary. Without much thinking and the fear her beloved "only" son could be in danger, Rita didn't doubt for a moment to give her permission to proceed with the operation. Sometimes William forgot how easy it was.
Once under anesthesia, William performed the operation and finally the package came out, a beautiful and perfect child with white strands.
-White? Hmmmm, this new and very unusual, perhaps I even can raise the price- He Thought
He quickly passed the child to his nurse of trust to clean him and have it ready for the delivery while William finished doing the operation with Rita. a few minutes later, Lynn Loud entered the room only to see his precious boy. As usual, there were tears, hugs and cries of joy for the new baby. One would say Lynn'd show more enthusiasm for finally having a boy amongst so many girls but this wasn't the case, he was as happy as he were when his daughters were born. He loved them all equally.
After leaving the happy couple with their child in the room, William went to a room at the back of the hospital, his nurse was already waiting for him with the package in her arms.
-Ok! The pay day finally came! I wonder where I am going to gamble first- He thought as he waited for his client. After a few minutes, William began to grow impatient, even getting nervous, this type of transactions should be done at the right time or the operation could be compromised, out of nothing; his cell phone began to vibrate, he quickly took it and answered the call, it was his client.
-Mr DeAngelo Where are you? Remember that this must be done quickly! I am here with your new son. . . Mr DeAngelo? Are you there?
-I'm sorry, but we cannot go forward, my wife. . . My wife and I changed our minds, we cannot do that to another mother.
-WHAT?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! YOU KNOW I CAN'T DO THAT! This CHILD TECHNICALLY DOES NOT EXIST! I CAN'T GO AND TELL THE MOTHER: OH! I'M SORRY, I MADE A MISTAKE, YOU HAD TWINS INSTEAD OF ONE BOY!
-Even so… we are stealing her son.
-You're not stealing anything! SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE IS ANOTHER BOY! SHE WILL NOT SUFFER ANY LOSS! COME NOW AND BRING ME MY MONEY!
-I'm sorry but I can't. . . We can't! We are on our way the airport, do not call us or contact us again.
-No! Don't you dare do this to me! Hello? Hello?
William tried to call his former client for more than 10 minutes but with no luck, frustrated, he threw his phone to the floor, breaking it into a thousand pieces, stifled a cry of frustration, fearing someone will heard him and came to see him with a baby. With a bit of fear after seeing the scene, the nurse walked over to William and asked:
-Doctor. . . What do we do now?
-Grrrrr, damn old man without balls! I hope that that plane crashes and him and his barren wife are the only ones dead! Ok. . . Let me think…
-Could. . . Could we not only take him to the room with the other children? No one will know who he is, the hospital will take over.
-¿Are you stupid or what? Remember that the hospital already has a record of his brother in this hospital! Don't forget that the DNA of the twins is identical, it won't take long for this this kid to have test runing on him and the staff will discover that similarity which will lead to the Louds and which in the end will lead to us! That child cannot stay here!
-But… Doctor ¿You mean we should (Gulps) kill him? ¿Right?
-Of course not idiot! I can be many things! But no one will ever say I'm a child killer! Take him as far as you can! I don't care where but take him away! And don't say a word of this ¿Am I clear?
-Yes… yes sir.
The nurse quickly placed the child in a small basket and covered him with blankets, she gave him some formula to eat to prevent him from crying. Then took a whole box of the warehouse and immediately took him to her car. She drove around for hours until she finally reached to Hatelzuki, it was night when she arrived, with panic and fear, she brought the child to the urban part and in a dark alley, she left the basket with the box next to it for whoever who would find him, could feed him with no problems, before returning to her car. She watched the boy one last time.
-Sorry, This wasn't supposed to happen, you were supposed to be taken care for two rich lovely parents... This is not your fault… I'm really sorry, bye!
The nurse began her long and sad return to inform her boss about what she had done, even newborn, the little boy managed to open his eyes to see and quickly realized he was alone, the only thing he could do at that moment was crying under the stars.
…
-YOU ARE A MONSTER!
Rita screamed and hit the glass with all her strength, it didn't break but a huge crack was where the fist of the furious mother was seconds ago.
-Guards! Please help!- William in panic.
-HE WAS MY BABY, MY SECOND SON! MY TREASURE AND YOU LEFT HIM IN THAT ALLEY! WITHOUT ME THERE TO PROTECT HIM! TO CARE FOR HIM! HE COULD HAVE DIED IN THAT AWFULL PLACE! CURSE YOU! CURSE YOU! FOR 11 FU*** YEARS HE DIDN'T HAVE ME BY HIS SIDE! PROBABLY THINKING I'M THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD, I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR THIS! I HOPE YOU HAVE A HORRIBLE DEATH AND ROOT IN HELL!
Rita was hitting the glass to reach William to strangle him with her own hands, her husband and three guards had to intervene to stop her, they didn't exactly put up much resistance, inside, they wanted to let her do it, they even wanted to help her but they knew they couldn't let her ruin her life for a wretch like him. The tear waterfalls soon started to fall, even the guard John let a couple to come out, swearing internally to give William an even more special treatment from now on.
…..
The sad couple left the prison and went directly to the hotel, Rita looked as if she had aged even more, her eyes didn't stop shedding tears, Lynn was a little better, he hadn't cried as much as his wife but the situation was enough to tear his soul. During the whole taxi trip, he didn't stop hugging Rita, his wife didn't rejected him, she needed all the love and comfort she could get at that moment. Once in their room, even without making eye contact with her husband. The mother spoke:
-He hates us… ¿Doesn't he?
-¿What?
-Our son. . . Brandon, He probably hates us.
-Rita… I don't know
-¿Why wouldn't he hate? He has been living all his life thinking I abandoned him!- New tears began to come out- My Son. . . My baby thinks I didn't want him! Lynn. . . MY SON CAN'T KEEP THINKING I ABANDONED HIM!
Rita hugged her husband tightly and kept repeating the same words over and over again, her heart was breaking even more when she remembered what her own son told her that day:
-Who are your parents?
-I stopped asking me that question years ago.
-That's all the information you will get from me regarding those two bastards.
Bastards! Bastards! Bastards! Bastards! Bastards! Bastards!
Those words echoed in her head, each echo followed by a stab to the heart, ¿Was that the impression her little boy had of her? Maybe even worse.
Lynn watched his wife tearing apart, almost as if they had a mind connection, he also recalled those words his son said, the only thought that one of his daughters or son might hate him was inconceivable, a nightmare he never wanted to become a reality… and now there he was, a son who would probably hate him.
They wept all night, there were no happy thoughts, there was no good side, there was nothing that could improve the situation or to ensure that everything would be resolved with a happy ending. That night… there were only resignation and Pain.