Chapter Seven
At Bella's house.
Someone rings the doorbell.
"I'll get that." Mr. Hartley said getting up to get the door. Bella and her mum had a confused look wondering who that could be.
Mr. Hartley walked back in...alone.
"I would like to introduce someone. Come in." Mr. Hartley said looking back at the girl gesturing her to come in.
"Corinne leah." Bella said.
"What are you doing her?" Bella question the older girl.
"Care to explain?" Mrs. Hartley asked her husband concerned.
"Bella, Corinne leah is your older sister...My daughter." With that said both Mrs. Hartley and Bella looked surprised at the girl and what Brain has just said.
"But...I don't understand.How come i've never heard of her?" Ariella asks her husband.
"She is my daughter from my previous marriage." Brian told his wife. Ariella looked hurt.
"You see Bella, when Corinne leah's mum died i fell apart, i left her with my right hand man until i could pull myself together. When i did that was when i met your mother and fell in love with her. Then we had you. Whenever your mum was away i'd take you to the sea and meet your sister."
Bella was speechless, but her mum, however had plenty to say.
"Wait...Right hand man? You took our daughter to the sea? What the hell are you talking about?" Her mum said confused as ever and furious.
"I'm a merman, infact i'm a King." Was all he said
"So that means you know..." Bella finally spoke.
Her father nodded, that now confirms he knows his daughter is a mermaid.
At Cleo's house.
"How do you like your food Rikki?" Don Sertori asked.
"It's good thank you Mr. Sertori for inviting us." Rikki said gobbing her food.
"Anything for a brother of mine." Don replied hoping Cleo and Rikki got the hint. They did. Cleo and Rikki gave each other confused look.
"Dad? what did you mean by that?" Cleo asked her dad with curiousity.
Don looked at Terry and he nodded in confirmation.
"Girls we have something to tell you." Terry told the two puzzled girls.
"Ok?" Both girls replied.
"Terry and i are related, we are also related to both Emma and Bella's dad., we are all mers and we know you are too. Our parents were King Triton and Queen Athena. We were born on mako. we had our first kids but left when we had you with a human. Only the first born would become a mer so we got someone to put a spell on you four girls, but the spell broke once you went into a moon pool on a full moon." Don told his daughter and his niece.
"So that means your prince's?" Cleo asked.
"No we're kings, but we stepped down once we fell in love with a human. you mothers that is. We put our 7 year old daughters on the throne." Terry spoke.
The girls just stared at them not knowing what to say next. They didn't have two.
"It's open!" Don told the people behind the door.
In stepped two familiar girls that both Rikki and Cleo has already met.
"Galatia?"Rikki sounded surprised.
"Belle rose?" Cleo said, also sounding surprised.
Cleo and Rikki just looked at their dads in astonishment.
"Rikki, meet your sister, Galatia." Said Terry.
"Cleo meet your sister Belle rose." Don told his daughter.
Both girls were gobsmacked. Don looked at his brother. He gave him the 'you have to tell her look' Don knew he had to tell her.
"Cleo listen it's just us now and we have to return to the ocean, you girls are now 18. You have a choice of returning with us or you can stay here onland living by yourselfs. We weren't suppose to tell you anything until your 18 and now you girls are." Don said.
Cleo looked confused just us? What does he mean just us? What about Sam?.
"What do you mean just us, what about Sam?" Cleo asked her dad, his face softened and looked hurt. Cleo felt a dagger in her.
"I told her the truth, she said she needed time so she took the job in America and is now working alongside Lewis. Just a week ago i recieved an envolope. She's divorcing me. She already signed it. The only thing left is my signature." Her dad said heartbroken.
After dinner Rikki and Terry had gone home and Cleo was in her room. She laid there thinkng about what her dad had said. I have nothing here, Kim's gone to mum, and now Sam is leaving and Lewis is no longer in my life, i mean there's university but..No i'm going with dad that's final, just have to tell the girls tomorrow. Yeah.
Cleo thought to herself.
Cleo drifted to sleep knowing her final decision. Why will the girls say? Have they decided yet?