K-Brothers And The Little Maid

Leigh-Ann’s POV

And what about the nanny? Shouldn’t she still be with them now? ” I had to ask because so far, there was no female personality in their lives.

” She should’ve and that was if they had let her live ” She released the bombshell and I couldn’t help but cover my wide-open mouth with my hands. What?

” Mum wouldn’t say what happened so how she died. She said she didn’t know that part and that’s where she ended the story. I wouldn’t know all these if I wasn’t much closer to her. Ace doesn’t know this either. The boys just think they’re orphans. That their parents just died including their nanny who had a daughter, Kim ”

Kim. That name sounded familiar like I’d heard it somewhere. ” I mentioned her the other day, remember? She was the girl who used to be much closer to Kyler. She was the only one then even when she was three years older than them but suddenly after her mum’s death, she disappeared. No one knew where she went and Kyler was so mad he kept telling his dad’s officials to find her ”

She paused and I turned to look at her with curiosity eating me up ” Did they find her? Where is she? ”

She sighed and I knew bad news would follow. ” I wish we knew what happened to her cause after a month, we were shown a picture of her lying lifeless and being covered in blood. She was dead too ”

I pressed my eyelids together and gasped. Everything was so shocking.

” It was clear that Kim couldn’t stay with us after her mother’s death and ended up running off to her death. Kyler couldn’t forgive himself after that and went deeper into the shadows and his darkness. No one could ever tame him the way Kim used to and he got worse ”

By listening to all she said, I could now pick a few pieces. Kyler. There was a reason for his coldness and it had to do with his past.

I turned back to the portrait and kept staring at it. Surely the boys had a little resemblance with this woman but I kept thinking. Why would she want her children dead? Of course, there was a reason no one knew about it.

As I kept looking, my eyes caught something on her neck that I recognized at first sight. The necklace. It was the same locket Kyler had.

I gasped in realization as things were starting to get in line. Aside from the boys looking a bit like her, I was right when I said she looked like someone I saw somewhere. She was the lady in the locket necklace.

” Are you okay? ” Alejandra asked, snapping me out of my thoughts. I looked up at her.

” The necklace…”

” It was like a symbol of their father’s love for her. Mum said if he had his ways, he would’ve given her the world. He made the locket which has both their pictures on each side and gave it to her as a gift. Mum said she always wore it. Why? ”

” Kyler had it. He misplaced it and I picked it without knowing then he came after me for it as his life depended on it ”

Alejandra was quiet and just stared at the portrait ” Are you sure about that cause I don’t think anyone ever had it. Mum said so. ”

I nodded repeatedly and she turned to look at me surprised ” I told you she looked familiar. I saw her in the locker first ”

” How did he get it? Well, it’s possible because Kyler has always been away from us. He may know something the others don’t ” Alejandra said thoughtfully.

” But whatever it is, the boys are now safe, right? ”

” That was the same question I asked my mother but she never gave any response so I wouldn’t say ”

Hearing that alone terrified me. We’re there unknown enemies out there?

” This portrait being down here is useless like the rest of the things here. That is what Kael said. He has never come down here. It’s just the maids who come down to clean here ”

I sighed and moved away from the portrait stand ” It’s disheartening. I never knew ”

” Since we were kids, Kyler has always been fighting to protect his brothers. Never for once has he let his guard down. He has been through a lot and he’s caging himself from everyone. If Kim was alive, I don’t know if he could’ve been better but there needs to be someone else. Someone who could be another Kim to Kyler or more ”

” That’s not possible. ” I replied sadly knowing I couldn’t give it a try ” Kyler is much worse ”

” Every cold, heartless and ruthless heart can always be changed, Leigh. It just needs time and patience to break through ”

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As I sat on my bed back in the room I kept thinking. I was so confused and couldn’t get anything straight. There were lots of questions that needed answers but how do I get them when none of the brothers seemed to know a thing?

That necklace. There had been something behind it that Kyler didn’t want anyone to see. The way he had almost crushed me because of that proved it. Was he hiding something?

I pulled up my dress and searched for the mark of his fingers on my thigh. Most of the marks were slowly clearing and I wished they never did. I wished I could still have them there just the way it was, his five fingers.

I had thought Kyler a monster and the king of hell but I think I was mistaken. Something made him that way and I was going to find out. Don’t ask me how.