Owned By The Ruthless Mafia - A burning passion for her

Despair hung in the air as the family of the Anderson's mourned the deceased, who would have thought Mr and Mrs Anderson would cease to exist no more?

Heartfelt condolences were being passed to the family of the deceased, the huge mansion felt cranky as the moodiness dragged on.

Amidst all this, Britney would have felt better if her father had been considerate of her feeling right from her childhood, because she barely even feel the word called heartache .

Was this considered inhuman of her? Why does it feel like they wasn't any difference to when he was still breathing, she knew the answer to that.

Her dear mum died when she was still a lass, but what had her father done in this case?

Her father left her to pick the pieces of not having the both parents at a tender age, she was casted aside and left to struggle to survive.

What offense did she even commit to be treated so unjustly? Her father abandoned her into the cold hands of fate to stay alive.

She didn't even know what it feels like having a parents anymore, was she to be blamed? How could a responsible father abandoned his little girl child to cater for his own baggage of emotional distress.

This has lead to the collapse of my childhood fantasy of having loved ones, I couldn't even think straight but I knew what I had to cope with at that tender age.

I left my hollow hearts to feast away afterall I wasn't hoping for the impossible anymore, but this wasn't easy as a growing and starved loved young girl.

I craved so hard for my father's attention but got nothing in return, I had to face it fair and square.

This wasn't something I had signed up for, I didn't see it coming in my widest imagination but here it was on a platter of gold.

Then I braced myself to withstand all the animosity that came with being with my father. I was really adapting because I rarely even see my father at home.

My grandfather was the one who looked out most for my welfare, I love grandpa alot and mostly in his company, he was the one who held my fragile hands and said to follow his lead.

Was it going to be easy? It's wasn't, but he taught me impossibility is fiction, I didn't need to yield but to overcome, I was to fight, live and survive all together.

I looked up at the crowdy living room where servants flock around to see to the house, I stood blankly when my eyes went towards the pictures of my father and my stepmom.

Looking at this, I remember how gullible I was growing up, my father had abandoned me to the cruel hands of fate and I was able to scale through by the love and attention of my grandpa.

But then, my father's attention diverted to me at some point and I was so overwhelmed, my father in his fifties was an established man running his own fortunes.

We were doing fine and my grandpa made sure I wasn't lacking anything as well, but then my father became caring again all of a sudden, I knew this was something I never anticipated.

He constantly stay around to keep me company but that includes getting me stuffs I didn't know he always pay attention to that i liked.

Looking at it, a stray tears? was I really sad? Why the flowing down of tears on my face? My father had cared in his own way but I didn't really thought of it.

But that realization didn't get to stay for long when my dad brought in my stepmom who had bore him a male child older than me.

Why was my step brother older than I was , this was my first time setting my eyes on my stepmom who looked quit savage in the eyes.

I could remember the look of disdain she had passed on me on our first meeting, you know first impression matters alot.

I knew then and there, my father had brought havoc into our home, I mean what else would I call that? Her son was older than I was , what do we need to explain that?

He claimed my mother's death broke him alot, who would have thought that he was capable of such cruel acts ? I wasn't his first child nor was my mother the one to do that for him.

I had to endure the woman even when she became a legal part of the Anderson's. Cause my father's attention initially became focused on her and her son.

This was even more worser than the initial state I was in, I could still cope with his nonchalant way of treating me knowing he was just sad .

That wasn't the case here, I had to witness all his attention and love going to my stepmom and her son.

Her son had all I could ever wish for showered on him, he was the oldest and he gets all the attention too.

I had my grandpa to lift my spirit but for how long would that be able to comfort me? I needed my father the most but he wasn't there for me .

He is dead and I still wonder if it so real or we were being dramatic, I didn't know what to do , I was torn within but I knew I missed him.

My mom left and now my father also left after, not to talk of my stepmom who had it follow as well.

I finally felt the long emotion I had buried in, and had to let it loose. The tears flew down seemlessly and I had no energy to guide them.

I really missed my parents , I was now an orphan who needed to deal with this new pieces of my life fragments.

I had no other option but to remain brave, my childhood till now had taught me to, I can't forget. I struggled even when it seems I was tired.

Do I get tired? Of course, do I give up? That word had no space whatsoever around me. I knew what I had to do even when it proving stubborn to combat.

THEOPHILUS POV

I knew I was suppose to stay firm when my parents just died but I am finding it hard to, I was the apple of their eyes and I had no difficulties whatsoever on my path while they were alive.

I am finding it so hard to let go of their beautiful memories I have come to love, I can see the clear images but it seems that there were fading away as well as my parents who had seized to live .

I rarely even have time to go around working my body off cause I was free to hang around, afterall my father was the provider and he was happy to cater for me.

I don't really know much about my father's business but someone had to run it anyways, I knew I couldn't escape that , I needed to prepare ahead.

But where would I start from? I needed to suit my hollow hearts, I can feel it in my bones how much this was getting to me and how I was letting it to.

I stormed out of the house to the my favorite hangout place, I had my fill of the night, this was something I needed at the moment.

I knew by tomorrow I needed a way out but for today I would need to suit my pains and despair.

I was currently mourning my deceased parents but I was also lost in-between. That my stepsister, Britney, has jinx us in our family.

Her mother had died when she was so young, they is a probability she played a role in their death as well.

Britney was also jealous and kept malice with how well our parents pay attention to me. I was the male child of our family and I was to be the head of the family whether she liked it or not, so it wasn't unjust for our parents to focus on me especially.

I have seen how vicious she has been whenever I was granted what I wanted, she would constantly grumble on the things she thought she also wanted and how she would want to also have it.

My mom has told me of how vicious Britney was ,she had a caused the death of her own mother and now it didn't come as a surprise hat she also caused our parents death.

Britney would definitely be happy of how we have got no parents, afterall they weren't paying attention to her when they were alive.

I knew for certain she had a hand in their death, I drank my glass of alcohol and my eyes turned red when the image of my mom flash in my memory.

I wouldn't get to see my beloved parents again, I had to take up the role of the family head and also sustain our family.

My mother had told me of how our grandpa cherish Britney because of all the cooked up lies she fed the old man.

I knew within me the old man was mourning his deceased son who happened to be our father. I have never really had a bond with the old man.

We rarely see that much but we still talk when we do, but my grandpa was biased when faced with Britney.

My mum told me alot about our family, my mother had to give birth to me and didnt get the deserved treatment from my father when she did.

The truth was that my father loved Britney 's mother more , he would do anything to make sure she was ok and satisfied.

This was something my own mother was vouching for , but they had no plans to get married because mother was insisting on my father to marry her instead.

Britney' s mum found out but instead of her to back away , she went on with it , but Britney's mum identity was still mysterious.

She came from a wealthy background but had a fallen out with them according to my mum, I wasn't really listening but picked up few of her words

I am not going to give Britney the way out, she had tested my patience alot of time and I knew this was the height of it.

My mum had to endure hardship due to her own mother coming in-between them, even when they decide to be together, Britney had to be the separating force.

Britney was going to pay for all what I and my parents had to go through, I would make sure she gets the same dose of her medicine.

Her days in that house would be difficult and less easy for her, I would break and remodel her to my brand.

I knew I had to go home when i couldn't go for my last round of the drink for the day, I called my driver and he came to assist me to the car.

I got in and I could feel my head banging, my driver drive off to our mansion and I closed my eyes to rest it out.

I didn't know what was happening but I slept off while on the journey home ,I guess I was too tired to even keep awake till we get home.

My sound breath was a signal of the calm before a storm. I knew I couldn't fight my sleeping state but I wanted to lash out on Britney when I get home, but there was plenty of time to do so anyways.

I had to consider alot of factors before I decide the most benefiting one for her, after all, she still had grandpa as her supporter.

I needed to strategize really effectively to get Britney at the tip of my hands.

BRITNEY'S POV

When I sat down in the living room that night , I had to figure out what my next actions would be, my parents were death and I had to live on and survive.

My stepmom who was in charge of the house had put me in a tight corner, I was restricted with whatever steps I had to explore myself.

My stepmom tamed it not womanly enough, I had to behave like the lady I was and only cater to the house.

I was restricted from leaving the house unannounced, simply put it, I was meant to stay at home to aid my stepmom according to her wish.

I was only lucky when I had grandpa request that I visit him at his house, my grandpa was my happiness and this has continued to be.

I could still remember my parents had to host a party for the home coming of my stepbrother when he had travelled abroad to finish his studies.

That day would forever be in my memory, my father had went out of his way to send my stepbrother to school abroad, I was however left to battle my education qualifications in our country .

My father invited a lot of his business partners to the home welcoming of Theophilus, when I saw the way my brother was being held in an extreme way by my parents, I knew I was not to compare myself with him.

He got away with everything I had ever wanted, I didn't really know how all this had just wrapped itself in a random way but it was served to me on a platter of gold.

All this and more contributed to the far distance between I and my stepbrother. I had just wrapped up my thoughts for the night when my stepbrother walked in all drunk.

Looking at him, I could tell the death of our parents hit him hard and different, but reality sucks at sympathy and we got to be strong to face this together.

Notwithstanding how bad we had begin, the reality glares hard that we only had each other and we had to respect and deal with that, we had to figure out the way forward.

I watched him as he dragged his drunk self upstairs to his room, the energy radiating from him made me thought otherwise, I would rather be on my lane.

This would have been better if grandpa hadn't excluded himself, how was my grandpa holding up thou?

It was tragic that my father was the only child grandpa has left to love and cherish, amidst the other two children grandpa had, they were also dead as well .

Life has a way of making us get the hits we never presume, grandpa was really affected and became more gloomy.

I could still remember how grandpa use to tell me the childhood memories of my father , when he does that , there was this source of joy that makes him so young again as he goes down the memory lane.

Unfortunately, my father had no time to spare to catch up withy grandpa as old time, my father even thought my grandpa loved me and had no place for him because I was in the picture.

This wasn't so, but my stepmom would grumbled on how I always feed my grandpa with lies and cooked up stories to make them all appear bad in grandpa's sight.

Do I get a chance to even defend myself, I had always been the unfilial one , while her son was the apple of the eyes of both of them.

Its late already and I want to retire to bed, I walked to my room but everywhere felt cold, I could feel in my bones the usual feeling of being watched, my instincts were sharp and I picked up the familiar feeling that lingered in my heart.

How long was this intruder going to tail me? It was already getting long as the day go by, could I have something they wanted ? But I was not even that fortunate to get abundant fortunes from my dead father.

It couldn't be the case, but it was something I needed to figure out, who was keeping a tail on me, and why?

Even when my father was alive, I could see the little fear in his eyes whenever I had to undergo any mistreatment, he was always cautious as if someone was keeping watch.

I walked into the bathroom and took a bath , I changed to my night dress and hit the bed for the night.

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The Following morning

Rays of light flickered into the well furnished room as the figure on the bed was soundly asleep, the rays of light made the sleeping flicker his eyes open.

Theophilus sat up and held his banging head , his face squeezed up and his hair looks disheveled as his face looks dull.

He winced at how his head felt , he woke up with a banging headache, what happened?

Right! He went out to get some drinks yesterday, this was seriously messing with his brain this early morning, he needed to get something to use.

He came down from his bed , went to the bathroom to wash up , changed his clothes and went downstairs.

Getting there, he signalled to a maid who was passing by, the maid hurried over.

Get me an hangover soup, Theophilus spat.

The maid bowed and quickly went to carry out his instructions, the mansion had maids and servants to cater for their needs.

Thinking of this, Theophilus knew he needed to speak to his grandpa, they had to find a way around all that had happened. He didn't want to delay this anymore.

The maid brought him the hangover soup and some side dishes just maybe he was hungry. Theophilus took his time to take the hangover soup.

Where is Britney? Theophilus questioned, get her for me .

Sorry sir Theophilus, I am afraid miss Britney left early this morning to visit your grandpa, the maid replied.

Theophilus action came to a stop as he heard the maid reply, he continued to sip his soup but a lingering mocking smile was on his lips.

What was he even thinking? That Britney would change overnight, she already took it upon herself to strategize behind his back, right?

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Grandpa' s Manor.

When I drove into my my grandpa' house, I felt immensed happiness from having to be here to keep him company.

That old man was somehow like a kid who demands for attention but could rarely convey it, she was glad she made it early enough to see to his breakfast.

How has he been feeding? Does her grandpa realized how important his health his? She has to ensure so.

Britney walked into the house and the servants greeted her, she jovially answered and asked of where her grandpa was .

She was directed to the bedroom where he was still sleeping . She smiled and went to a place peck on his cheek, she adjusted his blanket and left his room.

Getting to the kitchen, she could see the maid preparing breakfast already and they looked quit occupied. This was one thing she fancied whenever she visited grandpa, she was allowed to put her culinary skills to use.

The most happiest moment was the accolades that she was given when her grandpa eat the food she prepares.

The maids knew by now and made a way for her to join in the preparation, I was happy to relate with them.

When we rounded up and the dining table was set, I went ahead to wake up my grandpa. When he washed up , I guided him down stairs.

Brit dear, how have you been ? My grandpa who looked like he had lost some weight asked.

Grandpa, we are all trying to be fine and put what has happened behind us, I hope you do the same, I don't want anything to happen to you grandpa, you are the only one I have left, Britney said.

Rest assured dear, your grandpa will come out of his shell, just give me time, I am fine, ok? Grandpa assured Britney.

I have heard you, now come and eat , I assisted in making your breakfast, its comprises of all the nutrition you need to take at your age to keep healthy, come on, Brittany cooled.

I am going to try every dish then, I suddenly can feel my appetite coming up, oh... I am ready to mount all the meals this morning, Grandpa joked.

Yes you should, Britney agreed while carefully making her grandpa comfortable before dishing the meals.

The aroma is appetizing Brit, you have done well, but how come you came so early? You didn't even inform me ahead, Grandpa said.

I woke up early to meet up grandpa, I am not sorry for not informing you thou, I would do that again and again to see you happy, Britney replied.

Silly girl, I wasn't reprimanding you thou, this old man is just getting old daily, you should spend more time hanging out with your age group, Grandpa teased.

I will skip , you know how relating with them is, it is time wasting, I can't put up with relating with them, I would get bored easily, Britney complained.

Besides, I feel the most happiest when I spend my time in your company grandpa, I really really do, Britney added.

You are welcome, come on, eat up! The food might gets cold with all the talking, Grandpa urged.

The maids brought refined milk to the dining room after they had their breakfast, this was something that her grandpa held in high esteem and she gets it just at the tip of her fingers.

Her grandpa was so good to her and this always made her nose tinge, how she wished she could get the complete love of a family ; her mother's, father's and siblings.

She has known but her grandpa' s love, this was something she would forever be grateful for, at least her grandpa was able to replace alot of void in her heart.

She was really grateful and cherished every of their moment together, that was how she normally she got to learn alot of beautiful things she knew today.

Her grandpa was a genius, when he heard I would be furthering my university in the country and my elder brother had travelled out of the country for his own , he took it upon himself to make me also travel out to study.

I knew they wasn't what I wanted, I was just fine living with my parents and by my grandpa 's side , rather than going far to a strange country to survive and adapt to a new system of things.

The things my grandpa has taught and influenced me with could make me stand in pair with whatever obstacles I face in my life.

I am not boosting or placing blames but I am happy my grandpa took the time to groom me to what I was today, I knew I would never get tired of showering his praises.

But then , seating in his study room right now, I knew what topic my grandpa wanted to bring up.

We were the reining fashion house of our country and then grandpa has been hoping to step down for me to take over from him.

Talking about inheritance, my father was not even close to having what my grandpa had ,he still constantly get spoon filled by grandpa on daily basis to stand firm.

I wasn't fighting over any inheritance with anyone, my stepbrother would assume the position of the family and run things his way.

My grandpa had deem it for me to inherit his fortune earlier in order for me to withstand the upcoming storm I might face later time.

This has got me thinking because I knew this wouldn't sit well with my current state of mind but grandpa still insisted I could shuffle the both of them together.

Britney's Pov

Britney decided to consider inheriting her grandpa's inheritance, afterall she knows what it running entails. She has been introduced to her grandpa' s world from a tender age and she could stand the trial of time in any feat she found herself.

After her consent, the handling over kicked off. But Theophilus wasn't happy about it, he found out and confronted his grandpa about it.

Grandpa straightened out his decision was for the betterment of all of them, that Theophilus should stay contented with his own inheritance instead.

Theophilus bursted out in anger , he directly pointed out to grandpa how he was the only male , the head of the family and everyone was to bow under him. I wasn't excluded, I was to sit still and give him his right to see to the family's affairs.

Grandpa urged him to consider the way I would feel and how he was only giving the inheritance to me to make peace reign in the family. That doesn't mean my brother wasn't part of the running.

Theophilus insisted on being the owner and the head of all our family assets and went off in anger. Beneath all this happening, I knew grandpa cared alot about Theophilus but he has his own way of showing his love.

Theophilus was too blinded by rage and bitterness to see all that, Britney hopes this doesn't affect her grandpa too much.

Afterall he just lost his son, their father to the cold hands of death, his health was at risk if care wasn't taken.

Theophilus rage wasn't helping matters and her grandpa couldn't take in all the emotional strain this was bringing. She needed to see to things from her side.

But this wasn't what she was battling with now, she had to ensure that her grandpa was safe first.

Three days Later

Britney was in the living room thinking of what she had to do to smoothen things out in the family. She was worried because Theophilus has refused to come back home after the conflict that ensured between him and their grandpa.

She was really mindful of how her thinking was diverting immensely just to profer a reasonable way around all this.

She didn't need to back down from her legal entitlement but she could make a detour around it thou.

The exercise was still going on for the handling over, in the main time, she could think of something else that has been bothering her.

The company that their father left behind was dropping in stock since Theophilus didn't really put much into the current state of managing the affairs.

If care wasn't taken, the company would go bankrupt after all the hardwork their father had put into it.

Theophilus's Pov

Haaaaa, I groaned from having woken up, it felt like I have been asleep like forever. How come?

Looking around him, panic flashed within those eyeballs of his, where was he? He didn't really recall much but he knew this place screamed of danger.

The look around here wasn't friendly , the tensed atmosphere was getting denser and denser as the time ticked off.

How did he get here? He knew he had left the house full of anger for what his grandpa did, how could his grandpa even think of doing all that for a bastard?

He has gotten to his limit and he wasn't going to take any of it again, what arrant nonsense, she was to bow, kneel and crawl at his mercy not the other way round.

He heard footsteps approaching the dim lit room he was dumped to, how could he have forgotten the most important matter on ground because he was thinking of that bitch.

This same bitch was the reason he is in this mess right now, only if his grandpa had been clear minded enough, all this wouldn't have happened.

He looked around and tried to hide somewhere for his safety, he didn't want to die, he still had alot he needed to do for himself and to pay that bitch back for all of his sufferings so far.

When he tried to move his stiffen legs, he couldn't help but cry out in pain, the shock that came from it was really much. He didn't think he could move in the next few days.

This wasn't helping his situation right now, he left home in rage , had to go to a clubhouse to drink and feel better but how come he found himself in this kind of mess?

He tensed up when the door was pushed opened and three people walked in, he looked them from their head to their toes. He knew they weren't ordinary people.

This people were with muscles, tatoos and piercings that he couldn't comprehend, his instincts were sharp and was warning him to stay put from his efforts of trying to move his stiff legs .

Don't bother yourself, it is of no use, I only have a few questions for you and failure to answer them would warrant serious punishment, the first man among them said.

He looked at the other members and realized how they had they shoulders dropped in respect to the man who just spoke.

Now, why were you lurking around the premises we were occupying at the clubhouse? The first man asked.

He went mute , lurking around? This question threw him off guard, he became aware of all he had done instantly, why did he went off drinking and ended up getting in trouble.

He knew for a fact they were right, he can now recall everything as clearly as it happened but this wasn't something he anticipated in return.

Answer me! The first man thundered.

His authoritative voice undid the nerve of keeping mute because he was already spilling all he wanted to hear in the next few minutes.

Theophilus took in a few breath of air to stabilize his wrecking nerves, he was really terrified. What had they done to him? He couldn't even feel his body part.

Hmmmm, give him the drug, the first man instructed one of the two man beside him.

The man moved towards him as he was instructed, the next thing he felt was unimaginable.

This was so unreal and he knew he was lucky to be injected, he had thought they meant to harm him but who would have thought that after he took the injection, he could finally move his stiff body.

The first man observed everything he was doing, including his reaction so far. His black bottomless eyes were so piercing as he took in all the details of him.

He has a keen sight to be honest because I could feel he realized I wasn't lying to him and that was why he had decided to relieve me of my pain.

So you went searching for me for help? He asked while raising a brow .

Yes sir, I replied knowing fully well we could be of age range but I wouldn't dare gamble with my life.

What makes you think I would help you? The first man questioned.

I just believe you would after hearing my sincere plea for help after all, you were so calm and quiet.

Haaaaa, the other two bursted out in a mocking laughter.

Oh..... Don't judge a book by it cover ok? The first man advised.

Yes sir, I am sorry and I would really appreciate it if you could help me, I would do anything in return, I just want to make my stand known, I ranted .

Enough! I would help you but get ready to do as I say, I wouldn't want to make you feel like living in hell while on earth after I fulfilled your wish, so keep that in mind, the first man instructed.

Sir , you would help me? I shrieked

Calm your nerves , the first man said with a sinister smile like that of a devil.

Grandpa 's Manor

Old master, I have made breakfast and you also need to take your medications, a maid said at the front of his room.

I am not really hungry for now , I would let you know when I am, just bring me coffee instead,

Grandpa Anderson replied.

Old master has done this for the last three days and I am afraid you can't do that anymore, you instructed me not to call miss Britney for this but as it is , I am afraid you can't skip your meals and drug or I would have to call her , the maid explained.

You talk too much , I am fine, I just need to rest more , my appetite has returned, ,go bring the food , grandpa Anderson replied.

Right away old master, the maid replied.

Grandpa Anderson drowsy self went to the bathroom to clean up but unfortunately fell down in the bathroom.

He didn't have the strength to fight his fall and his figure dropped limb on the floor.

The maid knocked on his door with two other maids in hope of a reply before going in , they however met with silence at the other end.

They exchanged stares deciding whether to go in or stay till they get a response, they needed to attend to the old master and clean up his room for the morning.

They decided to go in since the door was opened for them to, walking into his well furnished and dim lit room, the maids couldn't see him anywhere.

They had to turn on the main light in the room to be able to see clearly, this was how they discovered he wasn't anywhere around the room.

They decided to check the bathroom if he was there because there wasn't any sound of water from there but the door was abit opened.

They pushed the door open and met with the cold body of their old master on the floor of the bathroom , they screamed and other maids and servants came towards their side of the house.

They were shocked to the bone at what they saw but one of them quickly called 911, the servants urged the maids to wait outside the room to make the place less crowdy.

One of the maid placed a call across to miss Britney and had to hold in the real information but told her to come to her grandpa 's manor because her grandpa was seriously injured.

The call ended and this was how the ambulance came and they took the body of grandpa Anderson to the hospital.

Britney arrived some minutes later and she was taken to the hospital by a servant because she doesn't look good herself.

When they arrived at the hospital, they saw Theophilus addressing a doctor and he looked like he was trying to keep his anger at bar.

What did the doctor say to him? Britney walked towards them, looking at theophilus's face , she detected something different entirely from his state, she couldn't pin point it thou.

But it was there and she could feel it in her bones, then when she closed in on them, she saw him turn over to her direction and his red eyes took her fragile frame in .

And for the first time, she felt fear and apprehension from the way he stared at her. Her inner mind coiled into balls and had no chance to uncoil itself.

It took all her innermost courage to ask the question she didn't know she could at that particular moment.

What happened? Theophilus, is grandpa fine? Britney questioned.

Theophilus redden eyes speaking of rage and heartache looked at her so intensely and raised his hands to her face.

Haaaa! Britney held her face as her stepbrother just raised his hands on her. She felt shocked and even scared.

The doctor interven immediately and tried to cool the atmosphere, he broke the news of their grandpa's death to them, more like pouring cold water to the matter on ground.