Chapter 33


    LEIGH-ARI


    Things between the twins and I were indeed good. Although they still freaked me out at some points, I


    was beginning to rx around them. Except forst night when they behaved like animals. I don’t know


    what was the matter with them but we were just chilling and having drinks in the lounge, then the next


    thing I know they had pounced on me and already trying t o rip my clothes off me. I had stayed numb for


    a second, unmoving while I tried to grasp the situation. And when I felt their hot tongues swirling on my


    naked neck, I had snapped. I pushed them off me and they fell off with eyes wide as if they had no idea


    what had just happened. It was as if they had snapped out of the trance that clouded their thinking. To


    make things worse, Vernero took off right after that and I haven’t seen him since. He didn’t evene to


    my room for his night “watch”. Lorenzo however, stayed and mumbled a quick apology before excusing


    himself. And that was it. The only hateful thing was that they both left the monstrous hickeys on each


    side of my neck and no matter what I did to hide them, they were just way too loud.


    Apart from that, all was merry, and I didn’t want that incident to destroy the little improvements we have


    made thus far.


    But good heavens, I have missed working, so bad. This life of doing NOTHING was not what I wanted.


    Not what I was used to. I was well a certified housewife and if I were, to be honest, it was boring as hell.


    Imagine being pampered so bad that you don’t even make your own bed. Heck! I wasn’t used to all of it


    at all. And what was worse was that the twins insisted on it. And what they said was thew, whoever


    went against them suffered an unimaginable doom. So all I could do was just nod my head like a good


    dog and let the drag me all around.


    I missed my work, I missed my patients, I missed the OR and everything about the hospital. The heavy


    scent of life and death swirling in the air, the faint but unmistakable stench of blood and pus seeping


    through a veil of antiseptic, the chloroform in the hallways, food in the cafeteria, the people running


    around, doctors and nurses in different robes and coats; I missed it. All of it.


    The mere thought of it made me heave out a very disturbed sigh. The Friday afternoon was just like any


    other: Boring!


    Without further ado, I walked to my closet and shrugged out of the long buggy clothes I had o n, and put


    on swimwear.


    I left my bedroom and walked out of the west wing and headed straight to the east.


    The guards quickly opened the door for me and I halted in my tracks when I saw not one, but 8dies


    having fun by the pool. Some were in the water dancing like dolphins, while some were stretched out


    under the sun zing sun with sunsses on. Why did no one tell me that there were people around this


    time?


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    “Leigh!” A very familiar voice called out and I turned to find none but Valerie, as elegant and neat as ever.


    She had on a ck bikini that hugged her perfect body and man, she was a beauty


    “Valerie.” I rejoiced at the sight of a familiar being. She came waltzing towards me and pulled me in a


    bear hug.


    “It’s good to see you again.” She squealed and rocked me side to side.


    “Well, it’s good to see YOU. Where have you been hiding?”


    “I wasn’t hiding. Was just a bit busy.” She said and walked us to the small bar where she was seated


    earlier.


    “Busy to even see me? Really?”


    “Sorry. But again, I have seen you quite a few times. Remember the time they locked you in a sauna, I


    was the one who got you out.” She said with a wink.


    “You are lying.” I don’t know why, but I just didn’t believe that.


    “Okay fine. I didn’t actually get you out. The guy on duty saw that you passed out and told me t o the


    bosses. They got you out.” now I believed her.


    “Hmmm… What’s the asion? It’s my first time seeing… people.” I asked referring to the small party of


    girls.


    “Nah, just azy Friday noon. We are having a party in the evening though, Be sure to be here. Come,


    let me introduce you to the others.” She wasted no time as she scooped me up and ran with me to the


    poolside. As soon as we were in the vicinity, thedies gathered around.


    “Hey everyone, meet the hostess of Dark Woods, Miss Leigh-Ari Montreal. She’s my good friend and we


    met when I was in Cyprus. Leigh, meet Anna, Crystal, Jane, Barbie, Rosalie, Bianca, Siena, and Mia.”


    They all sang a hi with smiles.


    “Hey, guys. It’s nice to meet you.” I waved at them and they decided to engage in small talk. What I did


    for a living, how old I was, and h. One of them, who was Crystal, nudged the one beside her and


    began whispering while stealthily pointing at me.


    I began feeling subconscious about myself and bundled my arms around me. We had moved t o the


    shallow end of the pool and we were all just getting ourdy bids soaked.


    “One lucky bitch.” One of them spat calling our attention.


    “Look at the hickeys, on BOTH SIDES.” She swam towards me and made it a deal to turn my neck from


    side to side to get a clear view of the hickeys, her skinny fingers digging painfully into my skin.


    “Bianca,” Valerie warned in a hard tone.


    “No shut up. Guys, do you see this? They have done you? At the same time? And how long


    have you been here? A week, a month? I can’t believe it.” She scoffed and swam towards the stairs and


    got out.


    Oooooookay?


    “Don’t mind her. She is jealous because she fell from grace.” One of them, Mia,forted.


    “Fell from grace?” What in the ck Jesus was happening here?


    “Hmmm. She was the current bedwarmer before you arrived. For Mr. Vernero.” Valerie chimed in before


    sipping her martini.


    “What?” I really had no idea what they were talking about.


    “Okay. You don’t know this and you definitely don’t want to know, but everyone here has had a taste of


    one of the twins. Except for me, I have had a taste of both, but not at the same time. S o each one of the


    twins has “a side” which they mark. Mr. Vernero takes right, while Mr. Lorenzo takes left. See?” She


    pointed on Barbie who had a fading hickey on her right side shoulder spade and up to her neck. The next


    one to show me was Mia and then the others. True to what she said, the girls had faded hickeys either


    on the left side of their bodies or on the right.


    “Okay. This is crazy.” I honestly didn’t know how to feel about that. At all!


    “I know. But what’s crazy, well to them not me because I know how they value you, is that you have


    hickeys, fresh hickeys on both sides.” She pointed out and that’s when it dawned on me.


    The girls thought I had slept with the guys, and that they both “marked me”.


    “Oh my God.” I covered my mouth with shock,


    “No that’s not it. We didn’t do anything I promise..” I defended hurriedly causing them to double up.


    “It’s okay. You haven’t but you will. Matter of fact, they are patient with you. Because you are different


    from us.” One of them said I didn’t know how to feel about this… sure was a harem. And for the fact that


    they were actually cool with it? I mean hell! This was… Something else.


    “No-no-no. I won’t. I won’t do it with them.”I defied quickly. I wasn’t going to be part of this, at


    all.


    “Maybe! But you still don’t understand your position in their lives.” Valerie said.


    “I do. We are childhood friends.”


    “Oh, they came clean? Finally. I was beginning to think they weren’t going to tell you. But you are not just


    a childhood friend to them. You are way more than that.” What?


    “What do you mean?”


    “The twins had mommy issues when growing up. And when they moved to Pnd, they lived


    across a nice and kind girl who was taking care of her father, a single parent They would see how the girl


    cherished her father, how she took the feminine role in the house and did everything they couldn’t do


    Things they craved. So they grew very fond of you. And for some weird reason, couldn’t live without you.


    You guys started hanging out together and you would go to their house to cook for them, sometimes call


    them to your house. All those didn’t go unnoticed to them. To you, it was just helping friends out, making


    dinner for them, or cleaning up their messy rooms. However, to them, it was entirely a different story. You


    were their mother, their sister, girlfriend, wife, you name it! So to put it in easy words, the twins are


    obsessed with you. And they are madly in love with you. Always have been ever since they saw you.” Oh


    my God.


    “And how do you know all these?” I asked because the twins didn’t mention any of these when they were


    showing me the pictures.


    “I have been with them for more than a decade. I have served them for that long, I know everything


    about them.” Oh shit. This was too much to take in. This was a lot, like a fuckin’ lot to take in


    Yes, I remembered nothing from our past, but from what Val told me, and from the pictures I saw,


    everything was making sense. The pictures that were marred in the hallways of the castle, the paintings


    of me, the stone statues, all made sense.


    The twins didn’t take me as a friend, they never did. “Ah fuck!”