Chapter 309 - Three Hundred And Nine: Daddy Terror And Dearest Mommy Goody (1/2)

Isabella's point of view:

I take back my word, I hate children!

Allen and Ailee were a nightmare, they weren't what I imagined them to be for Christ's sake! They were supposed to be sweet and docile but all they do is infuriate and play pranks on me - they don't even obey me!

I blame this all on my father, Niklaus, he's the reason they turned out this way. If he had married Maya on time, she would have had these annoying little devils here and I would have trained them the way I wanted them to be- they wouldn't be so fearless to my authority. Take Neon, for example, he loves and adores me or so I thought until these devils came around.

Currently, Neon doesn't spend time with me any longer, he's always with the twins. The excited glint in his eyes is reserved now for Ailee and Allen. How could he abandon me like that? I was his mother; I trained him for seven and in return, he betrayed me - what an unfilial child. Even I didn't betray Niklaus - wait a minute, did I?

But then, amid that, I still very much love Allen and Ailee and Neon - I don't know what charm they used over me that even though they piss me off daily, I still end up forgiving them, grudgingly.

If not my strange love for them, I would have skinned them alive for that paint prank. Although Pedro was partially the reason I didn't give them a piece of my dark mind - he pleaded on their behalf. Moreover, I didn't want him to think I was too harsh on them- Pedro should see the image of the world's most magnanimous sister ever.

But inwardly, I was seething with anger. Yesterday had been the best day to taint that pure soul Pedro before Daddy Terror- Niklaus- returned from his trip with Dearest Mommy Goody-Reina- yet those kids ruined it for me. This is why this morning I gave no shit to them resulting in the fire incident.

I knew Allen, Ailee and Neon were up to no good especially when they were being sneaky early this morning. My conscience told me they were up to another prank, but I ignored them.

From the scare I gave them yesterday, they wouldn't come up with another trick on me for a while. So that means they were either having their nasty crazy experiments or planning another hoax on an unknown target - none of my business since it wasn't on me.

I ignored them and focused my attention on my computer, lifestreaming to my eager fans about the latest everyday hacks when an unexpected boom occurred, shaking me to the core.

Before I knew it, the entire house lit up with a bright red light preceded by the noise of the fire alarm resounding throughout the house. Someone or something triggered the fire alarm and I didn't need to guess who or why.

Without wasting them, I abandoned the life broadcast and the questioning looks of my fans - they too heard the alarm - and hurried downstairs just to see the trio running out of their burning room.

Their eyes were wide as soon as they saw me - were they planning on escaping alone? Their faces were covered with soot and even from a distance, they smelled of smoke.

”What the hell did you do?!” I screamed, eyes scanning the thick fume emerging from the room - at this rate, the fire would escalate pretty soon.

We had a sprinkler system in place and contrary to what the movies portray that all the sprinklers in a system are tied together and when one is triggered by heat, they all activate - If this was the case, putting out a fire would simply be trading fire damage for water damage - but that wasn't how it worked, sprinkler heads function individually.

Normally, fires should be completely extinguished after just one or two sprinklers activate, but the heat from that room told me it wasn't close to stopping.

Less than a second, all the workers in the house came out and we were led outside and that leads to this current moment.

Niklaus and his wife Reina were heading to us and from the look on their faces, no one was getting out of this one.

”Oh thank God!” Reina cried out, hugging both of her kids tight, a huge relief on her face.

”Are you hurt anywhere?” She began to check the twins who now had a naive look on their faces - those damn pretenders!

Reina's gaze suddenly settled on Neon who scratched the back of his head, feeling left out.

”Neon, come here,” I watched her call to the boy who timidly walked over to her.

It gladdened my heart that Reina didn't conserve her motherly love alone for her twins. Though Neon wasn't biologically her son, he was a member of this family now - We've accepted him by heart. And I knew she wasn't faking her affection for him else I would have seen through her act. Maya or Reina - whatever she calls herself - just has a big heart.

”Are you okay baby?” She checked Neon just as she checked the twins earlier.

The boy barely nodded, short of words. Though Neon wasn't as smart as the twins, he was knowledgeable enough to know that Reina wasn't his biological mother and shouldn't expect equal treatment. So it wasn't surprising he was stunned by her concern - not that Reina has ever maltreated him anyway.