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her
little sister, Aradia thought, as she watched Melina follow them.
As Melina did so, Ross shrugged awkwardly, and took their stuff
upstairs. Aradia exhaled deeply before deciding to go into the
kitchen as well.
    She was pleased with the
sight that greeted her. Marietta was happily stuffing herself with
every single of cookie laid out on a plate while Liza laughed.
Melina, however, stood away from the table watching the scene
unfold, but with folded arms and her eyes warning. Liza pretended
not to notice, and got a glass of milk for Marietta.
     
    However, it was not until
they discussed where the girls were going to sleep when trouble
first arose.
    "I am not sleeping
upstairs!" Melina screeched at Ross.
    Ross did not yell
back.
    He just looked at her calmly
and said, "I am sorry Melina, but that's the way it has be. All
family members sleep upstairs with the rest of us. Tell you what
though, once we start trusting each other you can move to the
basement."
    Melina scoffed, rolled her
eyes, and said, "Tell you what why don't you just go..."
    "Hey!" Aradia interrupted
angrily as she stomped up the stairs. "Don't talk to my father like
that!"
    Melina chuckled scornfully,
and then turned to face Aradia but even before she could even say
anything Ross interrupted and said, "There are brand new locks on
the doors."
    Melina looked over to him
and said, "Huh?"
    "The doors to every bedroom
in the whole house have brand new locks on the doors that lock from
the inside. See for yourself," Ross said stepping aside, and
throwing open the door so Melina could inspect it.
    Cautiously and without
taking her eyes off Ross as if she were facing down a dangerous
animal, Melina crept past him and inspected the
doorknob.
    "Can I sleep in Melina's
room?" Marietta asked suddenly from downstairs.
    Melina looked up from
inspecting the doorknob to her sister, and then back to Ross who
just nodded and said, "Sure."
    Melina looked at Ross in
total shock, but none more so than Aradia who thought it was weird
that a nine-year-old still wanted to share a room with her
sister.
    As soon as she could, Aradia
asked her father this but Ross shook his head and offered no
explanation. At least no other than, "If your sisters want to tell
you than they will but until then..." he shrugged and went
downstairs.
    Aradia looked back at Melina
who flicked her off, and then slammed the door!
    Sisters , Aradia thought, yeah right.
     
    The next month was a trial
in itself for Aradia. Marietta was too young to develop an attitude
and therefore was easily likable. She got along with everyone
especially Aradia.
    Melina, however, was a
completely different story. She was rude, loud, obnoxious, crude,
and vulgar. She cut classes, smoked pot, drank liquor, stole money,
hung out with shady people from school including Bane's gang, and
often bullied Aradia.
    Instead of accepting her
behavior, Aradia's parents took action. Ross most of all was the
one who changed things dramatically. When he found out Melina was
cutting school he actually arranged it so cops would go out, find
her, bring her back, and sit with her in every class. Ross would
search Melina's room every single day in order to find drugs. As
for stealing money, Ross and Liza hid their wallets in different
hiding places all over the house and changed them every single day.
It also prompted Ross to register everything in the house with the
police so if any of it were pawned from here to the next state the
police would be notified. Unfortunately, Melina found out about
this strategy the hard way when she tried to pawn some of Liza's
jewelry and spent the night in jail.
    As for the hanging out with
Bane and his gang, Ross had arranged it so that whenever Melina
left the house a cop car would follow her everywhere. Therefore,
once Bane's crew started seeing cop cars following her they stopped
hanging with Melina. As for the bullying, unfortunately, there was
not much Ross could do about that. In all honesty, Aradia did