Runs In The Family

Lenny's Mission

TRIXIE'S POV:

I walked into my house in a very different mood to the one I left in. The time had passed so quickly when I was with Hendrix. We were so close, there were only inches between us when we spoke.

The thought of kissing him hadn't even appeared in my mind for the whole three hours. Unlike when I was with Brooks. I didn't even know what that was.

"That's him"

I heard Mom's voice coming from the kitchen and walked through the hallway, gently pressing my ear against the door to listen.

"You're sure?" asked another man. I assumed it was some kind of soldier. Or "security" as they called them.

"I'm sure" said Dad "Alejandro, we need him dead and his wife too"

"No" said Mom, cutting him off "she killed one of our best soldiers, let me take care of her, just get rid of him. I'll deal with the rest"

"Can I see the video again? I forgot his voice" said the man. I heard shuffling before a deep voice started playing on a video. It sounded a slightly similar to Hendrix's voice but I brushed it off.

"Got it" said the man "he'll be dead by tomorrow"

I walked back up to my room, not wanting to interfere. Even if I did, it wouldn't get me anywhere. The Alejandro guy sounded like an 'enemy' of some kind if they wanted him dead so bad.

"Where've you been?"

I looked across the landing to see Levi standing outside his room dressed in nightwear. I shrugged my shoulders walking towards my room.

"Trix!"

"What, Lenny?" I said, becoming irritated "what is this? 21 questions? I'm tired, I'm going to sleep"

"Don't call me that. Were you out with that Brooks kid?" he asked. I sighed, looking at him with daggers. He was the reason I was so secretive with everyone. All he did was judge.

"I know more boys than Brooks" I said, watching his eyes go wide.

"So you were out with a boy?"

"What the fuck does it have to with you!?" I yelled, slamming my hands down onto the railing.

I heard a door click and looked down the hallway. A soldier came out of one of the bedrooms, we only let the best ones stay in our house, for protection. At least, that's what they told me.

Imagine not even being safe in your own house.

"What's going on?" he asked. I never noticed half the soldiers in our house, for all I knew they could be out to kill one of us. I didn't trust them for shit.

"Yeah Lenny" I said, folding my arms "why are you being so fucking loud?"

"Trixie watch your-"

"No" I said, cutting the soldier off. I took a few steps towards him, narrowing my eyes.

"First of all, it's Miss Polibio, don't forget you work for my family, I'm not your fucking friend. Second, you never tell me what to do"

I walked downstairs, passing both the idiotic men as I made my way straight into the kitchen. Dad slammed the laptop shut and the soldier stood up. I ignored them and went to the fridge to get the first meal my eyes saw before looking back at them.

"Oh don't mind me" I said "continue hiding shit it's fine, I'm over it"

"We're protecting-"

"Oh my god, give me a break" I said, cutting Mom off her sentence "if you wanted to protect me, you'd let me know who's out there trying to kill this family"

Mom and Dad exchanged guilty looks as I scoffed, walking out the kitchen. The soldier had gone back into his room and Levi was leaning on the staircase, staring at me.

"Can I fucking help you?" I asked, walking up to him.

"You have serious anger issues, Trixie"

"Took you long enough to notice"

"You had a point" he said, I raised my eyebrows, waiting for him to elaborate "the part where they mentioned protection. Follow me". He walked over to his room and I rolled my eyes but followed him anyway. I walked in to see a lot of things written practically everywhere.

I'd never been allowed in Levi's room. I'd get a sneak peek when no one was home and the door was unlocked but never a close up like this. He took a seat on the bed and patted the space next to him.

"There's a man called Alejandro who's a dangerous mafia leader with a son and daughter" he started as I took a seat next to him.

"He's made a pact with a very powerful leader called Ralph Maguire to kill Dad and end NJ13. Somehow, a woman called Alana got caught up in it all and ended up dying cause of Alejandro"

"How did Dad know Alana?" I asked, taking the frightening yet intriguing information in.

"We don't know" he said "he's never told us and always changed the subject whenever someone mentions her"

"Why didn't you ask Mom? She was probably on the mission too" I said, but he shook his head.

"Remember when we told you Dad left for a business trip for all that time?" he said, I nodded "he was actually going to this mission and told Mom to stay home to look after us"

"And then? Is the Ralph guy still alive?"

"No, Dad killed him. But that angered Alejandro even more and now he's out for Polibio blood which could mean anyone in this family. And his wife is a woman called Maria who was Ralph's daughter. Together, they could cause some serious damage"

"Oh my god" I said, leaning my head on my hand as I took it all in "so now what?"

Levi shuffled around uneasily on the bed, avoiding eye contact as he struggled to form a sentence.

"What is it? What happened?" I asked.

"My next mission is to kill his son"