Man in Black

53. Destiny!

Trigger warning: This part of the chapter contains scenes of violence and brutality, if you find it triggering please skip to the next part.

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The little boy whimpered in pain holding his stomach, moving closer to the lifeless body of his mother, putting what little strength was left of him to wake her up as she lay still.

“ momma ” he called placing his cold, chapped hands on her cheeks patting it.

The big blue eyes of a six-year-old that had to be filled with happiness, no worries enjoying his childhood were filled with dread horror hoping that his momma would wake up.

He looked around searching for his sister, the blood-stained floor and walls that he was captured in did not scare him as much as the thought of losing his sister just like his mother did.

He shuffled next to his mother covering himself with her body to protect himself as he heard loud footsteps approaching.

He peeked his head a little, to look at the huge figure with an evil smirk, looking at the tiny little boy.

“ come out son ”Landon called looking at the trembling child with a look, not like the loving father but the one of a murderer, abuser.

He grabbed the little boy by his color lifting him in the air.

“ where's that little bitch ?” he questioned gripping the boy's jaw, while he winced in pain sobbing.

“ I don't know Daddy ” he cried as the grip on his jaw was getting harder and harder.

Landon threw the little boy to the floor kicking him in the stomach, loud hard blows mercy was far from seen.

The pain was harder than that of the jaw gripping.

Landon took out his gun pointing it at the child under his feet pulling the trigger.

A tiny voice ran across the room screaming “ no daddy please don't kill him ” Lucia yelled hugging her brother tightly holding him protectively.

Landon lifted his leg kicking Lucia in her back, she was glad to take any sort of beating than to watch her little brother die in front of her.

Landon gripped the child's hand pulling him out of his sister's hold, banging his head to the wall.

“ Duncan ” Lucia yelled seeing her little brother's unconscious form in front of her.

“ Daddy please don't do this, I will do as you wish anything you want. Please!” Lucia cried kneeling joining her hands together, looking at the man with dirty brown hair with fear.

Landon stride to his daughter viciously squatting down, he ran his smelly dirty hand through her hair, she trembled at his touch “ I am going to make so much money off you ” he said standing up walking away Lucia ran towards her brother gently holding him “ I'll protect you from everything ” she said covering him with the empty potato sack.

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Lucia had to do things no eight-year-old should ever be allowed to do, she was sexually abused by her father and his customers, but she had no other choice she had to pay her father for her and her brother's safety, for their sleep, for food for everything and she had to pay it with her body.

“ let's just run away lu, why do we have to do this  ” Duncan questioned applying the medicine on her bruised face and the bite marks on her shoulders and arms.

“ We cannot, father is a very influential person it's of no use to run away, we would just end up dead ” Lucia said patting her brother's head gently.