"Please don't shoot me" he said with his puppy dog eyes.
"You didn't have any mercy on me and my family while killing them, nor on me while throwing me in the river full of crocodiles" I said with tears in my eyes.
"I swear I didn't know things woul...
After breakfast and some awkward smiles and silence we went into the armory to pick our weapons. There were bodyguards guarding the armory. The armory had been different today. It was divided into compartments, each on with our names carved on the weapons.
Our knives had our names carved on it. I feel in love with my set instantly.
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"Come on, let's go." Dad said. I could feel his eyes on me. I'm pretty sure he smiled looking at me admiring the set.
We followed him into the backyard, where there were target practices already set up.
Dad took out his set of knives and said,"observe how I throw." And his hand movement was so smooth and BAM!!!
He did it again and again and again and all of them were spot on. No wonder his the mafia king.
My mouth was open looking at this, I wanted to be that good.
"It took me a few months of practice, it also helps if you like what you're using. Trust me everyone has their weapon,but that doesn't mean I won't be teaching y'all to use guns." His eyes were on me while saying this, probably because he saw how I saw the blades.
"Brett give it a try." He said and Brett nodded. Brett started throwing but they didn't hit the target. "Like I said it takes some time to practice, you'll get there." Dad said with an assuring smile.
"Or maybe I don't just belong in the mafia, dad." Brett said heart broken. Dad rested his hand on Brett's shoulder and said, "if you have the will, you can learn anything."
"Okay, Ana, your turn." Dad said and looked at me, I could feel all of their eyes on me, and I threw the knife just like dad showed me. And voila, I hit the target. Trust me I was just as surprised as dad, Shawn and Brett, who's mouth were open.
"It's just beginners luck." Brett said and I could hear the hint of jealousy in his voice.
I threw another but this one didn't hit and Brett was smiling, maybe he was right. Dad came up to me and stood behind me and kind of massaged my shoulder, "clear your head and think of the target as the person who angers you the most." I thought of Mason.
And BAM!! And another one. God I am good at this.
I think Shawn is in a state of shock cause he hasn't said anything. Brett is back to being Mr. Grinch.
Well Daddy's proud. He didn't need to say it, I could see it on his face.
Maybe knives is my thing.
"Carry your knives with you if you want, I could get you those belts you can keep them there and then wear your dress above it." He said to which I nodded, this made my day, maybe this day won't suck after all.
"Okay, it's 5.45, let's go for a run, then y'all can take a shower and get ready for school." Dad said. He started jogging, and we followed him.
Dad's pov:
I've never been to Ana's recitals, or dances, or any of her matches, never attended a single parent teacher meeting, but I always knew she was good.
Good grades, not bad at sports, but for some reason it feels to me she was born to be a mafia prodigy, she was good at the first test and now she threw knives like she has been throwing them since she was a kid.
It took Shawn 2 months, to learn to throw knives, he was good with guns. I wonder what Brett is good at, maybe he's good at the muscular part.
Shawn and Brett are running together, and so I stayed back to run with Ana.
"Hey Ana, Brett expressed how he felt yesterday, how do you feel?" I had to know.
"Daddy I don't know what to say. I'm still processing everything, it's alot for me to take in, but I'll get used it, will you be here to get me through it?" She asked me looking at me hopefully.
"Of course honey, that why I came here, you guys should be ready for whatever is coming. You guys are old now." I said looking at her.
She stopped and so did I.
"What happened?" I asked her. She looked at me blankly.
"What else are you hiding? What do you mean by 'should be ready for whatever is coming?'. This isn't just about training us for the future is it? There's something big going to happen and you want us to be ready." She said and she looked down. I let her down.
"Someone last night left a threatening note to us, on the front door, we don't know who it is, but we want you to be safe. But incase anything happens to me or your mum or Shawn, I want you to know that there are several banks with alot of funds and money that I've kept saving for you and Brett. Just promise me ou won't back down." I said and she nodded.
"Thanks for letting me know." She said. It was like she knew something but didn't want me to know. We jogged our way back home.
