Demon

chapter 6

"She's so adorable, can't I help with the tour" Callum asked.

"No" Damon knew Callum would be a bad influence.

"Actually you can Callum" Alesandro added. He wanted Emilia to be comfortable with the idea of the Mafia and Callum was just the man to do it. He wasn't family so he wouldn't be acting like them, he was an idiot though, always messing about and that's what Alesandro thought Emilia needed. She needed to see they weren't going to hurt her. And unless someone annoyed or angered Callum, he was the right person.

"Yes! Let's go my little apprentice" Callum said.

"Hey don't you dare corrupt her further" Damon said.

"I don't want to be corrupt" Emilia said hesitating.

Damon walked over to her this time "not criminally corrupt just more of a brat" he reassured her.

Emilia smiled, she did love any chance she got to insult him.

"Before we go in, I have a question Damon" she said.

"What is it? Why before we go in?" He asked

"Because I don't want to be insulting. Dad said he knows the boss but he says he might have changed since and you know him better, I just wanted to know if I was right about him hiding his face because he's really ugly" she asked .

Damon rolled his eyes "he's not ugly"

"Really? My eyes burn at the sight of him. And you should have seen this one girl , she didn't bother looking at him" Callum added.

Emilia laughed at the insult and proceeded to ask Damon a follow up question "did he get plastic surgery"

Callum burst out laughing at this. He knew Emilia would become his partner in crime. It was fun for him to watch Damon's reaction, Damon couldn't do anything about it without giving away he was the boss.

"If you two are done. You're here to take a quick look around. I have work to do " Damon interrupted.

"Right. Sorry Damon.... wait am I suppose to call you something else? Should I call you sir?"  Emilia questioned as she joined her brother and father.

"Damon is just fine, Emilia" Damon replied going into work mode.

He wanted to kneel down and reassure her, he wanted to hug her. But with everything going on, he couldn't show weakness. Especially with Stephanie still out there. He knew she wasn't done yet and didn't want to endanger Emilia.

"Great, come on kids" Alesandro spoke up. A smile was present on his face as he watched Damon become irritated by the insult.

"Did he just call us kids. I get him calling Millie a kid, but us" Callum whispered to Damon, as the three followed Alesandro. Damon glared at Callum for a split second for the nickname. But it dissapeared quickly.

"He does it on purpose. He likes making us suffer" Damon muttered.

"I have a genuine question" Emilia said as they entered and she looked around, it was strangely nothing like she ever imagined.

"What is it" Damon asked.

"It's not what I expected. This is a high tech mansion. I expected a dirty warehouse with maybe a shed full of weapons" she said.

"The question Emilia"  Damon pressed.

"How does it not go unnoticed. Surely the government know who this belongs to and can't they track him down from that? How can he afford all this?" She asked.

Damon and Alesandro were suprised at how intelligent her question was. No one ever questioned it.
"It was purchased as a run down mansion under a fake allias that is so good that no one has ever realised. But that was decades ago, it's been the Mafia headquarters for a long time, we upgrade it with new tech when needed. It's just a regular mansion to anyone who does come across it. Security is tight here so anyone not authorised on the grounds is reported. I don't even think the police know this place exists as it is surrounded by alot of trees so it is well hidden. I suppose anyone who comes across it will assume it's just a home" Damon explained.