"Is it okay to leave your dad and brother with your husband?" Her mom asks when they are already in the car on the way to the mall.
"Rest assured Mom, he is good at teaching someone. They will be fine. After all, Matteo won't let any harm come to them." Leora says.
"They are playing with a real gun Leora, a real gun." Her sister says while emphasizing the words gun.
"You want to try to shoot too?" Leora takes her gun from her belt and passes it to Leona.
"You bring guns all the time?" Her mom shrieks in surprise.
"Don't be scared Mom, it won't hurt anybody. I made the bullet special so it can't kill people." Leora says and unloads her bullets.
"I'm more scared about the facts that you need to bring it around," Leona says with a flat tone.
"Your sister is right. Can't you just do something safe or just live like a normal person?" Her mom asks while holding Leora's hands.
"You know that I can't mom." Leora smiles bitterly.
"You know that he promised us that he will make your life normal and safer." Her mom says.
"I know he promised me the same thing. But Mom, you know that we can't let go of all these dangerous things. You know that this is not a coincidence, God drag me into all of this because He has plans with me in here. Besides I just realized not everybody capable of doing what we do. At least for now all of his resources will be used for the good things." Leora tries to explain everything to her mom without getting to the details.
"As your parents, I still hope for the best for you. You know that we tend to worry about our children." Her mom sighs while caressing her hair.
"I know mom, after all, I'll be a mom soon. But don't worry, I have a reliable husband, and surely God will take care of us." Leora hugs her mom tightly.
"He will surely bless you and your family my child." Her mom kisses her cheek.
"You guys can continue all of this back at home," Leona says while pointing at them who still hugging each other,
"But we are already here, since five minutes ago." She complains and opens the car door.
"Hahaha sorry, let's grab some medicine for your father first, he forgot to bring his medicine." Their mom says and follows Leona to get out of the car.
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"Is this safe?" Leora's father asks for a thousand times.
"Dad you can skip it if you don't want it." Leo sighs and aims at the target.
"Nice shoot," Matteo comments.
"You got good aim kids." He throws another bullet at him.
"Thanks to my game I think. But dang my arms are hurting." Leo grumbles because of the recoil from the weapon when firing.
"You'll get used to it," Matteo says.
"Do you want to try Mr.Frank?" Matteo asks Leora's father.
"Sure, and you are welcome to call me Dad." Leora's father says and takes the gun from Leo's hands in a harsh manner trying to hide his embarrassment.
"Sure, Dad. Be careful with your shoulder." Matteo says still with a respectful tone.
Suddenly a loud bang can be heard in the room. Marco can be seen at the door with a furious look on his face.
"You are not kidding with all of this aren't you?" Marco brushed into the practice room and shouted with an angry tone.
"Let's talk outside," Matteo says with a cold tone and walks harshly following Marco who has been furiously walking outside.
"You can teach your father, Leo," Matteo says with a normal tone before closing the door.
"Your brother-in-law is surely a scary man." Leora's father comments when the brothers already left the rooms.
"Don't ever forget who he is father. Careful with your aim!" Leo comments when he sees that his father is not focused on the target.
"Sorry." His father smiled sheepishly at him.
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"Are you for sure leaving all of this just for her?" Marco sneered at him.
"Watch your tone, little brother." Matteo hisses at him.
"Aargh! So what do you want to do next? Being a normal person, working from 9 to 5?! Hah, even the sounds of it seem ridiculous!" Marco laughs sarcastically at him.
"You know that we can't truly be free from this world right Marco?" Matteo sighs at the bitter truth.
Listening to his brother being so vulnerable and honest like this makes all his anger dissipate.
"We never want all of this and yet we are born into this side of the world," Marco mumbles bitterly.
"But you grow up to be a better man than I am," Matteo says with his not-so-rare smile on his face, which makes Marco dumbfounded at his smile.
"I seem to can't get used to this side of yours. But I'm glad that you become more human." Marco looks down at his feet to hide his embarrassment.
"That's why I can't think I can lead this familia again," Matteo says.
"So who will lead it? And don't leave all of your mess to me." Marco threatens him.
"I'll leave the rest to Valerio, do you still want to leave or stay?" Matteo asks his brother.
"I don't know where to go." Marco takes his cigarettes from his pockets. He overs it to Matteo, but Matteo declined it.
"You can do whatever you want, I know you like coding like me," Matteo says.
"I'll search for my path. You need to tell Valerio and others about your decision. " Marco put his cigarettes away and walked away from him.
"Come find me whenever you want," Matteo says proud that finally, his brother chose something for himself.
"Yeah yeah. I'll miss the old you when you don't speak too much." Marco says and gives him the last salute before really gone from his side.
"Don't ever search for me." Marco shout and continue his walks.
"He accepted it?" Valerios says behind the pillar.
"I think so." Matteo says.
"You give everything to me?" Valerio asks.
"You don't want it?" Matteo asked back. Valerio laughs hysterically at his questions.
"Take good care of it. Lots of people depend on you." Matteo says and pats his shoulder.
"Includes the company?"
"It never really mine to begin. You are the one who takes care of it. Don't try anything stupid, I can always make your effort crumble down in a few minutes." Matteo warns him.
"I know. I'm the only person who knows deeply how powerful you are." Valerio shudders when he remembers all the things Matteo did to gain his footstep in the familia.
"Your father will be proud of you," Matteo says.
"You sure you want to leave all of this behind? I know parts of you belong to this kind of world." Valerio asks.
"I'll see what the future brings. But I hope we don't have to meet again." Matteo says and taps Valerio's shoulders.
"You will abandon me and the familia?" Valerio teases him.
"I know you can handle it on your own." Matteo says and gets into the practice room again.
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