Family Issues

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Mafia ~
an organized international body of criminals, operating originally in Sicily and now especially in Italy and the US and having a complex and ruthless behavioural code.

Amelia's P.O.V

"Ur in the what?!" I yelled standing up

"We are in the Italian Mafia" Jason spoke up

"And I'm the leader" Adam said standing up to his full 6'6 height

I choked on air

"Ur-ur the leader? OF A FUCKING ITALIAN MAFIA?!" I shouted

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath trying to control myself, once I had regained my composure I questioned him

"When?" I said opening my eyes to look him in the eye

"From the age of 18" he said

"18?! When mum and dad died?!" I said

"Why? To get enough money for us?! You could have got a normal job plus mum and dad already saved a lot of money for us U didn't need to become a fucking gang leader!" I shouted

"I don't understand why would the cousins need to be involved?!" I said

"That's the thing, u don't understand" Elliot said standing up too

"Sit down" he said to which I nodded and sat back down at my seat

"Do u know why mum and dad died?" Danny said

"Yes they went on a vacation and a drunk driver hit them" I said looking down

"No" Chris said

"What?" I said snapping my head up to meet his

"That's what u guys told me" I said

"Amelia they were part of the mafia more or less dad was the leader" Chris continued

What

That's not possible why would they be the leaders?

They were kind people

They couldn't have murdered

"Wait if a drunk driver didn't hit them what happened" I said

"They were out on a duty abroad and whilst they were on there way back here the were murdered by the russian mafia" Jason said

My eyes widened

Murdered?

Jason stood up and sat next to me

He pulled me into him and wrapped his arms around me

I was shocked

"Let me explain everything to u from the start" Adam said holding my hands when Jason let go of me

I nodded my head and embraced myself for everything

"I never knew about any of this until the day i turned 16 mum explained everything to me and told me how if anything was to happen to them that I would have to become the leader and explain everything to the boys and make them join. It's the family's legacy. When I asked what to do about u mum told me to tell u when ur old enough and train u to make u stronger because she knew u would be amazing in the mafia but dad was always hesitant on telling u because he knew that u were the weakness of all of us boys so if our rivals found out about u then they would use u to hurt us" Adam said stopping to see if I was catching on

I nodded my head urging him to continue

"The day I found out about our parents death I told all the boys about it with the help of Elliot and Brandon as they already knew and they had to include Noah too. We decided to keep it a secret from u because we didn't want u to get pulled into the darker side of the family but I guess fate had his its own way of working out" he finished