VENGEANCE

The serpent tatoo

Maria's point if view

My dad like the every usual night was reading me a bed time story, little did I know that night would change everything. My dad was nice man he had the curly hairs a dark complexion big brows and a beard. "And they lived a happily ever after" said dad . Me being a curious kid asked "papa, are we going to live happily ever after?" Like a good father he assured me "of course, mi florecita (my little flower).we will live together in a castle" they all were lies to make me happy, "I will be the king and you my princess" me making my own happy ending said "and mama can be Reina ( the queen ) !". While my father tried to change the subject and I saw the sadness in his eyes he misses mom he loved her so much I wish to find love like that, my mom had died due to cancer. "Fantastico , mi floricita ! Your Spanish is getting to be much better !" I felt proud of the achievement and the twinkling of the star caught my eyes  "look papa ! Lad estrellas ( the stars ) are winking at us !" He saw the view and said "so they are." And continued to hug me and said " Maria can you count the stars in the sky ?" " there's so many ..... I don't think I could ever count all of them ." And the next thing he said blessed my heart "that's how much I love you , Maria . More than all of the stars in the sky ." Hearing it I knew he meant each word he said so I replied back " te amo papa" and kissed his cheek, " Burma's niches, mi florecita" he said and kissed my forehead and I slowly drifted to sleep .

I little while later I woke up at around midnight to muffled angry voices downstairs. I saw two man one red haired and one blonde they look like criminals , my dad spoke up" I heard my dad say with fear in his voice blonde said " we need payment . You give us money now , Da ?" It was clear that he was pissed but I was confused who are these guys and what money did they want ? The accent is foreign to me and the harsh way that this strange man growls his words send a spike of fear into my heart . While my dad was trembling and shaking with fear replied " I don't have it ! I can get it to you in a few weeks , I swear !"  The worry and fear was clear in his expression. " papa !" You could see he was really worried for me now and he put a brave face on and replied calmly "Maria , ho back to bed . Now!" The blonde guy spoke up enjoy that the power he had in the situation and said "who is this ? Come here , little girl." Those words made my dad really mad and barked at them " font touch her !" That guy spoke up again "you are how do Americans say...... feisty I take littlegirl as payment da ?" My dad was really shocked and I was terrified at that . " NO ! No , don't take her !" Said my dad and I couldn't hold it back anymore and burst into tears my body was trembling my dad hugs me tightly and said "por favour vuelva  la cama , mi florecita . ( please go back to bed my little flower .)" my dads nickname for me does nothing to quell the fear rising in my stomach. Single salty tear falls to the floor below with a muted tap and Finally with my breaking my breaking voice I managed to say " papa, I'm sacred ." While still hugging me and trying to calm me down he whispered " se fuerta , Maria ( be strong , Maria )" the blonde replied getting annoyed and bored " well . Zid ees touching . Dante kill zis man." Finally the red hair guy spoke but what he said scared me to death " very well , boss"  then the whole science was played in slow motion the guy to the gun out from one of his hidden pocket my dad left me and was standing like a shield protecting me said " Maria corre ! ( Maria , run !)" then there was a loud gun shot and the bullet slowly hit on my dads chest I saw it all even thou it was just matter of milliseconds it looked like an entrnity . My tears burst out like floods and I was frozen almost paralzed at the shock I just received I screamed at the top of my lungs just so you the pain could go away . " papa" the blonde said " ve're done here" and ran out . Me desperately not wanting to believe the fact that the only person I had, who loved me , who I loved and cared for was dead and screamed " papa , wake up ! Despiertate papa ! ( wake up , papa ! ) papa you promised we would live a happily ever after !"