"Speak up, John!" I have lost respect for him; the way he looks at me is terrifying as if he is no longer the Uncle John I first talked to.
"If you hadn't interfered and stood in the way of many things, nothing like this would have happened." I tried to meet his gaze, but I was the first to let go. His face shows a demon inside and out, and I can't take seeing him like that. "I shouldn't be like this towards you; unfortunately, this happened." He pulled out a CZ75 from his back, so I swallowed hard and just wanted to penetrate the wall. He puffed the top of the gun that he was holding.
I don't know why, even though I knew he could shoot me, I still managed to challenge him. "What do you want to do? Shoot me?" My tongue has no boundaries in challenging him, even though I know what my destiny will be. "Go ahead, Uncle John." I walked closer to him and pointed the gun at me. "Shoot me if that's what makes you overwhelmed."
I could tell by how he held the gun that he wasn't used to it, and it wasn't right, so that's when I realized that he wasn't used to it. Will he challenge me? I bet I was more good at him.
"Fuck!" I heard him murmur a curse under his breath. "You are too bold." He smirked, and his smile suddenly made me nervous. "Come him in," he ordered, and he opened the door to the outside, then spat out Daddy with his hands tied.
"Are we fun to play with Leon?" Aunt Lucia roared inside this basement. Dad went to me, totally healed that his feet were fine.
"I'll tell you when we get out of here." Dad whispered to me.
"That's if you can still get out of here." Aunt Laura held a gun. That's when the nervousness in my chest started to rise. From what she is doing, it's like she's already trained in handling a gun. "If John can't, then I can; you get it, Cbiara?"
"H-how? Why did you do this?!" I shriek. I hide my dad behind my back. "I thought we were family here!"
"Family?" Aunt Laura scoffs, "We are if you and your father didn't interrupt!"
"What did we do?" I ask them. "Release us now! All your wealth is yours."
"No! It's too late, Cbiara! You're dad betrayed us, so you two will suffer." Aunt Laura laughs like a crazy madwoman; it's like I don't know the three of them anymore. "If only you didn't get in the way, everything would be fine; everything would be ours, but when you do," she paused and pointed to my father. "When you come, our parents favor you in everything because you are their favorite child."
"What about us? How about those things that I did for them? You know how I left the girl I love Leon just for our parents, and in the end, they still chose you? You're the only one they gave more wealth to when I did anything for the sake of our family?" Uncle John's second demotion: the way they look at me and Daddy, it's like our sin is enormous.
"I did everything to raise all their businesses, and then they will go to you? And their hidden treasure will also be inherited by you? What kind of parents are they?!" Aunt Lucia burst out about what she was feeling inside. I thought she was just quiet and had nothing to do with everything, but I was wrong.
"I didn't even get a cent for what they gave me," Dad growled.
"You didn't? You invested in Cbiara's business in Chicago, and you tell us you didn't! That was a huge amount of money!" Aunt Laura fired back, and I suddenly wondered which of my investors she was referring to until I remembered the earlier investor who did invest a lot.
I didn't realize it was Dad's dumbfounded finding about it, but it's too late for me to react now, especially that we are in this kind of situation.
"That was my savings, and I invested it in her, and all that is hers too," Dad explained, but Uncle John threw a punch at his jawline. I held Dad so he wouldn't fall.
"Don't make our heads spin, Leon!"
"You fucking idiot!" He removed my hand and held himself on his own. He wiped his blood from his lips using his thumb. "And because of that fvcking money, you can poison me little by little?"
"You knew?"
"I know because instead of getting better, my illness got worse!"
"You deserve that; you should be next to our parents; you are a worthless human being!" Aunt Lucia yelled as if her parents were not the ones she told.
"Because you are daddy's only children outside!" Das stated the truth that made them three pause, and even me. "That's why mommy can't favor you because you are daddy's son with different women." He stood up properly and said, "All of you are just fvcking shit that has no right to mommy's treasure since we all know that mom is the only one who is rich and not daddy."
"You are a fucking big liar!" Uncle John held his collar. I tried to intervene, but I was just thrown to the floor because of my uncle's strength. "If I know, you're just making up a story to justify your action!"
"Can't you see why mom never likes three of you even if you did your best? Because you three are the fruit of Dad's lustiness towards his women." He spit out.
"You really won't stop, huh?" Uncle John threw another punch to Dad's face, causing him to fall to the floor. So I ran to help Daddy. "You know so much, liar!"
"A lot of drama has been wasted! Why don't we start the show now? Let's blow them up." Aunt Laura behaved like she wasn't that caring aunt when I came here. And if he looks at me, it's like he doesn't know me. "And if what he vocalizes was true, shouldn't he be gone even more? Because we don't have the right to everything that daddy and mommy have, if ever."
"You know what, Laura? You are right. If the two of them live and everyone knows that we are just bastard children of that bastard father, then maybe we will be dragged through the mud. So it is much better if we kill them now," Aunt Lucia suggested. I attended to Daddy and held his hand. We need to be strong.
"Nice suggestion, Lucia." I didn't understand them because I was more worried about Daddy.
He tightly gripped my hand. "You have to know about the zigzag room in this house. Put them in jail; all the evidence is there; Raven is on his way to help you. You have to trust him."
"Shh, don't say any word, dad. I'll take care of it." I comforted him, but my voice became shaky, trying to prevent him from saying any word. He was about to say a word when I put my pointing finger between his lips. "You are forbidden to make any noise."
He removed my hand. "Silly," he giggled. "I have a poison inside of me; it will be gone in a few minutes, and no doctor will be able to prevent it, so don't make plans." He caressed my hand. "Remember everything I said once I'm gone. They don't have the slightest right." Before he could continue his words, a gun went off, and blood flowed one after the other on Daddy's body.
"A lot of chatter," Aunt Laura said, pointing the gun at my head. I was too stunned to speak or move. He held the gun and said, "Say hi to my parents, Cbiara." Before she could shoot me, suddenly there were policemen in front of us.
"Put down the gun if you don't want to get hurt."
"No, you all put down your guns or I'll shoot this woman!" She made me stand up, while her colleagues also pointed their guns at the policemen. "I'll count on one to three!"
"No! Shoot them!" I order them. I don't care if I die; as long as I'm with them, I won't regret it.
"Shut up!" She hissed and focused the front of the gun on my temple even more. "You better close your mouth!" She warned me.
"One!" I shake my head. I see Raven telling the police to lower their guns. "Two, I am not making a joke, so make the right decision."
"Put all your guns!" I heard Raven's deep voice announcing it. I disagreed until the image of my sons popped up in my mind, so I only got weaker.
"Two and a half!" I fold my eyes and am inspired by my children to fight. That's why I punched Aunt Laura. I punched her diaphragm, the reason why she lost her balance.
I kick Uncle John's gun, and it bounces up, so I jump and get it; maybe they are right. You are able to do things that you cannot do when you are in danger knowing that you have someone waiting for you.
I'm not Leon's daughter if I wasn't a fighter.
My babies inspired me to fight because I was the only one they had; I couldn't leave them, and my dad left me a task that I should follow. Daddy was taken by other policemen, while Raven went to me, and like me, he fought the three, but they fought back and shot the policemen.
I don't know what happened next when Raven wrapped his hands around me and left the chaotic place.