A Promise Of Vengeance

Chapter 11: baby steps

Even when she got home Amy couldn’t stop thinking about what Charles said, she was killed by a gun and she has never held a gun in her life but that was about to change…

She decided then and there that she was going to get a gun for protection and just to face her fears, if she wants to be powerful and resilient she needs to face all her face and that includes a gun...

She called Emily and told her about the idea, although Emily was surprised that Amy would want to go to a shooting range she agreed to go with her…

She needed to catch up with Amy and also find out what the hell is going on, she has changed and now she suddenly wants to learn how to shot a gun, Emily was worried and so were Amy’s parents...

Tate was sitting in the living at the Anderson mansion waiting for Charles to come back, he just wanted to know how Charles and Amy’s date went, he tried sleeping but curiosity got the best of him…

Charles came in humming, he was distracted that he didn’t see Tate until Tate turned on the lights, “Tate what are you doing still up?” asked Charles looking around and finding that almost everyone in the mansion is asleep and there are no workers roaming around anymore...

He looked at his watch and saw that it was already midnight, “I couldn’t sleep” Tate said calmly, “and then you left your room to come and sit here in the dark?” Charles asked and Tate nodded…

“You look happy.” Tate said, Charles smiled when he realised that Tate was here because he wanted to know about his date with Amy and how it went.

“Yes, my date with Amy went exceptionally well… she is funny, likes the same things that I like, we have the same taste in music, movies and even food.” said Charles, and every time he spoke about her he couldn’t stop smiling like a fool…

Tate felt a ping in his heart when Charles spoke about Amy like that, she isn’t like this with him.

She is actually quiet, focused and he thought that maybe that is how she is but after hearing what Charles said maybe it’s because she doesn’t like him…

“Well good to hear, lets hope that she chooses you and you two get married.. the last thing I need is to get married to someone who likes the same things that you do.” said Tate before leaving and going to his room...

Charles just stood there wondering what just happened because Tate is the kind of person who doesn’t talk much or ask a lot of questions but today, he wanted to know about Charles’s date with Amy…

It made sense though, when Amy chooses Charles over Tate he will be a laughing stock, Tate is every woman’s dream, and being rejected by a woman for his little brother surely wasn’t going to make him happy…

Tate got into his room and started pacing around, why did he care so much that Amy wasn’t opening up to him the same she was with Charles??? He doesn’t want to get married not now or ever…

After the way things ended with his father and his mother the last thing he needs is to let someone in so that they could hurt him, he has built his walls so hard that no one will ever get through…

The only reason he even agreed is because of his grandmother and he knew that Charles would do everything in his power to try and win over Amy but now that he was doing it Tate wasn’t happy about it, he doesn’t want to marry Amy but he also doesn’t want Charles to be the one to marry her because he knew that Charles intention isn’t good…

Amy and Emily went to the shooting range the next morning, “why do you suddenly want to learn how to use a guy?” Emily asked her.

“Well I want to try something new that all, you remember that we said we will face all our fears? Well, a gun is one of my biggest fears.” Amy said driving but Emily didn’t believe her reason…

They have been friends for years and Amy has never mentioned anything about being afraid of guns, yes she was scared of frogs and spiders but that’s all and now out of the blue, she is scared of guns…

They went there and did all the formalities, “hello ladies I am Dru and I will be your trainer... I will be teaching you anything and everything you need to know about guns and shooting.” he said, and Emily and Amy nodded…

He took out a gun and as he was handing it to Amy he saw that she was frozen and suddenly she started having a panic attack, “hey relax okay, try to breathe.” he said taking Amy away from any guns...

When she was finally outside she started to calm down, when she saw Dru holding that gun all she could see was Charles and Harley standing over her and Charles pulling the trigger…

“Wow, you weren’t kidding when you said that you are scared of guns... you have never had panic attacks before even when you were next to frogs.” Emily said and she was standing by her best friend’s side, something big happened to Amy and that is why she has changed like this…

“Yeah I told you, I don’t kid.” said Amy as they went to the car, as she was driving away she told herself that she was going to come back, she was going to face her fear of guns that even when someone has a gun to her head she wouldn’t even break a sweat or show any signs of fear…

But one thing she vowed to herself is that this time if they were going to kill her they would have to come up with other means, there was no way she was going to be killed by a gun twice, not now or ever…

She dropped Emily home and went home to get ready for work, Tate was in his office surprised that Amy hasn’t arrived yet because she usually is the first one to arrive...

Her date with Charles probably is the reason why she slept late and why she will arrive at the office late as well, as he was thinking she came in and she didn’t look like someone who had a great date yesterday.

There were these frown lines on her forehead, “hi” she said sitting down, Tate watched as she kept reading one page for an hour, there was something bothering her and he wanted to know what…

“Are you okay?” Tate finally asked, she didn’t answer him but it was like she didn’t hear him because she was lost in her thoughts.

“Hey are you okay?” he asked tapping her on her shoulder...

She looked up and all he saw in her eyes were pain, well she obviously wasn’t okay at all because the glare she gave him for disturbing him was deadly…

“Don’t bite my head off I just wanted to make sure you okay and obviously aren’t, is there anything I can do for you?” asked Tate and Amy nodded…

“Actually, there is, can you cover up the rest of my work and I have something to do and it’s going to take the entire day.” she said, and Tate couldn’t say no, she obviously wasn’t okay and if a day off is all she needs then he can't say no so he nodded…

Amy left and went straight to the shooting range, there was no way she was going to give up, she was going to go back there until she knows how to use a gun or touch a gun without having panic attacks, Charles really f*cked her up…

Amy arrived at the shooting range and went straight to Dru, “you are back so soon? After your panic attack I thought that you might never come back’ said Dru.

“Well that’s why I am back, I can’t afford to be afraid of anything because fear is a weakness so that is why I am here Dru… help me to not be afraid of guns ever again.” she said with a determined look on her face…

Dru smiled, he has never met a girl so determined in his life, and he could see that behind all that determination there was a little who was hurt… 

“Well then let’s get started, I will train you like how I train ex-navy… at first I will give you a fake toy and if you then you can practise shooting using the fake gun.” he said and Amy nodded…

Dru gave Amy a toy gun, “I just want you to remember that even baby steps are still steps and they take you forward,” he said, and Amy nodded, she practised shooting using the fake gun for hours… she didn’t notice that there was someone watching her…