Life of luxury
Prologue
“Are they dead?”
I heard one of the men who killed my family asking the other men.
“Yes Boss, they are dead”. one of the men answered.
“Okay then,Next time,he would think right before betraying a lord like me. Grab the young girl,let’s go”.
That’s the last thing I heard before I was taken into their van.
I didn’t know where they were taking me but as I laid down in the van, all I could think of was my parents and the word “Yes boss, they are dead” kept ringing in my ears.
As I thought about all these, my eyes were slowly closing.
“Give her the injection, we can’t afford to make mistakes”.
“Yes boss” one of the men answered.
Slowly, a needle pierced into my skin and that’s the last thing I heard, all memories vanished.
This is the beginning of my sweet sad life.
Chapter 1
Life of luxury
16 years later
~Elettra~
I sat at the balcony as I watched everybody’s faces gleaming with joy, I could see they were enjoying the gala event. The gala event is an annual event usually held by the “Brambillas’” to celebrate their achievements every year. You might be wondering if there’s always an achievement to celebrate every year, Oh yes, there is.
I was lost in thought, wondering why my father always seems happy to fight a rival Mafian group, and the fact that he always wins every fight is what amuses me.
Did I just say it amuses me?.
Funny, I’m always my father’s war toy, I’m his assassin.
My father hired the greatest assassin in Italy to train me. My trainer trained me not to show mercy, he trained me to be ruthless when it comes to eliminating my father’s enemies. I’m surprised that no matter how ruthless I am when it comes to killing, I still have a little soft heart in me.
It sounds cringe and weird to be a ruthless killer and still have a soft heart right?.
That’s how complicated my life is.
I could see the happiness written all over my father’s face as he danced around the dance floor.
Everybody thought he was celebrating the latest drug contract he signed, but I actually knew the reason for his smiles. My father’s most feared rival “Mr Accardi” had just been killed, nobody had an idea of who killed him. It was rumored he was shot in his bathroom as he was having his shower late at night.
His guards couldn’t trace how the killer got into the house, because Mr Accardi’s house is heavily guarded.
Wait, I think I have an idea of who might have done this act leaving no trace, Yeah, you guessed right.
It’s me!
My father had always been scared of Mr Accardi even though he never showed it. Mr Accardi had always had an upper hand in the Mafian world. He had more drug contracts and a lot of money laundering jobs.
My father saw him as a great threat that needed eliminating. Nobody outside the Brambillas’ castle knew I was a skilled assassin, they all saw me as a gentle fish in the ocean that is always scared to leave the water.
Funny, how looks can be so deceitful.
Ah, I didn’t introduce myself. I grew up with the name Elettra.
I’m my father’s most valued asset, I have an older brother named “Umberto” .
You might be wondering why my dad entrusts so much in my care despite having an older child, Yeah, Umberto is the least person that you can think of when it comes to assasination, my father sees him as a huge disappointment but funny enough, he doesn’t even care. Leonardo is my closest in the family. I call him my “Topolina” which translates to “little mouse” in Italy, and he would respond by calling me “Amorino” which means “little love”, that’s how playful we are to each other.
Despite not being so good at shooting guns or having the heart to assassinate, Umberto is so good at martial arts, sometimes he tries to beat me during training but I always have some secret skills to take him unawares.
Oh, I forgot to mention, my father has a wife, we call her “Aunt Donisha”. Aunt Donisha is the sweetest person in italy. She’s my father’s wife but not our mother.
Aunt Donisha was one of my father’s workers, she’s very smart and has helped my dad a great deal in his business. I don’t know how it happened, my father woke up and announced to us that he would be getting married to Aunt Donisha. We were happy, although surprised but here we are!
I was lost in thoughts and thoughts when I suddenly heard “a round of applause for “Mia cara”. That’s what my father calls me, I looked down from where I was sitting at the balcony to see all eyes fixed on me. I saw Aunt Donisha beckoning on me. I came down surprised and walked up to my father at the stage. My father has never called me up to the stage before, despite having killed so much for him, I guess he couldn’t resist appreciating me publicly for this great kill.
“Dad, what’s going on”?, I asked him, he didn’t respond as he said;
“A huge toast to my beautiful daughter, we couldn’t have been celebrating this great event this day without her, it’s all because of her smart wits that we all are gathered here today”.
I looked at everybody’s faces as they all clapped for what they knew nothing about.
“I’m so proud of you, Mia cara” my father said as he pecked my forehead.
I was happy seeing him happy but I still had that weird feeling in me. Well, I shrugged it off as I climbed down the stage. Everybody expected me to say something but hell no, I had nothing to say. Everybody should wallow in suspense.
I walked through the crowd receiving congratulatory messages and kisses, I struggled to leave the crowd as I was already feeling nauseous.
“Oh God! How I hate gatherings”, I slowly muttered to myself.
“You should be used to it by now, Daddy’s pet”. a voice said very close to my ears.
“Where have you been?, I’ve been looking all over the place for you”. I tugged at Umberto
“Do you want to push me down the stairs”? He winced.
“How I wish that would happen” I pushed him more as we both laughed.
“If that happens, you know I would die right? He smirked at me.
“Oh please, don’t give me that annoying look” I frowned at him.
“Okay, I’m sorry Elettra,I knew the party would be so boring, I didn’t bother attending, I just came in to have a glance of your beautiful face before I dash out again.
“That doesn’t answer my question, big head. Where have you been all night” I persisted.
“Ah, I don’t know why you can’t just let matters die”, he groaned.
“Okay, fine. Don’t tell me, you can go on and continue whatever you were doing and whoever you were with” I feigned jealousy.
“Do you perceive that”? He asked, sniffing all over me.
“Why are you sniffing me like a dog, and what is it that you perceive?” I pushed him away from me.
“I think I perceive a little burnt jealousy coming from the almighty Elettra” He said laughing out loud.
“Go away, you irritate me” I said, walking away from him.
“Come on,Elettra, I’m sorry.”
“I have heard you” I said, standing akimbo.
“I know what would brighten up your mood, follow me.”
He dragged me along with him.
“Where are you taking me,kidnapper”? I said dramatically.
“Just shut your mouth and see for yourself, you would love it”. He dragged me further.
“Oh please, don’t drag me that way and don’t shut me up” I snatched my hand off his grip.
“You’re so dramatic Elettra” He smiled at me.
“That’s why you love me isn’t it? Topolina”.
“You wish” he said as we both laughed.
He took hold of my hand again as we walked to the place he was taking me
“You know father has always warned us not to enter the”safe room”, how long have you been coming here and how did you even gain access”. I snatched my hand from him again, refusing to enter the safe room.
“Whoa, now are you scared of your father, princess Cinderella?
“I never said I was scared and don’t call me that”.
“Okay, I’ve been coming here for a while now, I noticed that it’s actually a very quiet place to think, and don’t you hear the name,”safe place” which means it’s actually safe”.
“Say whatever you might say then, I’m not going in there with you” I said folding my hands above my breasts.
“Oh, come on. Don’t be such a party pooper, let me tell you something. I’ve been coming here but I’ve never touched anything here. I promise.”
“How do you expect me to believe that, you know how father values this place and how he always talks about keeping important documents here, you shouldn’t have come here in the first place”.
“I know I’m always the disobedient one, but can you not kill the fun now please?.
“How did you gain entrance into the safe room, not even Aunt Donisha knows the code”. I persuaded him.
“Okay, I followed your father some days back, and I managed to see him enter the code. Don’t chew me raw please, Elettra.”
“Ah, I can’t believe this is how desperate you can be, and stop saying “your father”. Anyways, I’m excited to see what you wanna show me, put in the code please” I jumped up happily. I’m such a baby when am close to Umberto.
“You’re so unbelievable” he laughed as he inputted the code.
We went into the safe room and there were so many artifacts there, one would even mistake it for a museum
I’ve always wondered where,father kept all the treasures I captured from his rivals after killing them.
I saw them all here, they were all here looking at me.
I tried counting them but I got tired. There were so many of them.
“I didn’t realize I’ve killed so much” I said aloud with a feeling of guilt written all over me.
“Uh uh, that’s not why I brought you here. Don’t do that now. Come on, here comes the sweetest part”.
Umberto opened the safe room windows and what I saw was marvelous.
It was a very glorious sight to behold.
It felt like I was in Disneyland, I felt like a baby again.
All the stars were looking at me, it felt like I could touch them, they were so close to me but I couldn’t grasp them.
I stood there with my mouth agape, admiring the beautiful creation in front of me.
