An Eye for an eye
I'll take what's yours.
When you take what's mine.
Thats's what Natalia Lucchese pinned in her mind when she was 14 years old. Her hatred is carved in her memories as a reminder. One guy who makes everything hell for Natalia, one guy that she doesn't need to memorize his face, and one day will pay for her misery.
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They say, Family was the last one who will support and love you unconditionally even if all people turn their back on you. That's what Natalia thinks too. She valued her family and trusted them. Not knowing it will be the same reason why everything went downhill.
There was a traitor in her family.
The Lucchese family is not just a rich family. It is also an embodiment of a big organization in the East Red District at Hanabi Town. Her dad, the capo. Arthur Lucchese was the top leader and famous for selling drugs, armaments, and services.
The family has a good reputation for producing hitmen and selling their services to high-profile clients.
Then, the madam of the house, Alice Lucchese, officially breaks the news. She was expecting a child. News has spread in the underworld; enemies and rivals become more wary of the famous Lucchese family.
Not until Natalia was born.
Only two people were only happy to have Natalia. Madam and Arthur.
Everyone expected the child would be born as a boy and soon would be the next capo in the family, but they were disappointed. It's as if their reputation has lessened a bit and their rivals regain confidence.
"Mom! Dad? How do I look?" Natalia innocently calls to her parents, showing her birthday dress for the ball tonight.
"Miss Natalia, you must address your parents as Father and Madam when guests are around." A maid tried to lecture her, but Arthur laughs and shrugs it off.
"You look lovely!" Arthur kisses Natalia's head.
One of his men suddenly opened the door from the hall and went to Arthur. With that, Arthur knows that some important guests have arrived and need some personal greetings from him.
It is Natalia's 14th birthday, but it is also building more connection in the underworld.
10 PM hits the clock, and the party has started. Arthur and Alice introduce their one and only daughter to some guests; some others look disappointed, but some others just accept it.
In that time, Natalia's only goal is to prove her worth to all. She wanted everyone to know that even though she was born in the female gender, she will deserve to be the next capo in the family. Natalia talks to the guest with respect and dignity, just as her teacher teaches her to do.
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Slicing the cake.
Natalia was supposed to be cutting the cake first before the dinner started, but it didn't happen.
There was a bomb inside the cake.
It exploded while the cake was being carried to her side. Chaos started. Guests were injured; Arthur's men run inside, protecting Alice and Natalia.
Calvin Montero, Arthur's first cousin and the most trusted in the family. Calvin holds his gun and runs towards Arthur, covering him when everyone starts firing their guns.
Arthur is currently reloading his gun when Calvin fires his gun at Arthur's back head. It was so quick when Arthur's body fell to the ground.
Then the Salvador family enters the hall room. Applauding Calvin to what he has done.
"Very well, Calvin. I didn't expect you to really betray Arthur!" Salvador laughs, kicking Arthur's corpse.
"I did what you wanted me to do. You now hold the whole red district," Calvin said, reloading his gun. "Give me Alice as our deal."
"Not so fast, lover boy." Salvador tugs Alice's hair. "This bitch needs some lessons for humiliating me last year!" Salvador slaps Alice hard.
Natalia saw it all. The betrayal from his uncle Calvin, the death of her father. It was too much for her to take all of it.
Salvador's men pushed Natalia to the ground while Alice was dragged away by her hair.
"Mom!” Natalia screams from her lungs; she tries to stand up, but some of Salvador's men pin her down.
Alice tried to escape and run towards Natalia, but other Salvador's men showered Alice with gunfire. Alice Lucchese, the madam of the house, died instantly.
"No!" Calvin pointed his gun at Salvador. "We have a deal!"
"We do! But I never said you can have her... alive!" Salvador laughs, looking at Calvin. "Love makes you dumber. How can you still want Alice now that she has her own husband and a daughter?" Salvador left, still laughing at how dumb and easy to manipulate Calvin was, leaving the gruesome scene.
Natalia met with Calvin's eye.
As a 14-year-old kid who just witnessed everyone's dying, guests all died, and her parents died. It feels like her emotion suddenly overflows and turns it into hatred.
Calvin Montero, the traitor in the family.
Natalia looks at him deadly but silently.
Calvin flinched; it was as if he saw Arthur in Natalia's expression. He is feeling chills from his body. Natalia fell unconscious, maybe due to the heavy atmosphere; things happen around the area. It probably wears Natalia down emotionally with its energy.
