He says and he gestures to his men to move in closer. Suddenly Elizabeth shoots up and the men go for me, I watch as Elizabeth takes them down one by one. I can’t comprehend what I’m seeing. How can she move like this? How is she taking them down? Suddenly I see another man come through the door behind her back.
“Liz watch out!”
I yell at her but before she can react, he hits her over the head, she falls to the ground limp blood coming from where he hit her. I rush over to her lifting her head.
“Liz, Liz oh my god.”
I say as blood covers my hand and lap.
“Now, come and sit, we need to talk.”
He coos and his men pick me up and I try to break free, but their grips get tighter. I try to twist free but to no prevail. I stopped fighting and look him in the eyes.
“Why? What have I done?”
I yell at him, and he sneers at me, he walks up to me and slaps me, I feel the sting linger on my cheek where his ring cuts me.
“You really don’t know do you?”
“Know what?”
He walks over to where Elizabeth is laying and puts a foot on her head.
“Get off her you piece of shit.”
I yell at him, and he kicks her, and she is still knocked out cold.
“Elizabeth Dawn, daughter of Marly Dawn, one of the best assassins the Corales Corporation has.”
My blood runs cold. No, he didn’t say what I think he did. Elizabeth's mom is an assassin. As if he could see the wheels turning in my head he chimes in.
“That’s right Lillian, your best friend here is also an assassin, but her objective is different’ Yeah hers was to protect you at all costs until your 25th birthday.”
I look down at Elizabeth, my best friend since I was 10, she had been hiding such a huge secret from me. I look down at her and I want to scream and cry, but my body won’t allow me too not in front of this man.
“You said until my 25th birthday, what happens then?”
He smiles at me and walks closer to me.
“I guess you never knew, but you are the sole heir to the Corales corporation.”
Just like that, my world starts to shatter.
“What do you mean, I have a sister.”
“No, you don't, you see your mother and sister aren't your real family.”
My world becomes dark, and I see the room begin to spin.
“What-”
“Your real mother died when you were 1. I know because I watched your father kill her.”
“You’re lying, my father was a good man, he never hurt me or my mother.”
I scream at him, and he smirks.
“Oh, but he did, because I told him too, he had to choose to save you or save her. You see, before he had all that money he has now, he owed me a lot. He did exactly what Maxwell did with you. A life for the price of their debt. The only difference is I hate Maxwell, but your father I liked.”
