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Chapter

2

I arrived at my grandparents' house for a visit, they as

usual completely ignored me, today I had finished my penultimate year with

honors and I wanted to show them, maybe they would feel proud of me, if only

for once, I really wanted that in my soul!

My grandmother looked at me with irritation as soon as she

saw me.

- At least you're not retarded! -

My grandmother said to me when I showed her my grades, I

wanted so badly to scream everything inside me at her, but that would only make

things worse.

- Why are you here? De Santi already got bored of you? or

you just came to show me this shit? because if so you wasted your time?

I kept the notes in my bag, I felt disappointed, I had

expected something that obviously wasn't going to happen, she was a bitch! she

didn't deserve to be alive!

- I'm not to blame for what happened to her\, why do you have

to blame me for her death, she was just a baby! -

My grandmother looked at me angrily and punched me hard in

the face, I took a deep breath and stood still.

- It's your fault she died! Of course it's your fault!

You're a demon!

I didn't say or do anything, I just let him take his

frustration out on me, after all that's what they wanted.

When he got tired of hitting and beating me I left the

place, I would never come back, it was a waste of time.

*

When I arrived at the house Piero was already there.

- I see your grandmother is softening up -

He said looking at my bruised face.

- The headmistress called me\, and told me you were the best

in the whole school, I didn't know you spoke three languages, according to me,

I never paid you for language classes- I shrugged.

I shrugged my shoulders.

- I can do it myself\, I'm not useless.

He smiled and handed me a small package.

- I hope you appreciate it.

I opened the package and smiled, it was a knife with a

beautiful golden handle, and the best thing was that it had my name on it.

- Do you want to use it?

He asked me, I nodded without asking what for.

*

There was a ***** guy tied up in one of the rooms where

Mariano and I were forbidden to go.

- What would you do to him?

The father asked me, I took out my knife and approached the

guy.

- You can kill him\, consider it a gift for your

grades".

I held the knife tightly in my hand, the guy looked at me

pleadingly.

- If you are afraid you can come out\, I will-.

I put the knife to his neck, turned and pulled it out

quickly, the guy started to bleed out.

- Perfect! You're a good boy -

I watched as the blood ran down his body, splashing my

school pants.

- Do you want to cut it? -

I looked at my father and he laughed.

- I'm kidding! I'm kidding! I'll buy you a drink -

I turned away from the man I had killed and threw up, I had

never felt like that, it was like something wasn't there anymore, I felt

different.

- That's normal! Now let's get the drink\, I think you need

it.

Father pulled me out of there and took the knife I still had

in my hand.

- Did Mariano do it?

I asked walking with him.

I looked at my hands that were stained by the man's blood.

- Not yet\, but soon he will.

He answered me.

*

It was the first time I drank alcohol, at first it tasted

very bitter to me, but now it seemed sweet as honey.

- What do you want to be a boy? Everyone has dreams\, what's

yours?

I looked at him over the glass, drank more liquid and put it

down.

- I want to be better than you\, better than everyone! -

He smiled and poured me more alcohol.

- Then you have to become a demon\, because only then you can

be better than me.

I smiled at him.

- I have already started\, I will be the most feared in

Sicily, and all your family will kneel before me - I smiled.

Father smiled, he seemed quite pleased by my answer.

- I want to see him -

He answered me and took a drink from his glass.

- You will see him soon\, you can be sure of that.

*

Every day after school I went to practice with the pistols,

I liked it, and I was quite good at it, no! I was perfect! I had to be, I

couldn't be less than that, all those who made fun of me were going to regret

it.

After practicing for a couple of hours, I went home, when I

arrived I could notice that there were men everywhere, I ran in, dad was

pointing the gun at one of his buddies, Mariano was next to him, but he looked

quite nervous.

- Kill him!

ordered the father to Mariano, but he didn't even know how

to hold the gun.

- I can't!

said Mariano, his hand was shaking.

I took the knife out of the bag and walked over, grabbed the

guy by the hair and ran the knife blade from end to end across his neck, and

then threw it at Mariano's feet, this time I didn't feel the discomfort of the

other time, on the contrary, I felt powerful.

- You are crazy -

Mariano said looking at me with fear, I smiled at him, I

tightened the knife in my hand.

- I just did something you couldn't do\, it's not that hard

to kill - I lifted the guy grabbing him and grabbed him.

I lifted the guy up grabbing him by the hair, he was still

alive, so I put him out of his misery, I plunged the knife into his heart.

- Now he's dead.

I pulled the knife out and threw him back on the ground.

- Well done boy\, now I want you to chop him up\, someone will

take care of the remains later.

The father called another man and helped me with the body.

When we took him to a room, the one with me gave me an axe.

- First the feet and hands -

I lifted the axe and gave a heavy blow to one hand, which

immediately fell off, and then went on with my work.

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