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Relic-Five years later
We’re at the compound, Silver and I are visiting over the weekend and everyone’s gathered around the dinner table, every single made man of the mafia together with their wives and their kids. Silver sits right next to me, our son and daughter fighting over which one gets to sit in her lap until I finally grab our son and put him in mine. He looks up at me with wide eyes and tugs on my beard to get my attention.
“Daddy, is it true I’ll be strong and brave like you one day?” he asks breathlessly.
“One day,” I rasp, stroking his wavy hair. “Do you want to be like me?”
He nods, his eyes full of admiration. “You’re an action hero.”
“And mommy’s a mermaid,” our daughter coos and Silver laughs.
“I’m not but dad’s definitely a hero.” Our eyes meet and our bond hooks and sinks us like always, until we meet beneath the surface and become each other’s only source of oxygen. Never did I even in my wildest think things would turn out this good. I got the prettiest wife around and she makes me the happiest man alive every single day.
Our personal life’s blissful and the mafia’s still going strong. With each year we only get tougher and bigger and it’s all because we have the finest women waiting for us at home. None of us could have done it without them and it’s true what they say, behind every mobster is a shield maiden, a girl who’s willing to do anything for her man just like he’s willing to do everything for her. We’re invincible when we’re together, a large family that just keeps on growing and our children will further the legacy.
One pretty day, we’ll take over the whole world, working in the dark and pushing our agenda until all the power is in our hands and nobody else’s. Our women will be rewarded for standing by us the whole time and our children will enjoy the fruits of our labor.
I look up when the boss raises his glass, shouting, “To ice and shadows.”
“To death and ruin,” the rest of us reply and he clears his throat.
“And last but not least, a thank you to Ric and Silver for going at it like rabbits and expanding our fine clan.”
Silver grins, stroking a hand down her bump that’s still pretty small but we’ve been eager to announce the good news. Cheers and wolf whistles erupt, someone firing a gun up to the sky since we’re sitting out on the terrace and the children roar with laughter. They’re not scared one bit because this is in their blood and it’s only expected considering they’re the offspring’s of tough as nails men and feisty women.
I look at my wife and in her eyes I see the man I always wanted to be, and that I thanks to her have become.
The End
