Page 9 of King of Shadows


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"Perfect, the truth is that I need to go out with those little fleas," he laughs. Apparently this very weekend my brothers are having a party with my parents for their company's anniversary, and what do you think?

—They didn't invite you?

"No, they didn't." His lips tighten. Eva only told me that she would be busy and that we wouldn't be able to see each other on the weekend, I don't care, I don't care anymore because they live on appearances and I don't. I give happiness to children, I make them begin with their first steps being happy and enjoying their life.

"It's what we do," I answer simply. I can say that all of them will always prefer to check their social networks rather than get up and prepare a class or prepare their day to be happy. No one thinks about everything they are stopping from enjoying, they only see signs, followers, partners and that is screwed.

"They will always be like this," he takes a sip of his soda. They don't care about their happiness, they care about what's in their bank account and... Damn, they don't think that tomorrow could be the last day of their lives being happy, they forget about everyone, the family , love and happiness. I don't do it, I look for them and... they turn their back on me.

I take his hand so he understands that I will always be there. We have difficult lives, he just wants a united family and I just want to be happy in my life, but it can't be done because I have an obsessed person knocking on my door all the time to get me back with him. Fabian no longer passes the reception, luckily we have a security guard in the departments, however, he keeps looking for me because he wants me to give him all my love, effort and attention again.

He also wants me to work, give him my money and end up buying beers or food for his friends because I never mattered to him.

—I will always be here, David.

"I know, Emily."

We continue eating until the noise spreads through the door. When I turn I see Fabian with Raúl, Alexander and Matías, his friends who spent my salaries because I was stupid to want to fall in love with someone like him. I continue eating, they laugh and David analyzes them, giving them the worst face when they look at us.

His hand falls on my shoulder, I look back and Fabian has a split lip. He surely ended up getting into those clandestine fights.

—How is my beautiful ex?

—I'm busy eating, stay away from me.

—Oh, beautiful, don't be so rude that months ago I made you have the best orgasms of your life.

His friends start laughing and David gets up so he can push him away from our table.

—Leave us alone, you've already done a lot of shit!

“Dear Emily's dog is coming to rescue her,” Matías barks. Please David, you are nothing more than a fucking faggot who is interested in gossiping about all the influences there are so far. You are a faggot.

That makes David explode, he raises his fist and sticks it into Matías, sending him to the ground, I get up and Fabian pushes me back to the seat. He and Raúl go on top while Alexander takes me by the arms to take me out of David's reach. I start kicking, the restaurant is overwhelmed, voices are raised until the round of bullets explodes the windows of the establishment.

We all hit the ground, I start to shake because two pairs of shoes appear at the door. They shoot again, the waiters' plates fall to the floor and Fabian continues trying to punch David who is leaning against an armchair.

Alexander grabs my ankle, I don't know what the purpose of all this is, but he pulls my foot so I can get closer to him who is still on the ground. The two men appear at our table with their weapons in hand.

“Let her go,” demands the one with very light brown hair. Or I'll kill you.

—This bitch is not going to be of much use to you, my friend.

The man next to him releases a bullet at Alexander's foot, he lets go of me and his friends stay still. No one knows what is happening, they just tremble, cry and people try to pray in their heads that God Almighty will save them from this.

—Get her out of here, Dom.

The boy is shorter than his companion, now that I detail them they have several characteristics in common, their hair is a very light brown tone with touches of blonde, their eyes are a cold blue and this Dom has more marked features than the other at his side.

He grabs my arm tightly, David gets up, Fabian follows him and the man ordering Dom lets out a shot because both men are trying to protect me. They don't want to take me, Dom continues fighting, he punches David that makes him fall, his nose bleeds. Fabian also fights him, his brother's bullet did nothing to separate them.

I dig into my head, the whole altercation made me forget the faces I had seen before, I recognize them.

They are the Marino brothers.

—No, leave me, please!

I scratch his face, no one does anything here, they just watch and continue screaming. Fabian fights Domenico Marino, Leone just watches as his brother fights with one hand and squeezes my arm with the other until everything happens suddenly that I'm not aware of.

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