“It is fine, Rodrigo.
Go back to your room I can prepare just fine” I ordered.
“But Sir you can’t….”
“Don’t make me repeat myself” I growled.
“Okay boss” he replied and I heard the sound of his footsteps leaving.
“Is he gone?” I asked the bodyguards.
“Yes Boss” they replied.
I walked straight to the wardrobe and wore my clothes, a black T-shirt with a black jacket then I wore loose black pants.
I topped it off with a black sneakers, this was exactly how I was supposed to dress for the last test.
After applying my cologne and combing my hair I went to the door.
“Open the door, I ‘m ready” I ordered.
They didn’t reply, so I waited to hear the sound of keys clicking but I didn’t hear anything.
“Are you guys deaf or what!Open this door this minute!” I snapped.
“Please hold on Boss, We have to confirm from the Kingpin first” one of them replied.
“You must be out of fucking mind, if you do not open this door I will break it down”.
“The person that went to confirm with the Kingpin is the Boss” he said.
“Tell him what the Kingpin said, Frank”
“Boss” was another voice that called me.
“Yeah, what did he say?”
“He will talk to you on the phone, just check your phone,” he replied.
I walked back to the bed and took my phone from the bed, it started ringing immediately and the caller ID was my father.
“Tell your men to open the door for me, father” I requested.
“Not yet” he calmly replied.
A fierce tension coiled in my body, my eyes blazing with anger.
What does this old man think he is doing by locking me into this room?
“Carter.
Are you there?” I heard him ask.
“I am here” I replied, trying to calm the anger threatening to burst out of me.
“I only remembered the first test, not this one,” I replied.
“Yeah, so listen to me from now on so that it will be successful,” he continued.
A sign left my lips as I said, “okay father, I will do as you said”.
“Good, now you are going to stay in that room till I call you to come out”
“Fine”
He hung up and I sat down on the bed.
I had no other choice but to listen to him.
I stood up and started pacing around the room wondering about the test that I would take today.
The last test after which I will be in charge of my father’s empire and everything that he owned.
This has been my dream ever since I was initiated into the mafia, I vowed to never allow my stupid and stinky step brother take over what belongs to me.
“Truly, this fake marriage is really good, I wonder why I didn’t thought of it before” I thought in my mind.
Just then, my phone started ringing so I went to pick it up
“Hello father”
“It is time”
He only said that and hung up, taking a deep breath as I walked to the door.
The door was opened and I came out glaring at the two bodyguards, my eyes flashed with a promise of revenge.
There was fear in their eyes as they bowed their heads down showing respect.
They were trying not to show it but since I am a fear whisperer, I saw it.
“Where should I go?” I asked them.
“Follow me, Boss” one of them said and started leading the way.
As we walked I noticed some decoration at the wall of the hallway, I saw some black roses and red rose petals smeared on the wall with some reddish substance.
“When was the decoration done?” I asked.
“Last night, Boss, after you passed the first taste,” he replied.
Hmm, so it was done last night after I passed the last test, they want me to pass first before it will now be official.
“Where are we even going?”
We were now heading to the living room, “outside Boss,the Kingpin said that I should bring you outside”.
When we got out of the house, I was expecting the residence to be highly decorated but was disappointed.
Then the bodyguard stopped walking, “what’s wrong?”
I glance at the door leading to the garden wondering what lay ahead for me when I go through that day.
“You are going to do great, Boss, I believe in you,” the bodyguard said.
I turned to him, he was staring at the door.
His eyes a mixture of fear and worry, he held his two hands in an effort to calm his trembling hands.
“Why are you trembling?” I asked.
He turned sharply at me, his eyes holding mine, “I have to go Boss, Good luck” he stuttered and just like that ran off into the house.
I watched him till he disappeared into the house, this was very strange.
“I mean why was he so scared, could it be because of the stuff inside the garden or what” I wondered in my thoughts.
I took a deep breath again and headed towards the garden trying to let all the negative thoughts out of my head.
Finally I held off the door knob then pushed it open and went in.
The fresh fragrance of the flowers hit my nose when I went in, I looked around admiring the flowers planted, it was looking so beautiful and healthy.
Then I walked through the pathway on the center leading to the apple tree which was up ahead and was also the only tree in the garden.
I took five steps towards the tree when I saw my father climbing down from the apple tree with an apple in his hand.
“Run away, don’t go any further, it is dangerous” my subconscious screamed at me.
My subconscious mind was always right and I always do what it said but not now, there is an empire waiting for me to inherit.
I then took a step forward and that’s when I saw it; the gun, from afar, glinted like a cold kiss in the sunlight, its metal surface reflecting the world around it with a detached air.
It hung loosely in his hand.
A smile crept into his face as he aimed the gun at me.
My heart raced, straining against my ribcage, invisible beads of perspiration came over me.
He was pointing the gun, he was going to kill me, no one is going know and he won’t regret it one bit.
Those were the things I knew the Kingpin was definitely going to do to me now.
“Carter my dear son!” He yelled.
“Make me proud!” He added.
I didn’t hear the sound but I felt the excruciating pain as the bullet hit my stomach.
I couldn’t take it, the pain was something out of this world, I felt on the ground staring up at him.
My motherfucking father who shot me, I expect to see regret or shock but it was there.
Instead he was looking determined as he took quick firm steps towards me.
I bet he is coming to finish me off, my eyelids become heavy and I was swept into an unconscious state where nothing mattered.