Perplexia
Romance embellisher
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At the tender age of 12, Matilda had already learned that life sucked. Between the beatings from her father, step sister, and whore of a step mother, she was already looking for an out. Her only refuge was the polite chit chat with a man name Leon.
Leon was her saving grace, when she came home from the store to hear screams and a spray of shots being fired. She bravely walked past what was once her place and knocked on Leons door. After a few moments that seemed like eternity, he let her in.
He hadn’t wanted to keep her, but she didn’t have anyone or anywhere else. She more or less demanded that he teach her his craft. Leon was a hit-man. After a few weeks she could take apart guns and put them back together with great speed. She had nerves of steel and yearned for her first assignment. When Leon put her back on the bench, she had taken it upon herself to go after those responsible for her little brothers life.
The crooked cops came for them. Although she escaped, and Leon took them all out, he did end up dieing to ensure they would as well. This left Matilda in the care of Tony, Leons contact of sorts. He held on to the money Leon had kept for Matilda. Matilda not wanting to be idol but wanting to carry on with Leons jobs begged Tony to give her a job. It wasn’t until she was 15 that he finally gave in.
The past three years she perfected her skills and continued to take new jobs from him. Now finished with high school, she was able to commit to this life with full focus. Tony had since passed the reigns of his business to his nephew Dante Catanzarro. Matilda had only met him once or twice, and didn’t really care for him. He just seemed like the kind of guy that things always went right for. Of course she didn’t really care for anyone. There was only one person that she ever got close to, and that was Leon.
Walking into the Deli that fronted for the business Tony had run she walked past the body guards without a thought and pulled out her chair. “I want a new job” she stated plainly. She looked dead into Dante's eyes daring him to refuse her. Over the years she had become one of the more lucrative enforcers for Tony's operation. She used their underestimation of her to her advantage.
Leon was her saving grace, when she came home from the store to hear screams and a spray of shots being fired. She bravely walked past what was once her place and knocked on Leons door. After a few moments that seemed like eternity, he let her in.
He hadn’t wanted to keep her, but she didn’t have anyone or anywhere else. She more or less demanded that he teach her his craft. Leon was a hit-man. After a few weeks she could take apart guns and put them back together with great speed. She had nerves of steel and yearned for her first assignment. When Leon put her back on the bench, she had taken it upon herself to go after those responsible for her little brothers life.
The crooked cops came for them. Although she escaped, and Leon took them all out, he did end up dieing to ensure they would as well. This left Matilda in the care of Tony, Leons contact of sorts. He held on to the money Leon had kept for Matilda. Matilda not wanting to be idol but wanting to carry on with Leons jobs begged Tony to give her a job. It wasn’t until she was 15 that he finally gave in.
The past three years she perfected her skills and continued to take new jobs from him. Now finished with high school, she was able to commit to this life with full focus. Tony had since passed the reigns of his business to his nephew Dante Catanzarro. Matilda had only met him once or twice, and didn’t really care for him. He just seemed like the kind of guy that things always went right for. Of course she didn’t really care for anyone. There was only one person that she ever got close to, and that was Leon.
Walking into the Deli that fronted for the business Tony had run she walked past the body guards without a thought and pulled out her chair. “I want a new job” she stated plainly. She looked dead into Dante's eyes daring him to refuse her. Over the years she had become one of the more lucrative enforcers for Tony's operation. She used their underestimation of her to her advantage.