Amber

Amber Pov

FIVE YEARS BACK

I jumped in fear when the door bust open

" Stop barging inside my room Carl"i yelled at my brother angrily

"Uncle Dante is here" he yelled back and I rushed into the bathroom to freshen up

Uncle Dante was my favorite because he was always around whenever my father would go long trips,He call me his favorite too and have secretly been teaching her how to shoot,I know my father won't be happy when he hears that ,its me and Dante's secret and I don't intend on telling anyone else he said his going to stop if i tell.

After i freshened up,I quickly rushed downstairs

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY " Everyone yelled and my jaw dropped

I turned to my Father and saw him holding a huge gift box and my mom was holding a huge pink princess cake ,i hated pink but I'm not going to tell her that

"I almost forgot today is my 15th birthday ,thank you all "I said with a little blush

I hugged them one after the other including my uncle

"Your gift is a secret"he whispered and I nodded excitedly knowing it was going to be something really cool

I loved my family because they have been the best even my annoying brother

"This party is boring "Dante said increasing the volume of the music

An Italian song came on,it sounded like those of the 90s and my dad jumped in excitement

He began dancing to the song and I couldn't help but laugh

FYI his dance moves are the worst

My mom joined in and so did uncle Dante ,they were having so much fun and I stared at them in excitement

This was like the best birthday party ever

Uncle Dante dragged me and I joined them dancing.

The whole day ended with a wonderful dinner Italian dish prepared by my mom ,Dante left to his own apartment , after that and we all retired to bed.

I heard two loud gunshot waking me up from my sleep

I knew what a gunshot sounded like because Dante thought me how to shoot ,i looked at the time ,it was 2:30 am

I rushed out of my bed to my parents room but the door was already opened

At the same time ,Carl rushed to me as we both entered the room in fear

The first thing i saw was blood rushing down the head of my parents

I screamed loudly as my vision became blurry,it was like i was still dreaming

I rushed to the bed and began shaking them hoping they would at least open their eyes

Carl was already beside me crying loudly ,i picked my dads phone with a shaky hands as I dialed ambulance and Dante

I kept screaming and begging for my parents to at least open their eyes but they didn't and they never did.

PRESENT

I groaned loudly and turned off the alarm,it was just 6am in the morning and i was go to out for my usual morning routine which was running

I wore my workout clothes and rushed out of my apartment ,the cold morning breeze hit my skin as i began running

I kept having same nightmares everyday since the death of my parents and tomorrow was my 20th birthday which was also the 5th year since they passed

I never celebrated my birthday because it only reminded me of pain and anger ,after the death of my parents the cops did their investigation but it was a dead end , they found no single trace and that was the end ,they did nothing more and the killer is still moving freely

I didn't believe it though and I picked up the investigation hiring my own private investigators to do the job

After running for a while ,I went back to my apartment freshened up and made breakfast for myself

I phone began ringing and I picked it up with a smile

"Hi uncle" i said

" heyyyy i missed you when do you intend coming to visit "Dante said

"I will Uncle " i said

"You better do,your aunt is saying hello "he said

"Tell her I'll come very soon"I replied

We talked for a little while about random stuffs before he ended the call

Uncle Dante is married and his wife is expecting a child soon and his very excited about it

When my parents passed,Dante took my brother and i to live with him but i moved out to live on my own when I turned 18 .

I left my parents and drove to where I usually train which is an underground

I was already late and my master doesn't tolerate lateness

Thinking about my master alone made me felt butterflies in my stomach and my cheeks turned red

We were never going to be anything ,I always kept that at the back of my mind

I rushed down the stairs and that led to the underground where the training usually takes place

Everyone was lined up in a straight line and he stood in front of them while I quickly joined the line

He stared at me and I could feel my breathing stopped

Aside the fact that i had a huge crush on Antonio,his one deadly man,you never see him smile and he looks are really intimidating and scary but still handsome

He began walking towards me with his eyes not breaking from mine

I made sure i looked very bold because one thing Antonio hated was being weak

"you're late "he said sternly

"Traffic "I replied acting like I wasn't affected by his gaze on me

He nodded and walked back to the position he was in the first place and we began training.

We worked on different martial art moves as he was a jack of many.

I won't be shocked if he knew how to make a bomb by himself.

Speaking about bombs "Antonio is really hot,look at that body who would not want him".

"Amber focus" Antonio yelled .

I have been caught,I smiled embarrassingly and the training continued.

I trained everyday building skills and honing my senses.

And my master never tolerated failures or weakness so he made sure I bested all my challenges .

At noon I went back to my apartment ,

And made capresse salad with pesto sauce.

As I sat and ate the detective I hired to search for my parents murderer called.

Magnum brown is a renowned detective

In new York and a close friend of uncle Dante .

He had been specially curious about the homicide that happened five years ago.

And had decided to get to the bottom of the matter with me.

He had been working on it for five years

with the police not cooperating with him

Made the work very had for him

He told me the case was huge as the killers had backing from the authorities

And as soon as the case was opened

It had been dragged and closed immediately as the cops feared for their lives.

The mystery killer had always evaded us and this investigation, it made me more curious each time I thought of him or her or them, only God knows.

"Hello amber" he said.

"Hi mag.

Cutting me short he began excited "I found something new,

I made a new friend in the forensics department who had checked the records and found out your dad fought the killer before being shot he had.......

Hello! Hello! I yelled ,

trying to figure out what had happened to magnum I called back but no one picked.

I took my keys and hurried to my car ,head straight to magnums place.

As I got there the police were already there.

I saw magnum being shipped into the ambulance he was still alive "thank God"

I said in a low voice.

Definitely someone would have seen a car leave .

If I asked around then I might just get a clue.

How did the killer know magnum was on the case?

Wait I have to find that guy he talked to.

What if he had been shot too?

It is best I ask and head out to the police station later on.

Damn I hate that place, but I have to go and find the other guy.

Some boys sat on a porch listening to some rap tracks on a juke box sat two houses after magnums

I went straight to them "hey boys"

"Hey shawty" a robust boy in the middle answered.

Did you guys happen to see anyone leave magnums place?

The same boy replied are you a cop?

We don't talk to cops around here ,we ain't snitches.

Okay I replied I will give the first person a hundred dollar to tell me the plate number of the car that left magnums house.

"Two hundred hundred dollars then".

I pulled a bunch of notes from my jeans pocket and handed it to him.

Then they laughed and he said" we saw nothing really".

Angrily I said " keep it"

Walked down the stairs and went to my car ,sat for a few hours to calm my nerves then I went straight to the station