Ethan Knight

Beep... beep...beep.

I groan before I slam my hand onto my alarm clock, today I had to learn how to handle a gun properly-although I didn't see the need in any violence, just before my parents went on a trip.

"Ethan!" I hear my mother call from the other side of the door, as she taps on it lightly.

I quickly shove on some clothes and exit the room quickly, she smiles at me kindly and straightens out the invisible creases on my shirt.

"My baby boy is all grown up" she half-cry's.

"Whatever mom, you're being all soppy" I groan and she kisses my cheek with a grin.

"I love you, and you don't know how much I do love you" mom says repetitively and then kisses me on the cheek again, "now go on, your father is expecting you in his office"

I nod brightly before speedily walking over to my fathers office.

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Beep, beep.....

Beep,Beep.....

Beep, beep...

"He's stable for now"

"Thank you doctor" I hear Benjy say politely, "can you please not tell Alexander about his progress, I don't want to give her any fake hope...it's harder since she's pregnant again.."

"Of course"

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"Hey moron" I hear an annoying voice say and I turn around to the most annoying dweeb of the world.

"Eva" I glare at her slowly.

"Ethan" she meets my gaze before sticking her tongue out.

"I'll tell mom" I say to her and she fake gasps.

"No you won't! Or I'll tell her you're the one who ate the last cookie!"

"I didn't know it was hers! It was just sitting there! Besides, I might tell her about the vase you broke"

"Well-"

She gets cut off by a loud cough and we turn to see our father.

"Crap" Eva swears and our father raised his eyebrow.

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"So, daddy. I thought I'd read you my favourite story about ice cream!"

"Baby, he might not actually be able to hear you..."

"I know daddy will be there whenever I need him, and I know he loves my story's!"

"Okay..."

"Okay so, I really like ice cream and one day—when mama took me out—there was an ice cream book! And I grabbed it! But. But...it turned out to be just ice cream and not an actual story."

"Visiting hours are almost over"

"Just a bit longer! I've almost finished! So, papa-I realised if I tell you what happened that makes it a story! I call it 'Elizabeth's crazy ice cream'-it has a nice ring to it"

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I watched as they lowered two coffins into the ground.

A hand is placed on my shoulder and I turn over to see my sister.

"I'm going to leave for a while, clear my head" she smiles to me sweetly.

"Don't lie" I mumble while looking over to their graves, "you're not coming back"

She sighs sadly and kisses my cheek as a goodbye, "you have to understand that the Mafia is no place for me, I want to study and learn to become a doctor—I can't do that here"

"I know, go ahead I'll be fine." I say to her darkly, covering up the sadness and clenching my fists, "just know you're letting them both down by abandoning your eleven year old brother to lead a gang"

Eva gives up and walks away, being the last time I see her...for...for forever it seems like.

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"Wake up" I hear a voice beg, "wake up please Ethan, I don't know what to do...the baby's are now two months along...I just have no idea what to do"

Wake up...wake up...wake up...