Truths

Saying I could hear my heart beat in my ears was an understatement. I could hardly stay still in my chair as my mother eyes just gazed at me with so much confliction and unsaid emotion. I've only ever seen her like this once when I was younger and I asked her why didn't I have a daddy. Seeing her look so feeble broke me and caused me to never mention anything relating to my father ever again.

"Vera, it's time I..."

"Wait!..... mom I know this sounds cliche but, is everything going to change after this conversation, because if so I don't want to hear it. I... I can act like nothing never happened w-we can..."

"Vera Charm! When have I ever raised you to run away from anything!? Even if you think it's over your head, you don't go down without a fight" she yelled as she slammed her hand on the table.

All I could do was just stare at her wide eyed. I never saw her like this before, she didn't even have to tell me thing were going to change, because things were changing already. I could feel the wetness building up in my eyes but I refused to let it fall. I don't know what was amiss but I could feel it with every fiber in my body and I didn't like it one bit. I just want a lazy care free life is that so hard to ask for.

"We didn't want this for you" She said pausing to gather herself together before looking me deep in the eyes "Your father and I worked so hard to keep you away from this"

I tried to hide the shock in my face as I looked at her but she still saw it. All I could do was sit and look at her like a fish with my mouth opening and closing.

"My father?"

I finally managed to choke out looking for clarity.

"The father you told me that was dead and that I shouldn't think of him!?"

I said starting to raise my voice at her as I stared to get angry realizing that she had lied to me.

"I advise you to watch your tone. Angry or not, either you can adjust it , or I will!"

She said in a cold calm voice that had meaning behind it.

Instantly my attitude simmered down. I may have been angry but I wasn't dumb enough to test my mother's patience. She may be all smiles and etc but her temper is lethal.

"I will tell you everything there is to know, no more secrets. But in order for that to happen I need no interruptions, are we clear?"

"Crystal"

"Good now let's start from the beginning. Everything I have told you has been a lie simply"

She said I'm a matter of fact tone as if it was no issue. Before I could even form my mouth to utter a single syllable she gave me a deathly stare and gave me a cold chill down my spine. It was as if the person sitting before my eyes, wasn't even my mother; some other women who downright gave me dangerous vibes.

"My family ran a peculiar type of business. We were assassins of sorts. I know this sounds crazy but we killed non human beings, all that mythical fantasy shit, we killed them for large sums of money. Any possible creature you can think of is probably real, too much to go through it all and frankly I'm just not going to do it"

All I could do was sit the and look at her. Maybe she had to much wine. I mean she just told me her family was assassins of mystical creatures... pfft. But if she's lying, how does that explain what the creepy butler did. The disappearing in thin air ..... or black smoke... I mean, me being crazy and inheriting it from my mom seems logical.

"' Vera! Stay focus I still have lots more to tell you, and no you are not crazy. I know it's a lot to take in but everything is the truth"

Not crazy my donkey

"Proof show me pro.."

All I felt was a quick wind and a tiny sharp pain caress my cheek. In shock, I moved my hand to my cheek and felt a wet substance. I didn't have to look at my fingers to know that the substance was blood, I could tell from the sweet metallic scent in the air. Stiffly turning my head behind me to see what flew pass me was a knife. A small decorated knife in the wall which down right shook me to the core, almost making me forget how to breath.... almost .

What the flying cheesecake, I didn't even see her move!? Better yet where did she even get it from.

"Anymore interruptions?"

"Nope"

I said popping the p

"Now as I was saying, your father was one of my assignments. I grew up to believe that his kind was evil, the most vile creatures to walk among us. Yet how could something so vile risk it's life to save me" she said with a distant look in her eyes fill of remorse "somebody who was trying to kill it.....him. It was then I realized there were some truths that I needed to find out. So I took a risk of tending to the young cr..... creature that wounded itself in order to protect me. I abandoned my family name and followed this creature disguised as this charming man to find out these hidden truths"

She stopped with a pregnant pause with a smile on her face as she was going down memory lane then looked at me.

"Some time after, you my dear charm was born"