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They Tricked Me into a Death Mission
They Tricked Me into a Death Mission
Penulis: duran1995

Chapter 1

Penulis: duran1995
When they saw me, they all froze.

Michael was the first to recover.

"Well, since you heard, I won't lie to you.

"Angie just got back. She doesn't have anyone she can trust.

"She needs us more than you do."

My heart twisted.

I had to take a deep breath just to keep my face calm.

Michael kept going.

"You're the daughter of a top hitman. You'll do fine wherever you go."

I cut him off. "Whose idea was this?"

Angie's eyes darted around, and then she started to sob quietly.

Rocco Bianchi immediately stepped in front of her.

"We all came up with it together. Stop picking on Angie all the time."

Suddenly, it all seemed absurd.

I turned and stared at Michael.

"Last night, when you said you had feelings for me, was that part of the plan too?"

Michael avoided my eyes.

"You've been clinging to me since we were kids.

"If I told you I had feelings for you, you'd feel secure enough to plan our trip to the South District."

He didn't look the least bit guilty, as if it were no bigger deal than eating or drinking.

Angie shed a few tears, then suddenly pushed past Dom Rizzo toward the door.

"It's all my fault. I'll go find my father right now.

"I'll ask him to put in an application for me to go to the South District with Linda. You all stay."

The four of them surrounded her almost at once.

Vincent Mancuso shut the door.

"You just got back. Where do you think you're going?"

"But what about Linda?"

Angie was crying so hard her shoulders shook.

"The South District is chaotic and dangerous. Even her father didn't come back from there. She can't do it alone."

Michael rushed to wipe away her tears.

"Linda's an assassin. She'll be fine.

"You're the one who's frail. Don't gamble with your life."

I stood a few steps away, coldly watching them comfort her.

I thought back to the day my father brought them home from the orphanage.

We grew up together, and I'd thought of them as my closest family.

We should have shared the same fury over my father's murder.

But while I was grieving, they'd already chosen to betray me.

They'd chosen to become Angie's people.

Vincent pushed up his glasses, as calm as ever.

"Linda, I know this wasn't the most honorable way to do it, but I hope you'll understand.

"No one forced your father to bring us into the family, so no one should force us to avenge him either.

"You go, we stay.

"Everyone's happy."

The anger I'd been holding back finally flared.

I gave him a sharp smile. "So you'd rather go back to eating spoiled scraps at the orphanage than live with dignity in the family?"

Rocco hated those humiliating years more than any of them.

His face darkened at once.

"Weren't you on the fence about going to the South District anyway?

"You should thank us for helping you make up your mind."

It was true that I'd hesitated.

The Leiden family's South District bordered enemy territory.

It was so chaotic that even the police didn't want to deal with it.

My father had been assassinated there, and I dreamed of avenging him.

The Don had even talked to me privately and asked if I'd be willing to go to the South District.

But they'd always acted like they wanted to come with me.

The only reason I hadn't made up my mind was that I worried about their safety.

I'd even thought about letting go of my hatred.

I could have stayed with them in the family's core territory.

But now it seemed all my worries had been for nothing.

I turned for the door before my tears could fall.

Michael instinctively stepped in front of me.

"Where are you going?"

"Home."

"What about us?"
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  • They Tricked Me into a Death Mission   Chapter 15

    The four of them went pale at once.They'd never dreamed they'd been fooled even back then.They forgot all about the video still playing.Michael rushed at Angie and grabbed her by the collar."We did everything we could to give you what you wanted."Why would you do this to Linda?!"You made us do that to her..."He wanted to say that Angie had made them turn on me.Now that she'd been exposed, a mad glint flashed in Angie's eyes."I never told you to go after her!"You did all of it yourselves!"The video was still playing.It was true that Angie had never once ordered them to force me to put my fingerprint on that paper.They'd chosen to hurt me on their own, in their hurry to win points with their new master.Michael watched himself in the video, his face twisted as he forced me down.He couldn't say another word in his own defense.The underboss was the quickest to react. He stormed over to Angie.He slapped his own daughter hard across the face."You stupid country girl, you've

  • They Tricked Me into a Death Mission   Chapter 14

    That was when they noticed Angie, bound hand and foot on the floor.As soon as she saw the four of them, Angie burst into tears."Michael, help me!"It was Linda who stole my things back then. She was afraid the family would punish her."She let me use the villa so I wouldn't report her."You were all there. That's how it happened, isn't it?"Everyone was staring at the four of them.Whatever they said next would go on record as testimony and sway the Don's ruling.The underboss said nothing.But a capo close to him tapped the table."Tell us the truth about what happened that day."The four of them weren't fools.Michael knew perfectly well they were being forced to pick a side.Choose me, the rising star, or do the underboss a big favor.One answer would decide everything.Their eyes darted back and forth between Angie and me.For a moment, Michael decided to tell the truth.He'd already failed my father, the man who'd trained him, and betrayed me when I'd trusted them.He didn't wan

  • They Tricked Me into a Death Mission   Chapter 13

    It was precisely because I'd been truly betrayed that I trusted the people I'd chosen for myself.No one knew what Andre and Joanne discussed with the Don in the meeting room that day.But a month later, word got around.The whole Leiden family knew the Don had kept his promise.He gave me back my father's connections and assets.He also rewarded us for handing over the files on the other families.He handed the three of us all of Gold Street and every business around it.From then on, we weren't anyone's weapons anymore.The three of us came back to the family's core territory as senior members.Of course, Michael and the others heard about it too.They found out where I lived and sent me a flood of apology letters and gifts.Andre and Joanne would sometimes see them kneeling outside my door.They had their men rough up the four of them and run them off.No one asked me what to do about those four.But I knew very well that I still had a score to settle with them.Michael and the othe

  • They Tricked Me into a Death Mission   Chapter 12

    The assassination was set for Thanksgiving.The man who'd killed my father was holed up in the lawless zone, and he was throwing a party.It was our only chance to get deep into his hideout.We used fake identities the family had prepared to get into his villa.But things went wrong from the start.Andre was nearly exposed at the very first security check.Luckily, I pretended to be drunk, leaned against him, and swapped his pass for mine.That was how he got through the second check.And Joanne, who was in charge of hacking the system, miscalculated the timing.It was Andre who kept everyone in the banquet hall distracted.That bought Joanne more time.She hacked the lock on the door leading to the floor where the target's bedroom was.We got around layer after layer of security.In the end, I squeezed into the narrow passage only someone my size could fit through.Just as I was opening the door for them, the target came out of the shower early and caught me.He'd been a hitman too. I

  • They Tricked Me into a Death Mission   Chapter 11

    I hadn't seen him in a year, and he'd gotten much thinner.The eyes I remembered as warm and expressive were now sunken.Dark circles shadowed them. He clearly hadn't slept properly in a long time."Linda? Linda, is that you?"He lunged like a madman, trying to grab Evan's phone."Are you okay in the South District?"You..."Things had changed. Now, hearing his voice again only annoyed me.I asked Evan to end the call.Michael begged, "Please don't go. It's all our fault. Please, please don't hang up..."There was a time I could never bring myself to make him apologize.If they were having a hard time, it hurt me too.When they'd offered to come with me to the South District, I'd even considered giving up my revenge because I feared for their safety.Now I felt nothing. His voice was just noise.I hung up myself.Only then did Evan tell me that Michael and the others had struggled over the past year.Six months ago, they'd cut ties with Angie completely.Angie, the girl who'd only ever

  • They Tricked Me into a Death Mission   Chapter 10

    The South District really was as dangerous as Michael had said.There were none of the comforts of the family's core territory.Here, there was no guarantee you'd even stay alive.I witnessed horrors my father had always shielded me from.Every night, the windows had to be sealed with sheet metal.Once the police left, gunfights could break out on the streets at any moment.On my first night, the gunfire outside kept me up until dawn.When I met our instructor, Carver, he looked at everyone who'd come for training and said coldly, "Once you're in the South District, you're all weapons."Either you die, or you survive, finish the mission, and walk away with money and glory."It was hell on earth. A voice inside begged me to run.But I kept seeing the four of them forcing me to put my fingerprint on that paper.My hands shook with fear when I thought about what lay ahead.But I was even more afraid of going back to that weak version of myself.I worked harder than anyone.In the first mo

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