PAINFUL MEMORIES

Flashback
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"Shoot well Leo, you can't become the leader if you keep on shooting like this. What are you? A child? " Dad hit my head with the tip of the gun and I let out a loud cry, I tried running to mum but he slapped me and kicked me. I fell on the floor holding my right leg in pain, hot tears rolled down my cheek while I hope for this torment to be over but it seemed like it wasn't ending anytime soon.
It was my ninth birthday, and dad had promised to give me the best birthday present that morning. I remembered how I anticipated greatly, looking forward to dad's gift, I didn't even have friends to celebrate with, the only friend I had was Jack but he went for holiday in his uncle's house, so It was me and my sister only. My mum and sister came to my room that morning with a cake, they sang a birthday song for me and hugged me tightly. I made a wish in my mind and blew off the fire on the candle.
"What did you wish for darling?" Mum asked me, running her hands gently on my hair with large smile on her face.
" I wished to have friends to celebrate my next birthday with and also have a big birthday party" I said aloud while I kept on rocking on mum's lap and she gave me a peck on my forehead and my cheek. She told me to also wish for bigger things.
"Do you know what I wished for?" Mum asked, bringing Elisa closer to her.
" You made a wish?" I asked her full of surprise and she nodded with a huge smile on her face. "But it isn't your birthday" Mum laughed out loud, I could still remember how beautiful she looks when she laugh or smile, she was so beautiful and there was absolutely no doubt about it.
"Yes! you want to know what I wished for?" I shook my head, picking my nose but she immediately removed my hand from my nose and placed it on her lap. " I wished for your dad to allow you go to school, so you can study like other kids, even if you wouldn't be a doctor, lawyer, banker and all, I just want you to go to school " She held my hand raising it above her chest.
"That's never going to happen, not while I am alive" Dad came into my room from no where, his voice was hoarse and I could tell he was already angry. As he drew closer , I and Elisa moved closer to mum while we stared at him. Immediately he got to where I was, he dragged me away from mum, pulling me closer to him. Surprisingly he told me he had a birthday present for me and it was going to be the best I would ever receive, he also said I was of age to receive the gift and that he wanted to wait till I was ten but it seemed like my mum was trying to play with my head so it would be best to give me the gift today. I was looking forward to the gift the whole day, little did I know it was going to be the worst gift and the worst day of my life.
"Please leave him, he is just a child" Mum begged as dad handed me a gun that hot afternoon, telling me about how I was going to take over from him, so I needed to be strong and heartless. He shot at the bottle on the table once, the bullet hit the bottle and it broke into pieces. He kept on shooting ordering me to watch closing, finally he handed the gun to me and asked me to try. One of his men standing there placed another bottles on the table. I wasn't able to shoot any of the bottles for the five times I tried and dad got mad. I was about to shoot the eleventh time and dad promised to deal with me mercilessly if I missed it. Even if I wasn't going to miss the eleventh one, there was now way I could get it now, not after he had threatened me and I was now shaking in fear. Just as expected, I missed the last one which was even worst than the others.
Mum begged dad to stop hitting me but he wouldn't listen, I was beginning to spit out blood while enough bruises were already on my face, down to my body. I kept on shouting on top of my voice, as mum watched crying profusely with her hands covering her mouth. .
" Stop! Just stop! " Mum screamed at dad walking over to where I was, dad stopped immediately and looked at her with anger.
"How dare you shout at me? Ugh? He retorted loudly but didn't get any response." If you move close, I promise you wouldn't like what I would do to you" He said and faced her but mum ignored him and kept on walking to me. "Dad warned her again but she didn't listen to him. The moment she bent down to pick me up, dad pushed her to to the floor and slapped her. "Didn't I warn you he shouted, Now go back and don't test my patience" He said hitting her on her stomach before hitting me on mine too. For few seconds I thought I was going to die, not until I saw mum get up and slapped him on his cheek. Dad flared in anger, he pushed her forcefully to the ground and she hit her head on thr tree, like it wasn't enough he ran to the table and took out a gun pointing it at mum. She begged him to stop but he wouldn't listen.
" You dare to raise your hands on me you worthless thing, how dare you?" Dad was still pointing the gun at her. She stopped begging and turned to look at me while I kept on crying.
"Go to school " In a blink of an eye mum was dead, mum was lying lifelessly on the floor, dad shot her. I screamed while he men dragged me inside the mansion, but I kept on resisting.
" I will kill you!" I screamed at me, throwing my legs in the air making it difficult for his men to carry me but they did anyways.
"That's the spirit boy, that's is what I want I want to see in you, those are the kind of words I want you to say, that is how I want you to feel" He said without any remorse for what he had just done. If only he knew that I was going to keep my words, he would have taken it seriously.
END OF FLASHBACK
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I took in a deep breath and opened my eyes, which have been closed while I was trying not to remember that horrible event, but I ended remembering with the memories still fresh in my head. I looked through my side mirror, and saw the man still beating the boy with some other kids who had also probably missed the shot too, I became mad instantly. The man was looking exactly like my dad to me which got me so disgusted and angry. I got down from my car and headed over to where they were, he saw me coming and began hitting them even more harder than before. He must think I was like my father who would appreciate what he is doing now. My hand folded in a fist while I walked there increasing my pace, but he was so engrossed in what he doing and didn't even noticed. Immediately I got there I dragged his shirt and landed a blow on his face countless times before I left him on the floor. By now blood was gushing out from his mouth, I saw one of his tooth on the floor and I was pleased with what I did to him because he deserves it.
I instructed the children to go and have their bath and rest today, I promised to train them myself from today onward, I was surely going to talk about it in the meeting. I don't anyone to treat them the way my father treated me. They ran happily after thanking me profusely for saving them. I went back to my car and drove off to where the meeting was to hold, leaving the man behind to writ in pain until luckily someone finds him.