A Baby Boy Held You So Tightly

Ashleigh's POV

Okay so meeting Andy as my dad wasn't as bad as I thought, I realised he was just this guy trying his best not to piss me off. Which was wise. I still kept my distance and made sure I watched the others with caution. Especially Ashley. The fucking perv. He smiled nervously at me a few times and I replied with a death stare, I'm glad I make him nervous. It means he is going to be on best behaviour around me.

"So Ashleigh what was your assassin training like?" CC asked excitedly.

I shrugged, "it was okay, there was thirty of us to start with but by the end they were all dead."

My dad's eyes widened, "how?"

"I killed a few, but most of them killed each other. Diablo was the hardest to kill. Little shit always saw me coming. So we settled it with a fist fight, ha! He forgot the one rule of assassin training!"

"What's that?" Jinxx asked nervously.

"Never trust an assassin. I hid a dagger in the waist of my trousers, he never saw that coming."

"How old were you at that point?" CC asked again.

"Nine. As soon as he was dead I completed training and was given my first target. I flew out to Guatemala and eliminated LesAnrians. The biggest crime boss in the country. He stiffed quite a few gangs in america, he sells large quantities of crystal cocaine. Well he did." She laughed as we all stared in stunned silence.

"Y-You killed a g-guy!?" Ashley stammered.

She nodded, "yeah but he was a bad guy. I only ever killed bad guys. I am better than a soldier. I never killed someone who doted on their family who was just following orders. I killed the people who were assholes. Real filth. That's what made me different."

The silence spread and I realised they would have to get used to the fact that I could kill them as easily as stepping on a snail. If I was told that by someone I would need time to process as well.

***

We left the parlour and dad led the way to his place, I gladly followed but kept my eyes focused on my surroundings. Remembering the way back, although this was also the way to my apartment. We walked down my road and stopped outside my apartment block. Before Andy could say anything I pulled a knife out of my jacket and jumped on him, making him fall.

My face was stern and the metal was to his throat, "how do you know where I live? Have you been following me? It would make sense seeing as you were so keen to talk to me in starbucks!"

He was careful with his throat movements, "I live here with Juliet, number twelve."

"How is that possible? I live in number thirteen. We live opposite each other. Why!?"

"I don't know! Coincidence?"

I raised my eyebrow and sheathed my knife back into my pocket, "we'll see." I glanced over at Ashley for a second and saw pure fear in his eyes, I grinned and walked to the elevator. Andy pressed our floor number and the elevator descended into a terrified silence, I just smiled. It was good to be feared, fear eliminates threat. We walked into Andy's apartment and he began facetiming someone. I zoned out uninterested, I turned my attention to the cats and stroked them gently. I wasn't a cat person but they weren't overly affectionate. I preferred deadly animals, like my reticulated python and my P. Metallica spider. Chubs is a good snake, never attacks unless I say so. And Gilette keeps herself to herself, she let's me handle her but no one else. Dogs seem a little too pathetic, they have owners. Snakes and spiders have staff. That's how it works. Andy thrust his phone infront of me and I was face to face with two people I have never seen in my life. A man an a woman in their forties.

"Hello Ashleigh!" The woman waved.

"Huh!" I stared clueless.

"They are my parents, your grandparents." Dad smiled.

"Ohh," the penny dropped and I tried to smile but I think it looked like more of a smirk, "hi."

"How are you? What have you been up to all these years!?" My grandfather asked.

"Okay, bit freaked out due to the circumstances. And y'know just killing gang bosses and arranging gang busts for the cops." I shrugged. My grandparents were having a heart attack, I inwardly doubled over laughing. I must remember that my occupation is nothing like being a burger flipper at mcdonalds.

Andy whipped the phone back to himself, "long story, see you tomorrow. Juliet is meeting you at the airport."

"Is she not with you now?" The woman asked.

"No mom, she had to run out and get cat food. Then she said she was going to ambers to help her with an outfit. Something about an ex-boyfriend was mentioned. It was just really boring girly talk to me."

"Hey! Girly talk is the shit you gotta pay attention to son! They talk about personal stuff! About you!" The man scolded Andy.

Andy's eyes widened, "how much about me?"

"Everything." The woman said bluntly.

"Holy shit!" Disbelief spread across his face as his parents said their goodbyes.

I smirked, "I like the sound of your girlfriend."

Notes

Wheyyyyyyyyy! Hehehehe lol Ashleigh is scary as fuck. I would so be her bff ;) x x x