I look at the man and I notice something Austin already has. He has a gun.
I tried not to gasp but it comes out. The man notices where my eyes are and laughs.
"Scared little girl?" He now points it at me, Austin runs up to me and stands in front of me.
"What do you want? Don't point that at her!" Austin says.
The man laughs again and says "I have some business that needs to be done with her father. Now."
"I already told you that we don't know where he is." Austin says. Still standing in front of me, I was so scared that I grabbed Austin's hand. He's the only one that makes me feel safe. He didn't mind because he squeezed it and wouldn't let go.
"Well. You better hope he shows up soon."
"What business do you have with my father?" I asked. Surprised I got the words out.
"Let's just say he took some things from me and I need them back so I can pay off some of my debts and keep my life." He looks around.
"He stole from you?" Austin asked.
"Yeah, everything in this store should be mine."
What is this guy talking about?
"I don't know what you're talking about." I say.
The man laughed again. "You're a naive little girl. The money your father made is because of me. And I deserve it. In fact we used to be partners but then he decided he wanted all the money to himself. He's probably never around right? Because he makes sure no one like me or Mike recognizes him. But i did."
I still don't understand what this man is saying. Who is Mike? It makes me no sense to me and I've never heard of any of this from my dad. I mean I know my dad never shows his face around here but I just figured it was because he was busy all the time. This man is obviously insane.
I could hear someone at the front door. The lock being turned, which means it must be my dad. Austin and I turn around. My dad walks in, and his mouth drops when he sees us.
"What the heck?" He says.
"I'm glad you decided to show your face here."The man said.
"Andrew?" My dad says.
"You got that right. I've come to collect my money. And if I don't get it, there's going to be problems." He points the gun at my dad now.
"What are you talking about? I owe you nothing!" My dad shouts.
"You're messing with the wrong people Lester, if I don't get my money then I can't repay Mike and if I can't repay mike. I'm dead." Andrew says.
"Well maybe if you didn't sell your soul to Mike you wouldn't be in this mess." My dad replies.
"Ha, sell my soul? I needed money and he gave it to me. It's only fair I pay him back. Same goes for you. Just give me my money and then we'll all be happy."
Me and Austin exchange worried looks. He squeezes my hand again.
"We both got screwed over Andrew. It's in the past, time to move on. You're not getting anything from me so just leave" My dad says.
Andrew smirks and points the gun at me.
"Do you care about your daughter at all? Want her to pay for your mistakes?" He asks.
Austin tenses up but doesn't move from in front of me.
"No." Austin says, firmly.
"Don't bring my daughter into this; it's between me and you." My dad says.
"Alright, fine. Since you're not giving me what you owe me, there's only one thing left to do." Andrew says.
He then takes the gun and points it at my dad and puts his finger on the trigger.
"No!" I yell. I get around Austin and start running over to my dad. I can't let this happen!
"Ally No!" Austin says, he goes after me and grabs my arm and throws me down, out of the way.
And then the gun goes off.
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