Making promises



Nothing but dead ends and loose ties the man was a ghost who left no trails behind. I used every code and went through every record but everything led to nothing. I have only had three hours of sleep my body was exhausted but my mind was wide awake.

"WHERE THE HELL DID YOU PUT IT!" I groaned as I sat up wiping the sleep out of my eyes. My door slammed open in running a frantic Diego. "Angel you have to hide me." Diego pushed me in front of him using me as a human shield.

"GET THE FUCK BACK HERE YOU estúpido!" (asshole!) Juan screamed shaking the walls with his anger. I tried shaking Diego off but he only held me tighter. Sometimes my brothers are lucky that they don't meet my angry side. "what did you do?"

Juan stormed in my room with his eyes burning glares as he looked at Diego who was behind me. "Give me your phone," Juan growled taking one step forward cracking his knuckles. I rolled my eyes and turned around to look at the culprit. "what did you do to poke the bear?" he smiled cheekily and winked back at Juan who was looking ready to kill him.

"delete the photo you mother fucker or I will smash your face." I quickly stopped Juan and put myself in the middle of my two crazy brothers. "but you looked so adorable." Diego whined as he pulled out his phone and showed me a photo of Juan sleeping. I stifled a giggle trying my best not to provoke my angry brother even more. "see your like a chubby baby with all of that sexy drool I just couldn't resist to not take a photo. I thought maybe I could send it to one of your girlfriends" I could already see Diego's gravestone. Juan's eyes had never been darker that they were now it was only a matter of time before fists start swinging.

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!" John's deep voice shook the walls startling all of us. John walked holding a strong deadly aura. "Mamma pacifically told you, boys, to let Angelina sleep. Did you not listen or are you guys really that inconsiderate of your little sister?" My idiot brothers eyes softened and they looked at me sympathetically. I wanted to scoff or say something but just as always, I remained silent.

"Sorry sis." Diego kissed my head lovingly and Juan took that as a chance to try and snatch the phone. But John was already a step ahead because he snatched the phone himself and shoved it in his pocket. "HEY! Give back my phone who said you can take it."

"I don't need an order or permission besides what do you think Papa would do if he heard you speaking that vulgar language in front of Angelina." I rolled my eyes and walked away sometimes it is impossible to tolerate my brothers. They always talk and act as if I am just some delicate flower for them to protect.

They don't know anything.

"where is Mamma and Papa" I asked as I got my gym bag from my closet which was filled with all of my equipment. "Mamma went to Moretti mansion to visit grandma and papa flew out this morning." I stopped packing and looked up at him with a frown.

"without saying goodbye?" Juan and Diego gave me sympathetic smiles while John came and gave me a tight hug. "sorry princess, papa just didn't want to wake you mamma thinks you aren't sleeping well lately."

"Mamma needs to stop worrying I am fine." I voiced out my thoughts as I put my towel and sneakers in the bag. Juan scoffed loudly and slumped down on my bed.

"Angel you know that she and Papa will always worry about you." John smiled at me reassuringly as he watched me pack the bag.

"we will always worry about the little baby." Diego taunted squeezing my cheeks cooing and capturing chuckles from the rest of my brothers. I huffed out and pushed him aside narrowing my eyes at Diego with a slight glare.

"I am going to the gym." John watched me for a moment as if he was trying to study me. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Alright but just make sure you take Henry with you. We all have to go to the decks to sort out some business."

My brothers left my room, Juan groaning as he left my bed. "Oh, and make sure you eat breakfast and have your medicine before you leave." I smiled back at Diego before shutting my bedroom door.

I quickly got changed and grabbed both my gym bag and another bag to get ready for this day. Today is the first day to a long six months ahead of me. And already I am losing hope. Imagine spending six hours of hard research and again and again only getting nothing. I have no idea what to do. It felt as if someone had shoved a knife in my chest and plunged it as deep it would go inside my head.

I have never hated myself so much until now. Everyone has enemies and people they hate but the person who I hate the most is myself. There is no one but myself to blame and the only person who can fix this mess is me.

My brothers had already left the large mansion doing whatever business papa ordered them to do. I have lived here in this stupid mansion all my life and I remember a long time ago I used to call this place home. But for me now, it is just another place to sleep. The mansion was just another façade to the lie I live in daily.

My heart hammered out of my chest heavily and my knuckles were stained white as I gripped the steering wheel. My mind raced as I drove past the buildings and people who walked by. Everyone was living their average normal lives and going on with their lives. I envied them most of them hardly have anything to worry about. Some were probably worrying about dinner, or theirs, or money or maybe their job. I wished that was my case. I would trade my life with anything right now.

Why couldn't I just be like Laura and act as a perfect golden child? Or why couldn't I act like Sophie or Rebecca? Then everything would be perfect and life would just go by normally. I was a true shadow in my family I lived in the corner observing everything. No one understood. My parents used to think I had an anxiety order when I was a child. I hardly ever spoke but that wasn't because I had something 'wrong' with me.

It was just me.

The girls all wanted to wear the pretty dresses what their mothers wore. I had no interest in that and instead of wanting one of the new barbie dolls I wanted a weapon. I didn't want to play dress-ups with the girls I wanted to train with the boys.

But unfortunately change doesn't happen like that.

Not in this world

I dressed quickly, putting my special gym clothes on and mask on in one of the gross restrooms. Although I hate the base the gym what they have here is my favourite.

Men fighting in spars and silly boys picking fights with the wrong people was just a normal day here. Women aren't accepted in this world if a woman was even seen doing something like this she would be shot on sight. The only thing what a woman is 'good' for is being a so-called 'trophy wife'.

A prize.

It is why most people just assume that Sparrow is a boy. because to most only 'boys' can do this. Only 'boys' can cope in this world.

I strapped my hands tightly with bandages getting ready to take all of my anger out on this punching bag. My fists hit the bag harshly it slightly burnt my skin but I didn't stop. Again, again and again if I didn't punch the bag I kicked it. I did every move I knew off and didn't stop.

I wanted this nightmare to end and at some point, I was thinking maybe if I just killed my self then all of this would just go away.

I would be free.

Punch after punch after punches were being made front left and centre. I could feel some eyes watching me in fascination and curiosity. But I kept going I wasn't going to stop and I had no plan to stop. I don't even think I would stop if I even broke my wrists.

I didn't stop.

Sweat dripped down my eyebrows as I continued to punch. My lungs were burning as I hardly had any air. My legs ached and were screaming for me to stop. My knuckles were covered in blood though none of this was worrying me. No pain no game was something Tony always taught me with his sickening ways. I didn't want to stop until some sort of plan came to me. My head was fuzzy and nothing in all of this was making sense.

"What did the poor punching bag ever do to you?" I turned to my side seeing Jace lean on a pile of bags looking at me with his same as always cocky smirk. I rolled my eyes and kept punching the bag putting my focus on something that was more important than my overconfident friend.

"You need a break I can practically smell your stinky ass over here."

I punched the bag repeatedly again letting my new sudden frustration be some motivation to keep going. Just as I was about to land another punch I was snatched away. I turned around and didn't waste another moment to land a punch on his stupid face.

"What the fuck!" I rolled my eyes as he clutched his nose like a dramatic princess. "You nearly broke my nose." He cried checking for blood.

"refresh yourself in the bathroom and clean yourself up. I am taking you away so you can have a break." He said sternly folding his arms waiting for me to pull a witty manoeuvre on him.

I huffed out as I took my bags into the bathroom after checking the coast was clear. The bathroom here was by far the worst thing here the tiles had blood stains and the roof was covered in mould. I used the water to clean my sliced knuckles and to wipe the sweat off my face and body. I got a fresh pair of clothes and changed my sweat-soaked jumper into another baggy hoodie. I refixed my makeup making sure everything was perfect. I looked like my brothers when they were younger. I am sure if they saw me they would all probably think I am some missing brother they have never met. I made my jaw look sharp and used makeup to contour my nose. I am surprisingly quite skilled with makeup and can practically do it with my eyes closed.

"yo beauty queen are you ready." I got out huffing with my bags what were thrown around my shoulder throwing Jace a thick glare. He raised his hands in surrender but didn't wipe the smirk off his face.

Whenever I am with my family I wouldn't dare to act this way in front of them. It was a benefit of being sparrow I was allowed to be me, I was allowed to show my anger. I let out a breath as I sat in a new car what he has obviously stolen. "so, where are we going?" knowing that it was just now me and him and it was safe so I can now talk. "Let's go to the spot." He smirked and sped up the car while flipping off the police as we fled past and winding down the window laughing like a maniac. "you are going to get us arrested." I laughed and he only wiggled his eyebrows not showing any care whatsoever.

The blue and red sirens were soon heard but Jace had no care because for him this was just a normal occurrence for him. Jace was the best getaway driver I know of, his passion is driving and he knows how to get away from nearly every situation. The police have always tried to catch him but they always fail.

We both laughed like maniacs as we dodged the police and the heavy traffic and soon Jace diverted from the roads to the of course track what leads to our spot. It covered the whole city and like usual me and Jace just submerged into our own thoughts sitting in the comfortable silence.

"Any leads." I sighed deeply and shook my head. "Nope, not a single ounce of information. What about you?"

"Nothing, no one knows anything about the fucker he is a ghost." He chuckled darkly leaning back into his chair. I furrowed my eyebrows and let my thoughts ponder.

"hey! It is going to be ok, it is the first day we have heaps of time. We will get the fucker." I smiled weakly and nodded.

"I am sorry for dragging you into this mess." He shook it off and laughed warm heatedly.

"Nah You didn't drag me in anything so get that dumb thought out of your head and remember Ange that we are partners in crime through thick and thin for eternity." He sang loudly lightly nudging me as I playfully rolled my eyes. He held out his pinkie and a large grin displayed on his face.

"what? Are you five or something?" He scoffed loudly and grabbed my hand wrapping his big pinkie around my small one.

"Eternity and always." He smirked down at me wiggling his eyebrows. I honestly thought he forgot about this it was something we always used to do when we were fourteen.

"eternity and always..."