Amara nodded her head in understanding.
"I'll remember this uncle, I'll take this as my first life lesson."
"Good"
After seeing the house, Michael and Amara cleaned the blood and brought the body upstairs and then handed it over to the other guards to dispose of it.
The guards assumed he was killed in the study room and it was not new for them so they didn't ask any questions and again except for Amara and Michael no one knew of the secret home in the underground.
"A lot of things happened today, you were at your home in the morning, went for school and your class then you came to Italy from London. Are you tired?"
Amara and Michael after freshening up came to the dining room where food was made and kept for them on the table.
Amara took a bite of the steak and looked up, "Yes today was indeed amazing, this is the best day of my life. Thank you for bringing me here."
"Amara, will you ever regret this decision?"
"Never" Amara answered confidently
Michael smiled and was thankful to Jackson.
"Great Uncle"
"Yes?"
"Can I ask you something?"
"Sure"
"Why is August 8 a significant date?"
Michael smiled and said, "I'll tell you when you will become Amara Russo from Amara Brown."
Amara expected this answer, if Michael would have had answered her immediately then he wouldn't have been the mafia leader.
After exchanging pleasantries, they both went to their respective rooms to sleep.
…
Early morning 4am
An alarm bell rang in Amara's room, she got annoyed and woke up not being able to bear the irritating sound.
"What the hell" she murmured.
There was a knock on the door
She moved the comforter and went to open the door. Suddenly she was attacked and was pushed into the room, she now came out of her half sleepiness and tried to see who it was, there was darkness all around and she was not able to see clearly.
Amara then saw someone approaching her and she who was lying down immediately sat and tried to trip the approaching person with her leg, the man didn't expect this move and tripped forward. Amara immediately held his hair taking the advantage of his position and pulled him down, she took the balance of his hair to stand up while he was pulled down.
It was really painful for him as her grip on his hair was very tight, so he couldn't attack her and fell forward. After standing up she quickly pressed her leg on his back and stomped on him.
"Ahhhhh" the guy shouted loudly as he was lying on his stomach and she ruthlessly pressed on his back.
She lifted her leg and was about to stomp again, just then she heard a calm and soothing voice, "You never fail to impress me"
She stopped in her action and turned back. She saw Michael standing at the entrance of the door with a gentle smile on his face.
Before she could say anything, Michael asked the guy lying on the floor, "What do you think?"
The guy slowly stood up and kept his hand near his back, "Sir, she is definitely a 7"
"That's good" Michael smiled and asked the man to leave.
"What is this great uncle?"
"Another test and another lesson Amara."
She glared at him waiting for him to continue as she was not satisfied with this answer.
He therefore continued, "A mafia leader or anyone working in the mafia, should always be on high alert, you can't open the door in a sleepy state only because someone knocked at it or you are in your home, you should be aware of your surroundings."
"What if I would have been hurt because of your test?"
"Then I would think I failed at my judgement."
Amara scoffed hearing his words.
"I am really impressed by you, Amara, I was expecting a 2 or 3 but you got a 7."
"What is it? A score to judge me?"
"Yes, something like that."
"Can I go back to sleep?" Amara asked, yawning, she was still feeling sleepy.
"No. Get ready and come downstairs in 15 minutes. Wear comfortable clothes, we are starting your training from today."
Amara checked the time and said, "It is just 4:13am, do we have to start our training so early?"
"Yes. If you are not downstairs in 15 minutes then forget breakfast, our training will start at 4:45am irrespective of the fact you had your breakfast or not, so it is upto, you if you want to sleep till 4:45am or freshen up and eat something, I would personally recommend you to choose food as you would need energy to do the training."
Amara then quickly went to brush her teeth and have a bath, although she loves her sleep but she loves food more and she is practical, to sustain the rigorous training she needs food.
She went to have breakfast, there were many options for her to choose and every dish on the table was healthy.
"You can eat as much as you want till 4:43am, after that you can't eat anymore." Michael said calmly, eating the boiled eggs.
Amara checked the time and it was 4:28am, she sighed in relief and quickly filled her plate with all her favorites, she quickly ate everything stuffing her mouth.
Seeing her stuffed mouth Michael laughed, Amara glared at him in anger as he was enjoying her miserable state.
She was done with her breakfast by 4:40am and she proudly looked at Michael with an expression that said, 'I win and You lose'
Michael chuckled and said, "This is going to be your lifestyle for the rest of your life, it would be better as soon as you get used to it."
Amara pouted and thought, 'Sleep, goodbye forever'