The beginning before I know what just happened

Wanting leave my family's business was something I never though I would do. In the beginning I wanted to be like my father, heck I wanted to take over the family business. That was before I found out what the family business was all about. I though my family owned a bowling building and ran a bowling franchise. Well that's true they do own the franchise and the bowling building but that's not where the money is coming from. My dad always handled the accountings of the business. It was mindless number crunching. So I watched my dad one day doing his numbers and I asked him where did some of the numbers that he's been putting in from. He would always say "sweet one when your older I'll tell you but for right now all you need to know is that it's charity that is given to us to help those that are in need". My dad knew how to sweet talk. He sweet talked the IRS from having to pay the additional taxes that your support to pay when you own your own business.

That wasn't the shocking news that made me change my mind about taking over the family business. No the shocking news was when I reported some discrepancies in my dads book on certain accounts. I even found out who was at fault for those discrepancies. When I told my dad he said to me.

" Well have a meeting with him today are you able to come by and watch how I deal with these people?"

To be honest I thought that this was a once in a life time chance that I could show my dad that I can run his business.

Man was I mistaken. When we arrived at the meeting place it wasn't in any office but it was in our storage place where we would leave our extra balls and pins when our old one would either brake or look their color. I was following my dad and some other people

into the storage place and what I saw there made me rethink of my decision to take over the family business.

In front of me was the accountant that was sterling from my dad tied up in a chair and he was gagged as well he looked like he was already beaten to a bloody pulp. He looked like he was crying. His mumbling could he heard as pleads to not kill him. I had no idea my dad was a mob boss. I looked at the accountant and back again at my dad. My dad saw that I was frozen in my tracks so he can to me and lead me to be in from of the accountant. My dad got really close to my ear and said. "Sweet one time to see if you can take over the family business?"

I wasn't sure what my dad wanted me to do but the next thing I know my dad gave me a gun and moved away from me.

"We are here to decide what we will be doing with out faithful accountant? "

My dad announced.

"He not only stole from our bowling industry he also had the nerve to take $ 75,000 dollars from our security business. We all know we treat our security business people well and we take care of our own kind but this accountant is t one of our security business member so he doesn't get the benefits of our business but he felt he was entitled to it just because he does our books. Well he would have gotten away with it if my daughter hadn't noticed something off on our books. She's a smart one. If she didn't bring this to my attention we all would have lost much more then just the money. No we would have lost our dignity but thanks to my daughter we can save our dignity." My father said and looked at everyone in the room.

"Now what to do with the thief here. This mongrel of a gypsy. What will we do with him any suggestions?" My dad continued. As he's talking I then realize that my dad is expecting me to shoot him. I walk up to my dad with the gun in hand and tell him. " I can't shoot him dad there has to be a better way then this." I say as I'm giving the gun back to my dad.

"We can file a complaint with the police and arrest him for his crimes we don't need to do anything illegal where dad." I said to him.

But the reaction that my dad got from my words was like he was wanting to laugh at my suggestion but he had stopped him self from laughing. He then took the gun and shot the accountant three times. I was shocked I was scared. My dad the person that I looked up to shot someone in cold blood without batting an eye. I felt sick scared and before I knew what was going on I fainted. The last thing I remember before fainting was my dad saying. "This is the family business are you ready for it." Then I was out.

I woke up the next morning in my bed confused as to how I got to my room and what happened. I figured since I was in my bed at home that what I experienced yesterday was just a nightmare that I had it hadn't happened. So I brushed it off. I got ready to go down stairs to eat breakfast with my family. Everyone was acting normal. Nothing was out of the ordinary. Well besides the tv in the kitchen being on. We almost never have it on in the morning dad hates the news and the weather repost that they say. But something on the news stood out for me. They mentioned that a body was found in a tigers den. No one knows who that person was nor how he got to be the unlucky snack for the tigers. I was paying attention to they news reported and that when I saw part of the mans outfit. It was our accountant. 'How is that possible? What I dreamt wasn't a dream it really happened didn't?' I saw my dad Turing the TV off "What an unfortunate sole. " he said.