La Carnicera by Olson Yolanda

Author:Olson, Yolanda
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

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“Look what I’ve got!”

Pedro lets out his breath in a loud sigh as he walks over. He’s never been impressed much with anything that I do; if anything, I think he just sees me as Tatiana’s annoying little sister.

“What now, Sofi?” he demands in a loud voice. He’s not nice to me no matter how hard I try to gain his approval.

I bite my lower lip nervously.

Maybe I shouldn’t show him. Papa would be angry to know that I left the house with this and even more so that I took it without asking his permission first.

But the feeling of being scared leaves me almost as quickly as it came when I see how he’s looking at me. With a bored look on his face, like even me just being here bothers him.

I’ll show him, I tell myself as bravely as I can.

I lift the bottom of my shirt and pull out the small gun. It belonged to my new mother before she left and made Papa sad by not coming back.

“Where did you get that?” he asks, his voice taking on a touch of excitement.

“It belonged to Mama,” I reply with a shrug. When he reaches for it, I take a step back and swat his hand away.

Pedro is older than Tati and me both, but I know how much they like each other, so I do my best to treat him as I would anyone else in my new family.

“You can’t touch it,” I hiss at him.

“But you can? You probably don’t even know how to fucking use it,” he replies with a smirk on his face. He likes to make me feel like I’m not as smart as he is, and I hate it.

“I do too!” I shout stubbornly.

“Go ahead. Point it at that tree,” he insists, using his chin to point to the one a few feet away from us, “and let me see if you can actually hit it.”

I give him an angry look.

He must forget that he can’t speak to me like I’m no one now. I’m a Cancio, and that means something to the people here. And even though he doesn’t think I belong, I’m going to show him that I do, once and for all.

Squaring my shoulders, I lift the small pistol and aim it at the tree. The tip of my tongue is clenched between my teeth as I raise my other hand and grip the gun as best as I can. It’s heavier than I thought it would be so it’s taking all of my strength and concentration right now not to drop it.

I’m going to look like a fool when I miss my mark.

I’ve never shot a gun before, and he knows it. He’s going to make fun of me and tell everyone that Ana Sofia is a chicken if I don’t do this.

Closing my eyes tightly, I let my finger find the trigger, and I squeeze it, jumping slightly at the sound.

“See?” he says with a laugh.

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