So Not Normal #11
Mom always says I’m an embarrassment, definitely not rare or special; I’m more of an inconvenience to her. That she apparently sold to some family who wants to kill me. That’s not the point though.
I think, provided you all aren’t full of shit, I would’ve liked growing up with you guys. I loved growing up with Lux. I thought he was the best and still do, I really miss him. You don’t need to worry about Lux. He’s always been into training. He was going to take me when I got older, he promised.
His dad was all about training. Lux was fit so I can’t imagine that changed, just leave him be. It isn’t his fault that I got you guys involved. I only wanted to find him. I still do. I feel so alone without Lux, sometimes. That’s getting better lately though.
Mom never said anything about you guys, so I have no preconceived notions. I just don’t want anything to do with the mob. It’s sounding like I don’t have a choice though, since mom made some backdoor deal with a different, crazy family.
Mom has always been calculating. She always says she’s shrewd, manipulative, and she always gets what she wants. From what I’ve seen, that’s true. Everyone has to lose eventually though. I’m not going to marry Luke, so she’s going to lose that battle.
Based on what I heard tonight, I’m like pretty sure you guys are definitely in the mob, but I’m beginning to not care. I liked coming to see you guys. I still don’t want to be “brought into the fold” or whatever the mob people say. I would miss you guys if you stopped emailing though.
Also, from what I heard tonight that war is coming, and I am going to do my best not to get involved. Apparently, I just have to keep hiding from people. That should be fun. I’ve never seen mom give anyone a second chance. Except Luke. So, she can do it apparently.
I find it strange you are interested in my diet.
I try to follow the plan mom set out. My old and new friends say it’s bullshit.
They didn’t / don’t let me follow it. I have a friend here who gets me carbs all the time.
Mom has a very strict vegan, gluten, and sugar free diet for me to follow.
I’ve broken it a lot, but I do try to stick to it as much as I can.
I like meat though, so it sucks. Also, bread is delicious. Do you have any idea how many things have gluten? I can’t buy packaged shredded cheese. Not that a lot of people offer vegan shredded cheese, but some do. Few offer the block vegan cheese.
Mom’s diet is really hard to stick to with what little money I had. She’d die if she knew how much I survived on Ramen and pizza rolls. They are cheap though, and we lived in Wisconsin one winter. I needed to keep the heat on.
So, I broke the diet. My song boy has me breaking it all the time. I honestly haven’t tried very hard to stick to it since mom left this time. My friends won’t hear of it, and it’s been nice not to stress about following it to be honest.
Luke has someone else. Hopefully, he doesn’t listen to his dad and sticks with her. Their plan for me is seriously sick. I’m going to go to the police station and see if I can’t file a restraining order against Luke. I have some messages he left me.
Maybe they can help me. I don’t want to die, and apparently that’s the plan. They said I was born to breed and die. That’s not true, is it? Mom doesn’t like me, but she can’t know they want to kill me. She’s always told me Luke could give me a comfortable life.
You can’t be comfortable if you’re dead. It’s probably sad that I still want to defend her. On the one hand part of me says she is my mom, but the thing is she’s never been that to me. Lux is the one that told me about the woman in the pictures at the apartment, and that she was our mom.
I don’t know about all that other stuff you said.
Luke likes this other girl and just wants to use me.
I don’t plan to let him near my person, let alone my neck.
Is his mob specialty slitting throats or something?
Don’t answer that. Maybe answer that in code?
Yes, no, maybe. I don’t know. Surprise me.
Stay safe Noxus and keep my brothers safe. Luke’s family knows you are watching them.
Odette
I hit send then chewed on my lip. I had a lot of emails.
Some from people I didn’t recognize. They were probably my other brothers.
I wanted to read them, but I needed to email Caspian.
I opened a new email chain and titled it: IMPORTANT and URGENT information for you (By this I mean my mob boss maybe brother).
I even went ahead and marked it as urgent using email tools because I really needed my brother to know about this. Luke and his dad were psycho’s and the family really had to go. I felt a little bad about that, but I was right.
Caspian,
See how I only emphasized and put in all caps one word? I caught your attention and didn’t need to keep shouting. Learn from me possible, pretty sure you’re not lying, big brother.
I do know you’re lying about the whole mob thing, you can just admit it.
Or don’t. Oh god. Is the FBI reading our emails?
They’ll probably scoop me up and lock me in some room.
Crap. I didn’t think of that. Whatever. You have to have some IT guy on your staff.
If you could make sure our emails aren’t read, that would be great. Ok? Thank you mob boss big bro.
You didn’t tell me I could be brought to other places besides your home when I slept beside my song boy. I went to a bad place mean and devoid of love. There was some guy on a dark seashell throne.
I’ve decided you’re the good mob boss guy with a good heart or something. You’re the O’Brian’s from my favorite series. I’ve decided that, therefore you have to be the good guys of the bad guys. So, the bad guys with a moral code and power. You have light seashells.
Luke has some girl he likes. I was really excited about that, but apparently he was dating us both. He seems to actually like her though. I feel bad for her because the old guy with the black seashell throne doesn’t like her, which hurt her feelings.
They want to kill me, Caspian. I don’t understand what’s going on. They wanted me to go to Luke’s home, then they said I’d never leave. That he could take my soul, get me pregnant and kill me after I delivered the baby, to then be with that other girl.
Those guys that were following me, the ones I told you about, are their guys.
What should I do? You must have some mob thing you can do.
They know you guys are watching them. I’m not pulling that out of thin air either, I heard them say it.
You need to be careful. I’m sure you know that being a mob boss and all.
Protect Scylla. Luke’s dad said they were going to raid and kill people there to distract you. So, not that you asked, but my advice would be don’t let them do that. I asked Noxus too, but do you think mom had me to let me die?
That’s what they said. That I was born to breed and die. I don’t want to die, I really don’t. I can’t keep thinking about this. Protect Scylla and its people. If you have any mob related tips on how to protect myself, I wouldn’t say no to hearing about them. Sorry this email was depressing.
Odette.
I hit send. I was about to power down my laptop when a call came through my chat function on that email. It was Caspian. I wanted to decline it, but at the same time I didn’t. The song took over again and accepted, but I quickly turned off the camera before they saw me.
Caspian asked, “Odette, are you there?” I whispered, “Yes.” Caspian told me, “I know you are scared, and aren’t sure if you trust me. I also know you want to. I need to bring you home and protect you from the Merrick’s.”
I asked, “Would I really be safe though? I mean wherever that place is you’re going to be attacked.” Caspian cut me off, “We don’t live there, it’s just somewhere we protect.” I snorted, “You offer people protection. You’re so a mob boss!”
I heard several people snicker. I added, “But really, if the FBI could not read our emails that would be great. I don’t want to get locked up for tipping you off about Scylla.
” Caspian groaned, “The FBI doesn’t monitor my emails so…
” I cut him off, “Do you have an inside guy? I bet you do. Did you flip someone who was undercover or something?” Mob families always had cops and stuff on their payroll in the books I read.
Now several people were laughing. Caspian sounded exasperated, “As funny as you are with this whole theory that has gone to a whole other level, I need to know where you are. We need to come and get you. I did not think the Merrick’s plan was to kill you.
As far as mom knowing that, no. She might have fallen far from grace, but she would not let a female in our line be murdered. ”
I asked, “Does Noxus say the same thing?” Noxus answered, “Yes. I’m reaching out to Morgana every way I can. We won’t let this happen, Odette. Morgana would not agree to that.” I snorted, “She’s fine with selling me and my uterus off though.” Someone laughed again.
I asked, “I helped though, right? You can save the people on or at Scylla now.” Caspian answered, “Yes. I have already handled that. Now, we need to keep you safe.” I told him, “I’m going to file a restraining order.” Someone laughed again.
I frowned, saying, “I don’t know why that’s funny. That’s the option that I have. I’m going to start up with my self-defense lessons again. I know how to fight, and I’ve fought Luke before.” Caspian groaned, “You need us.”
I pointed out, “Technically speaking, you need me. I overheard the conversation to tell you who to protect. Why didn’t you tell me I could end up there?
I didn’t like it, it’s sad.” Caspian said, “You shouldn’t be able to go there.
The ability to do that hasn’t occurred in centuries. You are one of a kind.”