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00:00I was five days old when my mother abandoned me.
00:03She left me on the front steps of the Falcone family's estate.
00:06A dozen killers stood over the basket, staring down at me.
00:09To survive, I babbled without thinking.
00:11Papa.
00:12Then they froze.
00:13The mafia boss turned to the others.
00:15Should we keep her?
00:17That's how I ended up with 108 fathers.
00:19The problem?
00:20Every single one of my dads was on the most wanted list.
00:23So, to keep my dads out of trouble, I lived an ordinary life for years.
00:27Until college.
00:28That's when I became the target of bullying.
00:30Claire Whitmore and her clique cornered me in the bathroom.
00:33They poured ice water over my head, tore my shirt, pulled my hair.
00:36Claire held her phone up and filmed all of it.
00:38What are you staring at?
00:40A charity case like you thinks you belong at this academy?
00:43Keep dreaming.
00:44Something in my chest snapped.
00:45I grabbed Claire and dragged her off the third floor with me.
00:48When I woke up, I was lying in the school infirmary.
00:51The teacher pointed at me and shouted,
00:53She bullied you so you tried to kill her?
00:55Did you ever think about why she targeted you?
00:57Call your parents!
00:58Now!
00:59I want to see what kind of trash raised someone like you.
01:02If they can't even show up, you're done here!
01:04A chill ran down my spine.
01:06Mrs. Vaughn, are you sure you want me to call my dad?
01:08The moment I said it, a sharp slap echoed through the room.
01:11Sure?
01:12I'm damn sure!
01:13You little bitch.
01:14You dared to touch my daughter.
01:16Get your parents down here on their knees right now!
01:18Claire's father, Richard, slapped me so hard I hit the floor.
01:21Half my face burned.
01:22Ms. Vaughn acted like she didn't see a thing.
01:24She turned to him, nodding, smiling, bent almost double.
01:28Mr. Whitmores, please rest assured.
01:30The school will handle this seriously.
01:33We won't let her get away with it.
01:34Then she rounded on me and screamed.
01:36Emma! Look what you've done to Claire!
01:38Call your parents and cover all medical expenses now!
01:42I kept my head down.
01:43My nails cut my palms.
01:44I could taste blood.
01:47I said...
01:48That's not what happened.
01:49Claire was the one who cornered me in the bathroom.
01:51She poured water on me.
01:52She tore my shirt.
01:53I only...
01:54Claire suddenly started crying.
01:56Dad!
01:57She's lying!
01:58I was just walking by and she shoved me down the stairs.
02:01She's a scholarship kid.
02:03She's jealous.
02:04She's hated me for years.
02:06My eyes widened.
02:07You know that's not...
02:09Shut your mouth, Emma!
02:11The facts are clear.
02:12You hurt her on purpose.
02:14She dragged me into the hallway by the arm.
02:16I don't want another word!
02:17Then she yanked my phone out, then slammed it against my face.
02:21Now, call your parents.
02:23Tell them to get down here and pay.
02:24The hallway filled up.
02:26Teachers.
02:26Students.
02:27Phones out.
02:28Curious.
02:29Delighted.
02:29I held the phone.
02:30My contacts list was right there, full to the bottom.
02:33But I couldn't dial.
02:34I have 108 dads.
02:36But every one of them has a federal record.
02:38Sal, my oldest dad, ran the Falcone family.
02:41Papa Enzo moved guns.
02:42Papa Nico ran the loans.
02:43Papa Vito ran the back rooms.
02:46They used to give me black cards and pat my head.
02:48Amy, don't start anything out there.
02:50But if anyone touches you, tell us.
02:52Anyone who lays a finger on you won't live to regret it.
02:55They always came home late, covered in blood and scars,
02:58laughing about how close the feds got.
03:00I thought about the news.
03:01Rico.
03:02Task force.
03:03Indictments.
03:03I couldn't let them risk their lives.
03:05I looked up and tried once more.
03:07Mrs. Vaughn and my dad work far away.
03:09They can't come.
03:09I'll write an apology.
03:11Suspend me.
03:12Anything.
03:12Please just don't call them.
03:15Ms. Vaughn let out a cold laugh.
03:18A blue car family?
03:19No wonder you have no manners.
03:21No.
03:21Call them.
03:22Claire scans her therapy, her pain and suffering.
03:25You think a kid pays for that?
03:27I said.
03:27How much?
03:28I can't.
03:29After all, the untouched black cards from my dads could easily cover this.
03:33Richard walked out and handed her a card.
03:35Mrs. Vaughn, there's 500,000 in there.
03:37Call it a donation.
03:38All I want is her parents down here, on their knees, paying.
03:42Otherwise, I'll call the police.
03:45Once she has a record, she can kiss this degree goodbye.
03:48Ms. Vaughn's eyes lit up the moment she saw the card.
03:51She looked back at me.
03:52Emma, you hear him?
03:53Last chance.
03:54Call your parents down here to pay and apologize.
03:57Or we'll call the police, and you'll end up with a criminal record.
04:00I couldn't end up with a criminal record.
04:02I still had to clear my dad's name.
04:04I looked down at the black card, then at Ms. Vaughn's smug, ugly face.
04:08Tears filled my eyes.
04:10My fingers were shaking when the screen lit up.
04:12Please, don't call the police.
04:14I'll call them.
04:15I opened my contacts and tapped the name at the top, Papa Sal.
04:20Sure, he runs the Falcone family, but he's the most normal one I've got.
04:24Please, please just act like a regular father for 10 minutes.
04:27He picked up on the first ring.
04:29Emma.
04:29His voice came through warm, already smiling.
04:32Papa, my teacher wants you to come to the school.
04:34I- The school?
04:35He got loud fast.
04:36Did you win another award?
04:38First time you ever asked me to come get it.
04:40Hold on, baby.
04:41I'm coming right now.
04:42No, that's not.
04:43Then, I heard a gunshot.
04:44I froze.
04:45A man screamed, then a string of dull, flat thuds.
04:48Clean it up.
04:49When I was little, he came home with blood on his sleeves and told me it was ketchup.
04:53His breathing was off, but when he spoke to me again, his voice was soft as ever.
04:57Not what, sweetheart?
04:57Is he hurt?
04:58Is he in the middle of something?
04:59Is somebody pointing a gun at him right now?
05:01My heart hammered.
05:03Sal's eyes darkened.
05:04If it's not an award, did someone mess with you?
05:06Stay right there.
05:07Dad's coming.
05:09No!
05:10I can pick the award up myself.
05:12You're busy.
05:13I'm hanging up.
05:13Ms. Vaughn lunged from my phone.
05:15Hey!
05:16You don't hang up on your father!
05:18I dodged her hand and hung up.
05:20Another blow landed across my face.
05:22You caused all this, and you're still trying to hide it?
05:24Don't think you're getting out of this.
05:25I run this town.
05:27I have people in the department.
05:29Your trash family, once I find them, I'll make them disappear.
05:33You're too pathetic to even call your parents.
05:35What, they can't afford the gas?
05:37Then where'd you get the nerve to push me?
05:39God, you're a joke.
05:41I put my head down.
05:43My voice was quiet.
05:44My dad really can't come.
05:45I'm sorry, Claire.
05:46It was my fault.
05:47I shouldn't have pushed you.
05:48I'll apologize in front of the whole school.
05:50I'll carry your bag for a year.
05:51You can hit me back.
05:53Just don't call the police.
05:55I can't get expelled.
05:56Claire sneered.
05:57Richard lunged for my phone.
05:59You're negotiating now?
06:00Give me the number.
06:01I'll talk to them myself.
06:03Emma, give Mr. Whitfield your phone.
06:06Now!
06:07He grabbed.
06:08I clutched the phone to my chest and backed away.
06:10I went down on the tile.
06:11My knees cracked against it.
06:13It hurt so much my eyes ran.
06:14I raised my hand and slapped myself.
06:16Please, don't call my dad.
06:18I sobbed, hitting myself again and again.
06:21Claire, please.
06:22Everything I said, the apology, all of it, you can hit me.
06:26Just don't call my family.
06:28Claire watched until there was blood in my cheek.
06:30Then she got the look she wanted.
06:32She put a hand on her father's arm.
06:33Fine.
06:34But saying sorry isn't enough.
06:36Tomorrow, you get on your knees in front of the school
06:38and you stay down until I say stop.
06:40Then I won't call the cops.
06:45Fine.
06:45I closed my fist and agreed to all of it.
06:48Humiliation burned, but it was worth it.
06:50They didn't touch my father's.
06:51That's all that mattered.
06:52That night, I pulled a ball cap low and went back to the apartment
06:55Papa Leo rents for me.
06:57The kitchen light was on.
06:58Three men were in there cooking.
06:59Papa Gio, Papa Nico, Papa Luca.
07:02They came at me the second the door opened.
07:03So I hear there's an awards thing at your school.
07:08Why can't I go get it?
07:09It's my turn.
07:10Papa Nico started working my shoulders.
07:12Your turn, hell.
07:13It's mine.
07:14Papa Luca pushed a bowl at me.
07:15Try this.
07:16Good for the brain.
07:17Get into a good school.
07:18My nose stung.
07:19I made myself smile.
07:20It's a little certificate.
07:22Not worth the trip.
07:23Next time I win something big, you can all come.
07:25Fine, fine.
07:26Eat.
07:26They filled my plate.
07:27Then Papa Gio's face changed, and he stood up to take a call.
07:30I caught pieces of it.
07:31That shipment.
07:32They're watching it again.
07:33Damn, this money's hard to make.
07:35Something in my chest twisted.
07:37If they got caught, they'd rot behind bars for the rest of their lives.
07:40I put my fork down and took a breath.
07:42Dads, we need to talk.
07:43They froze.
07:45I'm grown up now.
07:47I'll graduate top of Volante Royal Academy and take care of you.
07:49So could you stop doing that kind of work?
07:51Something safe, please?
07:53They stopped moving.
07:54Then they grabbed each other and started bawling and said yes.
07:57They swore it.
07:58Two hours later, they left three black cards on my counter and went out the door.
08:03I stood in the hall and watched them go.
08:05I called out,
08:06Get real jobs!
08:07We heard you!
08:09The second the door shut, Papa Gio turned to the others, honestly confused.
08:13That's strange.
08:14Why doesn't she like me designing submarine reactors?
08:16The other two had no idea either.
08:18Inside, I opened my phone.
08:20The Falcone family.
08:21Is my girl tired?
08:22Are they working you too hard?
08:24Need more money?
08:25Don't skim.
08:26We have plenty.
08:27My eyes stung.
08:28I sniffed and typed one line.
08:30I'm fine.
08:31Don't worry about me.
08:32You guys be careful at work.
08:33Send.
08:34Watching their replies flood in, I made up my mind.
08:37I would never cause my dads any more trouble.
08:40Just endure it, Emma, until graduation.
08:45The next day was hell.
08:47Everywhere I went, people whispered, pointed, laughed.
08:50After school, I slipped out through the back alley.
08:53Yet Claire and her clique still found me.
08:54She got out of the wheelchair and walked toward me.
08:58Didn't you say you'd carry my bag?
08:59I hadn't left yet and you're already running?
09:01You think I'm a joke, Emma?
09:03I lowered my head.
09:03Sorry you didn't call me.
09:04I don't have to.
09:05You're my dog.
09:07She shoved her phone in my face.
09:08Say it.
09:09I'm Emma.
09:10I'm garbage.
09:10I forgot to heal for Miss Whitmore.
09:12I bit my lip and didn't move.
09:14That only set her off.
09:15Cold water down my head.
09:17They ripped my uniform and smeared lipstick across my face.
09:20She was laughing behind the phone.
09:21Smile, you bitch.
09:23Say thank you for the lesson, Miss Whitmore.
09:24Or I call the cops and your dad can have a nice long chat with them.
09:29My head rang.
09:30Did she know?
09:30About my dads?
09:31I couldn't risk it.
09:32Shaking, I dropped to my knees.
09:34I raised my hand and slapped myself again and again.
09:37Thank you for the lesson, Miss Whitmore.
09:39She made me say it 50 times.
09:41By the time my face went completely numb, she finally smirked.
09:45Then she kicked me and walked off.
09:46See?
09:47Easy.
09:48I'm here every day after school.
09:50You do whatever the fuck I tell you.
09:51Got it?
09:52She left with her followers.
09:53The alley fell silent.
09:55I slowly crouched down, reaching for my ruined papers and soaked books.
09:59Then I looked up.
10:00Several men were standing at the entrance of the alley.
10:02Papa Sal was in front.
10:04Behind him, five more of my dads.
10:06None of them said a word.
10:07Their faces dark.
10:08Their eyes never left me.
10:11Papa Sal crouched down.
10:13He wiped the blood off my face with his thumb.
10:15Who did this?
10:16I turned my head away.
10:17Nobody.
10:18I fell.
10:20Fell?
10:20Papa Marco picked my book out of the water and held it up.
10:23There was a shoe print through the cover.
10:25That's a fall?
10:26They stomped all over it.
10:28Papa Enzo pushed his glasses up.
10:31Emma, tell us if you will level this city.
10:35I bit down on my lip.
10:36I couldn't tell them.
10:38Richard Whitmore was rich, powerful.
10:40Claire kept saying her family owned this city.
10:43If my dads got involved, they'd be arrested.
10:46I couldn't let that happen.
10:47I shook my head.
10:49The tears came anyway.
10:50Papa Sal let out a breath and took my cold hand in his.
10:53Emma, you remember when you were five?
10:56A kid from the next street took your candy and you cried all night?
10:58The next morning, his whole family moved out of Southport.
11:02We're not good men.
11:05But this family's rule has never changed.
11:07Anyone who hurts our daughter pays with their life.
11:10The wind itself seemed to stop.
11:12They stood around me in a circle, silent, furious, wrecked.
11:17Everything I'd been swallowing for a month came up at once.
11:22I fell into his coat and howled.
11:25Between sobs, I told them everything.
11:29It's Claire.
11:30Her father is Richard Whitmore.
11:32He owns the mines.
11:33She says the whole city belongs to them.
11:35She bullies me every day.
11:37She filmed it today.
11:39Papa Marco crushed his phone with one hand.
11:42A damn miner?
11:45He's got a death wish.
11:47Damn that Whitmore!
11:48I was the one who helped that bastard make his fortune.
11:50And now, he dares touch our girl?
11:52Every one of my dads exploded in anger.
11:55I sat there blinking at them.
11:57Papa Sal just kept rubbing my back.
11:59Then he took out his phone and dialed.
12:01And his voice went cold as a knife.
12:04Pass the word.
12:05Tell every brother to drop whatever they're doing.
12:08One hour.
12:10Southport.
12:11Somebody hurt our daughter.
12:13The next morning, Papa Sal told me to go to school like it was any other day.
12:17I went alone.
12:18Claire was at the gate, next to that stupid car.
12:21She raised her voice for the crowd.
12:23Well, look who it is.
12:26Yesterday she was on her knees for-
12:28I walked straight past her, calm, like she was air.
12:31She stopped mid-sentence.
12:33Emma!
12:33She rushed over and grabbed my bag.
12:36Did I say you could go?
12:38Didn't yesterday teach you anything?
12:40You little bitch!
12:41She raised her hand, ready to slap me again.
12:44I caught her wrist in the air.
12:47I looked her in the eye.
12:49Let go.
12:50You!
12:50Then Richard Whitmore came off the car and shoved me with both hands.
12:54I slammed into the wall.
12:55He grabbed my collar.
12:57You worthless bitch!
12:59You never learn, do you?
13:01If I don't kill you today-
13:03Then the sky started roaring.
13:05One helicopter.
13:06Two.
13:07A dozen.
13:08Black over the school.
13:09Then the ground shook.
13:10Armored trucks came up the avenue and stopped nose to nose across the street.
13:14Then the press.
13:16Vans.
13:16Cameras.
13:17A wall of flashes.
13:19Richard Whitmore stood there holding my collar and didn't move.
13:22Doors opened.
13:23Men came down.
13:24One.
13:25Two.
13:26Ten.
13:26Fifty.
13:27A hundred and eight men walked out of the trucks.
13:30The cars.
13:31The side streets.
13:32They closed around him in a ring with no gaps in it.
13:35Touch my daughter!
13:37Again!
13:41Try it!
13:42The street went dead silent.
13:44His hand froze on my collar.
13:46I looked at them.
13:47Some in tailored suits.
13:49Businessmen.
13:50Some covered in ink.
13:51With faces like closed doors.
13:53And some in dress uniform.
13:55With stars on the shoulder.
13:56They stood there and said nothing.
13:58And a hundred and eight stares stayed on Richard.
14:02Papa Sal walked forward.
14:04Every step he took, Whitmore stumbled back one.
14:07Papa Sal stopped in front of me.
14:09He reached out and knocked the man's hand off my collar.
14:12Mr. Whitbill.
14:13Mining, isn't it?
14:14Whitmore's whole body jumped.
14:16Papa Marco laughed behind him.
14:17That mine.
14:20Missing half its permits.
14:21Papa Enzo adjusted his glasses.
14:23Three fatal accidents last year.
14:25None of them reported.
14:27Family settled under 200,000 a man.
14:30Whitmore went gray.
14:31How do you know that?
14:32Papa Sal didn't answer him.
14:34He turned around and gently touched my cheek.
14:37Did they hurt you?
14:38I shook my head hard.
14:39The tears came anyway.
14:41He moved me behind him.
14:42When he turned back, his eyes were ice.
14:45Your daughter made my daughter kneel.
14:47Whitmore found his last piece of nerve.
14:50So what?
14:51She pushed my daughter off the third floor.
14:54You pushed her.
14:55Papa Marco laughed and held up his phone.
14:58The original bathroom footage.
15:00All of it.
15:00Dumping water on me.
15:02Ripping my clothes.
15:03Calling me trash.
15:04Whitmore stood frozen.
15:06He couldn't say a word.
15:07Ms. Vaughn rushed out of the building, still tried to protect her donor.
15:11Gentlemen, Emma has always been a problem.
15:14Ms. Vaughn.
15:15Papa Enzo cut her off and she shut her mouth.
15:19You took 200,000 from the Whitmits last year.
15:22You changed Claire's transcript.
15:23You buried an assault report.
15:25Would you like me to play the wire transfers now?
15:28Or the recordings?
15:29Her face went gray.
15:32First.
15:33By noon, your daughter films an apology and it plays on every screen in the school.
15:38Then you sign the settlement on camera.
15:41Miss one thing.
15:43And I take a shipping route.
15:46Second.
15:47Mrs. Vaughn, you resign or I end you so thoroughly you never work in a school again.
15:53Third.
15:54He looked back at me.
15:55His eyes softened.
15:57Emma.
15:58From today on, if anyone so much as lays a finger on you, we'll make them disappear.
16:04The helicopters came down onto the football field.
16:07Three black federal SUVs pulled up at the gate.
16:10Men in dark suits got out and didn't so much as glance at Richard Whitmore.
16:14They walked to the fathers with the stars on their shoulders.
16:17The one in front stopped and saluted.
16:19Sir, per your instruction, the full evidence file on Whitmore mining has been handed to the
16:24district attorney's office.
16:26Richard Whitmore nearly collapsed.
16:27Miss Vaughn dropped to the ground.
16:29Papa Sal shielded me behind him.
16:31The 108 dads surrounded me.
16:33They didn't say another word, just walked me through the dead quiet crowd.
16:37They put me in the first car.
16:39Papa Leo and Papa Dominic were already inside.
16:42The car pulled off.
16:44Papa Leo answered a call.
16:46Yes, freeze every Whitmore account.
16:49He doesn't move a dollar.
16:51Papa Dominic put in an earpiece.
16:54Radiation levels over limit at the mine?
16:56Good.
16:56Give it to the biggest outlet you can find.
16:58Tell them to dig.
17:00The district's been notified.
17:02Vaughn loses her license permanently.
17:03She's done an education.
17:05Hearing that, my voice shook.
17:07Dads, what do you actually do?
17:09Silence filled the car.
17:10When we got home, the little apartment was full of men.
17:13Every single one of my 108 dads was there.
17:16Papa Sal sat me on the only couch, then pointed at Papa Enzo.
17:21Emma, your Papa Enzo sits on the sentencing commission.
17:26He chairs the criminal code revision panel.
17:28He pointed at Papa Marco, all scar tissue and shoulders.
17:32Papa Marco, he runs the 3rd Expeditionary Division.
17:34He pointed at Papa Vito in the loud shirt.
17:37Papa Vito, biggest casino floor in Atlantic City. Licensed.
17:41Last, he pointed at a quiet man in a plain jacket.
17:44Papa Dante, I can't tell you what he does yet.
17:47Let's just say he's on the government side now.
17:50My mouth was open.
17:51Nothing came out.
17:52Papa Tony scratched his scarred cheek.
17:54Emma, honey, the family's been clean for 10 years.
17:58Your Papa Sal was scared you'd turn out spoiled.
18:01He made us keep acting poor.
18:06Papa Nico added,
18:07Leaving before dawn?
18:08That was your Papa Sal making us go to night school.
18:11For degrees. No diploma, no seat at the table.
18:15Blood on our coats.
18:16Papa Bruno opened a meat plant.
18:18We were helping.
18:19My brain shut down.
18:20Papa Sal and crouched to my eye level.
18:23When we found you, we were all men living on the edge.
18:27But the moment you called us Papa, you melted every one of our hearts.
18:31So we made a promise.
18:33We'd build you a clean future.
18:35The smuggling became import-export.
18:38The loan sharks bought into a bank.
18:40Everybody climbed out.
18:41Papa Vito.
18:42You have no idea.
18:43Going clean is so much harder than crime.
18:47Taxes.
18:48Compliance.
18:49Audits.
18:50But you always said the work was dirty.
18:52Nothing's dirty.
18:55Emma, this is what we built for you.
18:57Every birthday, every one of us put money away.
19:01Your trust currently holds that.
19:05My hands shook when I opened it.
19:07I counted the zeros and lost track.
19:10I almost dropped it.
19:11Papa Sal took it away and touched my hair.
19:14We were going to tell you after graduation.
19:16When you were grown.
19:18But somebody put hands on our girl.
19:20We can't hide the truth anymore.
19:25Emma, from now on, you don't have to endure anyone.
19:28No matter what happens, you'll always have 108 men standing behind you.
19:34The doorbell rang.
19:36Papa Luca opened it.
19:38Claire Whitmore and her father stood there, gray-faced, holding gift boxes.
19:42They walked in like two frightened birds.
19:44A hundred pairs of eyes turned toward them.
19:46Richard Whitmore's knees nearly went.
19:47Claire was even worse.
19:49The gift boxes in her hands slipped.
19:50Before anyone said a word, she dropped to her knees.
19:53Enough.
19:54Everyone looked at me.
19:55Claire froze mid-motion.
19:56Her eyes were filled with fear.
19:58I walked over and crouched to her eye level.
20:00Do you know why I lost it in the bathroom?
20:02Why I chose to drag you down with me?
20:04She shook her head.
20:06Because you said trash like me didn't deserve to be at an elite academy.
20:11That was my last line.
20:12I studied my whole life for this.
20:14To give my dads a better life.
20:17You took that away.
20:19I had nothing left to lose.
20:21Claire, did you do it because I'm poor?
20:24Or because you already knew what you were?
20:26Panic across her eyes.
20:28Mr. Whitmore, your daughter is what you made.
20:31You believed money settles everything.
20:33So she believed hurting people is free.
20:35Yes.
20:36Yes.
20:37You're right.
20:39I failed her.
20:40I'm sorry.
20:41I'm not lecturing you.
20:44Papa, if the Whitfield group just collapses,
20:47what happens to the men who work those mines?
20:50His mouth twitched.
20:52He got it.
20:53He turned to the man on the floor and his voice was iron.
20:56Mr. Whitmore, my daughter is willing to give you a chance.
21:00Two choices.
21:02One, we seal the mine.
21:05Tax fraud, concealed fatalities.
21:08You die in a cell.
21:11Two, you sign over 51%.
21:14My people move in.
21:16Every safety gap gets closed.
21:18Every injured worker gets three times full compensation.
21:22And from now on, it operates legal.
21:25And the profit goes to charity.
21:27He collapsed to the floor.
21:28Me too.
21:30I choose too.
21:31Papa Sal's eyes move to Claire.
21:33As for you,
21:34One, tomorrow, you will apologize publicly in front of the entire school.
21:40To Emma and to every other student you bullied.
21:44Two, you withdraw.
21:46You transfer to a behavioral program and you take the counseling.
21:51Three, 500 hours of community service.
21:54No substitutes.
21:55Claire's body shook.
21:56I added one more thing.
21:58If you actually change in three years, you can come work at my foundation.
22:02Her head came up.
22:03She couldn't believe it.
22:04They took the Whitmores away.
22:05A hundred and eight men closed around me and started fussing.
22:08Papa Vito grinned until his eyes disappeared.
22:11That's mercy that is.
22:12Reminds me of myself.
22:14That's me.
22:15I once captured an enemy commander and fed him three hot meals a day.
22:18I laughed.
22:19And then I was crying again.
22:23Papa, does this mean I don't have to be poor anymore?
22:27The room went silent.
22:28Then a hundred and eight men roared at once.
22:30No!
22:31We're buying you the mall tomorrow!
22:33Our girl finally knows we're not wanted men!
22:37Three days later, the black girls stopped at the gate of school.
22:40Every eye on campus stuck to me, afraid, impressed.
22:43The principal came jogging out and opened my door himself.
22:47Emma, the school failed to protect you before.
22:49We sincerely apologize.
22:51I just want to study in peace, sir.
22:52I walked into the building.
22:53Behind me, the principal kept bowing until I disappeared.
22:56My desk had been replaced, not a mark on it.
22:59Kids who once ignored me now crowded in with snacks and homework questions.
23:03I just nodded.
23:04Then I buried myself in practice tests.
23:06At lunch, someone appeared in the doorway.
23:09Papa Enzo.
23:10Sharp suit.
23:10And his eyes were wrong.
23:12Emma, come home with me.
23:14In the car he drove and looked straight ahead.
23:16To save his neck, Whitwork gave up something.
23:18That mine moved to Shipman once.
23:20For certain people.
23:22My stomach dropped.
23:23We checked.
23:24It's a paramilitary outfit running out of the Gulf.
23:27Very bad reputation.
23:28Papa Sal was on the couch waiting.
23:30The room was full of smoke.
23:31I'd never seen their faces like that.
23:33This ship knows precision weapons components.
23:36He put out his cigarette.
23:37They'll know Whitford is compromised by now.
23:40They'll come.
23:41I said,
23:41Then you all-
23:42You're not worried.
23:43Papa Marco stood.
23:44He was already in black kit.
23:47But you come first.
23:48As of today, you study from home.
23:50We're tripling security.
23:51I shook my head.
23:52No.
23:53Finals are in two months.
23:54I want to go to school.
23:56I looked around at all of them.
23:57And if everybody has to go underground because of me,
24:00I'd rather-
24:01Don't talk nonsense.
24:02Papa Sal ended it.
24:03You go to school, but you go with people on you.
24:06The next morning, I walked into class with two transfer students behind me.
24:09Papa Dante and Papa Rocco.
24:11Former contractors, top of the trade.
24:13Buzz cuts.
24:14Our uniform.
24:15Passing for 18 without a problem.
24:17Between periods, Claire's old girls came over and stammered out an apology.
24:21I nodded and accepted it and said nothing else.
24:23I didn't know that in the building across the courtyard,
24:25a spotting scope was pointed at my classroom.
24:28A week later, I was finishing another mock exam.
24:31Boom.
24:31The entire house shook.
24:33I ran to the window.
24:34The house next door was on fire.
24:36Black smoke rolling off it.
24:37That was Papa Nico's place.
24:39The bedroom door burst open.
24:40Papa Sal grabbed me away from the glass.
24:42Emma!
24:43Safe room.
24:44Now!
24:45Papa Nico!
24:46Hurt.
24:46But he'll live.
24:47They've started.
24:51The basement had become a reinforced safe room.
24:53On the wall of monitors, black shapes were moving up the street from every direction.
24:57My dads were already in position.
24:59Papa Marco was calling in support, flat and calm.
25:02Papa Enzo was pulling files at speed.
25:04Papa Tony rolled his wrists and grinned with his scar.
25:07It's been a long time.
25:09My eyes locked on one screen.
25:11Papa, I think I can help.
25:12He turned around.
25:13I pointed at the masked commander.
25:15I know him.
25:17He's our new gym teacher.
25:18I pulled up the bathroom footage, froze it on the frame where I shoved Claire's friend off me.
25:22Her sleeve had ridden up.
25:23Inside the wrist, the corner of a tattoo.
25:27He has a scorpion on his left hand.
25:29Same one that girl had.
25:30I thought I imagined it.
25:31Papa Enzo's fingers went across the keyboard.
25:33Seconds later, the image filled the screen.
25:36That's the scorpion organization.
25:37They've had people inside Southport for a month.
25:39Papa Sal looked at me.
25:40Frightened, impressed, and under all of it, proud.
25:43You're sharper than we thought, girl.
25:45Gunfire opened up outside.
25:47They were ready for it.
25:48Papa Leo's men made the first line.
25:50Papa Marco's element swept in from the flank, clean and fast.
25:54Further out, Papa Sean's contractor sealed every exit off the block.
25:58I sat on a cold chair and watched the muzzle flashes cross.
26:01My hands shook and my eyes didn't move.
26:03Then, boom.
26:04Three masked men came through with rifles up.
26:07All three barrels found me.
26:09My mind went blank.
26:10The ceiling panel slid open without a sound.
26:13Papa Gio came down out of the ductwork, upside down in black kit.
26:17You dare point that at my daughter?!
26:19One man against the roof, and he moved so fast he smeared.
26:22I threw myself at the wall and slammed the red alarm.
26:25The siren tore through the basement.
26:27In three seconds, the room was full of my dad's.
26:30It was over in half an hour.
26:31Twelve infiltrators, the gym teacher included, all taken alive.
26:35In the room downstairs, he sat tied to a chair, bleeding, still smiling.
26:40We're the advance element.
26:41The main body is staging at the border waiting on our signal.
26:44You can't guard this girl forever.
26:46Who said forever?
26:46He took out his phone.
26:48Marco, did the warrants come through?
26:50That was when I learned the truth.
26:51Papa Marco had spent three days assembling a joint task force.
26:55Every Scorpion account, safe house, and shipping route was exposed.
26:59At 4am, they stormed the camp. 61 arrests.
27:02By the time the news broke, the Scorpion no longer existed.
27:06Papa Sal hung up and looked at me.
27:07Last lesson I'll teach you, kid.
27:09Best defense is making sure your enemies never dare come back.
27:14That night, I couldn't sleep.
27:15I came out and found him alone in the living room with a cigarette.
27:18Papa.
27:18I looked at his bloodshot eyes.
27:20I want to learn to fight.
27:21I breathed in and said the thing I'd been holding for weeks.
27:24And I want to learn how to run the family businesses.
27:26His hand jumped.
27:27The cigarette shook.
27:28Okay.
27:29We will teach you all of it.
27:30From that day, my life split in half.
27:33Daytime, I was an ordinary student with her head in a book.
27:36Nights, I went from dad to dad.
27:38Hand to hand, finance, law, intelligence.
27:40And I found out I loved it.
27:42Graduation morning, all of them put on matching red shirts that said win.
27:46The convoy went from my front door to the auditorium.
27:49A convoy of luxury vehicles, armored trucks, three supercars, and a mysterious recovery vehicle.
27:55Reporters put their cameras on Papa Sal.
27:57He was perfectly calm.
27:58Regular family.
27:59Just here to cheer for our girl.
28:00The reporter looked at the armored truck and went silent.
28:03In the auditorium, the principal read my name.
28:05And I walked up to the podium as valedictorian.
28:08I talked fast.
28:09When I got to the thank yous, 108 faces went through my head.
28:12Hard ones, gentle ones, ridiculous ones.
28:16I told them about an abandoned baby and a room full of killers who saved each other.
28:21I told them about 10 years of men clawing their way toward daylight.
28:24I told them how they traded knives for pens and guns for ledgers, for me.
28:28I told them how I tried to live in the sun, for them.
28:31The tears came down.
28:32The proctor walked over, said nothing, and set two tissues on the corner of my desk.
28:37That night, the house threw a party.
28:38I put my next step plans down in front of 108 men.
28:42I want the best military academy.
28:44Papa Marco dropped his glass.
28:45His eyes went red.
28:46My girl's going to be an officer?
28:48I nodded.
28:49Then a second degree.
28:50Law.
28:51Behind the wire glasses, Papa Enzo fogged up completely.
28:54I said,
28:55And after that, finance.
28:57Papa Leo covered his face and cried through his fingers.
28:59I laughed at all of them.
29:01And I want to start an anti-bullying foundation.
29:04Clean money.
29:05Going to kids like I was.
29:07108 hard men sat in that living room and sobbed.
29:13Our girl, our girl, our girl, our girl turned out.
29:16The day my acceptance came, so did a letter from a behavioral school.
29:21Claire said she'd studied psychology there and finally understood how twisted and small she'd been.
29:26She said the school ran a tutoring program in the mountains.
29:29She'd stood in front of kids who were actually poor.
29:32In actual rags.
29:33Working themselves half to death to learn.
29:36And she couldn't look at them.
29:37Emma, I'm not asking you to forgive me.
29:39But thank you for giving me a second chance.
29:41In three years, if I'm good enough, I'd like to volunteer at your foundation.
29:46I turned the page over and wrote,
29:48I'll be waiting.
29:50That summer, I started taking over pieces of the business.
29:53That's when I found out what my dads had been doing anonymously for years.
29:5732 schools built.
29:59Over a thousand kids put through college.
30:01The largest veteran re-employment fund in the country.
30:04I read the reports until my eyes burned.
30:06Papa Sal stood behind me.
30:08Every dollar we make has to be one we can look at.
30:11You taught us that.
30:12That's when I finally understood.
30:14All those years, I was skipping meals.
30:17Thinking they were bleeding for money.
30:18Planning to take care of them one day.
30:20They were killing themselves to get clean.
30:22Because I was simple and I was kind.
30:24And they wanted to hand me a world with the lights on.
30:27The night before I left, 108 men lined up in front of me.
30:33Everyone had a gift.
30:34Papa Sal handed me a heavy key.
30:36The vault.
30:37Spend it.
30:38If it runs out, we'll make more.
30:39Papa Marco took off his own emblem and pinned it to my chest.
30:42Trouble you can't solve?
30:44You show them that.
30:45The whole division is behind you.
30:46Papa Enzo gave me a small badge.
30:48Federal Juvenile Court.
30:49Special Observer.
30:50Go break some bullies.
30:51I stood there holding a mountain of gifts.
30:53Looking at 108 faces that couldn't let go.
30:56If I got to pick a family, I'd pick you.
30:59Every time.
31:00108 men went red-eyed at once and shouted with everything they had.
31:04We'd find you anyway!
31:06Five years later, I met him.
31:08Damien, an Interpol liaison officer.
31:11He'd worked the Scorpion case alongside Papa Marco.
31:14He admired how tough I was.
31:15He respected the 108 men behind me more.
31:18The first time he came to dinner, we set nine tables.
31:21They took him one at a time, like an interrogation.
31:24They started with how much he could drink and finished with his great grandparents.
31:27He survived all of it.
31:29At the end, he looked at 108 pairs of eyes and said one thing.
31:32I'll protect her with my life.
31:35Same as you.
31:36Every hard man in that room went red-eyed.
31:38We married on Papa Vito's island.
31:40The aisle was very long.
31:41108 dads lined up and walked me down it in turns.
31:45One meter each.
31:46At the end, Papa Sal put my hand in Damien's.
31:49She's yours, kid.
31:49But understand something.
31:51She is always the daughter of 108 men.
31:54When we exchanged rings, the sky started roaring.
31:57108 helicopters spelled out four words above the water.
32:01Happy wedding day, Emma.
32:04Months pass.
32:05Outside the hospital delivery room, Damien and my 108 dads paced the hallway, anxiously
32:11waiting.
32:11None of them dared to breathe.
32:13Finally, a baby's cry rang out.
32:14The delivery room door swung open.
32:18She's here.
32:19It's a baby girl.
32:20The moment they saw me, all of them rushed over.
32:22Emma, are you all right?
32:23Does anything hurt?
32:24Do you need anything?
32:25Damien leaned over and gently held my hand.
32:28He did great.
32:28I smiled weakly.
32:30I'm fine.
32:31Go see the baby.
32:32Before anyone else could react, Papa Sal pushed through and took the baby from my arms.
32:36He looked down at the tiny, sleeping face, eyes filled with tears.
32:40Hey, guys.
32:41She looks exactly like Emma when she was little.
32:43Those tough men melted instantly.
32:45They crowded around my baby, fighting for a turn.
32:48All right, all right.
32:50Let me hold her.
32:51Papa Marco hip-checked him aside.
32:53Screw you.
32:53I'm next.
32:55Damien pushed his way through the sea of broad shoulders.
32:57Excuse me?
32:59That's my daughter.
33:00I am the father.
33:01A massive hand shoved him against the wall.
33:03Papa Marco didn't even look at him.
33:05Wait your turn, kid.
33:06The grand eyes are bonding.
33:09Oh, please.
33:10I haven't even seen her yet.
33:12Papa Enzo covered his mouth.
33:14Quiet.
33:15You'll startle the baby.
33:21Emma, what are we naming her?
33:22I smiled.
33:23How about Mia?
33:24Mia.
33:24Oh, sweet name.
33:26Papa Sal kissed the baby's forehead.
33:28Welcome to the family, Mia.
33:29I laughed.
33:30Damien could only watch helplessly.
33:34The Falcone estate wasn't a retired mafia stronghold anymore.
33:37It was the most heavily guarded nursery on earth.
33:40From my bed, I watched the live security feed on my tablet.
33:44In the kitchen, Papa Leo held a tiny baby bottle.
33:47He aimed a military-grade thermal scanner directly at the milk.
33:5198.6 degrees.
33:52Absolutely perfect.
33:55You heated it too fast, Leo.
33:57You're ruining the proteins.
33:59Come on.
34:00I run a billion-dollar bank, Vito.
34:02I know how to heat milk.
34:04I softly, holding sleeping Mia against my chest.
34:07Upstairs, 20 armed men guarded my hallway.
34:09But they never noticed the shadow moving across the roof.
34:12Damien was dressed in pitch black tactical gear.
34:15To see his own wife and daughter, my husband had gone full stealth mode.
34:19I watched him expertly bypass the perimeter motion sensors outside.
34:23He carefully disabled the invisible laser grid on our balcony.
34:26He slipped through our bedroom window without making a sound.
34:29I couldn't help but smile.
34:30He'd gone through all that just to see us.
34:32He took off his mask and at me.
34:36Honey, I...
34:37He took one step forward.
34:38Suddenly, a cold gun barrel pressed against the top of his head.
34:41Freeze, intruder.
34:42Damien, and raised his hands.
34:49He slowly looked up.
34:50Papa Gio was hanging upside down from the ventilation duct above him.
34:54Gun in one hand, a pink pacifier in the other.
34:57Gio.
34:58Damien pushed the gun off his head.
34:59This is my own bedroom.
35:00Gio lowered the gun, but didn't blink.
35:02Sorry, husbands need level 4 clearance after 8 o'clock.
35:05I couldn't hold back my laughter anymore.
35:07All right, dad.
35:08Cut it out.
35:09I said, putting Mia safely in her crib.
35:12Gio dropped lightly to the floor and handed me the pacifier.
35:15Just keeping you safe, Emma.
35:16I didn't want him disturbing you too.
35:19Sleep tight.
35:20Gio slipped out the door, leaving me alone with Damien.
35:22He sighed heavily.
35:24Why is it so damn hard to see my own wife and kid?
35:26I smiled and wrapped my arms around his neck.
35:29Isn't this thrilling?
35:31Just then, my phone buzzed.
35:33I checked it.
35:33It was an emergency foundation meeting.
35:35The next day, I sat at the head of the freezing boardroom.
35:38Mr. Sterling, a ruthless business tycoon, slammed a folder onto my table.
35:4350 million for your foundation.
35:44I want three seats on the board.
35:46I sat at the head of the mahogany table, unfazed.
35:49We are not for sale.
35:50Sterling suddenly slammed one hand onto my desk.
35:52Listen, you little brat.
35:55You got lucky.
35:56Your criminal daddies picked you up and took you in.
35:58Who do you think you are?
35:59This is the real business world.
36:02Know your place.
36:03You don't have what it takes to play this game.
36:05I finally looked up.
36:06Funny.
36:08I was about to say the same thing.
36:10I pressed a button beneath my desk.
36:11The door suddenly slammed open.
36:15Claire walked in wearing a razor sharp red suit.
36:18She slammed a thick stack of legal papers right into Sterling's face.
36:22The papers scattered across the floor.
36:24Sterling jerked back.
36:25What the hell is this?
36:26Claire gave him a cold, terrifying smile.
36:29That is a hostile takeover of your parent company, Mr. Sterling.
36:32Your stocks just dropped 40% in the last 10 minutes.
36:35I let out a cold laugh.
36:37You thought you could buy me with 50 million?
36:39Claire sneered.
36:40Too bad.
36:41You're bankrupt, Sterling.
36:43You couldn't buy a cup of coffee right now.
36:45Sterling's face turned ash gray.
36:47Panic filled his eyes as he looked at me.
36:49Emma, you can't do this.
36:51Do you have any idea who I am?
36:53I grabbed him by the tie and slammed him against the wall.
36:56You insulted my fathers and everything I've built.
36:59Then I slowly walked over and planted my foot on his chest.
37:02Did you really think I was someone you could push around?
37:04I turned to Claire.
37:06Claire, have security throw this trash out.
37:0910 minutes later, I watched the garage security feed on my tablet.
37:13Sterling was thrown onto the concrete.
37:15He pulled out his phone with shaking hands.
37:17I couldn't hear the call, but I could see his face.
37:20His panic slowly turned into a sinister smile.
37:22Then he looked straight at my security camera.
37:25He mouthed a few words.
37:26You're dead meat.
37:27A black armored van screeched to a halt beside him.
37:31Two men dragged him inside.
37:32As the van door slammed shut, my blood ran cold.
37:35On the side of the driver's neck was a black viper tattoo.
37:40Three years passed in the blink of an eye.
37:43Mia was now three years old.
37:44She had my eyes, Damien's stubborn streak, and 108 grandpas wrapped around her little finger.
37:50I was reviewing files when Damien burst through my office door.
37:54His face was completely pale.
37:55His breathing was ragged.
37:57Emma, lock down the estate.
37:59Right now.
37:59We've been targeted.
38:00He slammed a decrypted Interpol file onto my desk.
38:04I opened the file.
38:05Clipped to the front was a surveillance photo taken yesterday.
38:09My eyes widened.
38:11She was standing outside her elite preschool, clutching a teddy bear.
38:15A blood red X was scrawled across my daughter's face.
38:18I grabbed Damien by the arms.
38:20Honey, what happened?
38:23He gently covered my hands.
38:25The Scorpion organization survived.
38:27They joined forces with the Viper Syndicate.
38:29They've spent three years planning their revenge, and now they've found our weak spot.
38:35My blood ran cold.
38:36Then my fear turned into fury.
38:38I reached into my desk drawer and pulled out my gun.
38:42They're begging to die.
38:43Then I opened the glass case on my wall and slammed my hand onto the red button.
38:48The war siren howled through the entire Falcone estate.
38:52Damien racked his pistol.
38:54Those bastards.
38:56They picked the wrong family.
38:57I looked at the photo of my daughter, my voice cold.
39:00They really think they can come after our girl?
39:02With us and 108 killers behind her?
39:04Let's show them.
39:07The time Damien and I skidded up to the preschool, it was already happening.
39:11A black van idled by the gate.
39:13Six men in fake security uniforms had Mia cornered against the fence.
39:18Come on, sweetheart.
39:19Your mommy sent us.
39:21Mia didn't move.
39:22She looked at the candy, then at him.
39:24Mommy never sends strangers.
39:26And my driver always smells like sweet cookies.
39:29The man's smile flickered.
39:31What?
39:32You don't smell like cookies.
39:33You smell yucky.
39:35His smile vanished.
39:37Smart kid.
39:38Too smart.
39:39He grabbed her arm and raised his other hand.
39:40Shame it won't save you.
39:41Come with us now.
39:43Or don't blame me for what happens next.
39:44Mia burst into tears.
39:45Mommy!
39:47Daddy!
39:48Grandpa!
39:49Mia!
39:49I threw my door open, sidearm raised.
39:52Mia, don't be scared.
39:53We're here.
39:54Six barrels swung toward us at once.
39:56For one frozen second, nobody moved.
39:59Then the old gardener dropped his shears in the dirt.
40:01The janitor on the front stairs slowly raised his head.
40:04The friendly chef by the cafeteria door threw off his apron.
40:07Both ends of the street sealed shut.
40:10A hundred and eight men walked out of the shadows.
40:12Out of the vans.
40:13Out of the side streets.
40:14The janitor set his mop down and cracked his knuckles.
40:17It was Papa Sal.
40:18He looked at the man holding Mia.
40:19You really thought we were gone?
40:21How dare you lay a hand to our sweet granddaughter.
40:25Papa Sal moved fast.
40:27Ten seconds.
40:28That was all it took.
40:29Six armed mercenaries were down.
40:30I rushed to Mia.
40:32Papa Enzo had already scooped her into his arms.
40:34Grandpa!
40:35Papa Enzo kissed the top of her head.
40:37All the steel in his face melted away.
40:39Hey, princess.
40:40Look at Grandpa.
40:42Nobody's taking you anywhere.
40:43Papa Dante leaned down to look at her.
40:45The bad guys are gone, sweetheart.
40:48You did so good.
40:50You were so brave.
40:52Mia sniffled.
40:52Braver than Grandpa Gio?
40:55Way braver.
40:56From inside the van, Gio yelled.
40:58I heard that!
40:59Mia giggled.
41:00That little laugh made all of us finally relax.
41:03Then, Papa Sal pried the earpiece off the leader and handed it to me.
41:07I slipped it into my ear.
41:08Silence.
41:09Why is it so quiet over there?
41:10You got the kid?
41:12This is Emma.
41:13You want my daughter?
41:14Come get her yourself.
41:15I dropped the earpiece and crushed it under my boot.
41:17That night, Mia finally slept, safe in the estate.
41:20But Papa Sal was still awake.
41:22At 2am, he called us down to the war room.
41:24His face was cold.
41:25Those men knew our patrol gaps.
41:28Our shift changes.
41:29Our blind spots.
41:30Emma.
41:32Look at this.
41:33I leaned closer.
41:35A grainy image filled the screen.
41:38A figure stood by the wall, phone in hand.
41:40I knew that face.
41:44I stared at the security footage in disbelief.
41:47It was Mr. Sterling.
41:49The disgraced tycoon I'd bankrupt three years ago.
41:51Bankrupt and bitter, he'd gone to Viper and sold them our schedules.
41:54Our shift changes.
41:55Our blind spots.
41:56Everything they needed to strike us.
41:58So this is his revenge.
41:59He couldn't beat us, so he sold us to killers.
42:01Papa Sal racked his pistol.
42:03That damn bastard.
42:04Give me 10 minutes with him.
42:11I dropped into the war room's main terminal.
42:14My fingers flew across the keyboard.
42:16Viper's offshore network opened before me.
42:19Their accounts.
42:20Their shell companies.
42:21Their weapons fund.
42:22I locked it all down.
42:24Then I drained every dollar in their war chest into our charity fund.
42:27Oh, that's my girl.
42:29See?
42:29All those lessons from us didn't go to waste.
42:31I pulled up their encrypted comms.
42:33A satellite map bloomed across the display.
42:36Three red coordinates, flashing.
42:38I grinned at Papa Sal.
42:40Found them.
42:40Three hidden armories.
42:41Damien picked up his highly encrypted Interpol radio.
42:44Director, requesting authorization for immediate tactical strike.
42:48Third division.
42:49Burn it all.
42:49But before the jets could even launch, the ground beneath us shook violently.
42:54Every perimeter alarm on the estate began to scream.
42:59Dust shook loose from the bunker ceiling into my hair.
43:02I switched to the front lawn cameras.
43:04A dozen armored trucks were smashing through our iron gates.
43:07It's a suicide run.
43:08They're desperate.
43:09They'll do anything now.
43:10I didn't even notice Mia had come in.
43:12Rubbing her eyes, she wrapped her arms around me.
43:15Mommy?
43:16Is it the thunder again?
43:18I knelt and smoothed her hair, my voice soft.
43:21Yeah, baby.
43:22Just thunder.
43:23We're chasing it away.
43:24Papa Enzo scooped her up and turned her face into his shoulder.
43:28Close your eyes, princess.
43:30Count to ten with grandpa.
43:31On the screen, a mercenary climbed onto a truck roof.
43:34He shouldered an RPG and aimed at the second floor, Mia's window.
43:38What the hell?
43:39The mercenary pulled the trigger.
43:41The RPG screamed through the night.
43:43I didn't blink.
43:44I knew what was buried in her yard.
43:45The manicured lawn split open.
43:47An automated Gatling gun rose from the grass and tore into the sky.
43:51The blast lit up the whole estate.
43:53Fire rained harmless onto the lawn.
43:55She was still counting into Enzo's collar.
43:57Nine, ten.
43:59Did it work?
44:00Enzo kissed her forehead.
44:01Always does.
44:02I grabbed a sniper rifle off the rack.
44:05Damien, left flank.
44:06Dads, center.
44:07I kicked the terrace doors open and dropped to one knee.
44:10Through the thermal scope, I found the Viper leader stepping out of his truck.
44:13And I finally saw the face under the mask.
44:19Dads, it's Silas.
44:21My old gym teacher's brother.
44:23So he crawled back for vengeance.
44:24I aimed directly at the truck's main control panel.
44:27Squeezed the trigger.
44:28Silas' command truck blew apart.
44:31Damien signaled his team and moved to cut them off.
44:34Drop your weapons!
44:35It's over!
44:36Faced with overwhelming numbers, most of the mercenaries threw up their hands.
44:40But I saw Silas slip into the shadows.
44:42He limped up the back stairs, bypassing the main yard.
44:46Straight for the nursery.
44:47I dropped my rifle and sprinted down the hallway.
44:50My heart hammered against my ribs.
44:53Papa Enzo had just taken Mia up there to rest.
44:55Silas kicked the nursery door open before I could reach it.
44:58He expected to find a terrified little girl cowering in the corner.
45:02Instead, he froze.
45:03I skidded to a halt right behind him, blocking his exit.
45:07Inside the room, Papa Sal, Papa Enzo, and Papa Leo sat on the pink sofa, waiting.
45:12They were calmly having a little tea party with Mia.
45:15Mia pointed a chubby finger at Silas and...
45:20Grandpa's, the yucky man is here!
45:22Papa Sal carefully set his tiny pink teacup down.
45:26You walked into the wrong room, dead man.