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Twisted Family
“Knock,” “Knock,” “Knock,” Someone was knocking on my door, it was a Sunday morning, I had the biggest hangover and I had no Idea who could it be, I put on my robe and I went to answer the door, as I opened the door, two big and tall men entered violently they were dressed all in black, black combat boots, black jeans, black shirt, black leather jacket and black sunglasses, they had big gold chains hanging from their neck and their head was a knee. One of them grabbed me with his left hand and punched me in the face with his right fist while the other one was closing the door, I fell on the floor and bothe of them pulled their guns out, each of them had a chromed .45 Smith&Wesson, I was about to cry.
“Where´s the money?” One of them asked,
“What Money?” I replied,
“Don't play stupid with me, I will ask again Where is the money?”
“I swear, I don't know what money are you are talking”
“Look Carlos, you owe money to “El Muñeco” and he wants his money back”
“Hold on a second, how did you called me”
“Stop playing games, Where is the damn money!” He yelled as he pulled the trigger back
“Wait, Wait! You said Carlos, my name is Hector, I swear!”
“Hector?” he said as he looked to his partner who was silently looking at me
“Yes, Hector grab my wallet you'll find all my ID´s and Credit Cards with my name Hector Moreno”
“Impossible you are Carlos Moreno”
And that's where I knew what was happening, Carlos Moreno is my twisted twin brother, he has hovered through life, avoiding responsibilities, living like a rockstar and caring for nothing at all. The thing is 6 years ago was the last time I saw him, and 3 years ago was the last time I heard from him, he was living in Brazil at the time.
“Carlos is my twin, I can prove it”
“Your twin? Good one, but it won't work, THE MONEY, NOW! “
“No, No, Look over the chimney there are photos me, and my brother!”
The other guy went to the chimney and he saw photos of me and my brother”
“It's true”, he yelled
The man pulled his gun down
“Carlos and I were close, years ago, but he decided to live his life different, I don't know where he can be or where to locate him, I swear, but if how much are we talking about”
“Oh, God “El Muñeco is going to kill us” one of them said to the other,
“Half a million” the other man replied
“Half a Million dollars?” I asked
“Why would someone lend my stupid brother half a million dollars?”
“Hector I´m sorry to tell you this, but you will have to come with us” one of the man told me
“But why? I'm hector, not Carlos”
The men grabbed me, they blinded my eyes and put me in a van”
I don't know how much time I was in that van, It could have been years, but finally the engine turns off and someone opens the door, the men grab me and tell me to be quiet, that they would solve this, so I did I could hear a conversation between people, but I couldn't understand what was happening. Finally they unblind me.
A man was standing in front of me, a man in his 60´s I guess, short, fat, wearing a beret in his head golden teeth and a cigarette in his mouth brown pants, adidas shoes and a cuban shirt. I knew he was “El Muñeco”
“I didn't know that Carlos had a twin?”
“Yes, twin, I Swear I can prove it” I said trembling with fear
“No need to prove, I know Carlos really well and I know you are not him, you don´t have his attitude or his charm, something to drink”
I stayed quiet, fear was killing me, I´ve heard from “El Muñeco” before, the dude was a savage, he had no mercy people said that even Satan was afraid of him.
“So you are going to pay me the million your brother owes me”
“ A, A, Million? Bu, But your guys said it was half a million” I said nervously
“Half a million, a million, what difference does it make, are you going to pay me or not?”
“I make roughly 25 grand a year” theres no way I can pay that amount of money.”
I heard a loud laugh, from behind me I could recognize the voice, It was Carlos my brother.
“Brother” Carlos said
“Dont be scared bro, this is all planed” he laughed
“Remember when I told you I was going to be rich, and I was going to help you when that happened, well bro, I started in the mob, now im the leader and I’m rich, I came back for you, as I promissed well have the life we dreamed as kids”
I stood up said nothing and left the place, I´ve known nothing from my brother since then.
