Belle and Sam are the bosses of the mafia gang Gold Arm. Which is very well known, rich and dangerous gang with a lot of employees around and succesfulness.
While Sam and Belle were outside they saw a young boy on his own, fighting with a grown man. . . Somehow the boy has no shame with the blade in his hand and was very fast and smart while attacking. Belle was interested, they watched. Even tho the boy refuse to idea first he joined the Gold Arm gang with a deal. Belle and Sam were going to pay the kid's debt and the kid would work for them.
As the time passed Belle and Sam trained Edgar and he became a very succesful assasin in age 14. Belle and Sam became fond of the kid since they were married yet never had children... Edgar became one for them.