LUTHER *Everything happened in slow motion after I heard the news. It came from Ben. Ivy got shot twice while waiting for a bus and she's dying.At first, it was hard to believe, very very hard. Took me a couple of seconds to process it.Didn't know when I left my house, didn't know how I got to the car or who drove, I just knew that I was standing in front of the hospital. It was like I had skipped time.I went straight to where she was, Martins was already there."WHAT HAPPENED TO HER ?? I LEAVE HER ALONE WITH YOU FOR FEW MINUTES AND SHE'S SHOT?!! WHAT THE FUCK!"."Hey don't yell at him, if I remember correctly you were supposed to go home with her but you didn't, she's in your protection now and you let her be alone all by herself by this time of the fucken night!",Ben defended me.I wasn't there, I wasn't listening to them exchanging words, I was just looking at her Ward door, my mind was in too many places right now. Very dark places.The door opened and I jumped to meet whoev
IVY **All I could feel was this excruciating pain in my abdomen when my eyes open. it took me a while to process everything but I remembered I was about taking a bus from Cathy's back to my hotel when I saw a tinted car pull-up from a distance and before I knew what happened next I was shot, twice!And I'm alive, I'm actually alive."Glad to have you back Miss Ivy", a doctor said beside me.I turned my head a little, "I'm alive?",I choked out in a whisper."A miracle I must say, a very big one", he said.I smiled a Little."You're just lucky that people found you right on time honestly, we really are", he added.I nodded slowly."But we are truly sorry for your loss", he said.I was confused, my head was trying to make sense of what he was saying."What loss?", I asked."I'm sorry miss but, we lost the baby", he announced.I stared at him unable to say anything.Shocked!My heart started beating fast, terribly fast that the machine started beeping."Hey hey hey calm down, calm down
IVY**The days are a lot slower lately. It's long and depressing. Everyday I touch my stomach and.... it's just... it's just not the same anymore.I literally went to hell and back for this baby and I lost it.. just like that. I don't even know where to start from or where to proceed from.I'm having dark days, very dark days and sometimes I wish my life would just end.After two weeks of being indoor and suffering, I decided it was time to get my life going.I reached out to the owner of my company and reintroduced myself, explained how we met and all, he was very much excited to hear from me.He sympathized with me for loosing the pregnancy, apparently, the news that went out was that I went into early labor and lost the pregnancy at child birth. At least that was a better story that being shot by a bus stop and almost died and lost my baby.We met the very next day and apparently my boss had been demoted, all her dirty deeds came out and the only reason she still worked there was
"Martins, Privately please", he said casually."No, last time that happened -""I'm not going to repeat myself", that was more of an order than I thought.Surprisingly, Martins actually left.What kind of damn authority does this guy have over people."Hi, how are you?", he asked.I shrugged, "I'm okay"."I'm so sorry about... everything that happened... I shouldn't have let you leave alone that night, I should have let Martins wait for you, everything is just -""It's nothing, really, I'm over it", I lied."How are you feeling? how's your health? I suggested Therapy but Martins said you didn't want it"."Yeah, I've always believed therapy is bullshit", I replied He nodded."Okay, so uhm, I got a call from my friend, he said you applied for the managerial position and you got in?"."Yeah I did. Gotta start from somewhere at least"."I'm happy for you... so uhm, you're moving to Miami?,he asked."Yes I am"."How soon?", he asked."Next week latest, gotta use this week to get things to
5 MONTHS LATER**LAURA "Danger?", I asked surprised,so surprised."Hello Laura", he said with a warm smile."What are you doing standing in front of my house... how did you even know this is my... what are you doing in Miami?", I asked so surprised..I haven't seen him in months ever since we moved away from there."Can I at least get a hug?", he asked with his arms spread out.This was unusual, very unusual. Regardless I still hugged."I've missed you", he said.I pulled away, "Okay what is going on?"."Can I come in?", he asked.I let him in regardless."How's Miami? how's everything? how's your mom and all?", he asked.I dropped my glass of wine and took a good look at him."I'm the one asking the questions here", I said."okay", hr replied."What's going on? why are you in Miami? how did you find my house? why are you acting so.... bright?"."Nothing is going on... I came to see you... finding you isn't difficult at all... and uhm, I think I'm acting normal ", he replied.I cro
LAURA **Luther is playing games with me, very dirty games. Because tell me why I walk into the managers office and I'm seeing Ivy."Eww", I said unable to hide my disgust.She looked pretty surprised to see me."What are you doing here?", she asked surprised."Luther fucken set this up ....ughhh", I grabbed my phone and called him.He picked up."Don Danger", I said calmly."Yeahh"."Why the fuck am I seeing Ivy here?"."She's the manager"."You're doing this on purpose!"."No, I'm not, it's the reason I can't do it myself, I can't meet Ivy right now and you know why, so please, swallow your pride and put aside your differences and work this thing out, and make sure she doesn't know we're moving drugs, remember your profit in all of this, Bye Laura I have important things to take care of", he said and cut the call.I turned back to her."You work here now?", I asked."Uhm... Yeahh, I'm Guessing you're the shareholder I'm supposed to meet today", she said."Unfortunately", I mumbled
There was a knock on my door.Which was weird because ever since I moved here, no one has ever done that, except my next door neighbor Mrs Pudgy that came to welcome me with some homemade cookies and gelato.I opened the door and I was standing in front of four men.I panicked, Damn it Laura knows my house, what if she sent them to kill me?I grabbed my umbrella and pointed it at them, dumb move Ivy, dumb move.They actually looked delighted to see me, and then when I grabbed the Umbrella, they looked confused."She's acting like Lexy", the guy at the back with light brown hair said.I cleared my throat, "Who are you and what do you want?"."Hi, I'm Amber... Amber Matthews", he said nervously."Uhh, this is getting awkward, please could you drop the umbrella", the small one at that back with black curly hair said.I did, slowly."She looks a lot like mom", another one said at the back."Too much like mom, she's the one", the curly hair said."I hope so", the Amber guy said."These are
There was a knock on my door.Which was weird because ever since I moved here, no one has ever done that, except my next door neighbor Mrs Pudgy that came to welcome me with some homemade cookies and gelato.I opened the door and I was standing in front of four men.I panicked, Damn it Laura knows my house, what if she sent them to kill me?I grabbed my umbrella and pointed it at them, dumb move Ivy, dumb move.They actually looked delighted to see me, and then when I grabbed the Umbrella, they looked confused."She's acting like Lexy", the guy at the back with light brown hair said.I cleared my throat, "Who are you and what do you want?"."Hi, I'm Amber... Amber Matthews", he said nervously."Uhh, this is getting awkward, please could you drop the umbrella", the small one at that back with black curly hair said.I did, slowly."She looks a lot like mom", another one said at the back."Too much like mom, she's the one", the curly hair said."I hope so", the Amber guy said."These are
IVY**There was a knock on my door.I went to open it and it was Martins.He had flowers in his hands."What do you want?", I asked coldly."I'm sorry for my outburst the other day, that was so wrong and rude, I had no right to talk to you like that, I was just infuriated because I was seeing you with Luther and it just ticked me off, I hate him, very obvious and... it was just so wrong I'm so sorry".I crossed my hands on my chest, "When were you going to tell me that Luther was your brother? I mean how could you even keep that kind of Information from me?"."Because I genuinely don't want to be his brother, I don't, I hate the fact that he's my brother to start with and all he did was treat me like I didn't matter at all".I sighed and rubbed my temples."I'm so sorry Ivy, for everything. Everything"."Martins you're becoming... I don't know, different and it's really not something I can't explain. I mean you're becoming a control freak and it's getting out of hands "."I'm sorry,
"Marry you?", I asked laughing."You're insane to think I'll settle down for someone like you"."Non negotiable", he stated.My mother walked in immediately."What the fuck am I hearing?", I raged immediately."Calm down Laura", she said."No I'm not going to calm down, I'm not. Because you clearly told me that you wanted us to move here to Miami so we could have a normal life outside the Cowper's and now I'm hearing you had this master plan all along to make Luther want to step down by bringing Martins in the picture and put me in the spotlight so I could have the throne and now you're planning on killing Owen so I can have to throne and get married to Martins? are you insane mom?"."Laura sit down let's talk this out "."Hell no! and Martins I don't get you.i thought you clearly stated that you didn't want anything to do with the Cowper's, I mean My godfather even left you a Cheque and you bluntly turned it down "."Well it would ruin the reputation I'm trying to keep, besides you w
LAURA **I sensed someone's presence in my house when I entered into it.The lights were turned off so I couldn't see the person, but someone was sitting on my couch.I acted like I didn't notice it and went to the wine booth where I usually hid my emergency gun and pulled it out slowly and then went to the switch, then I turned on the light and turn pointed the gun to the person."Martins what the fuck?", I questioned shocked because why is he in my house.He had a cigarette in his hand."Want some?", he asked, ignoring the question I asked."What the fuck are you doing in my house? how the fuck did you even get in?", I asked again ready to shoot him."Your mom let me in, she just recently left like 30 minutes ago".My mom??Yeahh I knew she was in my house, she did mention."The fuck are you talking about? why the fuck would my mom want to interact with a cunt like you?""Drop the gun Laura, and let's talk"."No you start talking before I blow your brains out, what are you doing h
IVY***I think Martins is doing too much, and it's making me think he's trying to do it to get back to Luther, somehow.Something like, "He did it but I can do better".And it's getting really creepy.He brings me flowers everyday at work, and that's really cute but the write up that follows are crazy. Something's like, "Getting you the flowers no one else could get you" and " Me over them all" and " he doesn't love you like I do" and " Putting a smile on your face cuz they could never".And he's obviously talking about Luther.I mean this would be cute if Luther wasn't in the picture and center of it all.And he's becoming really overprotective, aggressively protective and in all honesty it's getting really irritating.Like the other day he showed up at work unannounced, he said it was a surprise and that was sweet. But tell me why he got mad cuz I was talking to my co worker? he said the guy was obviously flirting with me and he even threatened to punch him in the face if he ever
LUTHER *"Do you have any regard for me? even the least?", Laura asked barging into my office.I was with Owen, we were doing some work stuffs and handing over some things to him. Owen read the room and excused himself."Danger, I left your family and all your bullshit for good and you came back with your pity story and you said that you wanted me back in the game, and now you give everything to Owen?? Owen?? not me! What exactly do you take me for?"."Laura I really appreciate your effort and help but... you have to understand that this is way too serious than every other stuffs we've been doing, one wrong decision made and I'll regret it more than leaving the seat vacant. I'm sorry but I don't think you can handle it", I said calmly.She calmed down too."Why do you think I can't? because I'm a woman?"."Have I ever played the gender card role when it involves you? no Laura it's not because you're a woman "."Then what? cuz I'm now a true Cowper?", she asked."You'll always be my
LUTHER **I was summoned for a family meeting and I already knew what it was about. That kind of information would send my entire family into rage and Laura already did me a favour passing it to them, it was time to face themLaura and her mother, Owen, my God father, my uncle's and my aunt's were there along side with some of my other cousins that play little or no role to the whole of this."Don Danger", My godfather started immediately I got settled."Information reaching us is that .... you're planning on quitting Mafia because of your ex fiance?".Everyone gasped and started mumbling.I shook my head."I'm quitting because I want to, she's just a bonus mark", I corrected.They all looked uneasy and started exchanging glances and thinking of how they were going to say whatever it is they wanted to say."Danger, that is a very dangerous idea. For one the reason The Cowper family is still standing today is because everyone pays allegiance to the throne. And if you step down the t
LAURA *I barged into my mom's room unexpectedly and there was this guy giving her heads under the sheets.He got out immediately."Get the fuck out!", I yelled."Oh c'mon Laura, can't this wait", she so caught up in the moment "Luther is dropping Mafia!", I announced."Huh?"."Man get out!", I yelled again.The dude got his ass up and went into the living room.I turned back to her, "Mom I need to kill Ivy El Fuego, I need to, I'm so tired of this bitch!"."What does she have to do with all of this? I thought she was out of the picture?"."He's changing because of her. She can't be with a serial killer and put her life in danger, he wants to drop everything to be with her"."But that's bad, that's terrible I mean we could die. He's what's protecting us, we're under the protection of The Cowper family, and if there is no Cowper family Cartel there is no us", she panicked."Exactly!".She sat up and rubbed her temples."I have to talk to him, we have to talk to him, he's going to loo
Why is my life so fucken complicated. A year ago, I was this weird as girl working my ass out for a days meal at my office, being as weird as usual.. Today, I'm standing in the white house for the president's birthday. You heard me right well. Martins took me to the white house to celebrate the president's birthday. Yes, in Washington, we took a private jet to Washington.When I asked him why he did it, he said something about connection and power and influence and some other things I really didn't hear because I was still in shock.I never ever expected to be seated in the same room with the president of the united state. Everything went so fuzzy and fast and before I knew it, it was all over and we were heading back home. We didn't stay back for socialization and all because I told him I was having social anxiety."Did you enjoy yourself?", he asked."I... I don't even know", I said still caught up In the moment."Well, there's plenty from where that came from", he said We start
"Luther", I said."No ivy, you can't stop me from liking you, or being attracted to you. You can stop me from being with you or being around you but you can't control my emotions and you can't control I make with my emotions because of you"."What if everything goes wrong, what if everything goes wrong, how am I supposed to live with the thought of ruining your life your family, everything".He held my hands gently and looked me deep in the eyes."I've never lost a battle Ivy, and not especially if it's one that has to do with you", he said.I swallowed hard, "What if... what if I don't want to love back, what if I'm not attracted to you, don't you think all this is a waste?", I said trying to convince him not to.He shrugged, "Are you not attracted to me?".I opened my mouth to speak but words... words refuse to obey me.Attracted? I am Way Beyond attracted."I don't know", I whispered."You said that things will be different if I wasn't a killer, and I can't go back to the past an