Eyes don't lie

Chapter 9

Alcantara Walters.

I struggled to stand and listen to the words of the psychopath that had me glued to him this morning.

He looked at me like I was the only interesting thing that had ever occurred to him in this wicked life of his and it got me scared.

How could someone who had just met me in one day make me quiver to this extent? I remembered my brother’s advice when he would usually tell me that eyes don’t lie.

Right now with the way this man looked at me coupled with the words he was speaking.

It is confirmed.

He is… Mentally unstable.

It all makes sense now, why his mother would be kidnapping me and forcing me to marry her son.

I was right in the first place no one would want to stay with such a man, no matter how dashing he looked up close with his evil hazel eyes that could snare anyone under the sheets with him.

What the hell am I thinking?

It’s almost as if my body is having a conflict with my mind.

What the hell was this man trying to do to me?

I look away from him when he says those words.

“You have imprisoned me Tara and the fucked-up thing is that I like this prison so very fucking much.”

“I feel uncomfortable right now, Alphonso can you please let me go”

He hesitates and slowly his hand slips out of my waist and I find myself for a second wishing that it stayed there longer and that he would be headstrong and not listen.

But then I remembered last night and a chill travels through my spine.

“Last night…” I struggled to find the right words to ask him as I couldn’t get the images of those men out of my head.

“The men your mother was punishing…Are they….”

He looks at me with seriousness in his eyes as he replies.

“If you are asking if they are alive, well they are not, I told you already; the world doesn’t know who we are and what we do that’s why whenever someone joins our family, they either stay or leave in a body bag.”

Oh my God, oh my freaking…

“Are you saying that you are the mafia organization?”

He grins at my question without replying.

“I will be leaving for a meeting; would you like to join me.”

I was terrified. The last time he tried to take me to see something, I almost puked on myself if I hadn’t fallen unconscious.

As if he had read my mind he adds.

“Don’t worry there will be no blood this time, it is just a meeting, outside the mansion”

I widened my eyes to be sure I had just heard him right.

“Are you trying to tell me that I can leave these four walls?”

He hoots “I told you that you have not been kidnapped, just selected.”

I eye him. “Your mother told me that I had been collected.”

“My mother has no heart, so answer me, would you like to go with me then Mami?”

“Who am I to refuse, I need to see a different sun from the one the Manuel family has been showing me.”

This is excellent, I can now plan my escape perfectly, sneak when he least knows it, and disappear forever.

he takes hold of my hand and I find myself thrilled to walk out of the door with him. Finally, I could run away and leave this life of madness before it even begins.

He looks at me excitedly and smiles.

“We could go shopping after this, buy new clothes and have fun.”

I couldn’t even hear half of what he was saying, the only thing on my mind was escaping and leaving this place.

I could take advantage of how he feels for me and use that as the key to my escape.

Everything was finally becoming surreal now; I finally felt a sense of hope. Since Alphonso decided that he would take me shopping I felt so glad that I had found my escape route. We came out of the building to where the cars were all parked, and before I could knew what was happening, I and Alphonso were now, somehow surrounded by an unnecessarily large number of bodyguards. Seriously, who needs this many people to go shopping?

Three Bugatti cars were in front of us and I was shocked.

He gracefully led me inside the car and got inside with me.

I stare at him in annoyance.

“Why do you need so many people for a meeting? And even for taking a girl shopping?”

He grinned.

“They are just doing their job which is to protect their Boss and his soon to be Wife,”

I cringe.

Let's see if you would have a wife after today.

I think about the conversation we had earlier and I decide to ask him.

“Do you and your mother have to kill people all the time?”

He looks at me with no known emotion on his face and replies.

“We only do this to people that aren’t part of the family, those that are against the family, and those that betray us. And besides Tara, everyone that is born will surely die, we are just a quicker approach to those that seek death.”

He then turns away to stay at the window like someone thinking of various things.

How the hell was he able to say such a thing with a straight face?

And besides I wasn’t seeking death! so why were they trying to kill me if I ran away from the mansion?

I shake my head.

Well, whatever, all I have to do is plot my escape since this seems like the only chance I have.

Let’s freaking go for this meeting