“Any distraction tends to get in the way of being an effective gangster.” — Terence Winter~THREE WEEK LATER~MELODY POVIt was nostalgic. Almost not disheartening now that I knew where it came from. Like back when I was young and everything was just going so smoothly. I woke up every day and lazed around the rest of the day like a headless, aimless chicken with nothing to do on my hand. Maybe I was so used to spilling blood that going on for three weeks straight without seeing red coating my hands was a sin in itself.But this one was boring as hell. Sure, it was better when I was younger and didn’t know what had happened when my fathers were all home. But now I did, and I kind of missed the thrill of the fight. With these thoughts coursing through my mind, I glanced at an empty space beside me on the bed, and then thought hard on it. The sun was already out, and it was dang late. But I had no fuckin’ plans. Sure, I could visit the coke plant and see how my people were doing, and
"Together, we are untouchable. Like Bonnie and Clyde." ~ UNKNOWNJORDAN POVI knew he had to die. I knew I should have killed the bloody bastard the first time I learned of everything he had done, instead of letting him breathe for another second. Nothing killed a husband more than seeing his wife crumbling and fumbling for control when everything else just continued spiraling, and I hated that I seemed powerless and helpless about it all. Peter Rothschild should have died a long time ago, but I hesitated;And now he was brazenly threatening everything that my wife and her family had worked for so long… for decades. Maybe I wasn’t being loyal to blood. But blood alone was not what made you family. And learning everything that my grandfather did just proved that. My family was with Melody, because it was with her I got to be the man I was today. And the mere fact that my in-laws would burn the whole world for me was what made them family to me, and I wouldn’t trade them for anything.
CHAPTER 1 “Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the World.” – Marilyn Monroe MELODY POV They were intoxicating!The noises of pleasure, of course. My breathing grew ragged, my mewls filling the dense air and intcluding with loud wet skin-to-skin slaps, grunts, and low moans. Hot breath cascaded down my neck when a hot tongue darted out to lick my undoubtedly sweaty skin, wrenching a lewd sound of desire- a sound I never knew I was capable of. My stomach twisted into flip-flops, fireworks crackling low in my veins as I neared the edge. I could feel it building, the intense orgasm that was going to render me weak and knock all the air from out from out of my lungs.“So this is what turns you on, huh?” He groaned on top of me, his wet skin gliding across mine, the sound of skin hitting skin continuing the delicious cacophony that engulfed my senses and played my body on a broken loop. The cocky smirk on his face was both an indignation and an utter aphrodisiac soaring th
CHAPTER 2“A mirror reflects what you see, and a black remembers shows the dark side of it.”– Madeline Brewer MELODY POVLaughter filtered up the stairs, white noise washing over the house as more and more guests came trickling through the front door.On calculated steps, I walked down the spiral staircases, one hand braced on the smooth railing while the other clutched the side of my dress, lifting it up so that I don’t fall and plant myself face first; and worse, in front of the ‘guests’.I would pluck my gut out if that would happen.“NINAAAAA…” My sister Gia -who had the eyes of a hawk- squealed from across the vast lobby where the ceremony was held, shifting all the attention onto me. Forced smiles and innocent faces. Shoot me in the foot right fuckin’ now.Giana, or Gia as we all called her, was an energy ball, all the things you can expect of a 17-year-old. Beautiful, loud, honey-tongued, with an unwavering mischievous look on her face as if she was constantly plotting the e
CHAPTER 3“Don’t judge someone by how they look, judge them by how many people they’ve harmed.”– Carisma SechrestJORDAN POV“Ahhhhh…” Horrified screams and loud honking of horns rang through the night as I sprung out of the bushes, falling into the road. With a bone-jarring collusion, I landed on my knees against the roughness of the tar road, sending a spasm of pain into my cartilage and right through my stream. People screamed, and I screamed back, only to raise my hands on instinct, showing that I was a very sane person despite my nakedness and my very bloody self. Flashes of cameras went by as people started taking photos. You could have sworn it was the Vanity Fair Red Carpet from how blinding they were. I hated it, and if I had the energy I would have flipped everyone a number, but I was busy concentrating on the dizzying stab of pain that resonated from a gaping hole on my right foot, with blood oozing from it and pooling under me.“Phone.” I groaned, my vision getting blu
CHAPTER 4“Flowers grow out of the dark moments.”– Corita Kent MELODY POVAs It Was by Harry Styles busted loud and savagely through the speakers mounted into the walls of the gym at my parents’ house. As the song slowly but harmoniously drifted to the end, I punched the button on the treadmill, causing the pad to decrease its pace until it came to a complete stop.Just in time as the song finished.I hopped off the treadmill and yanked the pink towel that was draped on the arm of it, then hung it around my neck and started to walk towards the door. Some unrecognizable sound started rumbling out of the speakers, but I was quick to slap the screen on the wall, putting it to an abrupt stop.I exited the gym and came into a narrow hallway of our very big house, then started to walk down to where the chatters came from. The kitchen.My parents' house was an ultimate Architecture dream, elegant and styled to perfection. Insanely big, with world-class tech and security drones flying aroun
at chapter 5“I see the world getting darker every time I see the light of faith slowly fading away, letting the corruption grow.”– Khiem. JORDAN POV“All you do is disappoint me. That’s all you fuckin’ know. Look at your brothers. As soon as they graduated, they’d been drowning in job offers. Dan has a nice promising girlfriend, Kory just took the biggest project of his life. Then you…” As always, my dad didn’t give any fuck about the fact that I almost died.No. He was too angry to even focus on that matter alone. And that’s why he has been chowing my head ever since I arrived home from the hospital.“Can’t you just be my son and make me proud once? You can’t even be like your brothers.” The ol’ man’s voice rattled through the vast living room of our home, setting a heavy weight in my chest.Except Jenkins were not my brothers. They were the nice cousins I was always compared to. And no matter what I did, I could never live up to their effortlessly perfect life.“But Papa, Jord is
CHAPTER 6“Humans are cruel, and everyone has darkness in their hearts that leads to bad things to happen; some more than others.”–Timothy Long MELODY POVElegant piano taps played softly in the background, interluding with the disturbing clanging of knives and forks against the Chinese plates.The steady breeze of a summer evening acted as a pacifier, brushing off my shoulder gently with it's fingers massaging my scalp. The flames from the lanterns and candles danced with ease in their cradles on the stone patio, embracing the wash of the soft blast. Aside from the loud chewing sounds and loud hums and murmurs that made me think of planting a knife in someone's palm, it was really a beautiful night. The plan had been simple, too simple for the words. Get the Rothschilds hooked on us, fund one of their campaigns, and make them win the elections by nook or crook. I had expected some obstacle, a few restraints along the way, and some bloody convincing for it to go down, but then nop