"Ha bambina, I thought you'd never come""So? Aren't you happy I did? It's what you want isn't it? To take advantage of my desperation".I fired at him.He might not be the current cause of my misfortune and I should probably direct my anger and frustration somewhere else but he was the only one I could think of firing and directing all of my anger at.My heart was full of so much hatred and hurt that I didn't know who else to take them out on. And since he's no better than the devil who did this to me, then he might as well be at the receiving part of my anger.He shook his head, still unmoving from his seat."Questa Ragazza, always having ideas in your head. You've got it all wrong Bambina. I didn't force you to come here though I contemplated it when you didn't show up for days" he stopped and chuckled."But once again, Gattino, I am a very patient man. My patience paid off". He stretched a hand to gesture towards me. "Here you are, on your own" *(Questa Ragazza means "this girl")
I really wished we could just get it over with. I would even wished I was rather drugged to sleep so I would not experience those thrusting and release. The thought of another man apart from Luciano as usual, coming unto me disgusted me for some unknown reasons.I walked out of the VIP room Don Dada was in and was met with those huge guys running after me earlier. Their faces were scowling and I did the same. What the heck! I would never be intimidated by dogs.I shot them a deadly glare, communicating to them that they should move out of my way. Since their boss did not have complaints, they probably thought it was fine to let me go and so they moved out of my way.I strode down to the area where music was blasting. The stench of alcohol was so strong in the air and I somehow felt pleased with it. I moved towards the bar counter and reached out to the bartender."A shot of Tequila." I ordered and he brought my order immediately. I was not even properly dressed for a night club, I was
I did not bother to branch at Nick's apartment and just headed straight to mine. I was pretty sure he would be boiling with so much fury about what happened with Luciano earlier so I decided to let him be. Besides, it was already late into the night and I also needed some restless rest.I got into my apartment and sank into the couch, with Don's thick cologne still in the air. He smelt so damning nice but that was not even the issue now. A part of me felt quite good that things would eventually work out with my revenge and the other part of me was torn and angry.Of course, selling myself in exchange for revenge against Luciano was the least I could do but then I was scared for myself. I started to think, if I eventually get my freedom from Luciano what would I do with my life?I was not sure my dignity and pride as a woman was still intact so I would literally still go out into the world and live as a shadow of myself. No academic qualifications whatsoever, no hidden riches anywhere
I was so curious about what Don Dada had said to Alex that made him release me so easily without even asking. Alex looked like a total gentleman when he rarely wasn't and I know so well what Mafia Dons are capable of. Could he have threatened him? Or bought him off? I did not know. The sudden park of a car in front of me jolted me out of my thoughts. I pushed the thoughts aside to focus on the physical.I realized the car that parked in front of me was a Rolls Royce. Waiting patiently for the person in it to come out, I remained standing. "Don said to bring you." A man in a black suit came out of the car and said. He definitely looked like a guard and I did not think twice before getting into the back seat of the car.Neither the driver nor the guy said any word to me as they just remained focused on the road till we got to the supposed place where they took me to. I did not need anyone to tell me that it was a house, a mansion at that. Driving into the premises, I realized this
I did not understand what Don Dada said until some ladies in uniform came around and took me. Finally, I was seeing females for the first time since I stepped into that house. We entered the elevator and I watched one of the three ladies set the elevator to take us to the second floor.I was led to a room as soon as we stepped out of the ride. The funniest part was that I was not even arguing or anything. The ladies seemed to be of few words and I was not interested in talking too. I just wanted to know why Don Dada was doing all these.A night with me was what he needed but now he was making strange moves. In all of these, I prayed so earnestly that Luciano would not find out about this. There was no way I would return to that red torture room or that dreadful cliff and be thrown down, not even when I had not executed my revenge plan."We will be taking off your clothes now." One of the ladies stepped forward and said. I furrowed my brows out of realization, this was what Don Dada me
My mind went off for a second and then started functioning again. Birthday? Whose? He noticed the reaction on my face and then said, "Bambino, it's too bad if you don't even remember your own birthday." What is he talking about? I thought as I just stared at him, looking clueless. Then his amused expression turned into a serious one. "You are not serious right now, Claire." He said. That was the first time he would be calling my name, maybe that was meant to jolt me back to my memories but I had no idea.His eyes darkened as he stared at me. I was seeing pain and anger in his eyes literally as our eyes were locked in each other's. "I ran a background check on you and your birthday is supposed to be today, come to your senses Claire!" He raised his voice a bit, having me feel a bit intimidated.My birthday? I did not even remember what date it was. It was the least of the least of my problems because for fifteen good years, I was under the terrible control of Luciano. I spent twelv
Don Dada did not say a word to me till he dropped me off at my apartment. I could not even tell what was on his mind, so crazy. He just kept mute and focused throughout the drive as if he did not want to speak to me on purpose.I decided to act the same, feeling pissed. "Thanks for today." I said to him as I alighted the car and he nodded. The fact that I could not tell whatever was on his mind was killing.As I got to the entrance of our moderate apartment complex, I saw Nick standing there with his eyes on me. My heart totally skipped a bit up on seeing him. He must have seen me alight from Don Dada's car and so we would really have it out with each other tonight. There was so much explanations to do and I could not decide where to start. The fact that I had not seen him after the drama with Luciano to atleast apologize to him added fuel to the fire. "Hi Nick." I reached out softly as I approached him. He was expressionless as he just stood with his hands shoved into the pockets
"Mum! Dad!!!" I yelled in agony. I could not believe my eyes. My parents were lying there in a pool of blood and I remained on the floor, helpless. I lost the strength in my legs so I lost balance and fell to the ground.Tears were refusing to come out my eyes as my heart was totally wrenched. "Arghhh." I groaned as two hefty men came to drag me up from the floor. "Let go!" I yelled at them but I got a stinging slap across the face in return."No no no." I cried as tears finally came streaming down my face. It still felt a like a dream, a total dream and I sincerely wished I could wake up and see my parents reach out to their stubborn daughter again.We had planned to step out that evening as a family to celebrate Easter not until some strangers knocked our door. My father seemed to know them so he let them in. And in a few minutes, bullets went flying straight into my only family's forehead. I was close to running mad. Being left without a family in this wide, wild, wicked world a