YARA’S POINT OF VIEW I saw my door knob move and I immediately flinched, I knew I had to leave Diego’s apartment, someone was watching me there and I did not feel safe. How did Raphael know so quickly? What is he going to do to me? I knew I had to leave town quickly so I rushed over to the apartment I share with my sister, the apartment that has been mine solely since our last fight, since the last time I saw her around.I can’t even remember what the fight was about, we have been fighting for as long as I can remember, I am the one who apologizes even when I know she is the wrong one, I guess I decided not to do that anymore and so like Justin Bieber said ‘we don’t talk anymore’. I searched my whole closet looking for it, where the fuck is it! It is the one thing that might save me, or get me killed but yet again it is my only shot at staying alive. All my clothes were laying scattered on my bed and on the floor as I searched frantically, where the fuck is it! Where is that flash
VALENTINA’S POINT OF VIEW The wind was blowing a little more than normal, it looks like rain is about to fall, the weather is little bit confused, it had been really sunny in the morning, very early in the morning then rain started to fall, then it got sunny again now its windy, it is like the weather feels the same way I do, confused, what does he want this time? Why did he apologize and then make his people literally kidnap me?“Ma’am do you want me to put on some music? What do you like? Ariana grande? Beyoncé?” He asked.I shook my head.“I’m fine.” I said. I quite like how quiet the car is, I like how empty the road is, I like the way the wind is whooshing in to the car through my opened window. I stretched my hand out the window and caught a droplet of rain, I did what Sydney and I used to do when we were younger, I closed my palm over the rain drop and made a wish then kissed my closed fist and opened my fist and watched the water fall down from my palm.Diego and I used to do
VALENTINA’S POINT OF VIEW We got to the front of a building that looked a bit abandoned, no not the scary sort of abandoned, no not that type, the building was anything but scary, it looked sophisticated, well taken care of from the outside.Greg drove to the front of the gate and then parked the car without entering into the building.“He is waiting for you in there.” Greg said as he opened the door to the passenger seat of the car for me. I walked out.“Thanks.” I said I said to him as I stood there a little confused about how to open the gate. It was different from all the gates I had seen before, it had no handle or clear point where it can be opened from.“Just place your thumb on that point over there” Greg said as if sensing my confusion. I placed my thumb on the part he had pointed to, a green light came on after it was done processing my thumb print, it opened and I walked into the compound with my heart beating fast wondering what Diego wants from me. I am scared to find ou
VALENTINA’S POINT OF VIEW “Wake up, we would have to be on our way in about thirty minutes.” Diego said, he looked like a model off duty sitting on that couch with his hair looking a bit scattered and cute and messy like a model straight out of Calvin Klein’s runway collection. One of the strands of his hair got into his eyes he brushed it off with his hand, before placing his hand thoughtfully under his chin. I robbed my eyes with the back of my palm as I tried to get used to being awake, I remember coming into this room last night, I remember Amelia the really nice house keeper showing me the way to this room, I however do not remember when Diego got here, he wasn’t here when I fell asleep.The bright morning sun was pouring in through the opened window.“What time is it?” I asked with a groggy sleepy voice, I combed my hair out with my fingers, I am sure I look horrible right now, I always look not so great in the morning, I do not my morning face that much now Diego has seen it
DIEGO’S POINT OF VIEW One thing nobody knows is that I had seen Valentina a long time before that night at Don Carlos’ strip club, I had watched her for a while and decided that she would be mine whether she liked it or not. I would make her mine, she would be perfect, I would break her and then stitch her back to perfection. Back to my idea of perfection, she would be the queen of my empire.I knew then and I still know now that I want her except now it’s a little bit different, now this stupid feeling called love has began to cloud my thinking, this need to protect Valentina has destroyed my initial intention to break her. I can not escape this feeling sadly, I wish I could because this feeling threatens to ruin me. It makes me vulnerable which is something a mafia king myself shouldn’t be, that is the number one golden rule ‘Do not ever be vulnerable, kill the thing that makes you vulnerable’. I killed the one thing that had once made me vulnerable, I killed my old self, the nic
DIEGO’S POINT OF VIEW Nothing is going to spoil this day. I handed my ringing phone to Christopher our newest recruit, the phone has been ringing non-stop for sometime now, I’m sure it’s just a business call. I don’t care about work for today, all I care about is finding I way to make Valentina forgive me and maybe even possible like or maybe perhaps love me like I maybe perhaps love her.Ewww that sounds very pathetic, I haven’t sounded pathetic in a while, I haven’t sounded pathetic since Daya and even with her I wasn’t this pathetic, I still had a little bit of control and composure, my steeze was completely intact but with Valentina? I don’t know that girl just destroys every bit of composure and steeze I have.“Give your phone to Christopher, he will return it when we get back from our trip.” I said to Valentina immediately Christopher held the car door open for us to step out of. She looked puzzled, a lot hesitant and a lot suspicious about what I might do to her when she doesn
VALENTINA’S POINT OF VIEW I sat opposite Diego on the private jet, a private jet! I have never even flown business class in my life before not to talk about first class or even a private jet! I shifted uncomfortably on my seat, it felt awkward staring at him, him staring at me, we both don’t have our phones with us so we cannot even pretend to be distracted.I looked out through the window and watched the jet climb over the clouds, I got a little bit lost in my thoughts. Everything feels a bit out of place, I am in a jet with a man I’m pretty sure I should hate, Headed for an unknown destination, I sit here with him not knowing what his plans are, not knowing what he is going to do to me at this unknown destination.And Ava… my daughter, I haven’t seen her in two weeks. I miss my daughter, I miss her calling me mom, I miss her laughter and everything, I don’t even know if I would ever see my daughter again, I don’t know what he (Diego) would do to me or even her if I ask to see Ava.
YARA’S POINT OF VIEW “Please stay away from me.” I said with tears in my eyes, with my face looking scared and helpless. I looked at him, looked into his eyes as I sought his sympathy. “Please.” I said again hugging my knees with my hands around it wishing I could shrink and then disappear. I looked up at him, my vision was a lot blurry from how teary my eyes were. He had a smile on his face but his expression remained unreadable, he his going to do it anyway, I thought with a helpless sigh. “I haven’t done this with anyone else except… just be gentle please.” I said, sadly deciding to accept my fate. Raphael was my first, my only really except for that little fooling around that happened with Desmond. Being with someone else especially when I really don’t want to feels uncomfortable, like it shouldn’t be, like it isn’t right, a part of me feels like I am cheating on Raphael even though he was the one that literally sold me to Walter. “I will, I promise.” Walter said. I closed my
ZARA’S POINT OF VIEW I got down from the plane, it’s sunny now, not scorching hot though, just the right temperature like the sky decided to finally smile after the long period of snows. It is January now, December and the holidays is over.December, Christmas was really nice, I spent it with my sister, we watched cheesy Christmas movies while drinking hot cocoa and eating cookies. It was the best time in a long long time, i am getting a little bit homesick just thinking about it. I am in Seoul now, I smile to myself I take in the environment, it’s a little bit busy here at the airport, there are people going and people arriving, there are families welcoming back their loved ones and people saying goodbye.I got my luggage and walked down, I got a taxi and headed to the University. The Taxi stopped in front of the large university accommodation. It looked happy, beautiful, the grasses, trees, the statues, the architecture, everything sat right with me. I stood in front as I checked
YARA’S POINT OF VIEW “So how are you feeling today?” My therapist Nia asked. It was hard the first time I was here, the thought of baring myself completely to a stranger made me feel a bit uncomfortable. Therapy felt a bit complicated, being vulnerable did not seem great but it’s been two months now, I think I am getting better at it.“Better, I feel a bit better. I still have the panick attacks sometimes but I think it will all get better eventually.” I said with a smile on my lips, I stared at the pastel colored walls, at the little posters on them. ‘Breath in breath out you’ll be alright.’ One of the posters said, I believe it. It’s taking a while but I can see the improvement.I moved out, moved to a new area, got a new job, crafted new routines for myself, I feel like everything would be alright… eventually.I’m still learning somethings and unlearning over things, I wake in the morning do a little self affirmation, I try to breathe my way to serenity whenever I feel anxious, I
DIEGO’S POINT OF VIEW I feel so helpless right now, I feel so… tired so drained.I cannot do anything about the situation, i cannot help, make it better, nothing I do will make Ava better now. Most times, in most situations money solves the problem, I have a lot of that but now even that cannot help. We just have to watch and see what happens like what the doctor said. It is a horrible feeling being helpless, not knowing what would happen next, being uncertain, feeling this lump of grief and sadness in the pit of your stomach.She lost a lot of blood, the bullet might have damaged some vital organs in her chest area, the bullet is still in her, it might be completely shattered now making it difficult to find all its pieces. The doctors just keep giving us information that makes the situation worse than it already is and now we haven’t heard from them… the doctors for a while now, they have been in that room with Ava for sometime now, we don’t know what is happening, we don’t know wh
RAPHAEL’S POINT OF VIEW This should be interesting, I wonder who she would pick; her daughter or her lover, I am actually genuinely curious. I watch her intensely, this Sanchéz girl, it’s funny because I watched her grow up, I watched all of them grow up well almost all of them except the little girl Ava. She seems like a nice kid it’s such a shame that she would be dead soon, they would all be dead soon regardless of who Valentina picks, I am just interested in her choice, I am always interested in how the human mind works.Her choice does not mean I would not take my revenge anyway. They all die anyway, every single one of them, I like a clean job that’s why I get things done by myself… most of the time.“Clock is ticking Valentina, thirty seconds more.” There’s tears in her eyes, she looks from Diego to Ava with the gun in her hand. Her daughter Ava looks scared I can’t blame the five years old. Ahhh Drama, I love it.“Shoot me.” Diego said frantically to Valentina, that fool alw
YARA’S POINT OF VIEW There is this girl who had tried to escape yesterday, she looks no older than seventeen, she looks frail and pale, like everything has been stripped away from her. This girl makes me question the love I feel for Raphael. Amelia, seventeen year old, She has been continuously abused, constantly raped by Raphael Fernandez since she was twelve, I was brought to tears by her story, it is so… inhumane what happened to her… how could I have been so dumb to have fallen in love with such an abuser?! I cannot look at him the same, in fact I never want to see him again, I hope Raphael Fernandez gets the punishment he deserves. I looked at the flash drive again, this can get Amelia the justice she deserves, this can bring Raphael the punishment he deserves.I hand this flash drive over to Amelia, we have been plotting her escape for sometime now, me, her and one of Raphael most trusted employee. This employee has been on Raphael’s payroll for the longest time, he was the o
VALENTINA’S POINT OF VIEW.When I saw him standing there at the door way in a grey hoodie, I thought I was imagining things, I thought I had finally gone crazy from loneliness, I think I had let psychosis get the better of me because of how much I miss Diego.But the he moved closer and closer to me, he looked very real, very present, very… there but I did not want to believe it, three months! Three months and he is here now? I had mourned him, I had blamed God of being unfair to me, I had fought God for taking my Diego again so I could not believe that Diego was the one standing in front of me.I ran into his arms with tears in my eyes, I never thought I would ever see him again but thank goodness fate is being kind to me by bringing my Diego back. He hugged me tightly, he hugged me like I am the breath in his lungs, I have so many questions, many things I want to know but for now I just leaned into his hug, enjoying the comfort that it brings.“Diego!! I missed you so much.” I heard
RAPHAEL’S POINT OF VIEW “Where the Fuck is he?!” This bunch of incompetent idiots! How the fuck did Diego escape?! I have everyone lined up in front of me, everyone down to the chef and the butler, they are all so stupid! How could they let this happen! If I don’t get a reasonable answer in 0.1 second every body’s would be spun out of their necks, it wouldn’t make any difference since they are brainless already! Brainless enough to let Diego escape!There have to be a snitch, a betrayer, a two faced idiot amongst these fools because there is no way that Diego escaped all by himself, this place is heavily guarded, there are guard at every single point so someone must have help that spawn of mine.“There is an enemy amongst us, the person who helped Diego escape can either come out now or be fished out.” I studied them one after the other, nobody came out, it’s alright then let the show begin.I dragged the head of the domestic staff out first, she usually knows all the gossips I bet
DELVIN’S POINT OF VIEW It is my wedding day today, I should be happy but I am not, I feel like my life is spinning out of control, I feel like my life is spinning in a direction that I don’t want it to… everything feels so… wrong, so out of place, it feels like I am about to make the worse mistake of my life.Maybe I would have been happy if I was getting married the the only girl I have ever loved. Zara. But Anyway, this has to be done, this will strengthen the alliance between my family and the Perrozos, this is good for business, it will help my father campaign, it will give us the opportunity to merge our companies together and I will be the CEO of this new company.Marrying Maddison Perrozo is what is best, it is what our families want.“My man! It still feels like a yesterday when you were a playboy out here on these streets causing havoc and now you a getting married?! I still can’t believe it!” My annoying brother Hunter said as he patted me playfully on my back.I took my ph
ZARA’S POINT OF VIEW “These past few days has been hell for me, I want to be in your life forever Zara, I can’t… cannot function without you by my side.” Delvin said, his eyes were focused on me, his eyes… they held untold emotions, they held a passion.I swallowed, I have to stay strong, I have to follow my plan, I have to not feel, I have to choose myself, I have to stay alive.We are at a completely empty lounge, there are gaming screens and equipments on some corners of the lounge, some the lights at the corners blinked slowly. I stare one of the screen, it is completely blank but I still stare at it.I don’t want to look at him, I don’t want all the feelings I have for him to come up to the surface, I want him but I also want to stay alive, tonight is the last time I will ever see him.I don’t want to look at him because looking at him will make it harder for me to leave him in the past, looking at him will make it more difficult for me to prioritize my life over our love.Lovin