Cassie watched her thrash around on the bathtub and honestly, she admired Arianna's courage to go through with her plan of suicide. Although she was surprised what might have triggered that decision, nonetheless, everything worked in her favor or so she thought.It wasn't until Cassie realized that Big Joe would be angry if anything were to happen to Arianna and that she would be the first suspect in this case, made her finally make a move. Even if it were a suicide, Big Joe wouldn't believe her and would use her as a scapegoat to appease his anger - Arianna committing suicide days before her marriage was a big slap to his face and a huge stain on his reputation. So Cassie went into action immediately, pulling her naked form out from the tub and began to perform emergencyCardiopulmonary resuscitation on her. For over a minute when Arianna didn't respond, Cassie was scared that she was really dead and was planning on raising an alarm when she suddenly came to life. Now she - Cassie
"I don't really like this," Arianna complained, wiggling in the dress like a fish out of water.After Big Joe announced his plans of having breakfast with her, Clara took over the role of dressing her up for the occasion. And she came up with the idea of dressing cute yet sexy for her husband to be (so she reminds her constantly). Arianna was going to be sick. Currently, she was wearing a floral V-neck Midi dress. The deep neck showed off a lot of cleavages than she usually would. Arianna bet Big Joe would concentrate more on her breast than the food on the table - and she didn't like it, one bit. Arianna was a reserved person and hardly showed skin in her dressing - that was more of Mimi's style. Not to mention that she was quite conscious of her body, especially now she lost weight. She must look like a skeleton. She cringed at the thought of looking at a mirror."Stop doing that," Cassie slapped her hand away when she tugged at the neckline again as if trying to pull it together
The room Arianna entered was spacious with blackwood flooring and enough lightning to illuminate all corners. It wasn't magnificent yet plush, however, what captured her attention was the long rectangular table.There were about ten people seated down on it with a hot feast served right in front of them. And no matter how much she stared at them Arianna had no clue who they were and all were immaculately dressed in suits. Not to mention that they were all males, no females. Not even a female company accompanied them. Not one. Arianna was the only female gender in the room and she had never felt like an outcast, an odd number in her entire life until now. It was her against the men. All eyes were on her upon her arrival and she felt like running away, as fast as her feet could take her. But her body didn't comply with her mind; Arianna stood frozen like a fish. Looking to the right, she finally saw Big Joe seated adjacent to his guests and at that moment their eyes connected. He wa
Arianna felt disgusted with herself as she smiled and tried to introduce herself to men who simply were indifferent to her - probably thinking she wasn't worth their attention - or stared at her lasciviously. If this was just the beginning of her humiliation, she wondered what else Big Joe had in store for her. Even at that, Arianna stood tall, carrying herself with finesse. No matter what they do to her today, they won't get the opportunity to crush her spirit. She made the mistake of going down the dark route of depression and suicide, it won't happen anymore. Her life was worth more than any asshole of a husband trying to shame her!For once Arianna was grateful she had not initiated an act of intimacy with Big Joe else she would be disgusted with herself now. He doesn't deserve her one bit.The barest sign of affection she had shown Big Joe was a peck on the cheek and that happened way before she escaped. Now, he would have to kill her first if he thought he was entitled to her
Oh no.Arianna couldn't believe her eyes when she caught her cousin Claudia being dragged into the room amid her protest. What the hell was going on here?"Let me go you, bastards!" She screamed on top of her voice, thrashing around but her strength could not compare to the two men holding her down on both sides."Claudia," Arianna whispered. As if the the air carried her words, her cousin turned around at that and their eyes connected at that moment. "No," Arianna was about to rise from her seat when Big Joe gave her a meaningful look and she knew she was supposed to stay put. Any disobedience on her part would only make her punishment worse."Arianna?" Claudia recognized her at that moment, shock sprawled across her face. However, to her surprise, that look distorted into fury and she hissed, "You! You are the person responsible for this!""C-Claudia," Arianna choked. When Cassie told her Big Joe would likely use someone close to her, Arianna had thought of Mimi and hoped that sh
Arianna has heard of whips with small pieces of metal or bones at the top used to cause disfigurement or serious trauma for the victim like ripping pieces of flesh from the body and though the bullwhip in the guard's grasp - made with braided leather- wasn't like that, she still couldn't help but panic.She could see that Claudia was scared as well; her lips were trembling, beads of sweat on her forehead, and of course, the fear in her eyes. If that whip landed on Claudia's body, in addition to causing her pain, she might approach a state of hypovolemic shock due to loss of blood. And as much as her cousin was a bitch, Arianna couldn't lose her. She turned to Big Joe hurriedly, speaking with a hushed tone, "You said it was a cane, that doesn't look like one," "Don't cause any scene, just sit back and enjoy the show," Was all Big Joe said to her, causing her hands to fist with anger. Enjoy what show? The freak show? As much as she loathed Claudia, Arianna would rather exert her re
Marcel had not been able to sleep a wink last night and was up before the first crow of the morning. He had a few cases of insomnia and tonight seems to be one of those days.Most times it always took him drugs to go to sleep but when Arianna had been around, it was like she had been his special concoction. Her presence was distracting and all he needed was for her to royally piss him off and he'd go to bed annoyed, his demons pushed to the back of his mind.It wasn't that he couldn't sleep but his sleep was usually plunged with nightmares of his troubling childhood and most times, his first kill. Why was his first kill so significant?His first kill was his debut as a "made man" and Marcel accomplished that while he was merely thirteen years of age. It was a Mafia initiation ritual to become a made man before being welcomed as a member of the gang. While a novice would follow the custom of pricking fingers to draw blood and taking an oath of loyalty to the Luciano family, Marcel had
Macy woke up with a startle, it was the first time in a long time she was having that kind of nightmare. But then, it was a long time since she forgot about her revenge as well.She had never been able to forget that morning; the day her father was killed. When one talked about murders, it had to be done by the big, evil men or women but Macy had seen it all; a little boy killed her father. Macy remembered the startle in his eyes when she stumbled upon him hiding the gun in the inside of his jacket and she had been fascinated, thinking it was a toy gun until she saw the blood spot on her father's body as he slumped to the ground.The scream that left her mouth had been full of shock and pain as she realized at that moment she just lost her father and the changes it would bring to her life.Macy remembered telling the authorities what she had seen but of course, no one believed her or maybe they had been paid off to never consider her as a witness. She had been in shock and saw thing