All Chapters of The Agreement: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

"If it is real, it will never be over" ~ Unknown I am shocked to see who it is. ''Everett?'' I question, unsure of my eyesight all of a sudden. He just stands there, busy munching on my food. He stops for a moment only to give me a big toothy grin, then resumes ravishing my breakfast. What the!? ''EVERETTTTTT!!'' I cry yell. ''Mom! Dad! Are you guys not going to say something?'' I urge exasperated. They just laugh. They laugh! Seriously? My pancakes are being chomped up by my lunatic of a big brother that I unfortunately have and my parents are laughing! Can this morning get any worse?? He finishes up the contents of my plate within minutes, he then burps loudly. As if stealing my food was not good enough to rile me up. He puts down the plate on the counter before making his way to me, I glare at him warningly. He ignores my death glares and pulls me into a bear hug. All the anger that I had for him vanishes as quickly as it came, I hug him back with a small smile. Everett i

"God is up to something or the devil wouldn't be fighting you this hard." ~Unknown The upcoming days are filled with a lot of tension. No one was talking, laughing or even teasing each other. It felt like as if all of us are strangers. I am not used to this environment and it is getting on my nerves. Everett has decided to stay with us till Rose gets married, no one knows who the groom is except for dad and him, both of them aren't willing to share anything. The date for the wedding has been fixed, it is to be held on the upcoming Saturday. Today is Monday. Which means 4 more days. Dad tried really hard to get the wedding cancelled, I overheard him whispering to mom in the kitchen that the 'groom's uncle is insisting on the marriage and wouldn't take no for an answer.' Rose was to be married in a small church. The groom's family requested for a small intimate ceremony with only the bride and groom's close family present. They had no time for an extravagant wedding. This request di

"Bad decisions make good stories." ~Unknown A note. Of course, how cliché. I grab the note and make a dash straight to dad's office. I know Everett and dad would be there. I barge inside, the door slams on the wall with a loud 'Thud". "Rose ran away!!'' I say frantically. It is too late to realise. Angelo, Antonio and some of their men are also present there. "TROVALA!" (FIND HER!) Antonio roars. I can't understand what he said, but his booming voice doesn't fail to make me tremble. Without wasting a second Angelo and his men run past me, speaking frantically in their earpieces. He must have ordered them to find her. I hope they don't hurt her, please be safe Rose. Everett sits on the couch that is present in the office with a loud thud, his hands in his hair. "What is that in your hand?'' Antonio asks coldly, eyeing the note in my hand. Dad and Everett quickly look at me then to my hand that is clutching the note tightly. I totally forgot about it, I try to hide it behind me but

"Eye contact, how souls catch fire." ~YAHIA LABABIDI The car halts in front of the church. I was so busy in my thoughts that I didn't even realise how fast we reached, I look at the church through the window, it is small but beautiful. It is located in a secluded area, away from prying eyes. This is the place from where everything is about to change the moment I step inside. I will step inside as a normal girl, but will walk out with a new identity and purpose. I will be a married woman, wife of a mafia leader. Everything is going to change forever. Am I ready? Am I willing to sacrifice my happiness, freedom and family for an agreement? Yes! Definitely yes, I'll do it for my family. I'm not as brave as Rose, I cannot run away and not think about my family. I would be worried sick, it would be impossible to move on, I would always have guilt eating me up. I may be strong but this is something I can never do. Family over everything I believe. Everett opens the door for me, he holds

"Murder is like potato chips, you can't stop with just one" ~ STEPHEN KING I feel a light shake on my shoulder, which wakes me up from my dreamless slumber. I open my eyes, Ella is standing beside me, smiling down at me. "Ma'am we have reached our destination." It takes me a moment to comprehend her words, where am I and what destination is she talking about? Oh, yeah! I'm married and in Italy now. I turn my gaze towards my new husband, expecting to find him there but he's nowhere in sight. Ella takes notice of my search, "sir is waiting for you outside." I nod my head and stand up slowly, my muscles take their sweet time to relax, they have become stiff by staying in an odd position. A blanket falls down from my lap on the floor. I'm sure I slept without one, it must have been Ella who covered me. "Thank you" I smile at her only to receive a confused look but she smiles back nonetheless. I make my way towards the exit. The warm October air hits my face as I stand at the plane door.