She's Not Coming Back - Missing Mafia Princess Story

Chapter One: Weakness

Ember

Crying is a weakness.

Love is weakness.

I'm on my knees with the love of my life on my lap, bleeding to death. His white button-up shirt is now a crimson red.

Why won't the bleeding just stop?

I blink an immense amount of time while looking up, praying that a tear will not trickle down my face. I will not be weak. I will not be seen as a pitiful person.

"He's dying because of you. First, it was your mom. She couldn't handle having such a disappointment of a child, she committed suicide just so she can leave you. Then you met an amazing person. You befriended her, got close to her, and when her walls finally went down you pulled the trigger, aiming at her head. You killed her, Ember." A man stated with no emotion in his voice, standing behind me.

"Fucking asshole. You pulled the trigger. It was you who killed my best friend. It was you who took away everyone that I have ever cared about"

A chuckle escaped his mouth. I wanted to get up and punch him across his scrawny face but I couldn't pay attention to him. The only thing on my mind is my lover. I won't let someone else I care deeply about die.

I begged him to be strong and fight. God knows I can't.

I saw his body go limp. I lifted my shaking hands off his wound and began to travel towards his neck. I needed to see if he had a pulse. I laid my fingers on his neck and noticed that...

2 YEARS EARLIER...

I woke up to the sound of my alarm blaring in my ears. Waking up at 4 am is a nightmare, but Louis said that if I ever wanted to succeed in life, and become stronger, and better than everyone else, I need to start working hard while everyone else is still asleep. This gives me the opportunity to get 5 steps ahead of them.

Louis is my guardian and the leader of my mafia. I was abandoned by my birth parents as a child. Thrown to the side of the road like trash but Louis found me and took care of me as if I was his own child. I'm forever in debt to Louis, because without him I would've been alone. Despite everything that he has done for me, things between us have changed ever since the incident.

Flashback

I was lying on my bathroom floor staring at the bruises on my body. The innocent life I had once known has been ripped away from me. I couldn't hold it anymore so I broke the one rule that I have been taught since birth; Never show weakness. I began crying for hours until Louis came into the bathroom.

"Ember, pull yourself together. I taught you to not show weakness." Exclaimed Louis, with no sound of remorse or empathy in his voice.

"L-Louis, I tried not to break down, but it hurts. It hurts so bad."

"You're weak. I didn't raise you to become like this. Whatever happened, push it aside." replied Louis. I just need the pain to go away. Why can't he hug and console me like other guardians?

"You don't know what happened to me, Louis. Reid, he-" before I could finish my sentence, Louis cut in, yelling.

"Reid did nothing. He just had sex with you because you're his girlfriend. Don't be ridiculous and spread these delusional lies."

"I did not give consent, Louis." A beat. "I was raped."

The word rape didn't come out of my mouth so easily. I thought that if I acted like it didn't happen then I can trick my mind into thinking that it was all just a nightmare. I can trick it into thinking that I still have my virginity.

"Never say that word again. Both of you guys are in a relationship. Your boyfriend cannot possibly rape you. Reid is downstairs waiting for you. I don't want to hear this bullshit again."

"Please, Louis. Don't make me see him again. I'll do anything for him to stay away." I tried convincing Louis. I didn't care that I was practically begging at this point.

"No wonder why your parents left you on the side of the road, you're weak." Louis looked at me as if I was the monster. As if I had brought pain onto someone else.

Flashback Over

I felt the vibration of my phone that is placed in my back pocket. I got a text message from Louis.

Louis: All eligible mobsters in the meeting room for a mission.

I was ecstatic that we had a mission. For some reason, Italy has been a bit boring. No crimes occurred so we didn't have any missions but today that all changed.

I walked into the meeting room, locking eyes with Louis.

"Good morning, principessa." Shrieked Louis with a huge smile plastered on his face.

"Good morning, Louis."

I sat down on my chair next to Louis until a familiar hand touch my shoulder making my muscles tense up and I sat there frozen.

"Che bella mattinata, tesoro," Reid whispered in my ear before placing a kiss on my neck. His hand on my shoulder strengthened its grip. He was squeezing my shoulder until I responded. It appears that he doesn't want to get embarrassed in front of Louis (Translation; what a lovely morning, sweetheart).

"In effetti lo è, amore." I blurted, wanting his hand to release its pressure from my shoulder. He grabbed my chin forcing my head to turn towards him and placed a kiss on my lips (Translation; Indeed it is, love).

"We need all hands on deck. This mission is by far the most dangerous. Ever since we lost control of the Italian mafia many mobsters rebelled against us. The snakes decided to make their own mafia. Another Italian mafia. They're competing with us, trying to win Italy over. We are not going to let them win," said Louis in a sincere way.

Louis cares very much about Italy and the people within it. He only acts like an asshole towards me because he wants me to be strong. Louis said that if he dies, he needs someone brave and strong to take over the mafia. He thought that person should be me but that only if I stop showing weakness.

If only Italy know how much Louis cares about them. If only they knew that he grabbed a bomb in his hands and threw it into the ocean to save their lives. Louis is an amazing person.

Louis taught me the role of a girlfriend. It was just sex.