Mafia Kingpin: A Dark, Thrilling Organized Crime Romance

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§ LOUIS §

I walked out of the chippy with Steve, devouring the food. Good food always made everything fucking better.

"Where shall we go next?" I asked.

"The movies," Steve said definitely. I grinned.

We were having such a good time; it was like I'd never seen the things that happened at his house yesterday. It felt good, though. Maybe it was for the best if I decided never to mention it again - me and Steve were just back to normal and I didn't want anything to change that.

We went to watch Fast and Furious at the cinemas. Steve bought us popcorn, and lots of chocolate and crisps to eat while we watched the movie.

***

It was 11 o'clock at night, now. The movie had finished, and me and Steve made our way to the car park.

"Thanks so much for today, Steve," I thanked him, and then thought that it would be good of me to apologise for everything that I'd seen at his house. "I'm sorry about-"

"Don't you worry about it," he smiled. "It's in the past now – let's just forget about it."

He clicked his keys into his car as I grinned at him, and we took a seat inside it. "Come on, I'll drop you off home now."

***

He drove me home, pulling up on the kerb. Mum was waiting at the door, with her arms folded, looking like she was about to kill somebody; she was that mad.

"I'll see you again soon, yeah?" Steve shouted at me, as I nervously made my way back to the house.

"Definitely," I called back, and then gulped as I saw the expression written all over Mum's face.

Mum ran up to Steve's car, blocking him from leaving.

"What the fuck are you doing?!" Steve shouted, and Mum shook her fists with rage. I gulped, as Steve rolled his eyes sarcastically.

"You've been ignoring Louis all this time and you think you can just turn up and play happy families whenever you feel like it?!" Mum screamed. "I won't be having you seeing Louis without my permission."

"Oh, give it a rest Linda, I've had a lot on my mind," Steve retorted, and started laughing, like he was shocked that Mum had actually answered back to him. "I've been really busy and today I've finally had a day off plumbing and I wanted to see my stepson. Is that a problem?"

He rolled his eyes again, looking pissed off himself, the blood flooding to his cheeks.

"Yeah, it is a problem, because he's been upset about you for ages!" Mum snapped, and I took in a deep breath. "He's been crying over you, wondering where you've been, especially on our pizza night, when you just walked out without notice..."

"Shut up Linda," Steve warned. He was speaking in a low whisper now, that made Mum jolt back in fear. "He likes seeing me and we've had a good day today, and we've made arrangements to see each other again. You can't stop us. I'm sorry about ghosting off for a while but I'm back now and we've both cleared things up. Now stop interfering."

Steve's eyes held Mum's with a piercing gaze, and Mum looked terrified, her face going pale. She took a few deep breaths in and out, before swallowing, and sighing.

"Fine," Mum said, shaking her head, accepting defeat. "But if you disappoint my son again, or upset him, best believe this is the last you're hearing from him."

"Alright boss," Steve replied coldly.

Mum sighed.

"Now are you gonna let me leave or what?" he spat bitterly, winding his window back up to stop Mum from pestering him more.

As he drove away, I shifted about uncomfortably on my spot, and I could hear Mum cough up a sob.