"Yes, exactly like that. Now a combo attack!" the coach shouted. Selina fought against her trainer in the ring. She was already at the end of her strength but still gave everything she could. "Ok stop. That was very good." said her kickboxing coach. Selina wiped the sweat from her forehead with a towel.
"You're getting better and better every day. Are you coming back to training tomorrow?" her trainer asked her. "We'll see it tomorrow." she gave him a vague answer. Her trainer then laughed because he is already used to her giving him inaccurate answers. Selina went into the locker room and changed and then went out of the building. When she got home she showered off the sweat. As she came out of the bathroom her phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and sighed exhaustedly as she answered.
"What do you want?" she asked dismissively.
"Is this how you greet to your mother?" said her mother, drunkly. "You only call me when you need money or something else from me." Selina said as she made herself something to eat. "Yeah whatever. You know that one guy I started stressing out with. He went to court and sued me. I was given a fine of 30,000 and I'm supposed to have paid it by the end of the week."
"Do you know that today is Saturday." Selina said. "Yes, I know that, so can you transfer the money to me?" her mother asked her. "How many times do I have to tell you that I don't have that much money? Besides, you also know that I won't transfer the money to you!" she sighed and stared out her kitchen window.
"I'm your mother! How can you abandon me when I'm in need?" she shouted at her daughter. Selina rolled her eyes and massaged her temple. She's heard these accusations since she was little. Since her father left the two of them alone and then got a new wife, her mother has been like that to her ever since. She then became addicted to alcohol. "Knowing you, you'll get money somehow. Bye." Selina hung up and threw her cell phone aside.
Because of the phone call with her mother, she was no longer hungry. She sat relaxed on her sofa when her cell phone rang again. "I swear this woman can't leave me alone either!" She said annoyed as she answered the call. "I told you there-"
"Am I talking to Selina Jones?" a strange voice interrupted her. "Yes, that's me. Who's talking?" she asked confused. "My name is irrelevant. What important is that you knocked out a perpetrator on a mission yesterday afternoon. I just wanted to ask you why you did it?" said the male voice.
"I saw that the people who were supposed to catch the man took far too long to get the old woman out of this situation." she replied. "Very interesting. Weren't you afraid that something would happen to you?" the person asked. "No!" Selina said confidently. "But why all the questions now?" she asked confused. "I'd better clarify that in person. I'll give you the address where we'll meet this evening." the man said and then hung up.
She looked at her cell phone, perplexed, and saw that she got a message from an unknown number. There was the address where she should meet the man. "Is that a pervert or what?" she said suspiciously. She didn't know whether she should meet the man or not.
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"I see you came after all!" said the man.
"Yes, now tell me, what do you want from me?" she asked him. She was standing in front of a large villa. The man she was supposed to meet was standing at the entrance. He looks like he is in his early 40s. He laughed and came down the stairs. "When you did the bargaining yesterday I wondered if you worked for anyone so I wanted to ask you who." He said as he stood directly in front of Selina. She noticed that the man was already quite tall because she herself is almost 175cm tall. "I think you already have all my information if you already found out my phone number. I don't work for anyone." she argued.
"Smart girl." he grinned thoughtfully. "What if you join my mafia?" he suddenly asked her. She was surprised by the question because she never thought that anyone would ever ask her if she wanted to join a mafia. "What's your goal if I'm in your mafia?" she asked, slightly angry. However, he laughed. "Such a member like you of my team would help me a lot in the next mission we have soon. No, not only in this one, but also in the future ones, you would be a great help!" he worshipped her.
"Don't you join a mafia if you want revenge? Well, I don't have anyone with whom I would have to take revenge." she said tiredly. She actually just wants to go to her bed to sleep. "Most people join the mafia because of revenge, but when I see good potential in people who can help in my mafia, then I invite them personally. So what do you say. Do you want to join my mafia?" he asks hopefully. She's a little disgusted that he talks about her like that.
"Give me a few days to think." she sighed tiredly. "Well, I'll give you until next week. We'll meet again on the same day, at the same time, at the same meeting point as today." He said as he turned around and went back into his villa.
Selina then stood there for a few seconds until she turned around and left the place. "What's wrong with people today? They want so many things from me lately." She said as she angrily kicked away the stones on the ground. "If I were you, I wouldn't let your anger out by kicking stones." A male voice said next to her. She looked to the side and saw a young man sitting on the bench. "Thanks for your advice." she joked and moved on.
"Wow don't you greet people anymore these days?" said the man and lit a cigarette. "Good evening." She said dryly and tried to move on. "You call that a greeting?" The man was still not satisfied with Selina's answers. Selina tried to stay calm. "What do you want from me? We don't even know each other!" she stated the fact. The young man got up from the bench and walked over to her.
"Hi, I'm Lorenzo and you?" the man introduced himself. She looked at him strangely. "I'm Selina." she sighed. "Look now we've gotten to know each other so we can talk more." Lorenzo smiled. She just rolled her eyes and walked away from him. "Hey where are you going?" he asked her. "In my bed. So leave me alone!" she hissed, walking a step faster. Lorenzo stopped and smiled mischievously. "See you soon." he uttered and sat down on the bench again.
When Selina was finally home, she looked at her cell phone and saw that she had a lot of missed calls from her mother. She turned off her cell phone and then collapsed into her bed. "Today was a very strange day." she thought out loud and soon fell asleep.
YOU ARE READING
Take A Bullet For Her
ActionSelina was having a peaceful normal day when one day she was involved in a mission by a mafia. While everyone fled, she was the only one who stayed there. She didn't let something like that ruin her day and didn't exactly leave the place unnoticed...
