In the gritty streets of a dark and unforgiving city, a timid, insecure, and broken girl finds herself trapped in an abusive environment. Just when all hope seems lost, fate intervenes, and she crosses paths with a mysterious mafia man. Together, th...
The doctors said we could go in and see her. When I open the door I see her lying on the bed, in a hospital gown.
I didn't really focus on her when we were looking for her in the house but now that I see her face, gosh she's beautiful.
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Her long, beautiful hair, chocolate brown eyes, cute nose, and her beautiful plump lips. I can't fathom how beautiful she is right now. She's paler than usual and she's sleeping but that doesn't hide how beautiful she is.
I move closer to her and sit on one of the stools next to her bed. Anaya takes the other stool and she takes a seat. Streams of tears are falling down her face but she isn't even making a sound.
I see Angelo moving closer to her and he runs his hand up and down his back. "She's gonna be ok," he tells her.
"I'll be back" I get up from the stool, leave the room, and head to my car. I get in the driver's seat and start making calls to the best trackers I have.
"I need you to find me Jason Johnson and when you do, send some men over here to take him back to Italy, and if you find a teenage boy, 18 or 19 with him, take him as well," I say to one of my best trackers, Gio.
I leave the car and go back to Aaliyah's room.
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It's been a few hours now and it's dark outside.
"You guys should get going now, it's getting late," I tell them. "I'm not going," Anaya says. "You need to go, Anaya," I tell her. "I'm not going, I'm her best friend, she needs me here, I need to help her." She cries out.
Angelo kneels to her level and tries to convince her," Listen, Anaya, you're going to get sick if you stay here the whole night and I'm sure when Aaliyah wakes up, she'd love it if you were in a healthy condition." He tells her.
"Fine, but if anything happens, you call me," She tells me "I will" I assure her.
When they all leave, I take this time to stare at Aaliyah.
Wow
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It's the next morning now and that was the most uncomfortable sleep I've ever had.
Aaliyah starts twisting and turning and I hear faint whispers coming from her. "Please don't, please don't hurt me,". She's having a nightmare.
I try waking her up and shaking her and after a while, she opens her eyes and she looks terrified.
"Don't worry, you're safe, it's just me" I tell her. She seems to relax a bit and she tries sitting up.
"Where am I?" She asks with a scratchy voice so I hand her a glass of water. "In the hospital," she freezes and I see tears in her eyes. "It didn't work" she whispers to herself but I manage to hear her.
I move toward her and she flinches and moves away from me. "Don't be scared Aaliyah, I promise I'm not going to hurt you."
I take the stool and sit next to her, "How do you feel?" It was probably a stupid question to ask but I just needed to know if she was in any sort of pain.
"I feel fine," She says and there's an awkward silence.
Aaliyah's P.O.V
"Thank you for helping me, I promise I'll pay you back all the money you spent on bringing me here twice," I tell him feeling guilty, and tears start forming in my eyes. No one should spend that much money on me, I'm not worth it.
I wish those pills worked.
"Oh no, please don't. I wanted to do this." He says.
I wonder why he would want to do this. We barely know each other.
"Listen..., I know this is going to sound weird but I just want to help you. You don't have to agree if you don't feel comfortable or don't want to." He says unsure if he should ask.
"Do you want to come to Italy with me? I know it sounds weird, we barely know each other, but I'm just trying to help you get out of that house. We could even bring Anaya along if she agrees to come. But you really don't have to agree if you don't want to." He concludes.
I'm sitting on the hospital bed in complete shock. He's willing to take me to Italy just to get me away from my father. I really don't want to trust him because all the men I've ever known have only done wrong to me but something is telling me that I can trust him and even though we only know each other's names, I should go with him to Italy. And it's not like there's any reason I should stay here, I have no assets that could keep me here unless Ana doesn't want to go.
"But you've already spent so much money on me. You can't do this as well. Please don't do this." I tell him.
"I really don't care about the money, it doesn't bother me." He says.
"But I can't leave Ana here," "Angelo's going to ask her if she wants to come. If she says yes will you please come to Italy with me?" He asks. "Fine," I say to him and even though I don't want to, I really want to get away from my father and I'll repay him all his money as soon as I can.
But I don't think I can go if Anaya doesn't go. She's basically my sister. We've known each other since we were kids and I can't live without her.
She's the only person who makes me forget about what my father does to me when I'm with her. She makes me forget what a shit life I have. She's my comfort person and I can't stay without her.
I hope I'm not making a mistake by trusting another man.
