Smoke and secrets | 18 +

VIII

After a couple minutes of talking outside, Danica and I finally went in for dinner.

"There's Malia." Danica said to me as we walked in.

I looked in the direction Danica's eyes pointed out and there se was. She had olive skin and was dressed ever so casually. She has soft brown eyes and brown hair that fell a little past her back spaded. She had a sweet smile that I witnessed as she greeted everyone she walked past.

"Dani!" She said softly yet full of excitement as she moved towards us.

Danica got up and hugged her tightly.

"Lia, I've missed you." Danica said as they stayed in a hug for a moment. "Malia, this is Belle." Danica introduced me.

I gave her a soft smile. Danica continued to say something in Italian that I couldn't understand what it made Malia smile.

"You're the girl that my sister bought from the Americans?" She asked softly as she took Danica's seat. Danica moved around me and sat on the usually empty chair next to me.

"Yeah I am." I said with a smile.

"It's finally nice to meet you." She offered a small smile. "There's so much speculation about why you were bought, I don't listen to it. But do tell me why you were bought." She asked me.

I couldn't exactly reveal the real reason as to my I was here. That would be a mistake. But I also don't have a straight answer as to why I was bought.

"I don't know exactly." I said to her.

"Human trafficking ring? Abduction? Nothing?" She asked with a downward turned smile.

"No, I just sort of blacked out at the annual party a few weeks back, then I was in a plane and now I'm here." I shrugged.

"Wow, you are interesting. My new favourite person." She flung her arm around my shoulder pulling me into a side hug.

I was oddly confident as to how this even became a thing.

"Interesting? Me?" I asked her confusedly.

"Yes of course. Almost all our workers here, the lower level guards and maids, were all rescues from abduction or human trafficking. But you, none of that. Aspetto, that maid over there she was abducted or kidnapped, however you call it. And Alessandro had saved her last year, her." She paused pointing at another maid in the far back of the room.

"Shes been here almost three years. I don't like her. She's also sleeping with my sister. She a bit trashy if you ask me. But poor thing was part of a human trafficking ring." She said but I could only focus on one small part of her sentence.

"She's sleeping with your sister?" I arched my eyebrow and Danica let out a laugh causing other people at the table to draw their attention to us.

"Why are you laughing?" Malia asked her.

I know exactly why she's laughing because out of everything Malia had said, I've zoned in on Tori sleeping with someone else.

I'm just curious, I don't care.

No reason to care.

"I'm sorry, it's just out of everything you've said lia, that's the one thing Belle has zoned in on. But it makes sense since she basically promised to take you shopping tomorrow." Danica said.

"My sister is take you shopping tomorrow?" Malia asked me as a smile spread widely across her face.

"I don't have to go if you—"

"Oh shut up, you're going." Malia said with a smile after cutting me off.

"Drag her around. She needs to get over this maid and under someone new. You." Malia bumped my shoulder lightly with a smile.