(Adelina Venturi POV - 16y/o)
I used the storm outside to help cover the sound I was making from opening the creaky door of my room. Slowly peaking my head through the gap of the door I made sure nobody could see me as I slipped out trying to be as silent as possible. This was my chance to escape and if anyone were to catch me I was surely never getting another chance again.
Clutching my backpack closer to myself, I made my way down the small creaky steps from the 4th floor attic, 'my room'. Looking around quickly I made my way down the long corridors of the 3rd floor careful not to make any noise, even though I knew they wouldn't hear me, from the loud chatter going on downstairs.
I had to get to the 2nd floor without being noticed, because only those windows would have been left unlocked so I could make my escape through them.
My 'parents' had locked the 3rd floor windows after my last escape attempt and lucky me. (Cue eye roll). The attic I live in doesn't even have one, I wouldn't say it has anything really, only a small old mattress that takes up all its space. Still I'm grateful for even that.
Ignoring my mind, which was thinking of 500 different ways this idea could go wrong, I quickened my pace when I reached the 2nd floor. I was heading straight down to the other side of the house till I heard the chatter in the office die down and a door begin to slowly open in the middle of the hallway.
I swiftly pushed the door to the laundry room open, leaning behind it and praying to any God out there that i hadn't been caught. My heart rate began to increase as I heard the slow footsteps making their way down the hall, before stopping completely outside the room I was in. I took a sharp intake of breath, holding it as I closed my eyes and listened closely to what would happen next.
"No, there's nothing here it's just the storm outside." Michael (aka sperm donor) said.
Hearing the muffled response of the bitch Ava (aka fake bitch of a stepmother), Michael began to make his way past the room she was in towards the staircase.
"Go get ready and get that bitch looking at least somewhat not ugly, there are important people coming today, they need to take this deal and we can't have her getting in the way!" Sperm donor shouted out as he went down to the 1st floor.
Yup that's my so called 'father' I seethed inside my head. Rolling my eyes I waited till I couldn't hear anymore footsteps and I was sure the witch also left before I slowly opened the door and quickly went into the office they were in just before.
'What's life without taking a bit of risks?' I thought to myself.
"Well maybe way less painful and idiotic" my inner monologue snapped back at me for my dumb impulsive decisions.
'But technically this isn't dumb or idiotic since it's helpful to me and shit for them. Revenge is sweet.' I grinned to myself as I was searching through the papers on sperm donors desk and found what I was looking for. The guardianship letter for me, myself, and I as well as some interesting secrets about their little business.
'And what's thisss...WHAT THE FUCK'.
'THEY DID NOT...'
I held the paper in my hand looking at it in shock. I mean I knew they never cared about me but pawning me off to somebody else by marriage is borderline psychopathic behaviour. Well not that I didn't already know they were psychopa- you know what forget it.
IM ONLY 16.
Ok I'm taking that...and ripping it up. No way in hell is that happening. Rushing knowing I only had a few minutes left to make my escape I grabbed everything else I thought would be useful stuffing it into my bag as well as the shiny metallic gun and the usb I found in the top drawer of his desk. Idiot
'I mean seriously you're a mafia leader and you just keep this shit lying around.' I thought rolling my eyes as I sprinted towards the window finally opening it, dropping my bag outside and climbing out, down the drain pipes.
'You know, just like any other typical teenager sneaking out...'
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Hey guyss, first book here so don't be mean. Hope you enjoy!
Also background info on Adeline is going to be slowly released in every chapter, so gradual buildups, and this was just a little prologue type thing. :/
