Abel's POV
I had the urge to hold Sophia in my arms, but she wouldn't let me she just sat at the end of the bed and bit her nails.
"Sophie..."
"What do you want now?" She was smoking a cigarette and she wouldn't look at me.
"When are you leaving?"
"Abel...as much fun as this whole thing is, I don't..."
"Are you going to disappear again? Huh? Look at me Sophia."
She slowly turned and faced me. She wiped a small tear.
"What are you to me , huh? What do you think you are to me?" Her voice broke and she wiped another tear. "I'm going to leave. If you want to fuck around again, I'll be at the palace." She started to put on her clothes, but I got up and stopped her. "What Abel?" She said snatching away from me.
"You just fucked me and no you want to run again?"
"Leave me be alright?"
"Sophia, what's the problem?!"
"You really want to know?" She pushed me and I pushed her on the bed. She got back up immediately. "You know, you know Abel, so don't make me say it."
"Sophia-"
"You and I were fucking around for months, and then that month turned into a year... Why am I not good enough, but Valerie and Alice were good enough...to be with you?"
I wanted to tell her then in there that I could fall in love with her that I cared for her, but I couldn't.
"Sophia-"
"Simon."
"What?"
"Simon. He's the reason why I haven't answered any of your calls. The reason why I haven't been around. *whispers* He's the reason I'm here."
"You're fucking him?"
"I should be. But instead I'm worried about you, and you don't even care!" But I do care. "You know something, when I met you- God...when you found me... I'd heard your songs and your voice and I thought- God when I saw you I was committed to feeling the pain you sang about. I was willing to...and now I have. I fell in love with the monster you portrayed yourself to be and the monster that is your very essence, because...I saw something...good. But hey how could you know that? All the time we spent together probably means nothing to you anyway." Wrong. She was so wrong.
Damn it. I can't bring myself to speak.
"You're not even going to say anything..." I couldn't. She nodded her head at me. She pulled her shirt over her head and looked at me again. " Proprio come un uomo. Mi ascolti vigliacco. (Just like a man. Listen to me, coward.)" She leaned close to me as if she was going to kiss me, but instead she said; " One day I'm hoping that you will remember me.When you fuck them, you'll see my face. "She smiled. "You'll see me." She let me go and walked out of the room.
I turned around and walked out after her but when I got to the hallway, she was gone. "Fuck." I said to myself.
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Later that night
"Abel! What the fuck is wrong with you man!" Hawk shouted at me. We were in the club and I couldn't stop thinking about Sophia. She couldn't really believe that what we had was over. It's not over until I saw so.
The crew was turning up in the vip and I was drinking henny.
"Abel?" Lamar said to me.
"What's good?"
"What's up man? Is this about that girl?"
"Fuck her. This has nothing to do with her..." I stopped. We were on the balcony section of the vip. I could see the entire club and I saw Sophia dancing with another man. Even tho she wasn't my girl...it put me in a rage.
"Abel!" Lamar snapped his fingers at me. "Yo man, what's going on? Is you good? You alright?" I nodded not taking my eyes off of Sophie.
Sophia's POV
"Baby are you alright?"
"I'm fine Simon."
"You know, when your father had the idea to pair us together for the benefit of the two families I was hesitant. You know I've heard about you."
I was sitting in the middle of the club with Tony Simon. He owned this place and half of Montreal. His father and my father were in the crime business together and to make the family more powerful, my father assigned me to him.
As an Italian you did anything and everything for your family and as a daughter to the mob, I would do as my father instructed.
"You've heard about me?"
"You and that sex club"
"It's called The palace and it isn't a sex club. It's how free people express themselves."
"With dildos and shit?"
"Tony we're here to talk business."
He grabbed my thigh.
"You are my business now Sophia Maria." He grabbed my thigh tighter. My phone started ringing.
I moved away and picked up my phone. Private number.
Hello?
I see you Sophie.
Where are you? Why are you calling me?
You had your little dramatic outburst today, but I hope you don't think that this changes anything.
I meant what I said. Today was the last ti-
No.
No?
No. I decided when we're through.
Now get up here.
He hung up. I looked around and I saw him in the balcony section.
"Listen Tony we'll have to discuss another time. I'm.. Needed elsewhere."
I left the club with Abel that night and I have no clue why. After everything. It had to be the last time we saw each other. It just had to be.
The mob?
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