Wicked Games

Delusional

It's 3:30 and I hear a light knock on the door. I walk over to answer it, it's Benny.

' You ready to go darlin? '

' Do I have a choice? '

He laughs light and uncomfortably.. I've known Mike and Benny since Jr high, Again the three stooges.

' Not that I'm aware of Novalie '

I grab my purse and brush past him through the doorway. I'm so angry so many people know about this and none care enough to stop it.. Which frightens me only because they were the riff raff growing up, I watched the three of them take on 12 men one time and only walked away with maybe a black eye.. What kind of power does Giovanni really hold?

I take my place in the backseat and wait for Benny to get in. Within 2 minutes we're on our way. Thoughts of jumping out and rolling crossed my mind but I have no where to.. I can't do shit until Monday morning and I deposit that check.. I'm booking the first flight out of here to anywhere.. Anywhere far away. But where can I go where he can't or won't find me is the question I keep asking myself.

Jack and I had a good enough relationship or so I thought, obviously I was wrong.. The fact he told me he wanted to get married and have babies you know the whole white picket fence bullshit and I ate it up.. Believed every lie he told me.

I think the worst part is I think everyone knew who he really was and left me in the dark. I think that's what hurts the most.

Franklin ' Frankie ' Russo, My father, was a good, loyal man. And I was his princess who he groomed into being a killer.. I can deal with that, but him auctioning me off makes my blood boil mostly because he never asked or even brought it up. And I bet he's the one who told Niko to set me up with Jack.. How much money did Jack pay or what did he get out of it. I wonder how much my life was worth. Jack shit.

What a fool I've been all this time.

Doesn't matter now, what's been done is done and there's nothing I can do about it besides go on the run. The crazy thing is.. If they would've done this before Jack, before the ' clean' slate I probably would have gone off with Giovanni.. We're 2 sides of the same coin, Both killers, both come from a long line of Italian lineage and we're both crazy.

The what ifs stop when Benny announces we're here, pulling me out of my head and back into reality. I wonder if he'd chase me if I just ran.. But before I can even finish the thought I see Giovanni coming out and heading to open my door. I grit my teeth.

' Ahh little fox you're right on time '

He says almost antagonistically. I bite my lip before stepping out.

' Like I had a choice.. A gangster not playing fair still no surprise there '

His smirk let's me know he's unbothered by me. He let's me take the lead as I'm greeted by Big Ben as he opens the door. As we walk into the dimly lit room Giovanni now takes the lead signaling for a henchmen I've never seen before comes over to us. I over hear Giovanni tell him to take me to his booth and wait until he comes back.

I watch as Giovanni walks away and disappears. The man tells me to follow him and without a second thought I turn and run back towards the door but I'm not fast or strong enough.

The henchman catches me right before I'm able to make it through the doors..

' Not on my watch sweetheart, you're cute but not cute enough to lose my life over. '

I hear him say as he grips my arm hard enough it stings after he let's go and tosses me over his shoulder and walks me to the booth. The club is only open to the firm members until tonight so everyone there isn't bothered by the commotion. The man sits me down and tells me to stay put not taking his eyes off of me now.