The Mafia Boss's Daughter

Chapter 1 - Welcome to Las Vegas

Please comment. Also go easy on me, I wrote this at 12 am in the morning so it might still have errors.

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"He felt warm and familiar.  Safe and solid. I wanted to cling to his shirt and bury my face in his neck, and never let go."
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"Toni" A masculine voice calls, but I ignore it, reaching for the peaceful abyss called sleep. "Toni!" The voice is persistent, more urgent and I can feel myself getting annoyed. Who the hell freaking wakes up a person in the middle of a good dream anyway? I swear, as soon as I finish this dream, I am going to castrate the guy who-

"Antonia! " My head snaps up, causing my stiff neck to pop loudly. That's when I realize the voice belongs to my boss, who at the moment, looks less then pleased with me. Ugh! I shouldn't have gotten out of bed today. Obviously my body seems to agree with me or I wouldn't have fallen asleep on my break. How long had I been asleep for anyway?

I stifle a yawn and stare at my watch, relaxing just a tad bit then quickly looked at my boss. I swear he is a vulture, just staring at the clock for anyone who was late. "Sorry Jake, I dozed off.." I give him a sheepish smile and stretch my stiff muscles, getting up from the chair located by the cash register.

"You know, I should fire you for sleeping on the job." Jake, a rather heavy set man with permanent circles under his eyes, threatens. I merely roll my eyes and put on my apron. "Yeah yeah, but you won't. Besides I was sleeping on my break not during work hours."

"Your break ended two minutes ago." He huffs as customers walk into the restaurant. He jots down their names on a long list and motions for Stacey, one of our hostesses, to take them to a table. "Ya know Jake, you could try sleeping sometimes. It's really awesome. It's like being dead but without the commitment. "

"It's death with benefits!" Selina appears out of nowhere behind me, startling me as her arm drapes over my shoulder and she loudly pops her gum next to my ear. I half wince, but then relax into my best friend's arm, leaning into her slim frame. Our boss rolls his eyes at our comments, then becomes serious.

"Your late again!" He's back to huffing and puffing like a little pig and it just makes Selina start throwing jokes."Awww is the little piggy upset? I'm so sorry !" She says pouting and I nudge her ribs lightly. Sometimes it was easy to forget that Jake was our boss since he was mainly all threats and no bite. He was such a laid back person, and yet he obsessed over the time like some OCD person. If you were even a minute late, he'd huff and puff a long lecture about being on time.

Right now his face reddened a bit at Selina's comment and I pull her away, tossing Jake an apologetic smile. "No more being late, you girls hear?" He shouts after us.

"I promise to make sure that my dreams are shorter next time." I call back and turn to start working again.

I work at a restaurant called Jake's & Jane's GrillHouse. It's not a very classic name, but the restaurant makes up for its charms. Usually during the week days, it's not very busy, just occupying a few of our regular charming patrons, however, during the weekends it could get pretty busy and especially now with the bar having been opened in another section of the restaurant, adding some boisterous people to our usually calm crowd. It's a good time to earn tips, therefore I'm always scheduled to work weekends.

As I take the order from a family of 5, I walk up to the counter where I see the chefs grilling, cooking and laughing about some joke. I place the paper down on the counter, nodding to one of the chefs and wait as he prepares the food. In the meantime I glance at the interior design of the restaurant. The floor is wooden, the walls a soft brown with yellow lights dimming the place. You can smell the different types of grilled meats in this place and the loud laughter of both customers and my co-workers give me a headache.