The Mafia and I

Chapter Three

Danny pushed me gently onto the bed before walking off into a bathroom connected to the bedroom. We were currently in Danny's room because he needed to speak to me or as he had put it earlier 'Help him get cleaned up'. My eyes wandered all over his room, from the four poster bed with black silk sheets I was sitting in, to the small couch in far right hand corner, to the coffee table directly in front of it that had papers and folders tossed haphazardly on the glass surface. I slowly raised from where I was siting and took a step towards the coffee table "what are you doing?" I hear a deep voice ask me before I'm pushed back onto the bed. Danny towers over me, his dark hair falling into his face. He takes his hand and pushes a strand of hair from my face before reaching down and grasping the ruby necklace in his hand. "I haven't seen this necklace up close before, they sure did a good job of making it look so real" he says before he let's go of the pendant and places the stuff he's holding in his other hand onto the bed.

I reached beside me and grabbed some rubbing alcohol and a wipe before apply the alcohol to it and grabbing Danny's hand. His hand was rough and callused and massive in my tiny ones. "Are you going to tell me what happened?" I ask as I rub the wipe across his bloodied knuckles. He takes a sharp breath in as I apply a new wipe to his other hand, "one of my roles here as a member of the top three is to deal with snitches and those that are untrustworthy. I had to deal with one of our dealers, he was caught talking to the Irish mafia so I had to make an example out of him and make sure that he wouldn't cross us again." I look up at him and gesture for him to come closer to me, he crouches down in front of me and I apply a wipe to the cut across his face. "Hmm" I say and drop my hand from his face. It's weird having to pretend to know someone their whole life when you haven't even known them for a day. He stands back up and gathers the stuff off of his bed and walks back into the bathroom "it gets better" I hear him call out. "What does?" I answer back as he comes strolling back into his room, "this, what were doing. It gets easier and you'll get better at it. You just need to remember who you are and why you're here" I nod and look up at him "I hope it does."

Danny glances down at his watch before walking over to another door in his room. He opens the door and walks into what looks to be a closet, he takes off his shirt and I quickly look down at my feet. "I have a meeting in a few minutes with Cheryl" he says and I glance back over at him as he's buttoning up his shirt. "I don't really want to show up covered in blood and freak her out."
"Who's Cheryl" I ask as he strides back into the room. "She's one of the showgirls here, she's in charge of you ladies and she'll be the one who you're meeting with tomorrow afternoon." My lips tighten into a straight line and I look down "am I really going to have to prostitute myself?" I ask and glance up to meet his eyes. He lets out a deep laugh and walks over to crouch in front of me. "The other girls will think that you are but everyone pretty much knows that our girls are off limits and when I say our girls I mean Antonio, Terrance and I's. We don't tell the other girls that you guys aren't and still make you go out on dates but that's only so the other girls don't get jealous." I nod and let out a long breath that I didn't realize I had been holding. "Thank god" I say and he lets out another laugh "don't thank god, thank me."

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I've been sitting cooped up in my room since Danny left. I'm curled up on the couch in the corner completely lost in my thoughts, what am I doing here? I'm gonna end up dead. I feel like being in here is going to drive me even more insane, I need to get out and go for a run. I walk over to my closet and pull the door open. Since I had time to kill once Danny left I unpacked all of my things. I walk over to where my pants are neatly folded and grab out a pair of leggings. I quickly change my pants and grab a light gray zip up hoodie and pull off my top to replace it with the hoodie. Once changed I slip on a pair of running shoes and grab the phone I was given before I started my mission. I put in my headphones and press shuffle on my music, I skip a couple of songs before I find one I can jam to and walk over to my door.
I head all the way downstairs and go down a hallway until I find the gym that I was shown earlier, it's near the back of the house and has a back door that leads to the backyard. I walk into the gym and get a glance from a girl on the treadmill, I smile at her and walk over the back door. In the one corner of the backyard theres a massive swimming pool and a couple of tennis courts. I begin a quick jog over to the pool area and then I do a couple laps around it before taking off towards the far end of the yard. It's nighttime by now, the stars and the couple lights that are on in the house are the only light I have out here. It's kind of peaceful, and since the property is hidden by trees there's no car headlights or stuff like that to bother me. I run for a good hour before collapsing onto the ground. I lay on my back, breathing heavily and looking up at the sky. It really is beautiful out here, I can finally see the stars and all of the constellations. The moist grass seeps into my skin and cools it down, I continue to breath heavily and slowly push myself up. I wrap my arms around my legs and rest my head on my knees. I stay like that for a few moments before pulling myself up off the ground and I walk back over to the manor.