Living With Criminals - A Mafia Story

Chapter 4

I groaned pressing my hand over my eyes to try to stop the sunlight from flushing into my eyes. I was so hot that I had accidently kicked my blanket on the floor at night but I still felt how sticky everything was and how the dry air hurt my lungs. I needed to drink!

Slowly I opened my eyes, changed into jeans short and a aqua tank top and got into the bathroom to take a sip from the tap and to clean myself up. My look in the mirror made me gasp.. My dark brown hair looked like a nest and my eyes were puffy from crying.. Wait crying? What happened yesterday again?

With one moment the entire day yetserday came back to my senses causing me to sink to the floor and bury my face in my hands. Trying to steady my breath I felt pure horror. Drugs, Guns, Violence.. What have I gotten myself into?

"You okay Leia?" I didn't need to look up to know that Benson was talking to me. But I had no intention on talking to him.

"Leia? I am talking to you.. You could at least nod your head or do something." I felt his arms wrap around my waist and being put back onto my bed. 

I instantely turned around to the oposite site. I didn't want to see him. I wanted to be alone.

He had other plans and turned me around so I had to face him.

"You are crying!"

"Noo.ooo..ooo!" I sobbed.

"What is wrong?"

"Se..Seriously? You are asking me what... what's wrong?" I sat up, angry wiping away the tears and sending him a death glare. I felt a rush of confidence brush through me.

"You have nothing to be upset Leia. We'll protect you from the evil."

"How do you want to protect me from yourself?"

"Listen to me Leia. Out there-" he pointed to the neighborhood that didn't look really safe. "-are so many bad people that do things you can't even imagine. But we will protect you, okay?"

My heartbeat increased when I thought about the illegal stuff going on here.

"I don't need protection. You have NO IDEA what I've been through and I won't do it again! I don't wan tto have anything to do with you and all your illegal shit you're pulling!" I whispered to him before getting up and grabbing my back from the dresser.

"What do you think you're doing?" He asked with an amused laugh from behing me.

"I. Am. Lea. Ving." 

"Really? Good luck with Riley." He raised his eyebrow and gestured for me to leave my room, a smirk plastered on his face.

"By the way Leia.. Your car had to be 'repaired'" He stressed the word repaired with a chuckle and made me understand that I had no chance of getting out of town anytime soon. 

"Fantastic.." I tried to hide my fear but he caught it and before I was out of my room he said:

"It's easy Leia: You behave and we will behave. It's the other way around!"

I could hear music from the living room and also a lot of voices. Male voices. But what should I expect?

I tried to sneak around the corner to the kitchen but lucky me - Parker jumped up. 

"Harley.. I didn't expect to see you today. Didn't you want to leave, bella?" I swallowed hard.

"No. I won't leave." Him and the other two guys I haven't seen before began to laugh.

"Why don't you have a seat, bella?"

"I wanted to make myself breakfast.." He was so intimidating that I just whispered and kept my eyes locked on the floor. The took great pleasure from my fear though.

"Veste Gianni!" He motioned for one of the guys and shoved me to the sofa. I still couldn't look up as I felt tears built up again, on the table was a gun and a package of joints - just like yesterday.

After a while Parker put his finger under my chin, making em look up into his deep green eyes.

"You made Ryder super pissed last night.. And me as well, my whole back was bloody, do you know that?" My eyes widened and I quickly shook my head 'no'.

"I.. I am sorry."

"Hmm... You better be. Me and the boys will go out today to.. Attend some business! Ryder is gonna watch you tonight." He chuckled evily. Ryder and me alone? I think I'm gonna faint.

"Can't Benson watch me?"

"Benson huh? I don't think so. Ryder wanted to have some time with you to, you know talk and stuff like that." 

"'Stuff like that'?" I repeated slowly, bitting my lower lip.

"Don't be scared, we need you to be alive!" With that sentence the other guy came in and set my breakfast on the table. My eyes instantely went to the drugs and the gun and got wide.

Parker recognized it and came closer so he could whipser in my ear.

"You'll have to get used to it.. Or maybe you want to try one?"

"I despise drugs."

"Hmm.. Too bad. They make people calm down and more fun!"

"They destroy your life and break you down!" I now shouted, reffering to my past, throwing the joints in the fireplace before running out into my room. What did I just do? I pobably fucked up their job..

Oh Harley! Now you are in deeep shit! You don't have a car to go away and you just made them hate you even more.. This is going to be a interesting day and especially a interesting night!