Surviving The Mafia

Part 7

Part 7

"I'll see you tomorrow, Kelsey." Bibana called out as she left the cafe, leaving me to lock up. I didn't know why she left me incharge, didn't she know I was the most irresponsible person around? I mean, I could take care of my teddy bears, but myself...not at all. And not only did she leave me by myself, she left me responsible of the cafe, crazy woman.

Not wanting to be left alone in a deserted cafe at 2:00 am, I hurriedly wiped the counter, changed into my regular clothes, grabbed Skittles from the back room, then left the cafe, making sure to lock up. It was crazy, how today turned out to be such a long night. My shift started from 10:00 am and ended at 6:00 pm; but today, Pam, who covered the evening shift decided not to come, the irresponsible beetle! Leaving me to work with Bibiana until late at night. And now I was all alone, walking down the deserted streets of Florence.

Normally, I had no problem walking alone, but the problem was, Severon was on the loose. I mean, the crazy dude just visited me, ordered me to stay away from strange men, then left the cafe as if he was the bloody king of the place.

Well he is the king, I mean, he owns the cops.

I wished he owned some teddy bears, maybe then he wouldn't be so boring and scary. But whatever, I had no problem with him as long as he left me alone, and gave me non-toxic candy.

The hairs on the back of my neck stood on ends just as I neared my apartment. Clutching Skittles tightly to me, I turned around to see who was following me, but no one was there. My heart started hammering against my chest as I gazed around my surrounding, trying to see who was watching me. But there was no one. Just the dark, empty streets of Florence, slightly illuminated by the street lamps. The windows of the neighboring apartment buildings were dark, telling me that I was the only idiot walking the streets at this hour.

However, despite not seeing anybody, my fear did not abate. I still had to walk a couple of blocks until I reached my apartment, so I decided to sing; maybe singing would alert the security guards to watch out for me.

"Jelly bean, jelly bean, you look very green." I started to sing, turning my head left and right to check for anyone who looked suspicious.

"Jelly bean, jelly bean, please smile, don't be so mean." I wrote this song in school when I was in kindergarden. Nobody in my class really liked it, but it always helped me when I was scared, even though the lyrics were not exactly...normal.

"Jelly bean, jelly bean, do you have the flu?" I kept singing, feeling better as I neared my apartment.

"Jelly bean, jelly bean, look, now you've turned blue!" I breathed a sigh of relief as I saw my apartment complex.

"Jelly bean, jelly bean—" My voice died in my throat as a pair of head lights nearly blinded me. I put up a hand over my eyes to shield them from the strong glare of the car's headlights. The car stopped right in front of me. Where had it come from? I did not hear any vehicle running about all this time, and suddenly there was a car in front of me.

Before I could run away, the back door of the black car opened and a man dressed in all black got out. It was like my mind froze, not registering what was happening. The man pushed me inside the car, then slammed the door shut. It was only when I was in the car, did my brain unfroze, and I let out a shrill scream. I wanted to wake the whole of Florence up with my scream, but a hand clamped over my mouth, preventing any sound of escaping.

Not one to give up, I begun fighting with my captor. Using Skittles—my bear—as a weapon, I begun hitting the man who had his hand over my mouth. However, the man did not remove his hand from my mouth. I slammed the teddy bear where I assumed was the man's face, and didn't stop hitting until I heard my captor swear.