The Mob Queen• Laurinah[COMPLETED]

Red Roses

Lauren

I was scared for myself, and for everyone surrounded by Dinah Jane Hansen. She had been more rough lately, like a ticking time bomb and I made it my goal to not be the person who set her off.

She stalked around the house in nothing but sweatpants and a sports bra, disappearing into the fitness room for hours before returning and going upstairs. Surprisingly, she left me alone but it made me scared.

We were married now and she had not even laid a hand on me intimately since our wedding day when she kissed me, and it frightened me. When she came to bed she did not look at me, she did not bother me, she just collapsed and slept. The next day she would just go through her cycle again. Some days there'd be screaming coming from her office and I would squeeze my eyes shut and cover my ears, knowing what was going on behind the closed doors.

She would look at me as her men dragged the body out but it was an emotionless gaze, like she was looking right through me. She would disappear with them and wouldn't come back till nightfall, her clothes bloody. Apparently, business did not stop, ever.

I could only sit and wait, hoping she would say something. Tell me why she wouldn't speak to me at least. It had been like this for days and she never did talk to me. It was like she was waiting or something. It scared me to think about what she might be waiting to do and to who.

I guess it had been ridiculous of me to think I could get to her, to make her love me and change her. I was just her possession, nothing else. She did not care about me and she certainly never would.

"Mrs. Hansen, dinner is ready," one of the butlers spoke and I smiled graciously, standing from the couch and walking into the large dining room. I wondered why Dinah lived in such a large house, it was just her and I here and the use for a sixteen seating dining table was still a mystery.

The chefs had prepared a nice dinner that I would once again, be having alone. I hadn't seen Dinah at all today and I had no idea where she was. I didn't hear her get up this morning but when I awoke, she wasn't there.

There were no telephones except one in her office so I had no way of contacting her, or anyone in this case. I wasn't sure I wanted to anyways, anyway I could be traced to other people, Dinah would learn and probably kill them.

Now I only played the piano, ate, slept, and stared out the window, hoping something would happen but nothing ever did. I guessed the sooner I accepted this was my life, the easier it would be to live here.

I ate my dinner silently, staring at the empty placemat next to me where Dinah was supposed to eat.

Dinah was cruel and emotionless, like a robot made to destroy and kill. I was only her possession, just a trophy and that hurt me. Some were lucky to marry someone who loved them but I was not. Dinah wasn't probably even capable of loving.

As I finished my dinner, I looked outside, wishing to go feel the grass beneath my toes and the warm breeze. Maybe I could since Dinah wasn't here. She had made the rules clear but maybe I could go out, just for a few minutes.

I had the butler take my dish and I ran to the living room, making sure Dinah was not here or arriving and when I saw no car, I grinned in excitement. It had been two weeks since I got to go outside, and even then, it was with Dinah around.

I tried to contain  my joy as I sprinted to the back doors, pushing them open and breathing in the fresh air. The smell of pine and the greens was delightful and I couldn't help but start to cry as I jumped off the stairs of the patio and ran in the yard. Gosh, nature was so beautiful when I could feel it and touch it.

The yard was more of acres just extending and extending beyond themselves and I loved it. I dropped down onto my back and stared at the galaxy above me. It was amazing. There were thousands, no, millions of bright stars covering the black and the sight just made me cry more. If only I could just fly away and be with the stars. I wished it was that easy, but I knew otherwise.

I don't know how long I laid here just watching and crying till I finally ran out of tears and sat up, knowing I should get back. As I was walking I saw a small greenhouse and I couldn't contain my curiosity so I ran to it. I didn't know Dinah liked to garden.

I smiled as I opened the door but it immediately dropped, my eyes widening as the stench of blood entered my lungs. "Oh my," I whispered hoarsely at the sight of dead men all over the floors, their blood spilling out of their bodies. And the flowers, they were one type, roses, and they were all a dark, blood red. I began backing up, but I was stopped when I came in contact with a larger body. Dinah. Oh my god, what was I going to do. I had broken one of the rules.

"Do you like it?" She whispered in my ear and I tensed up, my breathing becoming labored.

Acting on my instincts, I whipped around and punched her in the jaw before making a run for it, my legs taking me as fast as I could go. But I yelped in pain when my hair was grabbed, stopping me from going any further.

"Oh baby, you're going to be in trouble now," she whispered as she picked me up but I struggled, trying to get away from her.

"No, no! Please!" I screamed as she carried me back to the house, getting further away from the forest. I started to cry again as I fought against her, my eyes glued to the greenhouse, where the red roses were, and the dead men.

Who knew what she would do to me. I had went outside and tried to run away, and now I would be punished.

I continued screaming and kicking as she smiled, taking me inside, away from any hope of escape. I was doomed.