Mafia Queen

Chapter 8- Lexi

After doing what I did to my own step father, at first I was confused if I was feeling regret or happiness. Soon after I realised it was happiness he was gone and that it was by my hands. I know I'm going to be haunted by this day someday soon but for now I am going to dwell on the thought that he's gone and I am finally free. Every time I turn to Lucas it feels like there's tension between us which can only be from me killing my step dad. I hope things can go back to the way they were before because I never really realised until now but, Lucas has really grown on me. He's nice, caring, down to earth, and let's not forget how hot he is. Like how someone can look so good is beyond me. Even though I've probably blown all my chances with a guy like him, I still want to hope I can make this work.

Although things are a little awkward between us he still manages to make it not as obvious. As we walk across the beach with the sand between our toes I look at him. He is so relaxed, so peaceful. I feel myself jump as I hear a loud bang in the distance. I turn to Lucas who has confusion yet anger patronising his eyes. He starts to run towards the bang which i am pretty sure is a gun shot. I chase after him but he is really fast. When he arrives I am about thirty meters behind him but eventually catch up. I struggle to slow down and Lucas has to catch me before I get us noticed. We run towards some wooden boxes and hide behind them. We peer through the wood at where the noise came from. I saw a little girl and a man laying on the ground unable to move. I bolt towards them and check their pulse. The man was dead yet the little girl still had a pulse. The man was shot twice, once in the chest and the next was a dead straight shot in the exact middle of his head. The shots were from two different people as the holes were different sizes meaning they were from different distances away. The little girl had one shot in her arm and must have passed out due to shock. Lucas calls his private doctor to come asap and i nurse the little girl in my arms and stroke her hair. I decide to check the mans wallet to see if he had any relation to this girl and if so, to see if she has a mum. As I open the wallet the first thing I see was a photo of the little girl in one of the see through pockets. She can only be his daughter. I decided to look deeper and soon find a funeral card which gave me a very good indication that whoever it was, was very close to him. I open the card and it had a picture of a women with the same last name as him. It would be either a sister, mother or wife. The women in the photo would not be his sister or mother because she only died 3 months ago and was the same age as this man, which I found out his age through his wallet. This poor little girl lost both of her parents in the time span of 3 months. The doctor soon gets to the place we were and immediately get her into the car and start helping her. Lucas and I run back to our car to try to make it back before she wakes up not knowing where she is. We soon get there only a few minutes after they arrived. They fixed her in the car and told us she would be waking up any minute. I decide to pick her up and put her in the most child like bedroom in the house. It was too childish but enough for her to be comfortable. "We can't keep her, it's too dangerous." "Oh fuck off! The poor girl, just lost both her mum and dad within 3 months and you already want rid of her?! Not going to happen! She is staying with me as long as she needs or wants to!" "Where's my daddyyyy!" The little girl starts crying her eyes out. I sit next to her and rub her back. "Sweetie do you remember when you last saw your dad?" This girl couldn't be any older than 8 at the complete max so I do t know how she will handle any of this. "This man was yelling at him and then..." she starts crying again. "It's okay, it's okay!" "He's not coming back is he?" I look to her again with a sympathetic look but I don't think she would understand so I have to be straight. "No I'm sorry honey!" She starts to cry again and I wrap my arms around her letting her cry into my lap. I couldn't even imagine how traumatic this must be. It's about two o'clock in the morning and she's crying about her dad dying. I don't know what to do. Hopefully she'll stop crying soon so I can distract her. An hour later she finally starts to settle down and falls asleep. I decide to stay with her the night and lay next to her. Lucas was here but left after about 15 minutes after she started crying to do some work.

The next morning the little girl and I wake around the same time. I woke up only about five minutes before her. I look at the time and it's 11 o'clock. She told me her name when she was still half asleep. "Lexi" "what?" " that's my name" "it's beautiful!" She opens her eyes with smile and gets out of bed. "Would you like to go shopping today? We can get you new clothes, toys, redo you room, anything!" "Yes please!" She said, she has the cutest smile I have ever seen with 3 teeth fallen out. The two at the front top and one at the bottom. The one at the bottom has half grown back, the one in the top right is about 3/4 of the way back and the top left is about 1/3 of the way back. As she smiles she sticks her tongue wherever she can and her eyes glow. Her hair is dark brow and just below shoulder length with a very thin fringe across her forehead. Her eyes are light brown and skin is olive. Her smile made my mood light up immediately. I guess she's trying to forget about yesterday and move on. Or maybe... "LUCASS" i scream as loud as i can and storm into his office. "YOU GAVE HER AN AMNESIA PILL" as you could guess it makes her forget most things from her childhood. Usually all they can remember is their name and age. "I thought you wanted her to be happy!" I wanted to scream and cry at the same time. "Were keeping such a big past away from her! What happens when someone asked who gave birth to her or who's her parents and she says me or you?!" "Well she hasn't seen me..." "sooo not the point!" Lexi walks into the room. "Is there away to take it back?" "Of course there is. You just have to remind her of what truely happened but she might pass out." "I already remembered what happened." Lexi interrupts "the hole in my arm was a very good reminder of what happened." "I'm still mad at you Lucas so don't think I'm done with you!" I kindly remind him. He rolls his eyes "okay whatever, get out!" I too roll my eyes and lead Lexi out of the room. "So how old are you?" " I'm 7 and my birthdays on October the third." "Wow that's only two months away!" "Yea..." "are you okay?" "My dad was the best I could ever as for, and he gets taken away right before my eyes." My eyes start to tear up as I hear her pain through her voice. "You have been very kind to me, thank you!" "It's been a pleasure! I just hope you can learn to trust me because you're such a sweet innocent girl and if you'd like, I want to give you the world because you definitely deserve it for being so strong." I know i haven't known this girl for more than a few hours but I see something in her so familiar and I know she doesn't deserve any of this. "Thank you but don't worry I know I just met you but I already trust you! I feel like I've known you forever!" She giggles and puts her arms together and it's as if she's trying to touch her feet but it is the cutest thing I have ever seen my whole life. "Okay, lets go shoppinggg!"