A Fighter Not A Lover

CHAPTER 20: Lee?!?

MACI

Today was a very busy day at the salon and I'm glad that me and Henry are on good terms today.

I was also happy to hear him say that he was gonna try and get out of this whole deal with both Arthur and my father.

As the night was creeping up, I was getting ready to close up the shop and was cleaning up after the last client left.

Lexi had already left to meet up with Karl to go out and celebrate their anniversary of them both being together. Karl had even told me that he was going to propose to her tonight at dinner.

I was real excited for them both and thought they made a great couple.

While packing up my station before leaving, I hear the door's 'ding' noise.

"Sorry, we're closed....." I start to say and stop as soon as I see a man wearing a ski mask over his head and right as he starts coming towards me, I quickly grab what I had closest to me which happened to be my shears to which I quickly turn to grab them and as soon as I did, I quickly turned back around and jammed my pair of closed shears blades right into the side of the guys neck. Causing him to immediately grab his neck and quickly fall to the ground, bleeding all over as I begin to run out towards the back until I feel someone grab my waist and pick me up as soon as I get outside.

I began kicking and screaming and then bit the man's hand hard so that he bled and as he yelped in pain and let go of me, I took that opportunity to run away until I saw Lee getting out of a nice car.

"Lee?! Oh my god." I cry out to him as I run up to him, wrapping my arms around him.

"Shhh. It's okay. Everything is gonna be okay." He says calmly while stroking my hair.

Yet his calm tone sounded a little suspicious to me.

Then as I pull back my head to look at him, I notice him looking behind him. But before I could turn around to see what he was looking at, he immediately placed a white cloth over my nose and mouth that caused me to see nothing but black real quick.

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When I woke up, I was in what seemed to be a nice looking office with deep red curtains and walls, along with black trimmings and borders on the walls and dark red oak desk.

As I slowly started to come to, I looked down at my hands and noticed they were both tied down. Onto this leather cushioned chair, across from some older man.

"It's about time you wake up." The man grinned at me before taking a couple of puffs from his cigar.

"W-where am I?" I asked with a croaked voice.

"You're at your new home." He smiles.

"What do you want?" I ask.

"I'm glad you asked, Pumpkin." He says in a creepy tone. "The name's Arthur Benjamin. I'm sure Henry has told you all about me." He grins again at me.

"A little." I replied tiredly. "You want money from my father." I tell him.

"I did. However, I realized, he could pay off his debt another way." He says before taking a couple of more puffs from his cigar. "You see, yes, your father does owe me a great deal of money. However, this morning, him and I agreed to do a trade. His debt is paid off with you working for me."

"The hell I will. Henry will find me and he will kill you." I tell him.

Him and everyone else in the room begin to laugh.

"Oh Henry. That man, he is no threat to me. In fact, I taught him everything he knows. I've given him everything." He begins to tell me.

"Yeah, he told me everything about you." I scowled at him.

"Well good. Then I'm sure now you know then what I am capable of doing to those who decide against me." He says as he puts out his cigar.

"You'll never get away with this." I assure him with my own grin.

"That's where you're wrong. You see, you've killed one of my best guys tonight and made it more difficult for my men to calm you down. In fact, that's why we chloroformed you." He tells me.

Oh my god, Lee?! That son-of-a-bitch, when I get my hands on him.

"So what do you want with me?" I asked.

"It's easy. You are going to be the leader of my latest business." He begins as he takes out some papers and a pen.

"I told you, I'm not working for you. And as far as my father goes, you both can go to hell cause I hate my father and do know is loaded." I remind him.

"I know. However, as I stated not too long ago, you are a much better payment and trade for his debt. So I'm gonna stick with that." Reminds me. "Now, as for the job, you will be the leading woman for my trafficking business." He begins.

"The hell I will! I yell at him. "I won't do that! The first chance I get will runaway." I assure him.

"That won't be possible. Seeing as to how if you don't do this for me, you can say goodbye to Henry, Karl and Lexi. I will have you watch them as I slowly torture them until they take their last breaths."

I start to break down and cry. Why me? what have I done in my life that was so wrong to have all this happen to me? Fuck my life.

"Fine." I answer. "I will do whatever you want. Just please don't hurt them." I tell him.

"Good girl. And you have my word." He says.

I nod a little bit and then notice Lee is right beside me and untied the ropes that held me down onto the chair and I glare at him until I free one of my hands real quick to where I claw at his face.

Then right as he was about to hit me, we heard Arthur yell out to him, "Stop! You will not lay your hands on her. None of you will!" He warns as he looks at everyone. "Now take her upstairs." Arthur orders a couple of his men as they come and hold down my arms as we start walking out the office and then being tossed into a bedroom.

Next chapter will be posted soon!! :);)