Call Me Yours

Chapter 19 - Pretty When You Cry

Mia
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Right as I was planning to jump out of the car and buck it for dear life, my eyes fell on the lock part of the door. It was pushed down, meaning the door was locked. Fuck, I had to think quickly.

I grabbed my head suddenly, wincing, using my acting skills from my Drama classes when I was about 6. I then fell back against the seat, closing my eyes. Wait, why would I do that? I literally just gave him a free pass to drive me away from my home and kill me. Why would I pretend to faint again? I was so stupid. I couldn't just wake up now, could I? If only I could rewind time, that would be pretty helpful right now.

I felt Alessandro shaking my shoulder and considering the fact that I was expecting him to kill me at any moment, I didn't react too well to being touched by him.

I nearly jumped out of my skin, my eyes flickered open and I glanced back at him.
"Ummm, what happened, where am I?"

Please lord, please let my acting be even slightly convincing. I looked around dramatically, pretending to be confused.

Alessandro just stared at me blankly as I acted out my little scenario. Was he even buying any of it?

I looked back over at him.

"Alessandro? What happened, I think I have a concussion."

"Hm. Maybe. What were you just saying?" He asked, he wasn't going to let me go that easily.

"I don't know, my head hurts." I rested my head in my hands again to avoid having to look him in the eyes. I think that if I had cried right at this moment, that it wouldn't even be me acting. I was too fragile to handle all this stress.

I snook a glance out of the window to see he'd parked up on my street.

"Um, I'm gonna go home. Thanks. I'm feeling really unwell I think I need to rest. Thank you for everything." I reached for the door handle but he didn't make a move to unlock the door.

"Wait, before you go, what were you saying?"

I shook my head and plastered the most genuine confused face on that I could.
"I don't know, what?"

He shook his head, unlocking the door.
"Never mind." I knew he was suspicious. He didn't smile as I left the car, he watched me, a serious look had taken over his face and I was shaking in my vans. I walked as fast as I could down the street towards my door.

He was still parked up and he now knew exactly where I lived. I knew, though, if he wanted to kill me he could find out where I lived easily. It didn't even matter anymore. I knocked on the door aggressively, ringing the doorbell like a million times. The door opened to my mother looking very annoyed.

"Mia! What are you doing knocking like that this late? And what happened to don't be home late?" I ignored my Mom, practically throwing myself into the house before closing the door and locking it.

"Oh my goodness. What happened to your head Mia?"

"Umm, I fell. And I know I'm late, sorry, I kind of passed out, it's a long story."

"You better sit down right now, I've got time. Tell me what happened."

I sat down on the couch, giving my Mom a very brief account of what happened, skipping details on the whole mafia man thing. She seemed to buy it, props to me, if only I could lie like this when it really counted. Like 2 fucking minutes ago for example.

She went into the kitchen bringing me back a bag of frozen peas to stop the swelling on my head before going back to bed. I walked into my bedroom, charging my phone so I could check on Sasha and Riley and let them know I was alive.