Mafia's World

Chapter Three

For the rest of the plane ride we didn't talk to each other. When we got to his penthouse in Italy, he went straight to his room. I went to find the guest room, and I put my duffel bag on the chair. After I took a shower, I put on my bra, thong and tank top. As soon as I laid down I fell asleep.

When I woke up the next morning, I took my time in the shower. I walked out of my room, and I found Elijah in the kitchen making breakfast. He looked at me when I went to sit down, then he turned back to the stove. He didn't turn around to look at me as he says, "Pancakes, biscuits or both."

"Both." He put a plate of pancakes and biscuits in front of me before he turned back to the stove. "Thank you." I grabbed the fork on the plate and cut a piece of the pancake. When I put it in my mouth, I felt like I was in heaven. This is the best tasting pancakes I've ever had. "This is fantastic."

When he started laughing, I looked at him, and he looks so cute. "Thank you."

"You're welcome." I went back to eating my pancakes. When I looked up, I saw him sit down across from me with his plate of pancakes and biscuits.

I felt his eyes on me, so I looked at him. "So, what would you like to do today?"

I swallowed my food before I looked up at him. "You will let me choose what we do."

He started laughing, and I looked at him. "I know right, what am I thinking." I looked at him while he laughed at me. "Anyway, I thought we can go out for lunch later?"

"Are you asking or telling me?"

I looked into his eyes and I held eye contact with him. "What do you think?"

"I don't know but lunch sounds like an excellent idea." I went back to eating my breakfast. After I finished eating, I washed my dishes, and I went into the living room. I found the remote, and I turned on the TV. I heard the water turn on in the kitchen, so I looked over for a few minutes before I turned back to the TV.

When I found the CW channel, I left it there, and I relaxed on the couch. I didn't realize that Elijah sat next to me until I felt his arm touch mine. I couldn't concentrate on the show because I could tell that he's staring at me. "Didn't your mother ever tell you it's not nice to stare?"

I looked over at him and I saw him smile before he turned to watch the show. I put my feet up on the couch, and I put my head on the pillow. I didn't even realize that I fell asleep until I felt someone putting a blanket over me. I jumped up, and I hit my head into the other person's head. "I'm sorry."

I started rubbing my forehead and when I looked up; I saw Elijah. I watched as he rubs his forehead too. "It's okay."

"What time is it?"

He looked at his watch before he looked at me. "It's almost ten. You've been asleep for almost an hour." I groaned as I fell back on the couch.

"Why do I still feel sleepy if I slept for almost an hour?"

I closed my eyes again, and I heard him sigh. "You've been through a lot in the last two days so you will feel tired."

"You know that was a rhetorical question, right?"

He looks at me like I grew two heads. "Yes, I knew that, but I still answered it for you."

"If you say so."

I started falling asleep again. "Why don't you get some rest and I will order room service for us for lunch." I could feel him looking at me, but I could barely open my eyes.

"Sure." I covered my mouth as I started yawning and I felt him put the blanket on top of me.

I felt his lips against my forehead, but I was too sleepy to even care. I woke up two hours later to the smell of food, and I saw Elijah in the kitchen. I got up and went to wash my face before I went over there. "Did you sleep well?"

"I feel less tired." He laughed at my answer before he gave me a plate of food. I took the spoon from him, and I started eating. "Can you please stop staring at me? It's getting annoying now." I looked up at him and he just kept staring, so I went back to eating my food.

As soon as I finished eating I got up, washed my dishes, and I started walking out the kitchen. Elijah grabbed my hand, and he pulled me to him. "I know that I shouldn't be doing this, but you are exquisite." Before I could say anything, he kissed me, and eventually I kissed him back. He groaned into the kiss and he pulled me closer as he deepened it. I felt the butterflies in my stomach and my lips tingled.

When I realized what was happening, I pushed him away, and I slapped him. I was about to apologize, but I never expected him to slap me back. I fell on the floor from how hard he slapped me, and I saw his shocked expression. I moved away from him and I got up from the floor fast. "Melody, I am so sorry, I didn't mean to hit you."

He tried to come close to me again, but I moved away from him. "Don't touch me. You're an asshole and I will never trust you." I turned around and walked away, but the gunshots I heard made me stop. I turned to look at Elijah and I saw his eyes on the door.

He turned and looks at me. "Go in your room and hide."

"What about you?"

He looks at me with a straight face as the door got kicked open. "Go now." I ran to my room and locked the door before I ran to the closet. I heard fighting outside and things being knocked over. Then I heard someone kicking my door and a loud banging noise. I moved further back into the closet when I saw the door fly open.

I covered my mouth, so the person wouldn't hear my breathing. I thought I got away until someone grabbed my leg and pulled me out of the closet. "AHHH! Let go of me. ELIJAH!" I tried kicking the guy, and I kicked him right in his balls. When he dropped to his knees I ran out of the room.

I looked back, and I saw the guy get up from the floor. I started running faster, but I ran into a wall. I looked in front of me and I saw another guy with a hood on. He grabbed me by my hair before he pushed me against the wall and put a knife to my throat. I stopped moving when he pressed the knife against it.

I couldn't see where Elijah is, but I heard him say, "Fantasma let her go."

The Fantasma guy laughs. "This isn't personal Elijah." He pulled back the knife a little as he looked over at him. I saw him on the floor with two guns to his head. "You know what I do for a living. I signed a contract." He looked at me. "And she is my target."

Elijah snorts and says, "She is more than just a name on a list." The Fantasma guy pulled me away from the wall and he wrapped his other arm around my waist. My back is against his chest, and the knife is still against my throat. "She's my friend." I don't think we will ever be friends. But I wasn't about to argue with him.

If that statement saved my life, then we could be best friends. I couldn't see his face, but I heard him say, "Your friends."

Elijah looks at me and says, "Yes." Then he looks over my shoulder. "Just like us."

I heard him say, "We are not friends." Then he spun me around and I looked at him. "I will need you to run when I tell you too." As confused as I am, I nod at him. It took one minute for him to throw the knife he had against my throat at one guy.

Then he says, "Run." He let go of me, and I ran into the kitchen. I hid under the table, and I heard fighting in the living room. I heard glass breaking, and then it got quiet.

I heard footsteps in the kitchen and Elijah says, "Melody, you can come out now." I got out from under the table and I walked over to him. "Are you okay?" I nod at him, and I saw the other guy looking at us. "Melody, this is Angelo De Santos. Angelo, this is Melody Caitlyn Rose."

Angelo walked over to me. "I'm sorry for putting the knife against your throat but I needed to make it believable."

"I would say that I forgive you, but you scare me."

He scratched his head and looks at me. "That wasn't my intention."

"I'll get over it, eventually."

Elijah laughs, and we looked at him. "We should get out of here." I saw a bunch of women cleaning up the living room when we walked in. Elijah went to my room, and he grabbed my bag. When we got down to the car, I fell asleep.