Infiltration(ON HOLD)

Chapter ten

My sleep seems to have totally left me. I had gone four days without it. It didn't seem to come. It would be dangerous to pass out in here.

My body was begging for rest but as usual my brain refused to listen. Every part of it was aching , the pain in my shoulders which had earlier dulled was back in full force. Must have been due to the man handling I suffered from the masked guy.

Yes the masked guy. I wasn't going to call him Wolfdog. It didn't seem to suit him. Unlike the others whose name was completely justified by their persona.
Though about Ingenious , I wasn't so sure. I was yet to find out how smart the guy was.

But that can wait. Infact everything can wait.
I had a more pressing issue at hand. The masked guy had called me by my real name yesterday. I was almost sure that I hadn't imagined it. But then again I was a zombie walking around with no sleep. Hallucinations were expected. Maybe I had imagined it. Imagination or not. I need to get to know this guy. Discreetly. Can't risk getting caught again.

I decide to take my breakfast downstairs in the dining room. Pheobe usually brings it to my room. Not today.

Pheobe had told me everytime she brought me food that she ate with the men of the house and Gale. Calypso though almost never showed up , other than occasionally for dinners.

She would tell me how she would look down and eat quietly in the beginning. Never looking any of them in their eyes. She was afraid of them. She tells me that recently though she has been getting more relaxed. They had been more friendly. Especially Mason and Ingenious. Ingenious whose name she told me is actually Axel.

Axel who would flirt with her. Axel who would use his cheesy pick up lines on her. She seemed fond off him.

Masen according to her was polite and respectful. I doubted that. I didn't like the guy.

Vicious was awfully quiet she said. He didn't smile. He would just eat and leave.

The four of them were already in the dining room when I came down. Gale was nowhere to be seen. Where was she?

Axel was following Pheobe around like a puppy. She was preparing the table.

She looked at ease. Like she had serving food in this house for ears. Not to forget, the house was full of Mafia men.

Masen had a smile on his face which was replaced by a frown when he saw me. He didn't like me either. Oh great! Not Masen, Hawk. Hawk had a frown on his face. That's what I liked to call him. Though Pheobe told me she never liked it. She said it was wrong. Somehow their given names seemed disrespectful to her. So she called all of them by their real names. Except for Vicious whose real name she didn't know. I knew it.

Though I was doubtful if he used it now. He had'nt been fond of it even before. He had hated it. He had hated it right from the minute he was given it. Unlike me who hated my name just because it bought old memories. I wondered if his Mafia friends knew
his real name. Would he tell them?

Maybe I'll find out soon. It would be nice to make his squirm. It would be the right button to push. There was a chance that he would come out his shell and acknowledge me. Was it safe for him to acknowledge me? No. Did I want him to? Yes, badly .

Pheobe served the food. It was Pasta in a red sauce. It looked fancy. I had no idea what it was called. A result of being dirt poor in the beginning and ending up not giving a fuck to anything I ate later on in life. As long as I had something to eat. She had cooked it.
Now she was cooking for them. Well with Pheobe I wouldn't be surprised that she was cooking for a bunch of mafia men.

Pheobe sat next to Axel. He looked pleased. I wanted to roll my eyes. But I don't. It wasn't because Mask had told me not to yesterday. I simply didn't want to. Masen sat at the head of the table on my right. Mask sat opposite Axel.

I was sitting opposite Vicious , who sat to the right of Mask. I did so simply because I wanted to give him a hard time trying to avoid me. I must be extra crazy today. Living in a gangsters house which kick started with a crazy rescue and ended in a bullet wound , 2 days of being drugged to numbness with pain killers , 4 days of no sleep. Who wouldn't be crazy?

My kind of craziness though was going to bring trouble. Big trouble. But that didn't stop me.

"So don't you have a proper name like the rest of the guys?" I ask Vicious taking a bite of the pasta. It was delicious. More brownie points for Pheobe , I guess.

He looked up from the food in front of him. He frowned at me once then gave me smirk and turned back to his food. Asshole.

Masked dude was looking at me with displeasure. He was going to piss me off. I could feel the wheels turning in his brain.

"Do you know mine?" He asks me cocking his head to one side. And he begins.

"No" I cocked my head to the same side immitating him exactly like he had done yesterday.

"Don't you want to?" He pouts.
Ohh this guy!

Axel laughs and stops when he sees Pheobe is not pleased.

"Well?" Mask asks again.

"No" I answer him.

He gives me an exaggerated gasp. "That's unfair. You want to know Vic's not mine. Is it because he is hotter?"

"Maybe it's the shitty personality and has nothing to do with you not being as hot Vicious."

"Touché" he says rubbing his palm over his heart.

"You sound like this is not the first time you are talking to him." Hawk points out.

Oh fuck!

Where is the careful , smart me? I am repeating mistake after mistake eversince I got involved with them.

"Oh we had a chance meeting yesterday in the hallways didn't we umm.. what did you say your name was... um..An..( I gulp) Lis..Lis..beth? ." Masked dude says. I can feel the mockery in the way he carefully says my name. Making it sound like he is afraid he would get it wrong.

"It's Lisbeth" I say.

This guy! His guts! Two days ,two meetings and he was getting under my skin like nobody before. Even Martha didn't come close.

I might have to negotiate with Martha if I could kill him first. That would be when she contacts me , which she hasn't.

"Ohh the convinient coincidence. " Masen says. He is annoyed. What was wrong with this guy?

Vicious looks up. Masen has his attention. He has a look that says " Don't start now"

"What dude? It's not your sister whose dating him. It's mine. I'll look out for her. Obliviously." Hawk states.

Hawk has a sister who is dating Mask. Ohhh! This is news. Things are getting better and better aren't they?! I get an irrational feeling inside me. A dangerous irrational feeling, given my job. I chose to ignore it.

"Dude. Really?" Axel asks.

"Really Ax. He has no time for her. His fucking excuse of loyalty isn't working anymore. Not when it is not keeping him from others but just my sister."

"Your sick obsessed sister!" Vicious exclaims standing up. Oh now he decides to talk. When it was time to defend his friend.

"Just go back to being silent" Hawk says annoyed.

"What if I don't?" Vicious challenges.

They are going to fight? Ohh aren't they supposed to not do that. Weren't they supposed to be like best friends or something isn't that how this worked?

"You'll have me to deal with?" Mase stands up too.

"Really Mase? He'll just beat you to pulp." Mask says.

"We'll see, shall we?" Masen asks.

Mask raises his eyebrows. The one that is not hidden by the mask.

Why the hell does he even wear a mask? Was their something wrong with his face? If so why the mask? Let's find out shall we?

"Why the mask?"I ask.

Everybody goes silent.