In Love With A PSYCHO

It's morning already here in Calabria, Italy.

Ivy walked up to her window with her socks on her head.

She looked at the ocean view across her neighbor's with tired eyes. She yawned loudly, scratching her itchy back.

"I hate mornings!" She mumbled to herself turning to look at her untidy single room where she's been staying for the past two years.

Ivy could barely catch any sleep cos she came home late from her part-time job at a convenience store. She got home by 4 AM after her shift was over and it's 6 AM now, she only slept for two hours. She was about to head out for one of her morning jobs.

She dragged herself to the bathroom, pressing on a little bit of paste on her toothbrush which won't be enough for a baby and she quickly brushed her teeth, switching on the running tap which poured water into her bathing bucket. She reached out her hand to the soap can, but there wasn't any soap, she used the last piece a few days back.

She sniffed on her armpits and she smiled.

"I don't smell bad. I can do without soap for the next two days!" She convinced herself.

Ivy only showers twice a week, to save her time and money for buying soaps.

She hastily poured some water on her body and scrubbed it with bare hands. Her alarm rang loudly, that was the second alarm reminding her that she's got just five minutes to leave the house.

She jumped out of the bathroom immediately when she heard the alarm.

Ivy grabbed the saggy jeans she wore yesterday and then changed into the T-shirt she wore last week, it wasn't washed either.

Her room was a total mess. Her tiny six-inch student bed was crowded with both dirty and clean clothes, it's been that way for months so the clean clothes aren't clean anymore. Her single wardrobe was covered with cobwebs, it's been ages since she cleaned it. In the corner of her tiny room were empty dirty food packs. She never cooks, she only feeds on leftovers from the restaurants she works at.

She dashed out of her room putting on, only God knows what. Ivy didn't care about looks, all she cared about was money and how to make her mum live comfortably even at the mental institution.

Shutting the door behind her, loads of emails dropped on the floor.

Ivy bent over and picked one of them and threw it inside her bag then kicked the rest of the emails beneath the door.

Ivy Roy is only 21 years old and has been catering for herself ever since she lost her dad at age 16.

Ivy ran down the old stairs which had damp and piling off areas on the wall.

Getting out of the entrance, she bumped into her landlord who had been waiting for her for the past hour. He knew of Ivy's schedule and he also heard her running tap from coming from her room. She was never home when he needed to speak with her and she always pays up her rent late.

Ivy smiled brightly seeing the frown on his face.

"Ivy, you will have to move if you don't pay your rent in the next 24 hours. It's been two months already, don't you plan on paying up your rent?" He gushed like he'd been holding it in for way too long.

Ivy took out her handkerchief and bent over to his legs. She wiped off the soil stains on his shoes.

"Come on, Mr Bruno! You know I always pay my rent on time" Ivy lied through her teeth still wiping his shoes.

He shoved her hands off. He read through her this time.

"Ivy, you can never do away with lies. The first time you arrived here, you were such a good girl. You always paid up your rent early but now, you tell lies and you even stay out late so you don't cross paths with me. I allowed you to stay till this moment it's because of old times but you've overused it. I'm giving you just 24 hours to pay me your overdue rent or you'll see your things outside. I mean every word I say to you!" He threatened seriously and then walked away before Ivy tries to change his mind using her father's story as an excuse.

She has used her father's death to blackmail him on so many occasions and he fell every time but this time around he wasn't ready to listen to any of it.

Ivy sighed and glanced at her worn-out wristwatch and she took on her heels.

She ran so fast that a bicycle stood no chance with her.

Ivy ran to the bus stop and hopped on quickly but then her paid bus card was exhausted. She forgot to pay for her bus card.

She gets off the bus before the driver lashes out at her. She got down almost tearing up.

Glancing at her wristwatch, time wasn't on her side so she decided to have some faith in her legs. She ran to her workplace.

As she got there, all the employees were present already except for her. She didn't even get the chance to catch her breath when she ran cos she knew her boss wasn't going easy on her that morning. She sneaked in, peeping around so she doesn't bump into him but her fears came through when her boss glared at her from the kitchen.

"Good morning boss!" She greeted with a bow, avoiding eye contact.

"Ivy, you're ten minutes late. Why?" He barked and walked up to her and moved away quickly cos of the stench coming from Ivy's clothes.

"I'm so sorry boss! I promise it won't happen again" She apologized with her face down.

He covered his nose glaring at her.

"Go change into your uniform, fast!" He ordered and walked away.

"Thank you, boss!" She bowed and slowly sniffed on her armpit and she nearly puked covering her mouth.

"Damn, I stink so bad! But you did save me today" She laughed out and headed to the employee's locker room.

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LATER THAT DAY...

~ ANDERSON'S PENTHOUSE ~

Archie's bedroom...

Archie Anderson the youngest son of Mr Leo Anderson, is the top two wealthiest trillionaire in Calabria and across Sicily as well.

He owns multiple casinos and illegal dealing warehouses and he owns an empire that he uses as coverage for his illegal dealings.

Archie, being Mr. Leo's biological son, he runs 50% of their businesses. Archie has three step-elder brothers.

He's only 26 but he knows so much already. His intelligence threatened his brother's places in the family. Archie never cared cos he was living up to his mother's expectations.

Archie has long curly hair golden brown eyes and broad shoulders like that of an alpha male. He was seated in his jacuzzi with a huge rolled w*ed in his hand. Due to his smoke, the beautiful fragrance from his bath was lost.

He stared through the glass wall, admiring the beautiful scenery from his bath and also getting a blowjob from one of his call girls underneath the water.

He placed the cig back on his lips and moaned out puffing out some smoke in a sexy way.

Just when he was about to grab her hair. His smoking-hot best friend and business partner walked in with his phone in his ears.

"Get out!" Archie said to the call girl and she got out of the tub in a hurry and then scrambled without looking back.

Archie rested his head at the edge of the tub after placing his cig on the ashtray, he kinda had a hunch on what news he would be receiving.

"We lost Escape! He was shot dead on the spot!" Theodore announced and Archie looked at him and nodded to the news.

Theodore has been friends with Archie since childhood, they practically grew up together. Theo's dad worked for Mr Leo and lost his life in the line of the business.

His son took over from him and worked under Archie instead.

Archie got out of the tub without even reaching for his towel, he walked straight to his changing room with his hard D*ck dangling between his legs.

"Where are you headed?" Theo asked curiously.

Archie looked at him.

"To get back the money he stole from me! Even the deceased can't escape my wrath not even Escape himself!" Archie stated coldly and slowly putting on his trunk.

Theo leaned on the wall and scoffed.

"He's out of the picture now. What's next? "He asked and Archie smirked.

"What do you think?"

Archie has so many people working under him but he has never lost track of whoever was after his money and not his loyalty. Few days back, he found out this employee of his, have been embezzling his money and spying on him at the same time. He ran out of luck when he stole right in front of a surveillance camera without his knowledge and he was shot right there at the spot by one of Archie's men.

"When are you leaving for Turkey?" Archie asked referring to the money laundering deal that was to take place in a few days time.

Theo walked to the bedroom and fell on the bed placing both of his hands behind his head for support.

"Let's have some fun before I leave!" Theo suggested and Archie left what he was doing at the dressing room to come glance at Theo.

It was unusual for Theo to bring up suggestions like that. He always hang out with Archie but suggesting it was never his call. He was a strictly business guy, he didn't want to let his guard down before any employees so Archie's life doesn't get endangered cos the easiest and fastest way to bring Archie down was through Theo.

Theo was more than just a friend to Archie, he was more like a blood brother to him.

"You wish to go have some fun with me?" Archie asked actually laughing, he still couldn't believe his ears.

Theo rolled his eyes cos he knew exactly what Archie's mocking tone was for.

"You know what? Forget I said anything!" Theo cut in.

Archie laughed out loud.

"There's no way, I'm forgetting that.. It will go down in history!" Archie continued laughing as he went back to the changing room.

***

ATTICUS BEDROOM...

Atticus is Archie's step brother, he's actually the youngest among his brothers but he's a year older than Archie.

Atticus and his boyfriend smooches on each other's faces when his secretary Lucas walked in.

Lucas coughed to interrupt their intimate moment.

Atticus and his boyfriend Eddie stopping kissed.

Eddie tied back his bathing robe and head to the sitting room.

"What is it?" Atticus asked feeling a bit upset about the interruption.

He stood up from the bed and walked up to his dining table and poured himself a glass of whiskey before turning to his secretary. He gulped it all down in a blink.

"Boss, Escape is dead! Archie's men shot him dead in the spot!" Lucas announced and the empty glass on Atticus's hand fell on the floor and shattered.

He walked to Lucas and grabbed him by the collar.

"What the f*ck did you just say? How could you have let that happen? How do I get tracks on Archie now?" Atticus yelled angrily and then a thought crossed his mind.

He loosened his grip on Lucas.

"We've lost Escape but I can't lose in this game. Theo will be leaving for Turkey in a few days... You know what to do!" Atticus smirked.

Lucas bowed to his boss's request then left the room.

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10 PM..

Ivy head out of the last restaurant, she was working in for the day.

She sat down on a bench next to the restaurant and brought out the envelopes of her pay for the day. She slowly took out the money after watching out for any watchful eyes on her.

She counted it and a bright smile appeared on her lips.

"This will be enough to pay up for my rent and..." She uttered and sniffed on her armpit again.

"And get me some soaps!" She said in lower tone, feeling bad for herself.

She used up the rest of her savings of the previous months for her mum's hospital bills and that was why she's been out of cash.

Ivy opened her bag widely to see if she left any envelopes in there but she saw the email, she picked up this morning from her door.

Ivy gently slide in the money on her hands into her front pocket before reaching out for the envelope.

She turned it around and saw the logo and address of the hospital, her mum was staying and she hastily opened it, thinking her mum was in some sort of danger.

Taking out the paper from the envelope and she saw it was a notice from the hospital. It was a reminder regarding the increase of her mum's medical bills, she has grown resistance to all her old medications, she needs more and higher drugs for her treatment.

Tears stream down Ivy's cheeks the moment she got to the bottom of the notice.

"Mum, what's going on? Why don't you want to get back to your old self? Do you wish to watch me suffer this much? Or you've forgotten I'm still your daughter!" Ivy wept.

Ivy was lost in thoughts still shedding tears when a something crossed her mind and she wiped off her tears.

I can't keep on living like this! She said in her head and stood up from the bench.

Thirty minutes later...

Ivy arrived at the hoods of the hooligans in her street.

"Hey, man!" Ivy high-five all of them as she head for their boss of connection which happens to be her close street friend, Aries.

"Ivy, what are you doing here?" Aries asked a bit stunned at her visit.

Ivy dragged him to a corner.

"Who are the biggest shots in Calabria?"she asked trickily.

"Did you come all the way here to ask me that?"

Ivy kept her eyes cold and focused, she didn't even blink at his question.

"Well, the Andersons and the Camellos. Why are you asking?" Aries asked.

"Aries, get me a job at the Andersons and I mean a real job that I can make fast money! Don't you dare tell me that I can't do it. At this point in my life, I can do anything!" Ivy stated seriously and slide in half of her savings for the day into Aries's pocket.

Aries looked at her tiredly. She has completely tied his hands.

"This is insane, you know that right?" He sighed.

"I gave you half of my earnings for the day so my life is in your hands!"

***

NEXT MORNING...

Ivy didn't spend the night at her house cos of her landlord's threat to her. Her original plan was to pay him up but she spent all her pay on her bigger plan according to her.

'We spend money to make money!' Ivy said to herself.

She spent the night at the convenience store where she works. She worked an extra shift.

Aries call woke her up.

She rubbed her eyes with the back of her palm and took out her phone which was more like a junk. The screen had numerous cracks on it, she could barely see anything on the screen.

She took Aries's call and walked to the side.

"Hey man, Do you think I've got a shot there?" She whispered so no one hears what she's saying.

"Congratulations! You just got yourself a job. Ivy, we're friends and that's why I'm going to talk you out of it! I don't think you can this job. It's illegal and we're talking about drugs here..." Aries whispered.

Ivy glanced at her worn out shoes.

"I understand your concerns for me but I can't keep living like this. Thank you so much but when do I start? What am I doing there?" She asked determined.

Aries exhaled worriedly, Ivy could hear the sound coming out from his nostrils.

"Spying! You might lose your life if things don't go well, do you still want to give it a try?" He asked for the last time to make sure Ivy doesn't throw life away cos of money.

Ivy forces a smile on.

"What have I got to lose!" She said and hung up the call.