On Your Knees, Don

On Your Knees, Don

JOSSY MAGIC

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"You are a cold-blooded psycho! Get your filthy, bloodstained hands off me!" Through clenched teeth, Irma shrieked as she battled to liberate herself from the man's barbarous hold. His eyes were a refulgent inferno. They held an insidious fire of lust as they thrived deeper into her debilitated ones. "How flattering!" The man sneered, and Irma froze.  A ripple of both ice and fire skint in her nerves at the man's vexatious riposte. Before she could amass any little bravery left in her, the man spoke again in a hoarse tremor, erupting a chill down her spinal tube. "But if you don't watch your sweet, dirty mouth, you snoopy, pesky brat, my third leg will shut it for you! Or maybe," he wavered, and fixed his dangerous, lascivious gazes on hers, gently stroking her hair as if petting his sweet, wild pet, "that is what you want, little dove?" A freelance journalist, flaming with ardent desires to unveil the secrets behind the series of mysterious disappearances happening in the city. Her hunch points her to the dark underworld of the mafia, and unfortunately, she crashes into LUCCA DE'MATTHEW-the other name for terror! Their encounter will evoke a catastrophe that only they can solve. But how, if their mere beingness is a menace to each other?

Chapter 1 A WARNING

The Big Bucks Casino!!!

I am utterly rustled by an overwhelming sense of dread as we go in, but my desire to learn the menacing secrets encoded here propels me on.

"So, what exactly are we doing here, Irma?" Mary quizzes in a hushed tone as we enter the club.

My eyes get restless as we search for a table. My sister's voice is fervently echoing in my thoughts, beseeching me not to give up on this mission. My eyes fail to pick up anything strange, as always, and we finally settle down in the middle of this God-cursed casino.

She was last spotted here in this casino on the ill-fated night she vanished two weeks ago. She was the last of the thirty females to be victimized by the unidentified creature - the evil that has been roaming in this city for months now.

Nobody knows this monster, and if there is, then they are too scared to the core to even whisper the monster's name even in their sleep. But I am daring to unmask every single secret just to find my sister.

"You know why we are here, Mary," I say, still restlessly cruising my eyes around the place.

"Yes. But I don't get it, Irma. Why do you keep coming here even when you know that no single soul is willing to say anything to you?" Mary speaks again.

Yeah. No one is willing to talk. Underline that. Because I believe she put it just right...they don't want to talk. But there is surely something dubious about this place.

"That is the point, Mary. The workers here are scared to hell the minute you bring up this issue. One thing is clear - something is fishy." I respond.

"How long, though, do you intend to continue doing this, Irma? I mean, coming here every day and getting nothing at the end of it. Why don't you reroute your search somewhere else?" Mary again, and she is beginning to aggravate my demons.

I lean on the table, ready to send this friend of mine back home if she does not want to help me, but I restrain myself when two glasses of wine are brought down in front of us.

We have not ordered anything, as far as I can recall.

I raise my head, and I don't have to struggle so much as a male figure perches on the third seat around our table.

"I would listen to your friend if I were you." My ears are tickled by Don Emilio's irritating hush grumble.

Him? Here at our table?

He is the owner of this damn casino as far as I know, and he is supposedly busier than a bee. None of my exertions to speak to him have bore any fruits. I was only allowed to speak to some futile security fools who were just but a total waste of time. And now, the mountain just moved itself to Mohamed? Just like that, and with some trash of alcohol as what? A token of sympathy, or a peace offering?

And what's that he said again?

I am aware that there is no link whatsoever between any of the other girls' abductions and that of my sister. The sole connection among these disappearances is that none of the victims come from prominent families. They come from middle-class and poor backgrounds and are all girls of various ages. They all vanished from different locations.

My sister, however, disappeared from here. This was her last spot before she went missing. From this dreadful club, she placed her last call informing me that she was being hunted. Her line was cut before she could finish what she was saying, and that was the last time I heard from her. So, if not here, where else should I focus my search?

"I heard they call you the Don, so, pleasure to meet you, Don Emilio!" I remark bluntly because his facial idioms suggest that he is not here for anything good.

"Unfortunately, I can't say the same about you." He responds in a harsh tone full of loathing.

More than his unnerving tone, I detest the iciness in his ugly eyes and his cold countenance. It's like he is trying to scare me out of here or something.

"In our very first encounter, Mr. Don, why so much detest?" I query, fixing my eyes in his cold ones.

He leans across the table, our faces coming so close as he bleeds his unnerving aura on me. "Your frequent visit to my club is beginning to piss me off, young woman. I came to offer you your first and last drink in my club. Don't come back if you know what's good for you!" His baritone is despotic, the tremor in it adding more fear, but I ain't just giving up.

Is that a threat or what? Am I supposed to be scared? "I have not caused any trouble, Don. The club is open to all, right? So, why forbid only me from coming here? Are you scared that I might uncover something?" I speak, refusing to submit to his dominant gaze.

"It is already trouble enough having you here. Since this is my casino, I have the authority to determine who is and is not permitted entry. And I say that you are not allowed in here anymore." He says, his ears and eyes starting to flush with redness.

Why is he getting so worked up by me being here if there is nothing they are hiding? There sure is something I can get in here to fuel my search. My hunch cannot be wrong. It probably is no coincidence that my sister was right here when she made that call and disappeared. This place holds a secret that can help me find my sister and I am not backing down from knowing what it is.

"When I was begging for even just a minute of your time, you refused to spare me even a second. But today you didn't even let me ask for you. That speaks volumes to me, Don." I state.

"I had, and still have absolutely nothing to say to you, Miss Irma. I offered you the best help that I could, though. If it wasn't enough, then that is not my problem. Stop obsessing over my casino!"

Obsession? It is the life of my sister at stake here and he calls this an obsession?

"Maybe I am obsessing over this because there indeed is some clue here, and your actions prove me right, Mr. Don Emilio. I don't see why my presence would bother you if you are not hiding something." I affirm, and I can feel my rage rising up. I am shaking with range.

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On Your Knees, Don
1

Chapter 1 A WARNING

14/01/2025

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Chapter 2 A DEADLY WARNING

26/02/2025

3

Chapter 3 THE ARGUMENT

26/02/2025

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Chapter 4 LOVE OR JUSTICE

26/02/2025

5

Chapter 5 KIDNAPPED

26/02/2025

6

Chapter 6 THE ESCAPE

26/02/2025

7

Chapter 7 THE STRANGE SAVIOR

26/02/2025

8

Chapter 8 A DESPERATE SITUATION

26/02/2025

9

Chapter 9 UNFRUITFUL ATTEMPT

26/02/2025

10

Chapter 10 A CONFUSING TANGLE

26/02/2025

11

Chapter 11 MURDER

10/03/2025

12

Chapter 12 IN THE HANDS OF A MURDERE

10/03/2025

13

Chapter 13 NOWHERE TO RUN

26/03/2025

14

Chapter 14 THE UNSETTLING REVELATION

27/03/2025

15

Chapter 15 COLLISION

02/04/2025

16

Chapter 16 TWO MEN AT WAR

02/04/2025

17

Chapter 17 SOMETHING AMISS

08/04/2025

18

Chapter 18 A STRANGE PLACE

08/04/2025

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Chapter 19 SAVED BY THE DON

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Chapter 20 SOME CONNECTION

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Chapter 21 HER REAL IDENTITY

08/04/2025

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Chapter 22 AN ADVICE

08/04/2025

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Chapter 23 SURPRISING THE DON

08/04/2025

24

Chapter 24 TAKING THE STAGE

08/04/2025

25

Chapter 25 MURDER

08/04/2025

26

Chapter 26 KEEPING A SECRET

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Chapter 27 THE ONLY WAY

08/04/2025

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Chapter 28 A NEW NAME

08/04/2025

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Chapter 29 A WARNING

08/04/2025

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Chapter 30 TASTING THE DON

08/04/2025

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Chapter 31 FREE FROM THE CLUB

08/04/2025

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Chapter 32 THE GROSS ROOMMATE

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Chapter 33 SCREWED BY THE DON

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Chapter 34 IN DESPERATE NEED OF A MOVE

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Chapter 35 GROSS RECEPTION

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Chapter 36 A MATCH

03/05/2025

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Chapter 37 THE WHY

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Chapter 38 A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE MONSTER

04/05/2025

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Chapter 39 A PRETENSE SO REAL

05/05/2025

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Chapter 40 THE BID

06/05/2025