IN LOVE WITH A MAFIA

urant was the biggest Chinese restaurant in Litsen. I love

signalling to the waiter. "One chicken noodles, please," I sat down and waited for it to be

chicken noo

ork graciously into the side of the tasty fried chicken, I thought with a smirk-hello there, I

Jon

-how strange. She was our main target. Taking her down was the only way to get to her family. Wait. Why is she look

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he got to a lonely part of the street. There she found a child weeping on the ground. "Oh, there, there. Where are your parents?" she asked. "Why are you out here alone? It's no

ady to aim, he raised his gun to a level that'd eliminate hi

r mo

d from whe

es

The child's legs wobbled and she held her still. "It's okay," she

odded and f

pockets and she realized it was her phone, making to pull it out, as she mistakenly swiped th

as 21, with the plan of living a normal life and not having her mother's status disrupt her everyday life. Her mother had p

leave home. Mom-a motorcycle sped

u

lease... don't harm us!" the mouth of the gun stood in the

ist shot at them. He missed and was left w

from Chang, she recognised. "I-I'm okay," she

expect something like that to happen at that time. "Some street loser, I guess?"

ively. "Yes," she care

elling a lie. He smiled graciously at the

ached Hilbreeze. "Thanks for walking us halfway."

nd

he doing on 44 Avenue, with a gun an

idn't ask for his name, the thought of it corroded me from the inside. I

o

olted me. "Did you find her?" A vo

hose not

keem's told u

d at th

threw my phone on the ground and stepped on it. "Fuck you, Gabriel!" I

n, all out to do dirty jobs. Jong had come in contact with them at the ring. Ther

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heavy pants. "What happened?" asked five of the

burst into laughter

is head. "You

and said, "Ain't seen nothi

es replied. "Gabrie

ame. "Ruuah!" he kicked the wooden chai

?" asked the guy who w

imple

had her,

before he took him by the collar. "One simple

re!" Hakeem shot back

ily again and rubbed his jaw as the tip of his tongue

ang admitte

o the room and Hakeem

r her mother, outside. Her mother's PA was out on the lawn, with a fil

my mother," Kend

door. "Thank you," Kendra bit he

fa, with a look she understood imprinted o

gh. "Outside," she bro

time of t

a grown woman now. Y

ell, I

mped on the sofa not f

" Her mother's eyes went t

hould be conc

yes widened. "Kenny, I

derstand when her daughte

You know, you've been

She ignored her mother's call and went upstairs where she had the girl fed to

your name?" Kendra urged as

e to my mommy. I want my mommy," the little girl be

w passionate her daughter could be. Kendra hasn't changed a bit, a smile elude

n come in," Kendra said and looked down at the child. Penny was

a volunteered as Kendra st

rms and Kendra wondered how she had

make a child drift

have again. Her mother noticed this, the smile on her face, and she, too, smiled,

es she couldn't get off her mind. The way they clashed with hers and how he had helped her up. "Are you okay?" his voice rang again as she shut her ey

her that kept her glued and wanted her to help her. She thought about the girl's mother and wondered how she could be so cruel to leave her daughter out alone, by that time of the night, to

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have you called him?" A husky red-haired fella ask

"I'm talking about Jong. Listen here," he drew closer to say. "If you're go

embled. "I

slapped him slightl

es,

jo

rned at

's it

uld like to

oy and spat on the fl

es,

ou idiot,"

rdy man appea

Major lo

ient the boss is ye

him now," he l

of them all. He was deadly, and could gut anyone who dared cha

pped out especially for His Royal Evil

the r

s doing well, boss," he bit his underlip

ng w

-y

... you say?" angry head turned to the side and moving fingers grabbed a knife. "He s

Jong-su? N-no word yet." He stammer

rotated again. "Tell him we h