MAFIA OBSESSION: FALLING FOR HIS FORBIDDEN HEART

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cents..." I checked the contents of the bag before handing it

ng and lacking customers with the "boring" factor always constant. I chewed on my fingernail watching the clock

en said with a smirk as he near

dying to leave." I rolled my eyes i

e disappeared behind the door. I shook my head and started walking hom

e big van and six men all clad in black visibly armed. They move

blue. Bottling my fear up, I held my backpack tightly and entered the hou

corner of our small living room. My father sat close to a man, probabl

I asked anxiously, togglin

saw uneasiness dance behind his eyes. Without another word, I trod to my room upstair

r had few debts here and there but who and how much did he owe? Those

dropping to see what I could find. With slow and stealthy steps, I crept to the door that bordered the st

cream, another hand went for my mouth. I kicked and struggled to let go but it was to no avail, so I relaxed hoping he

adre! There's a man in the house," I stopped to catch

nom in his eyes. He didn't attempt to attack me again, but instead, he stepped aside into a co

my instructions," the unfamiliar man said, flashing his nearly perfect white t

ing on. I demand an answer!" I immediately regretted my outburst.

ed. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry it h

hands. It was then it dawned on me that my father had sold me out. My survival i

to it, I'd run away as fas

k of my head, I cracked my skull against the other captor's nose. Now free, I made a run for t

anyone who tried to approach me. Then, the "strange" man came over and stopped a fe

ng Spanish tone that

o have etched on his fa

m going to walk through that door and neither yo

e men stopped and stepped back. I relaxed a little but didn't let my guard down. With my eyes on the man and his men

I was wrong. I heard a sharp piercing sound from behind and then something hit me, sendi

I tried to stand but I couldn't. I sensed someone walking towards me and squatting. A

u and now," he paus

!" I spat at him a

ld road. I was carried and thrown into the back of a van, presumably the one I saw earlier