I came to work feeling giddy the next day.
“Someone’s in a good mood.” Celine smiled, “What’s the tea?”
“Just nice to be with family, don't you think.” she looked sad for a minute but it left quickly.
“Yeah. So what did you do yesterday?”
“Just hung out with some friends.”
“Anyways, wanna go shopping.”
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“Yes you do. Girl I’ve seen your closet and there ain’t nothing there. We are going.”
“No we’re not.”
“Yes we are.” there was no point in arguing since she wouldn’t budge. She dragged me to our room.
“Come on hurry.” “You’ve been in there for ten minutes.”
“I’m not a fast changer.”
“Well first time for everything.”
I peeked out through the door.
“Almost done.”
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“I don’t need all this.” I watched as Celine bought half the store.
“A girl gotta stay pretty always.” I rolled my eyes.
“After that, we got a manicure and pedicure and a long relaxing massage.”
We returned to the house with loads of shopping bags.
“We shouldn’t have bought so many things, don't you think?”
“Nonsense These aren’t that much.”
“Someone’s glowing today.” Matteo said with a teasing smirk.
“I’m going to drop these in the room.” I walked out.
I was going through the things smiling to myself when Celine walked in.
“Hey girl, I got you a milk chocolate.” She held up a cup.
“Thanks.” I gulped half the cup and placed it on the table beside. “Let’s start packing.”
“Yes we should.” She put some bags in a corner and started arranging the closet. She exhaled real loud that I flinched and gave her a weird expression. “Girl, your closet needs a serious makeover.”
“You got the energy don’t you.” I was about to sit back down.
“No no, come take out these clothes” she pointed at the closet.
This is gonna take a while.
“Can you give me those” she pointed at the bags
“Sure” I took out the clothes, put them in hangers and arranged them back.
I was placing the clothes in the closet when a picture of me and Julie fell out.
“Hey, what’s this” she was about to pick it up but my quick reflexes caused me to snatch it.
“Nothing, just a photo.” I smiled and got back to what I was doing. She just gave me a weird look and continued with the closet.
If she had found out, I would be cooked.
It’s been a hour
I’m not really used to makeovers and other girly stuff probably because I’ve practically been living with a guy who has made my life miserable since I was a teenager and I am always surrounded by groups of men.
Life always catches up with me.
I cleaned the table and placed the dishes with the utensils which consisted of a spoon, a weird looking fork and a table knife.
Dante and his men arrived 5 minutes later and the room was filled with conversations. Some about business and the others talked about women they slept with or were planning to sleep with.
So weird and awkward people. Is this the life of rich people or just people in the mafia?
I was washing the dishes and felt someone’s presence behind me. I looked around and saw the one and only Dante staring down at me.
“Good evening sir, do you need anything?” he just stared at me.
He opened the fridge and took a bottle of vodka and poured it into a cup then just stared at me while drinking it.
I feel weird both in a good and bad way. I had so many questions.
What was going on? Is this some kind of game?
I continued washing the dishes without paying attention to him.
I dried the dishes and placed them in the cupboards. I washed my hands and left.
It checked my phone for the time. 8:36pm. Not late, right.
I got a cab to Dolce Vita.
I thanked the driver and got out. I dialed the number and placed the phone against my ear.
“Did you get what I need?” Lorenzo’s raspy voice said from the other side.
“No, but I’m working on it.”
“How long will this take? It’s been 3 months. I don’t pay you to crawl like a snail.”
“If you did this, you would know that this takes a while. I need to get to Dante and make him trust me before I can make any moves on them and you have got to be patient if you don’t want everything you’ve worked for to go to waste.” There was a pause on the other side.
“Do not mess this up for me.” he hung up
Bastard.
I put on a big black hat and walked into the bathroom. I came out dressed in all black. Black shirt, black shorts, black boots, black gloves and a black hat.
I walked for a short distance from the restaurant when a black sports car parked right in front of me.
The fudge
Dante stepped out of the driver's seat dressed in all black looking hot as ever.
Six other black trucks arrived and over 100 men all dressed in black came out from it.
They all had guns in their hands pointed directly towards me.
Dante took two steps forward.
“Huntress, Athena, Con woman whatever your name is do you know who you are messing with? This field isn’t for fragile women like you.” I scoffed at his words.
“Fragile you say.” I laugh
“This is a business field and I know that I have nothing against you and would like to know who you work for.”
“I don’t work for anyone.”
“I can tell those who work alone and those who don’t and you certainly don’t work alone.”
I was shocked but this is my life and I can’t mess it up if I still want a life.
“So, who do you work for?” he asked again.
“Never.” I snarled
“OK then, I don’t want to have to use force on a woman but you leave me no choice.”
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