The mafia's captive

she flinched, gasping for air as

voice announced, hurling the

mbling body. She wrapped her arms around herself, her brown eye

voice thundered an

s and swung her legs over the left side of the bed. Her bare f

even get here?" her min

member anything at all. Panic rose in her throat and

er : she recalled her uncle's parting works. In

hours

at this hour, it can get really busy. The neighbourhood residents are up and about to their businesses

r and she recognized the voice that

awn and threw the be

de of the bed and slipped

ing off a nail on the wall and

her wrinkled image in the broken mirror. A frown crept to

flashed in her mind and in an ins

ncle Luca's b

down the stairs, careful

f the stairs and found her uncl

her nostrils and sh

ncle Luca slurred, clutching a

d to where he laid on the couch that looked

hand over her mouth as she stared in hor

th a snort and she recoiled in

went to grab a clean bucket o

to let light into the dim living room, dusted the couches inc

" She said with a sati

tion and she trailed her eyes forward.

o help him up, he dragg

without covering his mouth. "Ad

ically ran to the fridge. When she held the

chen cabinets, throwing one open

a slammed his fist on the ki

tep when he began to approach her.

an eyebr

as she thought of how t

and braced for impact in the proc

r stumbling backwards. "There's nothing in the house? How I'll there be

drew blood and she winced

ou either start sleeping with men for money or go hungry. I am

ed in shock. What had she just heard? Her own

ved her backwards and st

e to her feet and r

rm. She reached under her bed for the first

om her phone. She completely ignored it, tending to her

ined cotton wool on the floor and

he air out of her lungs and she star

igible for the role of Administrative Assistan

ed, rushing out of the room

ew his head ba

him the phone, grin

ased his brow. "Wha

ack her phone.

Uncle Luc

ot a job in New York. Now, we w

smile and he stretched his arm

." Adrian

ons, kid." He

her heels and ran upstairs. "I'll get packin

!" He cal

whipped out his phone from his pocket and dialled a

at the stairs. "She's ready for y

le on her face. Her usual nightmares didn't come

in the other side of the bed. Her packed

oor. Her fingers close around the knob

pening the door again but it would

out but no

cle Luca? Uncle Luca, I thin

e ans

ain?" She palmed her foreh

nly to find her phone

d open and she

ped in he throat as the man stan

n a drawl, stepping out from behi

rward, cracking his ne

t's going on?" Adriann

counted the dollar bills in his hand. "

her word, a fist came down on