*THE DON* “Take her!” The man with the scar ordered and Olivia held on tight to Isabella. One of the men moved forward grabbing her arm to pull her but she didn’t let her go. “She’s a little girl. You can’t do this to a child.” Olivia finally spoke. “Well, who’s gonna stop me, you?” He asked mockingly and yanked Isabella away from her while the little girl winced at the impact. “Only a monster would handle a child the way you just did. You won’t get away with this.” She snapped at him. The thing with her was that she’s really not the type to speak up but when in these kind of situations, her mouth runs on its own and it would be too late before she even knows what she was saying. “Says who?” He smirked. “Now that I look at you, I feel like taking you with me.” And that was how her confidence sank as she immediately scrambled away from him but he held her arms and yanked her up. Derek’s mom continued struggling with them to let her daughter go. “Where do you think you’re going?
*THE MISSION* Mason was at home sleeping away when Curtis burst into his room. He had told him several times not to do that again but the guy will never learn. He’s lucky he was the Don’s right hand or else Mason would have disposed him off a long time ago. The scar on Curtis’ face was given to him by Peter as a gift for slapping one of his trusted employees. Even with that, he still never learned his lesson. He acts all high and mighty as Leonel’s right hand man forgetting that the real second-in -command was Peter. “I’ve fucking told you not to ever-” “Whatever. The Don just ordered that the ‘warning trip’ be handled by you and your friends.” Curtis interrupted him. Mason got up and crossed the room towards him. He spoke when he was directly in front of Curtis. “Firstly, don’t you ever and I mean ever interrupt me again when I’m speaking, understood?” “Sure.” He answered reluctantly. “Secondly, the warning trip was handed to you, wasn’t it?” He asked. “Change of plans.” H
*THE BLAST* “W-wait. Ace?” Derek called. “Yes?” “Is he supposed to bleed from the head if he was shot on the arm?” Derek asked with wide eyes. “Fucking dumb-heads.” Mason said in his mind. “No dumbo, can’t believe you are so stup- wait, he’s bleeding in the head?” Mason already knew that. He could feel the blood sliding down his face. “Fuck, he has a cut on his head.” Derek cursed as he checked his wound. “It’s not that deep though, I think you bleed easily.” Derek added with a smirk. Mason swore in his mind to pay the two back once he was okay, they thought it was funny to joke about what’s giving him pain. But then again, he knew that if he was the one in Ace’s or Derek’s shoe, his own teasing would have been much more than theirs. And he knows they were just trying to keep him conscious and engaged till they get to safety so he wasn’t really angry at all. “I think we are clear now, right?” Ace asked. “Seems so. Don’t stop though, just go straight to the nearest hospital.
*NO ONE* Everywhere was silent as fear was evident on everyone’s faces except the Don who looked calm as he sat down. Peter was there with two of his men behind him. “Did I just hear you right?” Curtis asked. “I wouldn’t speak if I were you.” Carlos warned him. That definitely fell into deaf ears. “You have two daughters which we all know of, so where did she come from?” “Did you just question me?” Peter asked while walking closer to Curtis and the more Peter got closer to him, the more his eyes widens before he lowered his eyes and averted his gaze. “I thought as much .” Peter said before backing away and went towards Olivia. He placed both hand on her shoulder gently and pecked her forehead. “Are you okay?” He asked. “Yes.” Olivia answered feeling relieved. That means Olivia was right, they did know each other and now she felt stupid for not speaking up. “This must be Olivia.” The Don spoke as he stood up and moved towards the father and daughter. “Wow, she’s so pretty.”
*NO ONE* One of the men narrated what happened and the three best friends became livid, all for different reasons. Derek because he thought of how traumatized his sister will be and he also felt guilty in the case of Olivia because he took her to the cafe. Ace because he felt pained that he wasn’t there for Olivia, for him, protecting her was his responsibility. And mason because he knew that there was no way Curtis doesn’t know that Derek’s mom owned that cafe. Mason also suspected that Curtis acted on his own because what he did was very low, they do not operate like that, it was like the whole thing was orchestrated by him. “Curtis, did you actually slapped my sister?” Ace shouted in anger. “Yes, I did. She bit me.” Curtis answered immediately without a trace of remorse. “You think this is a joke? Do you even know how I’m feeling right now?” “I don’t have a sister. How am I supposed to know how you feel ?” Curtis said smugly. “Did you even feel bad about hitting her?” “She
*CIGARETTES* It was Monday morning and surprisingly, Olivia has been feeling very excited for this particular day. Today will be her first day as a fresher. It amazed her how her dad was able to arrange everything so fast. Ace took them shopping last week Saturday, them being she and the twins. She already had most things she needed so she had just little to buy but Ace kept on urging her to pick more, he got tired and just started picking things for her. At the end of the day, she had no where to arrange most stuffs and left them in the bags. Remembering this, Olivia could’t help but display the smile that crept up her face. “Creepy.” someone’s voice sounded behind her which shocked her. Olivia turned around to see a girl with red hair staring at her. “Are you actually smiling to yourself?” The girl asked with a smile of her own. “Hi.” She said awkwardly and waved her hand. “Hello there pretty, haven’t seen you around here. My name’s Scarlet.” ‘Of course.’ Olivia thought gla
*CIGARETTES* They all walked into the school and the decors were so captivating, Olivia already concluded that she was going to love it here without a doubt. They were about to turn a corner when Scarlet spoke. “Let’s go get Olivia her schedule.” “You go in, we have an idiot to tend to.” Ace said before walking away with Mason. “Assholes! Go do what you do best.” Scarlet yelled as they disappeared from their sight. “I heard that!” Mason’s voice boomed in the hallway. “You are meant to hear it.” Scarlet said in a more calmed voice before walking again and Olivia followed her. *** *** *** Well, the day has been going well for Olivia and she couldn’t ask for more. She and Scarlet asked questions to know each other better and she felt more close to her now even though she was surprised that Scarlet was in her second year, Olivia had thought she was just new like she and the twins. Nobody has tried talking to her in the classes she has had and she doesn’t even know if it’s a g
*HE KNOWS* It was evening and Olivia was bored just sitting in the room, so she just decided to go into the garden. She had went into the kitchen earlier when she noticed dinner was being prepared, she wanted to help but Mrs Carson said it won’t be necessary and just urged her to go take a nap. She hasn’t really been to the garden before, all she does is watch it from afar so she decided to change that. She walked around admiring the flowers and smiling to herself. With the cool wind and comfortable silence, it felt like heaven. She sat down in a place where the flowers were closely knitted, then slowly laid down with her hands as pillows behind her head and she closed her eyes. She observed new things everyday since she got to the house. She was actually starting to like it there a lot. And talking about the family, although some are not so nice to her, she loved them all. Her dad did a lot for her and she will forever be grateful to him. He has a scary personality but she’