MIAI ran as fast as my legs could carry me, and I didn’t stop until I was certain I had gone far enough. Those stable workers wouldn’t even suspect a thing, because they didn’t even know that they had helped a full human to escape to begin with, except they got a call from Keith’s mansion.I stopped and panted furiously. I hadn’t had to run this fast in my entire life, and I gasped for breath. I could barely feel my legs. I was barefooted, and that was because I flung off my shoes in the bush when I ran. I was smart enough to go in zigzags so that just in case, they wouldn’t find me easily.They wouldn’t even find me at all.I hadn’t come this far only to be caught and taken captive in Keith’s mansion again. This was my freedom, and I had succeeded, and I would explore it!I tried to move, after I felt I had rested enough, because I obviously couldn’t stand on one spot for too long. I might have succeeded in escaping from Keith’s mansion, but until I got to the dock, I wouldn’t feel
KEITHI waited to see Terrace in his office. He was one of the strongest and oldest Mafias, and yet, he still remained strong.As expected, he didn’t keep me waiting.“Keith,” he said the moment he got into his office.I stood up in respect to him and we exchanged handshakes.“Thank you for seeing me on such short notice,” I told him.“Let’s sit down,” Terrace said.He led me to his office couch, and we sat down. It made the meeting less formal. If it had been at his mahogany desk, it would have seemed more like a formal meeting.“I trust the room was to your liking?” Terrace asked.“It’s not home, but it’s better than a hotel,” I responded.With Terrace, anyone could be blunt and honest. He appreciated it more than sugarcoated words and lies.I met Terrace some years ago through Von Quavo, during the first year of my adoption. Terrace had taken some liking to me, which, according to Von Quavo, was very, very rare.“This one…he is going to become one of the greatest Mafias to ever exi
MIAI stayed there and waited patiently. It was difficult to breathe, and the stacks were itchy, but I didn’t have a choice.I began to thank God for the little swimming lessons I had years back. I couldn’t get any in school because my mum couldn’t afford it, or she didn’t want to pay for it, but when I started working, my workplace had had a free pool.“I don’t think I want to ever get in the pool,” I had told the pool keeper.“Why not?” He had asked me. “Everybody loves the pool,” he had added.“I did too, because back then in high school, I envied all the kids who took swimming classes, but now, I don’t want to do it anymore. All that is gone. I am just more focused on doing my job and getting paid,” I had explained to him.“You sound like you are a woman in her late twenties, Mia,” he had said pitifully. “You are the youngest here when you should be having fun with your friends, partying, getting a boyfriend, getting pierced, or even losing your virginity, but here you are, wastin
MIAWhen morning came, it was as though blissful dews had fallen on me.“Finally!” I said to myself with excitement. I knew without a doubt that this was my moment. The first failed attempt was just to prepare me for this moment.The joy that filled my heart was unexplainable, and I could barely wait, but I knew that I had to. To make this work, I would have to act with care and caution.Tessa knocked on the door as expected.“Come in,” I said.Usually, she would have come in easily, especially since Keith already destroyed the lock, but since what happened with the other bodyguard, she had been acting stiff and aloof. I wasn’t moved by it anymore, because I already understood why, and in just a matter of hours, I would be out of here and away from all this.Forever…“Good morning,” Tessa greeted through tight lips.“Good morning, Tessa,” I greeted, smiling deep inside. “I will just go and have my bath now,” I told her.Then I got up from the bed and walked into the bathroom. I still
JACKIEDriving back to the Institute late at night made me think about Bertha, but not in the way that she approached me.If she had known how dangerous I could be, she would never have come any closer.People thought I was gay because of my extravagance, generosity, and entertainment on the whores at the tavern, but they were mostly men. Not once had any of the whores had the audacity to come close. The moment I was done spraying and entertaining myself, I simply left, and that was all.“Her audacity…” I said to myself, shaking my head.While it infuriated me that she had come to me with that offer, I couldn’t help but be impressed by her courage. She might be new, but she also didn’t need to be told that I wasn’t like any of those regular women around. In all honesty, I could have killed her right there and then. A second of delay would have resulted in blowing her brains off, but she had escaped that by sheer luck. Bertha was beautiful, curvy, and most importantly, she was brave.
JACKIE I visited the tavern because I just wanted to clear my head. Since I left Keith’s mansion, I hadn’t heard from him, and it didn’t seem like he was going to come back to the Institute any time soon. I couldn’t stop imagining scenarios in my head where Keith was having sex with Mia, and it made me very hateful and spiteful.Of course, I would still ensure that Mia gets out of the way permanently, and being that she already turned down the easiest way out, she had now left me with no choice but to treat her exactly how I had been treating the other women around Keith, but I would have to be very strategic about it because it was obvious that Keith cared more about this one, and he was overly protective of her.I had had to resist the strong temptation of driving all the way back to Keith’s mansion. That would be more humiliating. So, instead, I had gone to the tavern to waste away the tormenting evening.When I got there, I allowed myself to waste some dollars on the whores danci