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I saw Ricco reaching for his gun. I heaved my breath, then he lined the barrel to the man’s head and without remorse or an ounce of conviction pulled the trigger. Blood splattered all over the place and the man dropped dead to the floor.
My chest tightened. I had to get the hell out, I had to scream, I just watched a man being shot in cold blood and did anyone care?
I ran out of the room, torrents of tears running down my cheeks wishing now I had gone out with mamma and not chosen to stay here.
I went to my room and collapsed on the floor, if only my curiosity hadn’t got the better of me, I would never have seen such a horrendous thing. My heart ached, tears flooded, and my entire soul had been torn from my body. I knew papa and Ricco were bad, but I never knew how bad.
That was the day that everything changed for me and the older I got the more I hated what my papa and Ricco did.
“Do tell me when you plan to do some work. Just because the boss has gone away for a few days doesn’t mean you cannot work, as trust me I will report you when he gets back,” Denise sarcastically said, as she held her hands on her hips and looked smug.
I grinned and decided that worrying about Antonio wasn’t going to do me any good and would only make the days drag, so work it is.
I ran around the house like a rocket up my backside, not for Denise, but me. I tried so hard to keep my mind occupied and, in the evening, I read and watched rubbish on the TV. I tossed and turned in bed not getting much sleep, all I could think about was Antonio and facing that monster. I ached like never before, just wishing he would contact me.
Suffocated and yet I had sex with him a few times. Already my heart was chiming for a man I hardly knew.
I had never suffered from these conflicting emotions before, only the ache inside made me feel like I was slowly torn.
I thought back to the last time I felt so empty and alone, my world fell apart, when papa broke the news mamma had died. That was a day that would live with me for the rest of my life. My entire world fell, surrounding me in anger and feelings that even I didn’t know I had locked away.
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I polished the large dining table, it had been strange not setting it up for Antonio and his men, but I saw the opportunity to give it some fresh life.
Denise stood in the far corner, glaring at me with those devil eyes. I didn’t wish her to bother me if anything, she could drown herself in the pool for all I cared. She was one woman who made me uncomfortable yet to the other girls she was fine, sweet, and sincere just like when I first started working, I guess she just didn’t like me.
She stood and watched me smugly while I hummed a tune in my head not wishing her to get to me.
After what felt like ages, she finally left. I carried on polishing the table until I had finished, and then got some fresh flowers and a vase and did a beautiful display, all mixed and bright colours. I stepped back to admire my work, pleased. I left the dining room when I heard nothing but a commotion going on down the corridor.
Curious, I ran down the corridor to the foyer to find people running here there and everywhere including Denise. I had no idea what was going on, it appeared all hell had broken loose. I saw the men had arrived back from being with Antonio only, I still hadn’t seen him.
I moved closer to investigate, bewildered to all that was happening. I stood in the way and had to move out of people’s way.
“Don’t stand there. Go and get some water,” Denise yelled at me.
I didn’t waste a second and took off to get some fresh water. I arrived back with Carlo’s snatching the water from me, he didn’t say or even look at me but rushed off.
I went back to the laundry to sort through what I had previously put on, only my focus was on what was going on with the men and what was causing such a panic. They were back and I hadn’t seen anything of Antonio, surely, he would be looking for me, or at least wished to have a kiss, unless he didn’t miss me the way I did him.
I tried to stay focused, only I was going out of my mind wanting to know what the big commotion was.
I folded the clothes and made my way through to the main area of the house.
“This is fucking shit, the boss, is going to be fucking mega pissed now,” I heard one of his men say.
“Yeah, but why didn’t we see him coming?”
“If he comes out of this our balls are his.”
I moved closer to the door to try and listen to what had occurred.
“Ricco may as well dig his grave. Antonio will not stand for this shit, I couldn’t believe the number of girls he had locked away in the truck.”
I swallowed, shocked, trying to work out what they were talking about, clearly, something went wrong. I stepped nearer to the room when Luigi saw me.
“Layla.” My name’s called.
