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“Fucking hell, Mia, I don’t know if you realize who I am but I could find out whatever shit it is you’re in in a heartbeat, but I’d much rather do it this way. With you telling me. Tell me what’s going on. Tell me something…”
Her hands shake and I release her but only to take her shoulders to give her some reassurance.
“It’s my brother. He owed some really bad people money and my father had to pay them so they wouldn’t kill him. We ran out of money so that’s why I came to you.”
“Who are these people baby?” What she’s saying sound very close to my world, so I know now it can’t be some fucking run of the mill debt. I gave her twenty grand and she still had to work for me and she’s talking about needing more money.
The fear in her beautiful eyes enrages me because it’s now that I know things are more serious than I thought.
“I can’t tell you Nick. It will make things worse. That’s the part I can’t tell you. That’s the part.” A tear runs down her cheek and I catch it.
“Mia, tell me who it is. Baby, is it mobsters?” Jesus, I swear to God if she says yes I’ll lose my shit.
“No. It’s not. Nick, it’s one of those situations … where it’s bad and it could get worse, but I have a handle on it. I do. I have it under control. Telling you could make it so much worse. Whatever way I look at it, my brother owes the money. We got dragged in and someone has to pay. It doesn’t matter who the people are. What matters is who gets paid.”
I look at her and I feel like an idiot for not asking her about her situation sooner, and I feel like a fool for accepting the answer she just gave me.
It’s as she says, there are things that are bad and things that could get worse and it’s dependent on what you do. I’m not known for my patience, but maybe this is one time I need to cool off. But… within reason.
“I’m paying the debt,” I declare.
“No,” she shakes her head.
“Like fuck, I don’t care if you turn me away. I’ll go talk to your father, and tell him I’m crazy about you and I’m paying the fucking debt. Then I’m bringing you here to live with me.”
She looked stunned before, now her skin is pale with it and tears run down her cheeks.
“Nick…”
“Don’t push me Mia. You know me now and I always get what I want. You can go home tomorrow and spend some time with your family and we’ll talk about money over the weekend. That’s what we’re doing.” I couldn’t help the control freak inside me. It was coming out. “You’re coming to live with me.”
“Nick… don’t you think we’re moving too fast? I don’t want you to—”
“I love you, and you’re mine,” I interrupt. “That’s all you need to know. Fast and slow don’t fucking come into it.”
“Oh Nick…” her hand covers her mouth and her shoulders tremble as she breaks down.
I see it all now. She crumbles and I feel like shit because I wished I’d seen it before.
All I can do is hold her. I hold her and promise her I’ll fix everything and I hope she trusts me to.
