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There are warm hands on me, guiding me away. “Sabrina.” I sob when I look over my shoulder.
“Come. You should go to this room and clean it with me, okay?” Sabrina walks me to the first floor bedroom where Donny and I hooked up the first time. She knows I can’t let Gio see me like this. He’ll pounce on the spot.
But at least Donny would be here to protect me… maybe.
What the fuck is he going to be able to do miles away in the city?
I break down sobbing as soon as Sabrina shuts the door.
“Shh. Shh. It’s okay, Ellie. I’m here.” She rubs my back.
Footsteps are stomping all over the place. The crew is excited for a night off. It’s like I mean nothing to them.
How stupid am I to think another family would actually take me in? My kidnappers for fuck’s sake.
A half hour of my hysteria passes, and just when I think I’ve calmed down, the sound of Sal shouting for Donny to get in rings like the nail in my coffin.
Sabrina is careful to sit tight. She listens at the door like we’re playing a terrifying game of hide and seek now that we’re left with the Don and his goons.
A part of me wants to just walk out and get it over with, especially now that Sal sped off with Donny into the night. Another part of me wants to grab a knife in the kitchen for when Gio makes his move. But that old bastard doesn’t go anywhere without his gargoyles. I’d be dead before I stab his neck.
“I be right back, okay?” Sabrina whispers. “I’ll go greet Mr. Giovanni, see where he is. Then if the coast is clear, we go upstairs.”
I nod, defeated.
Sabrina exits. I listen to her head toward the kitchen, and then the old man’s voice as they greet one another.
There’s another set of footsteps rushing above me. Gio’s goons are probably sweeping the whole place.
Fuck. They’re probably looking for me.
I look down at my quaking hands. My vision is going blurry from fear.
Ten minutes pass, and Sabrina comes to get me. She pulls my hand to tug me out of the room. “All three are in the dining room now,” she whispers. “Time to get you up the stairs.”
I nod and follow.
Once my feet touch the rich carpet of the room I’ve come to call home, I shiver again. I wipe my tears and wave farewell to Sabrina. She’s so strong. I wonder if Don Gio has made a pass at her too.
I hope not.
I put on the most oversized sweatpants and hoodie I can find, double my socks and pump the AC in the room so it’s too uncomfortable to take advantage of me. I look over to my closet and wonder if I should hide in it.
No. Gio would probably enjoy the challenge more.
Donny. You were supposed to protect me.
I die a little more inside and cry into my hands.
My eyes won’t close no matter how late it gets. I know what’s coming. I know why he’s here.
Eleven p.m. comes and goes.
When midnight strikes, I wonder if maybe Donny did tell his father…
Maybe I’ve been worrying for nothing this whole time.
Wrong again.
