Mafia's Princess

Chapter four - drugs

chapter four

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"Drugs"

"What??" I screamed at the top of my lungs as soon as I heard that word.

Bruce was a drug dealer? And he never told me that, no wonder he is so rich.

I shook my head at that thought, these are just my assumptions, I needed to know from him.

"I only did it for a couple of months, now I am not into this all." He whispered, waving his hands on the air to clear himself out.

It was definitely shocking for me to take this all in especially when I had known Bruce for so many years and not even one his actions or words showed me any sign of working with drugs or bad people.

"I don't believe you, tell me where do you work now?" I asked, hoping for a good answer.

Deep inside, I really hope he wasn't one of the bad guys in this town because that would break my trust we had build up.

"I work at my fathers company."

"Liar,"

He let out an obscure laugh before approaching me and holding my hands. "Trust me, I am not into this s**t anymore. It was just for a couple of months, I needed money but now my father has agreed to work with me. I work under his company as an employee, nothing else." For some reason I didn't believe him. There was something else about him that throwed me off from his clarification.

"I swear, if I ever find out that you work with drug mafia, I will shred you alive and wouldn't even mind going to jail for killing you." I said, squinting my eyes and giving him a dangerous look.

"I don't, I promise!" He laughed, I nodded my head.

"Okay, now where is my pizza?" I questioned, looking at the time. It was half past 10, I had to be home before my parents found out that I haven't been there yet.

"Oh yes, let me call them quickly." he said, rushing away from me and into his room.

My head started to throb with all that happened today and yesterday night. This all was too much to take in, so much of exciting drama and adventure.

I let out a breath of relief but as soon as I did that my phone started to ring loudly. I pulled it out of my jeans and looked at the caller name to see nonetheless my mother calling me.

"f**k," I whispered.

I could hear bruce ordering in the other room so I quickly picked it up so she could scream at me without his presence around me.

It would be fine but I choose not to be awkward around him.

"Hey," I said, quietly.

"I got a call from Mr. Clark and he informed me that you are no longer working for him? When were you going to tell me that?" My mother questioned, her voice was very beautiful, almost sounded like the morning birds but her constant yellings and screaming made it irritating for me.

I pulled my bottom lip into my mouth, thinking of words to say before she started yelling.

"I was going too, I will find another job, I promise. Just give me a couple of days. Please." I begged, my words falling out of my mouth slowly.

"Where are you now?" She asked, she hated all my friends so I couldn't take any name not even Bruce.

She hated him the most.

"I'm at the park," I lied, hoping she would believe for once.

"And you have been there since morning?" She asked.

"Yes, I'll be home in some time." She hated when I stayed out late, so usually I would sneak out of my house when they all were in a deep slumber sleep. It was the only way I could ever see or communicate with people.

"Don't come please, your dad and I have made a decision." She said.

Not again, I deeply wished she wouldn't throw me out like the last time, it was horrifying when she did that.

The worst.

I started to bite my nails as she continued. "Until you don't find a job, you aren't going to stay under our roof."

"Mom please, I will, I just need some days. I have no other place to stay at, don't do this again." I cried, tears started to build in my eyes as those all memories rushed back. Bruce walked into the living room and sat down beside me on the couch.

He looked confused.

"Wendy, that's our decision. Until you don't get a job we won't keep you! And don't say you don't have a place to stay at-" Bruce snatched the phone away from me and put it on loud speaker so he could hear what my parents were saying.

"-I am sure you have a billion of boys behind your ass. It will be difficult honey since you will be changing rooms everyday but it will work out until you get a good job to pay your share in this house." My mother snapped.

Bruce got angry at her words but I just got disappointed. Long gone was that anger for her bitter words.

"What a mother you are! Disgusting. She is your daughter, do you even care whether she lives or dies?" Bruce yelled on the phone with disgust.

"I don't, so this is the man you have been f*****g around with. Good luck. Once you are done with f*****g him please get yourself sorted out, I don't want trash in my house." She said before cutting the call, the line went dead silent.

Bruce didn't say anything after this.

Tears were flowing down my cheeks, my heart was aching, those words were like a bullet in my soul.

"Shush, it's okay. I am here." Bruce said, pulling me to his embrace and wrapping his hands around my shoulders, slowing rubbing them.

"What am I going to do?!" I sobbed.

"Nothing, you don't have to do anything. I am here for you okay. Last time I wasn't there but this time I am not leaving. You have me." He assured.

We both were silent after this.

I laid down on his lap, the only place where I found myself to be safe. He was the only person in my life who didn't hurt me; physically or emotionally.

* * *

The morning came soon, quicker than I expected. The sun was gleaming through the curtains, I opened my eyes to nothing except an empty room. I wasn't home, I wasn't sleeping on my bed and Bella wasn't the one who woke me up instead it was Bruce.

He hovered over me with a tray full of food. I pushed the blankets aside and ran towards him.

"Hungry?" He asked.

"Yes, alot." I nodded my head, munching down on the food he made for me.

Bruce was an amazing cook, he knew how to cook basically everything. My favorite dish of his baking was surely chocolate muffins which were placed on the tray.

"God, I love these." I moaned, forgetting about all the worries and biting into these heavenly muffins.

The warm chocolate melted in my mouth as I continued to eat them.

"I know, that's why I made them for you." He laughed as he stared at my untamed ways of eating food.

Soon enough the entire tray of food was completely empty.

"I didn't knew you were that hungry." He chuckled, placing the tray aside on another table and sitting down on the bed.

Last night was terrific, I was awake the entire night with Bruce thinking about all the possible ways to keep danger away from me and manipulate my parents to get me back home. Nothing came in conclusion so he decided to let me stay with him as long as I wanted too.

I didn't wanted to be a burden on him but at this point I had no other choice.

"Did you have breakfast?" I asked Bruce, he was as worried as I was especially after what all mother said on the call. We both stared out of the window, looking at the town infront of us. The view from his apartment was magnificent, beyond imagineable.

"Yes I did." He said. "Did you sleep properly? Or did I wake you up to early?" He asked, I laughed and shook my head. I noticed the time on the clock, it was 2 in the evening.

"Of course not, thank you so much for letting me-" before I could finish Bruce cut me off, "Shut up, no thank you, no sorry. You are like my baby, I could do anything for you and this is the least help I can offer."

"What about the baby which is coming in couple days?" I laughed, questioning about his girlfriend who would be arriving anytime this week.

"She wouldn't mind, you know her. She loves you so much." He responded, I loved Sierra as well. She's the most wonderful women Bruce ever got. I don't believe there was any flaw in her except that she acts extra weird sometimes and her sarcasm is extreme but not more than Bruce.

"Okay. So what am I going to do now?" I questioned, after the heated conversation last night he surely must have thought about something for me.

On the other hand, I wasn't able to think about anything except my sister and the man who dropped me off on that night.

He appeared in my dreams a billion times since today morning, it almost feels like he is everywhere.

There wasn't a moment I stopped thinking about him. I, myself was shocked that with this all tension going around, I could only think about that intimidating man.

"Well, Wendy, you can stay here as long as you want. You don't have to go back. As for your job, don't worry, I will fix it in a couple days." Bruce smiled. I shook my head, not agreeing to one statement he made.

"I have to go home, not today but definitely someday." I said. There was no way I could leave my family, they are my everything especially Bella. A day without seeing her is going to tear me apart.

"As you wish so," he said before getting up.

"I am going to meet Bella in school so I can tell her that I wouldn't be coming home for a couple of days. She'll be wondering." I laughed as her cute pouty picture popped up in my mind.

Oh, I missed her already.

"Yes, I'll drop you off to her school. Get ready." He ordered me before walking out of the room. I quickly started to get ready, I needed to be there before my parents or my brother decides to pick Bella up. I needed to see her and talk to her before they get her from school.

Or worse...her date does.