(Mariana)It was another day to be overworked in this depressing club. I stifled a yawn as I mopped the floor. I hadn't been able to sleep because of what I saw in Margot's office. I had nightmares, the bad ones that I thought had been over years ago but seeing that picture revived them again. My thoughts were scrambled with so many questions that I didn't have answers to and I didn't know how I could get them. I couldn't ask Lorenzo, I don't know how he would react if he found out that I knew about him keeping tabs on me. There was no one else I could talk to about it, not Samantha or Janet. "Damn,you look like shit." Janet said. She was on cleaning duty with me today which was kind of rare because we were hardly paired up together. I couldn't help but feel uncomfortable by her presence. Was this some kind of coincidence? or was she purposely placed here because Margot had suspected that I had seen something?"Yeah,I couldn't really get much sleep." I said, stifling a yawn again. "
( Lorenzo)It has been days since the ambush of the Blood crust gang and it has been nothing but quiet. Me and Giovanni were sitted in my office discussing ways to catch the imposter who was messing with me. "What do you think Gio?" I said He shrugged, his expression blank. "What am I supposed to be thinking?" "It's too quiet Giovanni. It feels…off.""Lorenzo you annahliated an entire gang, what do you expect it to be? There was no survivors and even if there was, they won't be stupid enough to come after you.""But still," I tapped my fingers on the table, "I haven't heard anything from BM. No sabotages or form of communication.""Maybe she's taking time to regroup.""She? What makes you think it's a she?""You heard what that guy said, there was a woman who was using Ian to attack us. She was responsible for the sabotages and I'm sure she must have used some tech thingy to alter her voice to sound like Ben."Giovanni had a point. This mystery lady could be the one fucking with me
( Mariana)I laid on the bed wide awake. I couldn't sleep, I tried to but I couldn't with all the voices in my head. The room was dark and silent and all I could hear were Lorenzo's light snores. He had is arm wrapped around my waist and his face buried in the crook of my neck. He was fast asleep,completely oblivious to the turmoil that was going on inside my head. I closed my eyes and tried to focus on my breathing but my thoughts kept racing. I don't know what had happened last night.When he asked me what was wrong, I was so afraid to talk to him, to tell him what I had found out because I didn't know how he would react. But most of all I didn't want to accept it. Before i had arrived at his house I had planned all what I would say, I had planned how I would have gotten answers from him even if it was going to lead to an arguement. But the moment I saw him, I forgot everything. When he pulled me into his embrace I didn't want to let go, I just wanted to live in that moment with him,
( Lorenzo)I sat on my desk, running my hand through my hair in frustration. Everything was a mess! Everything that had happened to to this point had been a mess, I was losing control of everything. The bombing had been a major setback and I was still struggling to catch the culprit but now Marianna knew about why I had her kidnapped. "Fuck!!" I screamed and threw the mug on my table into the wall, the glass shattered on the floor and the coffee stain dripped down from the wall. Things were just starting to be stable, to be normal. How the fuck did I loose control of everything so fast? From the looks of it she only knew a portion of the truth, if she found out everything she would never forgive me. It wasn't like she was going to forgive me anyways but I'd rather have her like this than for her to completely hate me. I never thought my past would come back to haunt me this way. I had no one to blame but myself because if I had killed Marianna lie I was supposed to, none of this wou
(Mariana)I was curled up in my bed, a blanket pulled over my head. I didn't know what time it was or how long I had been in this position but I didn't care. I didn't want to see anyone or anything. I just wanted to be alone, to hide and disappear. Finding out the truth about Lorenzo had shattered me. When I saw the file in Margot's office, I still gave him the benefit of a doubt. I believed that maybe it was just Margot and Lorenzo had nothing to do with it but his reaction at his house said otherwise,he knew everything. I felt like a fool for trusting him and believing in everything he said. I had trusted him, I thought that maybe he had changed even if it was just a little but I was just decieving myself. I had been naive and now I know that I can't trust anyone in this place. Everyone was probably under Lorenzo's thumb. "Marianna, aren't you going to the club? We're going to be late." Janet called out.I felt a sense of dread wash over me. I couldn't go to the club, couldn't pr
( Lorenzo)I spun around in my chair, trying to find a solutions to all my problems that kept piling up, especially the issue with Marianna. Giovanni was right, I needed to get rid of her but I couldn't bring myself to hurt her. Why did I even need to get rid of her? Mariana wouldn't cause any trouble if she doesn't know anything. But I knew that was impossible, she would want to know why I'm keeping her here and I couldn't tell her anything. I heard the sound of the door opening and I turned to see who it was, Giovanni."Boss" Giovanni stood in front of my desk, his hands in his pocket.I groaned and rested back into the chair, "Do you have a thing for not knocking? Would it kill you to knock?""There was an an ambush on the latest gun and drugs shipments." "What?! The two of them?!" Giovanni nodded his head I slammed my fist on the table. " How did that happen? I had told you to double the security on shipments.""I did but apparently the guards weren't as much. They claimed to
(Mariana)What was he doing here? I know it was a stupid question since this was his party but Sam said there was a fifty percent chance of him not showing up. "The great Lorenzo McLaren!" One of the men's voice boomed behind me. He stood up from his seat, shoving me out of the way and stretched out his hands to Lorenzo. Luckily I managed to steady myself before I fell, didn't the asshole have any manners. I looked up and saw him and Lorenzo discussing something, bright smiles on their faces. Lorenzo didn't even spare me one glance. Didn't he even feel a tad bit guilty for betraying me. I could feel my anger surfacing as I stared at him, he sat down among the men smiling."Hey bartender girl!" One of the men yelled, "get us another glass for your boss here and a new bottle of brandy."Hell, if I'd come back here. "Okay sir."I walked away from their line of sight as fast as I could. I would have gone to the bathroom to try to compose myself and get my shit together but I couldn't ri
(Lorenzo)"No! It was really wild! You remember Lorenzo! We just had two handguns with one bullet in each of them! We knew we didn't stand a chance when it came to arms so we decided to negotiate. It was so funny because those buzzos didn't even know they had the upper hand!" Malcolm yelled as he laughed. "We settled on the lousy agreement they gave us and managed to get out there alive. Who would have known Lorenzo would have gone there the next day to blow them up!! That was when I knew he was a mad man."If there was one thing I hated the most it was noise, Malcolm and this party have that in common. He refilled his glass and took a large gulp before he slammed it back on the table. I could tell Malcolm was rowdier as he drank more and more."Yup, that's Lorenzo. The alien among us." Margot said as she took a sip of her Martini."Well this alien has had enough for the night." I said getting up from my chair."What are you doing leaving so soon, Margot threw all this for you and you