Nessa Sims~•~“What?” That was all that could come out of my mouth when I heard his voice. How did he know I was at a hotel? I thought the random and creepy interfering in my life had stopped when I moved in with him. “Who’s that?” Ellie’s voice interrupted my thoughts. I hung up the phone. “It’s Vito.” I answered, his name tasting like bitter almonds on my tongue. “What does he want?” Her voice was laced with suspicion and concern. “He said I should leave the hotel and go back home right away.” “Why? Is he out of his mind? Why is he trying to control your life?” Ellie’s voice had risen, it was filled with anger and irritation. “I’m as confused as you, only God knows how he knew I was here.” “You need to let him know this stalking has to stop, you’re not his child.” Her words were harsh but true, she reached out to my arms to comfort me. “Trust me, I will whenever I go back.” I assured her. I ignored his instructions and continued partying when my phone rang again. I put

Nessa Sims~•~[I heard you’ve moved on to a new man. I had just two more years but you were impatient. And you moved in with him, a mafia boss. Leave that house now or I’ll make sure your mum buries you.]I shivered as I read the content of the text. It was from Ben. Was he watching me from prison? I needed to move out of New York and go start somewhere else with a new identity since everyone had easy access when it came to watching what I did. Did he really expect me to wait five years for him? After everything he put me through, he had no right to even contact me. I visited him a few times the first year when he got convicted and stopped when I realized he was no good for me. I couldn’t settle for less or wait for someone who tried to ruin my life anymore. Although I didn’t completely hate him, I just had to move on from him. Liam was the only reason I still thought of him from time to time. Even when I stopped visiting, he still tried contacting me severally. I even had to chan

After eating, Nessa and I walked back to the car and I handed the takeout I had got to the driver. “Drive us home.” I instructed the driver and we both walked into the car. A few seconds later, I turned back to see Nessa leaning back on the black leather seat fast asleep. It had been a very long day, I couldn’t blame her for being so exhausted. We finally got home and I didn’t want to disturb her sleep so I had to carry her upstairs to her room without waking her up. She was a deep sleeper because every other normal person would have woken up. With a gentle touch, I helped her remove her shoes and tucked her into her bed. I watched her as she slept peacefully and thought of all the things I could do to her. But I brushed off my thoughts. I assured my best friend I wasn’t going to get involved with someone working for me. She was basically my employee.I shut the door and went back to my room. I took a shower and sank into my bed. It was a long day, and it wasn’t surprising how I f

Nessa Sims~•~As if the threatening text wasn’t enough. I got another call from Ben. I was skeptical about answering at first because I didn’t fancy picking up calls from unknown numbers. “Vanessa.” I heard his familiar voice over the line. No other person ever called me Vanessa except my dad, when I was little and I had done something wrong. “I can see you didn’t listen to what I told you earlier. You’re still at that man’s house.” He spoke again because I was quiet when he called my name. “What the fuck do you want from me?” The irritation in my voice was evident. I wanted to hang up but I still wanted to hear what he had to say. “I’m in prison because of you. And you think you can just move on with your life, with another man.” Was he being serious? In prison because of me? “You must be out of your mind.” “You left our son to be with that man. I’ll be out soon and our family will be back together. You better leave that man before I do something bad to you.” I didn’t feel th

Nessa Sims~•~ My blood turned cold and my fingers trembled around my phone as I read the text. It was Ben who sent people to shoot at me. It wasn’t a rival mafia gang trying to pass a message to Vito. The Ben I knew wouldn’t have done that to me. Maybe prison had completely changed him into a horrible person. I was confused about what to do. Vito said he was going to make sure Ben didn’t bother me but I guess he hadn’t done whatever he planned to do, except he didn’t consider him a real threat.I didn’t respond to the message and I dialed Ellie’s number instead. After waiting for seconds that seemed like forever, she picked up. “I almost got shot.” I muttered under my breath and cleared my throat. “What?” I could tell she was dumbfounded. “What do you mean you almost got shot? That’s the reason why I didn’t like the idea of you having anything to do with a mafia boss. Are you okay? Where are you?” Ellie blurted out with panic in her voice. “It wasn’t because of Vito. It was Ben.