Mafia's World

Chapter 2

When I woke up the next morning, I saw a duffel bag at the bottom of the bed. I got up and opened it. I found my toothbrush bag and my clothes in it. I grabbed a baby blue tank top, black shorts, bra and thong before I walked into the bathroom. I brushed my teeth and hopped into the shower.

After I finished getting dressed, I put my dirty clothes in a bag and put everything back into the duffel bag. I heard someone knocking on the door, and when I opened it, I saw Elijah standing there. "Good morning, Melody."

"Good morning, Elijah."

I saw him pull on his pants. "Are you hungry?"

"Starving."

"Follow me," he says. I closed the door behind me as I walked out of the room. I followed him down to the kitchen. When we walked in, I saw William and Ben sitting at the table.

William smiled at me and he says, "Good morning, Ms. Rose."

"Good morning, William and please call me Melody."

He nods as he checked me out. "You look nice."

"Thank you." I sat down next to him and I saw Elijah sitting next to Ben.

William pulls an empty plate off the stack next to him. "I'll fix breakfast for you."

"You really don't."

Before I can finish my sentence, Elijah laughs. "Just let him or he won't let it go."

"Fine." I watched as William clapped before he walked away from the table. "Does he always act like a kid?"

Ben laughs and says, "Only with food." I nod at him, and he looked down at his plate.

When William came back I saw that he brought my favorite breakfast. "How did you?"

He cuts me off and says, "I can read people."

"Well, thank you." He nods at me before he took Elijah's plate and walked off. He came back a few minutes later, with the same thing that I have. Pancakes biscuits and orange juice.

Elijah looked at me and says, "I hate eggs."

"I feel the same way." He smiled, and we started eating. Right before I can finish the last of my pancakes, I heard an alarm go off. I covered my ears as I looked at Elijah. Then we heard gunshots, and everyone jumped up from their chairs.

Elijah came over to me as William and Ben ran out of the kitchen. When William came back he says, "Fernando's men are here."

"Who's Fernando?"

Elijah looks at me. "The man who killed your father and who wants you dead." Before I can say anything, he pushed me over to William. "Take her to her room and get her things ready. We are leaving."

William grabbed my hand. "Come on." I had to run to keep up with him and I sat down on the bed when we got into my room.

"Wait, if they are trying to kill me, do you think they'll go after my mother, brother and his family?"

William looks at me. "Who's your brother?"

"Kevin Rose."

He laughs and says, "Kevin can protect himself and his family. I'm not sure about your mother, but you can ask Elijah about that."

"What do you mean Kevin can protect himself and his family?"

Before he can answer, the door opens, and Elijah walks into the room. "Kevin is a part of my group and he's one of the best I've ever seen." He looked at my duffel bag before he looked at me. "Is everything still in it?"

"Yes, I just have to zip it up." He zipped it up fast before he looked at William.

They hug. "Have fun in Italy."

Elijah laughs. "Tell me how L.A is I haven't been back in a while." They hugged one last time before William turned to me.

He pulled out his phone from his pocket before he gave it to me. "Put your number in." I put it in, then I gave it back to him. He hugged me, and I hugged him back. "Stay out of trouble and don't give Elijah too much problems."

"We'll see." He laughs as he walked out of the room. I looked at Elijah, and he grabbed my bag.

I walked over to him, and he took my hand. "Let's go." I ran to keep up with him. When we got outside I saw all the men that were staying here lined up. Elijah walked over to a black Audi R8, and my jaw dropped. He let go of my hand as he walked over to the trunk, and I heard someone laughing.

I looked over at William. "That expression will never get old."

"Shut up."

He laughs again, and I stuck my middle finger up at him. "Your feisty, I like it." I shook my head, and I saw Elijah walk over to the passenger side. He opened the door and looked at me. I got into the car, and he closed the door while I put on my seat belt.

When he got into the car he says, "We have a while before we get to the airport, so get comfortable." I looked out my window, and I watched as we flew by all the cars on the highway. "What do you think about William?"

I looked over at him and I saw him look at me before he looked at the road. "He's funny. Why?"

I heard him sigh. "No reason." I looked at him, but he said nothing else. We sat in silence for a few minutes. "You two seemed to hit it off pretty quickly."

"He's not my type. But he probably will be a wonderful friend and I could really use one right now." Before he can say anything, my phone rang. I pulled it out of my pocket and I saw that it is Kevin. "Kevin."

He says, "Hey Mel. I heard what happened to dad."

"Where are you?"

I heard a plane take off in the background. "I'm at the airport waiting for you."

Elijah says, "We're almost there."

Kevin laughs and says, "Cool, see you soon." He hung up the phone, and I looked at Elijah.

I didn't realize that I was staring at him. "Did your mother ever tell you it's not nice to stare?"

"I told you I've seen better." I looked out the window, and I saw him pull into a private gate at the airport. We saw Kevin waiting with the guards at the gate. He got into the car, and I looked back at him. When the car stopped, we got out, and he walked over to me.

I wrapped my arms around his neck as he hugged me. "I'm sorry that you had to see dad die like that."

"I can still see it every time I close my eyes." He wrapped his arms tighter around me.

We heard Elijah say, "The captain is ready whenever we are."

"Are you coming with us?"

I looked at Kevin as he pulled away from me. "No. I'm taking Marissa and the twins to L.A."

"Are they here?"

He shook his head as he looked around. "No, they're at home. I'm getting on the next flight out there." I nod at him and he hugged me one last time before he left. I looked at Elijah, and he walked to the trunk. He took out my bag before he took my hand, and we walked to the plane.

I sat down and watched him put the bag in the bin on top. Then he sat down across from me. "You should get some rest. We have six hours before we get to Italy."

"I feel like my life will fall apart from here on."

He sighs, and says, "I won't let that happen."

"I don't think any of us can stop that from happening." I sat back in my seat and I looked out the window as the plane took off. I could feel Elijah's eyes on me, but I didn't look at him. I don't enjoy feeling so helpless and I don't like feeling like I'll lose everyone that I care about. I could feel my eyes get watery, but I wouldn't let the tears fall.

Once the plane was in the air and the seat belt sign came off, I looked over at Elijah. "Where's the restroom?"

He looks up from his phone. "First door on the right." I got up and walked past him. The plane shook a little, and I lost my balance. I fell into his lap, and he looked at me.

"Sorry."

I looked at him, and he took a deep breath. "It's okay." I got up and tried to take another step, but the plane shook again. I fell back into his lap, and he looked at me.

"Sorry, again."

He laughs, and I smiled at him. "It's okay, again." I saw him look down at my lips. I didn't realize that we were moving closer to each other until our lips touched. He wrapped his arms around my waist as he pulled me closer, and I heard him groan. He deepened the kiss as his hands roamed around my body.

I ran my hands through his hair and I pulled on it as he played with my tongue. I felt butterflies in my stomach and my heart started racing. I pulled away to catch my breath. "That was amazing."

"You took my first kiss."

I watched as his jaw dropped. "You've never kissed before."

"No."

He laughs, and I saw that he has dimples. "The way you kissed me back, I thought."

"I was following what you were doing." I got off his lap, and I walked to the bathroom. I washed my face and fanned myself before I opened the door. I looked up, and saw Elijah standing there.

He looks at me before he walks closer to the door. "I will regret doing this, but I have to." Before I can say anything, he kissed me again. I followed his lead as he pulled me closer and I felt his hands on my ass. He pushed me up against the wall as we deepened the kiss and I felt his hand go under my shirt. I ran my hand under his shirt, and he groaned against my lips.

He spun me around and he started kissing all over my neck as I held onto the wall. I put my head on his shoulder as he sucked on the part where my shoulder and neck meet. He moved his hand all over my body and I felt him getting hard against my ass. When he pulled away, I turned around to face him. He looked me in my eyes as he says, "You're so beautiful."

I walked over to him and I put my hands on his chest. "You're not so bad yourself." He pulled me against him, and I wrapped my arms around his neck.

He sighs, and I saw his body language change. "We can't do this." His hands dropped from around me and I stepped back from him.