Chapter 2: EXCHANGE FOR A DEBT
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Abby POV
The scared and troubled look on my father's face makes me realize something must be wrong.
"Abby you will have to go with these men and they will bring you to their boss. " My father said and I can't seem to process or understand what boss he is talking about. "You will be on your best behavior and stay with him for as long as he wants" my father added.
Why will I go be with these scary looking men and stay with their boss for as long as he wants. "Why should I do that?" I croak out of my throat.
My father signal the men to leave me and told them to excuse us for a while, that he wants to speak with me in private. The two men holding me turns to look at the other two standing at the corner. They nods and one of them said "ten minutes." They let go of me and move outside.
"Father what is happening here?" I hurriedly asks my father. "I just saw Hazia together with Tris-
"Abby this is not time for your silly talks and questions now." My father said sternly, anxiety showing on his face. "You will have to go with these men else their boss will kill us all."
"Why would there boss kill us? What did we do?" I ask innocently.
"We are owing him a huge amount of money and we can't pay him off right now so I and your father decides to give you to him in exchange for the debt we are owing him." My stepmother, Kura chipped in.
"Abby this is a very dangerous man we're talking about here. He has only just been in Italy for few months now but he has taken over. He runs both the physical and underworld business. He murders anyone that go against him." My father look scared.
Okay, now I'm scared too.
My head starts spinning. What the actual hell are they talking about? Cause I can't seem to understand. And twenty million dollars debt? What has that got to do with me because I know very well he took that loan to meet up with the extravagant lives of my stepmom and stepsister, Hazia.
My father hardly spends a penny on me. So why should I be the one use in exchange to pay off the debt?
No matter how I think about it I can't seem to find the answers to my questions.
"Are you knowingly offering me to a man you know would kill me if I should go against him?" I asks my father tearfully.
The look on my father's face tells me I don't have a choice in this matter. "Abby you are going. I don't care if you like it or not. I have already promised to give you to him and I can't go back on that promise. You have to do this to save the family." My father said with authority.
He lower his voice and added, "you are not just going there to be his wife, You are going there to be an undercover spy. I need you to give me information of who he truly is and how he has managed to take over the whole of Italy in the space of two months."
"W..wait. Wife? Undercover agent? How am I his wife?" Shock is clearly written on my face cause I can't seem to understand what they are saying.
"Yes you heard me right. You're going to be his wife. I got an information that he is looking for a woman to bear him a heir to his empire that's why I offered to give you to him in exchange for the debt I'm owing him. It's just for two years, it's more like a contract marriage." My father intentionally decides to trade me to this man.
"Wait. So you purposely did this. You intentionally give your daughter to a dangerous Mafia Don." I scoff.
He clears his throat and said, "Yes, I did it for the sake of the family."
"Am I also not part of the family? Why you me?" I ask tearfully.
"Abby, I don't have time for all this right now. When you get there just look for a way to get your hands on solid information that can bring him down so that I would sell those information to his rivals and be able to rescue you from him. Just sign the papers he would bring to you and be on your best behavior." My father said.
I wipe my tears and clears my throat. This is not time to cry. "Can I at least have some time to prepare my mind for this?" I ask expectantly, hoping my father agrees.
"No Abby. You are going with his men right now." My father said firmly.
I must be dreaming cause all this can't be real, right? "I have a life of my own. You can't just expect me to be someone prisoner for two years." Tears were streaming down my cheeks again now. "Besides I was supposed to get married to Tristan in two weeks If not that I just found him cheating on me with Hazia"
My step-mother let out a scoff. "Hazia is the one getting married in two weeks. As for you, you're are now the Mafia Don slave girl." She said and laughs loudly.
I turn to look at my father hoping he would say that this is all a joke. But nothing. He seems serious.
Having a father like mine can pan out to be very detrimental to your mental health. A father whose only interest is money, power, fame and more money. Never once has he shown interest in putting the family in order, but plays himself to be a responsible man in the eyes of the public.
"I'm not going anywhere! This is not fair. Why should I be the one use in exchange for a debt? Why not Hazia? I will not be his wife." I screamed. "And an undercover spy?" I scoffed. "Never!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs cause I'm not going to let this happen.
Just then the four heavy built men open the door and walk back inside. "Time is up" one of them said. The two that grabbed me earlier came towards me and grab my arms again and starts dragging me towards the door. "Father. Father please don't let them take me away. Father please do something." I cry and scream, pleading to my dad but he did nothing.
I try fighting back and kick one of the men between his legs, at his balls.
He got so angry and knocks me hard on my temple then everywhere turn dark...
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