The mafia’s bride

CHAPTER 4

Jasmine felt nostalgic as she remembered how her mom used to teach her how to ride a bicycle. She was lost in thought and she kept driving with tears in her eyes. She remembered her mom's smile and her frequent cursing in Spanish and immediately she lost control of the steering and she bumped into a trash can before falling to the ground.

"Ouch," she softly said as she looked at her bruised elbow and knee before crying loudly again ignoring her injuries. The pain she felt in her heart was greater than the ones she had in her body.

She decided to stay on the ground and reminisce on her memories with her mom. She heard a movement behind her but she chose to ignore it.

"Look what we have here boys" a masculine voice emerged behind Jasmine.

She quickly stood up and looked behind her. There were six mean-looking and drunk men. Her heart skipped a beat as she looked around her. The area was quite unfamiliar to her.

"Oh no! I'm downtown" she thought as she saw the men approach her. She has unknowingly ridden her bicycle to downtown, the hood of criminals.

"Stay away from me!!" Jasmine shouted and her voice echoed through the dark and silent streets.

"Huh? That voice sounds familiar" Alex said to himself. He had walked to the downtown area in hopes to find shelter but he still didn't find any.

"She looks malnourished but she has a great body," the man in the middle of the gang said as his eyes mischievously scanned through Jasmine's body and settled on her breast.

Jasmine subconsciously used her robe to try and cover her chest area as her heart started racing fast.

"Boss, what should we do with her?" one of the men asked the man in the middle.

Jasmine looked at the man in the middle. He was tall, had tattoos all over. He had cold eyes and he was uncomfortably looking at her.

"He must be the leader," she thought . "I'm sure he calls the shots, I might be good at karate but can I handle six abled men?" She reasoned again.

"I have to find a way around this mess, even if I run,can I outrun six men?" "What about my bicycle? Mom already prepared this before her death, I can't afford to lose it here". She looked up to the heavens and said " help me!".

"Boys get her!!" The boss of the gang said and immediately the five men rushed at Jasmine. She had fought with four men before but she barely survived.

"You can do this,Jas! You can " she encouraged herself before fighting.

A pair of cold eyes watched as Jasmine fought with these men.

"She couldn't even dress properly before coming out at night" Alex thought to himself before coming out of his hiding place.

"You should be ashamed fighting a woman"

They all turned around to see who interrupted the fight. The men were angry while Jasmine was shocked.

"How come he's here?" She thought as she smiled. "Thank you heavens" she said as she looked up.

"You're a man. You should know better not to involve yourself in a fight that has nothing to do with you " The boss said. "I'm giving you the opportunity to leave here and we'd all pretend that we didn't see you "

"Are you threatening me?" Alex scoffed.

"Aishhh!! Boys; he is the stubborn type but this girl..." he said pointing to Jasmine before grabbing her hands tightly. "She is mine!"

"Take your hands off her!" Alex angrily warned. He didn't know why, but he hated it when anyone called Jasmine as theirs.

"Huh? What's with the angry tone, is she your girl?" The boss asked, laughing hysterically.

"I guess she is, after all, boss," another thug answered.

"Your girl looks sweet!!" The boss said as he used his hands to remove a hair strand from her face.

"Don't you dare touch her!" Alex shouted.

"Then why don't we reach an agreement?" The boss suggested.

"You fight with all of us, if you win.. you get your girl back unhurt but if we win..." the boss exchanged looks with his men and they all laughed.

"We'd take turns with her in your presence " the boss said as Jasmine looked at him with fear.

"I wish I had listened to Lucas and carried a gun, these guys would be long dead " he murmured.

"Deal?" The boss asked Alex.

"Deal!"

The thugs rushed at Alex at once.

"That's not how to play a fair game, you're cheating " Jasmine protested to the boss.

"Your boyfriend didn't ask for a rule, so I set my rules" the boss replied. "Why don't you relax and watch how your man gets beaten up" .

Jasmine watched the fight as she prayed for Alex's victory. Surprisingly, Alex was gaining an upper hand in the fight. She noticed Alex was skilled and it looked like he was experienced with street fist fights.

After some minutes,Alex successfully defeated his five opponents.

"Let her go now! I've defeated your minions" Alex said.

"Well, not so fast lover boy!" The boss said," you'd have to fight me as well," he added.

"Then come to daddy" Alex said with a mocking smirk.

The boss drew out a knife from his pocket and rushed towards Alex.

"Watch out...." Jasmine shouted, realizing she didn't even know his name.

The fight between the boss and Alex was tough, but Alex was still winning despite looking exhausted after fighting with five men. The two men kept exchanging punches and finally Alex kicked the boss hard in the stomach and as he landed on the ground, Alex kept sending punches to his face.

After the boss became too weak to lift an arm. Alex stood up from him and smiled. He was proud of himself, he hadn't gotten into a street fist fight in a while but he was still very good.

"Easy pissy" he said with a smile as he turned to face where Jasmine was kneeling but to his surprise they were all gone. Jasmine and the five men he had earlier fought were missing.

"Where did they go?" He asked himself loudly. Just to get a weak laugh from the boss,he had beaten.

Alex angrily turned to face the boss, "where did they take her to?" He asked the boss.

"I'm not saying a word" the boss spat blood as he weakly laughed. "It's a pity I won't be there to have a taste of her," he said.

Alex's heart started racing,he needs to save Jasmine. Those guys are dangerous. He pulled the boss from the ground and started hitting him again. "Where did they take her to?"

The boss saw the anger in Alex's eyes and he decided to tell him. They took her to the abattoir.

"What abattoir?" Alex asked with irritation.

"Abattoir is the place we take our female victims to, before r****g and discarding them" the boss said.

Alex became scared,these guys were not ordinary crooks as he had thought.

"Where is your abattoir located?"

"Three streets away from here,at the warehouse before the park," the boss said.

"Hang in there, Jasmine, I'm coming to save you" Alex said before getting on the bicycle.