Falling For The Untamable Beast

Fiona could count on her hands the amount of times that she has considered dropping out from college. With her family literally at the verge of bankruptcy. But the good news is, she doesn't have to worry no more as she is finally graduating from college with a sweet degree in Business Admin. She grinned a wide tooth grin with happiness within her heart, that she has finally done it. Now she can focus on securing a job that she can use to take care of her family members. What could possible go wrong? **** Felix Primrose is the patriarch of the Primrose family and it's him that everything fall on. However things didn't go as plan for him when his company started declining in sells and started owing a lot of loans, and in the process he almost fell bankrupt. If not for the savings that he had he wouldn't have been able to pay off the bank and his house would have probably been confiscated from him. He waddled into a casino late at night after his daughter's graduation, with about 300 dollars in his hands. He had the intention of doubling his money and getting through the week with his family. He opened the doors and was greeted with the sound of soft music playing from the boom box, some people were dancing and while some people were at the bar taking a shot of Hennessy to get them wasted for the night. Felix walked up to the waitress that was serving food to some of the patrons of the establishment. He whispered something in her ear, and she pointed towards the direction of a door that was closed to the bar area. He told her small thank you and walked towards the direction of the door in long strides. He opened the door and was hit with the smell of cigarettes, he coughed as he waved his hands trying to get the smoke out of his face. Which didn't seem to do much cause the room was quite small. In the room was a group of 6 men, playing blackjack, many of them were rich men of high status and caliber. He used to be one of them always playing a game or two, but sadly that's in the past. One of the men, nicknamed Pickles greeted him standing up from his seat to give him a warm embrace. "Felix my man, where the hell have you been?" He asked his voice having a slight Italian accent due to his Italian heritage. "Oh you know, taking care of the wife and kids, being busy with a little bit of this and that," Felix said, smiling a nervous smile. "Well it's good to have you back," Pickles put an arm around his shoulder, and lead to the table that they were playing a game of blackjack. He took his seat next to Pickles and one other man that was also a good player of blackjack as well. But that didn't deter him, he was very much determined to win and up his fortune so that he could keep his family afloat for the rest of the month. Luck seemed to be on his side, as he was winning after winning. Lady Luck was suddenly his mistress for night and he had plans on taking her home for the night. Meanwhile, some few blocks away his daughter Fiona was partying away with some of her friends, celebrating her graduation. Unbeknownst of whatever it was her father was doing. It looked like he had had enough wins to last him up to two months and it was time to wrap up the show, when the door opened up one more time and in came a man, that was also a very wealthy billionaire that is also known for his gambling addiction. His name was Sebastian and he was a man of towering height compared to the men at the table, he was also the owner of the popular car company called Seb Cars. A company worth billions of dollars. He approached the table removing the hat from his head to show off his very thick grey hair, he greeted the gamblers and took his sit, facing Felix. "Say Felix, it's been a while since I last saw ya around this parts," he spoke with a southern accent that was quite heavy, and he had quite the lisp on his tongue. "Ah, you know, I am a bit busy with things." "Oh really, you are busy with things. Isn't that interesting." He said using his hand to stroke his chin, then he let out a hearty laughter. "Anyways, so Pickle, who the hell is leading in this joint," he said turning his attention to Pickles. Pickles pointed at Felix and Sebastian raised his eyebrows in surprise at this information. "Would ya look at that. Felix is leading. Why don't we play a couple of rounds." Felix wasn't planning on playing anymore cause he has gotten what he wanted so he told him that he was done for the night. "Ah come on Felix, don't tell me you are chickened out." If there was one thing Felix don't like being called is a chicken and so he decided to play the game just to prove a point. However it seems that Lady Luck was a promiscuous woman, cause she seems to be on Sebastian side now. At the end of the game, he lost almost all his money that he fought tooth and nail to earn and he was left with just a ten dollar bill. "Well seems like I have won, and you have lost. Now if you would excuse me I have plans on being somewhere..." "Wait!" Felix said suddenly, cutting off Sebastian's talk. "Yes?" "Let's play another round." Sebastian arched an eyebrow at him, "Scuse me?" "Winner takes all." Sebastian let out a chuckle, "Have you gone mad?" Yes he has gone mad, he had just lost everything to this crook of a man and he wasn't planning on going down without a fight. "But, you don't have any money an ya." "What if..." He stops midway considering what exactly he could possible give him, then it struck him. It was a stupid idea, but he had no choice. "What if, I give you my daughter." All the men seated on the table looked at him like had grown a second head, Pickles grabbed him by the shirt and landed a slap on his face. "Have you gone bonkers old friend?" His face was stinging with the slap, but he didn't let that deter him from what he wanted. "I would win this, Pickles. Just trust me." He said with so much confidence that it actually convinced Pickles, however reluctantly. He then turn his attention back to Sebastian, "So, what do you say?" Sebastian lips curled up into a twisted smile, without saying anything he placed his chips back on the board. Felix inhale and exhale, he had so much confidence that he would win this thing. However his confidence diminished into nothingness as once again Sebastian won, and him, Felix Primrose, was left with nothing. Sebastian stood up, and walked towards the direction of the door with his loot inside a bag that was packed specially for him. He opened up the door, and then turn his head to Felix. "Please deliver your daughter at my doorstep. At least before this week runs to an end." He shut the door with a loud bang, and then silence enveloped the room. Then came a whimpering sound from Felix direction, he was crying. He shouldn't have been so stupid, why did he agree to such a stupid bet. Now he was about to loose his daughter. His tears fall onto the floor and dried up instantly, nobody bother to console him, not even Pickles, so they just left him to wallow in the stupidity of his decision.