stepping out of the hall and into the cold night breeze helped bring down what felt like a heavy rock on my head.
"Marriage?" To that weird overly serious shit head?
Never gonna happen...
But as minutes passed and the night grew colder I couldn't help but wonder what the faith of my family's cartel would be if I didn't agree to this marriage.
Times like this I wished my mom was with me, with her advice that always seem to fix everything
But I knew she wasn't with me anymore and that none of the things I had hoped for would happen.
My mom was gone and my dad couldn't get over it... it was all up to me to stand for my family's cartel and I wasnt about to let them down....
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Seconds turned to minutes and then I decided to go back inside
Let them all know I had agreed to marrying Alonzo... even if with every ounce of my being I wanted to say no.
I brushed my way passed the crowd of overly perfumed women, and egotistic men... walking straight down the hall where my table was...
As I approached the cluster of men talking and took my seat, my newly built confidence began to rise.
" I accept the proposal to marry Alonzo"
The moment those words left my mouth it felt like a part of me had left too.... saying those words meant I had just defined my entire future in less than 30 minutes.
As usual Alonzo's facial expression didn't change... it was almost as if he didn't posses any emotions
The last I heard him talk was when he told Ethan I bumped into him.
But whatever, this marriage was just another business decision what did he care.
The ride home from the gathering was incredibly silent with me thinking of various ways my life was about to be ruined because of this marriage
As the car came closer to the mansion i couldnt stop all the estatic childhood memories from coming back... a small smile played on my lips until i heard the car door open.
Walking into the house felt different I felt sadder than I ever was,I felt bubbling emotions that I wished would just go away but I knew they wouldn't be so easy to get rid of.
I walked up the stairs heading to my room until I heard a loud sound like someone had dropped something.
"Dad? Are you in there?"
When I got no reply I decided to walk further
And when I did I saw my dad sitting on the floor with a broken photo frame of my mom.
At that moment I realised I made the best decision to marry Alonzo.
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I looked at the alarm clock at the left side of my bed, it was past 10pm... I wondered why my mom hadn't come to give her good night kiss yet...
I could hear some muffled noises coming from the living room
I walked down the stairs until I heard my mom's voice
"Butterfly go back to your room, mommy's gonna be there soon" she said with fear evident in her eyes
"Shut the fuck up or I'll blow her head off just as I'm about to do to yours"
"What do you want?, who are you?"
I stood there frozen at the sight of a masked man holding a gun to my mom's head, she looked so scared and I couldn't do anything but watch....
I heard the gun cock and I knew at that moment that I was never gonna see my mom again
The sound of the gun going off was all I could hear.... I ran to my mother's side kneeling down crying and begging for her to wake up. Her blood flowing on the grownd and on my strawberry pyjamas
The shooter was long gone before the guards came in... my mom was taken from me and I couldn't do anything about it.
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"Miss Delilah?, miss Delilah? Wake up wake up!"
I opened my eyes to the sound of Rowan voice... and a pounding headache
" I heard you screaming from down the hall I came up as soon as I could, I found you in your sleep sweating and crying.
I hope it's no problem that I woke you up"
"It's okay Rowan, thank you... you can go now"
Rowan has been my body guard for the past 4 years now.
He has also been a good friend... although he was always so serious he had a lovely side to him that people rarely see
I walked into my bathroom, took of my pyjamas and got into the tub. The water felt so warm on my skin I just wanted to lay there forever
I closed my eyes hoping to catch a short nap until the face of that jerk kept popping up in my mind.
I opened my eyes instantly
"What was that" I thought to myself shaking my head as if to clear my thoughts
After bathing I walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around my body
*buzzzzz* the sound of my phone vibrating caught my attention, I already knew who was calling because like you must have guessed I'm not the type with many friends
I picked up my phone not bothering to look at the caller ID
"Hey nerd" I said when I heard Chloe's voice on the other end of the call
"I'm not a nerd" she replied first before continuing, I don't think there will ever be a lifetime where chloe would accept how much of a nerd she is
"Oh, I've got juicy gists" she said making me squirm
"Go on" I said a little to excited
"I--you- nt--believe-...." the only thing I could gather from what she said
"Nooooooo"... I quietly screamed
"Hahahahha" I heard her laughin
"You fell for it"
"For what?" I asked getting wondering what she meant
"I don't have any juicy fists just called to pull your legs" she said still chuckling
"So the network didn't go bad?... I hate you" I said pouting my lips even though I knew she couldn't see me
"Love u too Del, talk later I need to get something done" she said ending the call
*knock* *knock*
"Come in"
"Ma'am your breakfast is ready, shall I bring it up?"
"No I'll eat downstairs today".... giving her a small smile before she went out of the room... I was pretty hungry considering I wasn't able to eat last night with all the crazy news I had received
I wore a white ripped bum short paired with a really big snoop dog shirt and my trusty flip flops I was too tired to stress over an outfit so I just went with it

DEL'S OUTFIT
I rushed down the stairs incredible hungry and somehow it felt like the smell of the pancakes made my hunger grow with every step.
As I sat at the dinning I watched as Fabia served my food... I was already salivating and I couldn't wait to dig in
The moment she finished serving I instantly picked my fork and knife and started eating , putting mighty chunks of pancakes I'm my mouth....
Something must have amused her because I heard some chuckles leave her mouth
How I've missed the sound of her laughing
Fabia has been the family chef for years she was my mom's best friend and just like every other person my mom's death affected her greatly.
"Miss Delilah?"
"Oh Rowan how many times do I have to ask you to stop calling me miss? I'm okay with Del"
" miss Delilah... 'er.... Del?, you have a visitor "
"Who"
"Me"
*holy shit, what is he doing here?!!!*
Oh fuck it was so embarrassing I had pancake syrup everywhere around my mouth and I was wearing a shirt 20 sizes too big... I'm fucked... so much for coming off as bold and though.
"How can I help you?
"We have some issues that requires discussing"
" next time you're going to show up at my house uninvited give me a heads up"... I tried saying that as serious as I could while trying to wipe the sticky syrup off my face, with him watching like I was some odd creature.
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