- Runaway From The Devil -
SASHA'S POV
I decided to leave Hawaii on my own before he comes back for me. I booked the next available flight to Sunshine city immediately my supervisor left our shared room. I did not tell Hannah what I was going to do. I will make sure I leave before they find me. Thankfully, I have Annie's place to stay for the meantime till all this is over.
I can't die now. I don't want to put my family in danger too. I will have to stop working as a hostess now until I can get out of this mess I created for myself.
"What are you going to do Sasha? Personally, I think you should find him and apologize to him. Then maybe, he will consider not punishing you because you didn't know who he was." Hannah suggested making me angry.
I know I could go look for him and apologize. But I won't do that. I will not apologize for doing nothing wrong. He's just someone who is using his power wrongly. I only defended myself, yet I'm the kind who has to run away in all of this. I am actually the victim here. No one is even talking about what he did to me.
"Why do you want me to go beg him to give myself to him? I am human too and I deserve some respect. Even though I know what he can do to me, I still won't stoop low to do something so disgraceful. I rather die an honourable death." I replied her.
"You are so stubborn Sasha. What is wrong with you? All the girls who have done this in the past, are they dead? Instead, he made them rich and no one even knows what they did together. It's just once, you sing die if you do it."
"NO!" I yelled loudly at her suddenly taking her by surprise and making her flinch. "There is no fucking one chance with me. I will not give myself to any man just because I don't want them to kill me. He feels entitled to me and that's stupid."
Hannah sneered, "You know what? Do whatever you want. I am so done with all of this and trying to talk to you into saving your own ass. Good luck trying to deal with the devil himself."
The devil? Sure. That's also one of his nicknames. I just don't like anyone from the Mafia. I wouldn't want to have a family in the Mafia. Just imagine living with them and not having peace of mind. Thinking that ghosts of the people they kill would either appear all the time, or enemies would always be attacking them.
They do a lot of illegal things and the police support them surprisingly. That's because they get a lot of orders to always release them whenever they are caught.
"I ain't gonna die. This is just the beginning for me. I will not sell my dignity to anyone." I clearly told Hannah.
She shrugged, "Do whatever you want. It's your life. Live it. Just don't drag other people down with you when you are causing trouble."
I did not reply her anymore. I just sat down on the bed waiting for the perfect opportunity to run away. They want me to give myself to him? What a joke. Hannah walked out of the room to get us some food to eat. Immediately she walked out, I picked up my things and prepared to leave. No one cares about how I got here, the main thing is for me to leave as soon as possible.
As evil as that man can be, he may even ask his men to pick me up and do it forcefully. Then I will be embarrassed and unable to love for a long time. I don't want that to happen to me. Haven't I suffered enough assault from men enough? I think I've had more than enough from them. I opened the door and looked around. I started leaving quietly following the other elevator. I saw the others down, I sneaked away and was lucky they did not see me.
I know I shouldn't be sneaking from them. But I don't feel comfortable. Something keeps telling me that they might get me into trouble by informing the company of my departure, thereby making Jamie Fordham know where I am. I don't want to risk that.
I took a cab to the airport. Fate is on my side as I was lucky to book the last flight which leaves in an hour. By the time I got there, I only had thirty minutes left. I carefully looked around to make sure that no one saw me, while waiting for my flight. Soon enough, it was time to get on board. I rushed like I was being chased, and sighed in relief when the plane took off. It's just a few hours flight to Hawaii.
Back at sunshine city, I got a cab home to pack some of my important things. I did so within thirty minutes and left for Annie's house. It's getting towards evening and Annie would be done from work already. I rang her doorbell and waited for her to open the door. She opened the door within some seconds, her eyes widened on seeing me.
"Sasha? What is going on? Why are you here instead of being in Hawaii?" She asked me confused. Then she saw my luggage, "You even packed up? What's wrong? Talk to me girl."
I sighed, "Will you let me come in first? It's about to rain and my legs hurt a lot."
"Oh my, I'm so sorry bestie. Come in, give me your bags." Annie replied taking my bags from me. The rain started as soon as I entered the apartment like it was waiting for me to enter.
I sat down on the couch exhausted and frustrated. Who would have to thought my life would be in danger after just a few seconds? Annie put the bags aside and faced me.
"Do you want me to get you anything first? You don't look so good." She asked in concern.
I nodded, "I need a glass of water. I am more stressed out than I look."
She rushed to the kitchen to get me a glass of water. I took the water from her and drank everything. She stared at me in disbelief, unable to process what could possibly be the matter with me.
"Can you tell me what exactly is going on? I'm curious and worried about you Sasha." She asked again still waiting for me to speak up.
"I'm in trouble. I quit my job for now, I have to stay with you hidden for a little while before going back to my apartment. Please help me bestie." I told her with pleading eyes.
She nodded, "I understand what you just said. You know you are always welcome to stay with me forever if you want. What I still don't understand is why you need to be hidden? Why are you quitting a job that is your dream job and at your dream agency?"
"I don't know if you can understand but this is a very long story. I actually lost my temper when the most dangerous man in the world tried to flirt with me. I slapped him, and now he wants revenge with me. I just don't want him to find me, it won't be good." I explained.
She scoffed, "If anyone harasses you and you slapped them, it's because they deserve it. Why should you be scared and worried of something like that?"
She still doesn't understand who I am talking about. Yes, he deserves it but there's no justice in this world. Not especially when you mess with the powerful Mafia leader.
"I messed with a dangerous man. Not even the law will stop him from hurting me, do you understand?"
"You sound like you met Jamie Fordham and his best friend Lucas Grey..." Her statement stopped when she saw my face. "Wait... Did you slap Jamie Fordham?"
Even she was able to guess who I did this to without knowing the names from me. I thought I would never have anything to do with these men in my life. I always wished they would never come my way.
Annie gasped, "Oh no! Bestie that's dangerous! The Mafia...the mafia... Now I understand why you're doing this. We really need to be careful and maintain a low profile Sasha."
It's my problem but she already considers it her problem. She's the best friend I could ever wish for, that's why I can't push myself into putting her into trouble.
"I won't get you into trouble Annie. I am going to keep a low profile and work elsewhere in the meantime. I will continue working as a hair stylist and makeup artist doing mostly home services till he leaves me alone." I corrected her.
She shook her head and hugged me, "Don't worry dear. We are in this together, I won't leave you alone. Just don't worry too much or be scared. You have me."
"Thank you Annie." I hugged her back, stopping tears from rolling down my face. This is so unfair. I hate you Jamie Fordham.