Reputation: Seen Differently (Book #1)

• Part. 26 • ~ "Hospital" ~

"You won't die. I, we won't let that happen!"

I smile at him. "Thank you."

"Now, let's go. I wouldn't want your father to find out you're here with me!"

I nod and we both get out of his car. He walks around the car and tells me to stay near him. We enter the club and he walks towards the back, I follow him every step of the way. I was now cautious and vigilant of anything that could happen. We stop in front of a door and Liam opens it. Inside was a man sitting behind a desk with a woman on his lap, and four men on each corner of the room. The room reeked of alcohol and marijuana, I started breathing from my mouth although it wasn't much help since I was still inhaling breath from my mouth.

"Ricci, what are you doing here?" The man who's name I've yet to know asked Liam.

"Picking up what's mine. You know what you owe me, Ivan."

I have no recollection of any Ivan.

"And who's this? This is between me and you." Ivan asks pointing at me.

"She's none of your fucking concern. Give me what's mine so I can get out of this shit hole you call a club!"

I look to the corner of my eye to see one of the man in the corners taking out something from behind him. Although I didn't have a clear view that it was a gun.

"Remember me, how much do I owe you? I tend to forget shit." The man laughs.

"I'm not playing around with you. You know exactly how much you owe me."

The guard moves his arm to his side and  I stare at him, looking down at his arm. He had a gun, his finger over the trigger. I look at Ivan and his hand does a small movement. The guard holds the gun tighter so I take out mine and shoot him on the head.

His body falls down to the floor and the other guard takes out his gun from behind but I shoot him on the head as well. Liam shoots the guards on the other side and I stare at the woman.

"Get the fuck outta here!" She runs out without hesitation.

"Hand over my money. If you try anything I will kill you, and then your family."

I stare at Liam. His funny, sweet personality was gone. His demeanor changed, he was now this violent, ruthless Mafia boss. Would he really kill this man's family? I wasn't sure if it would surprise me. It's expected from people like him, like me to threaten and kill anyone who ever comes in our way.

Ivan opens a drawer and takes out two envelopes full of money. Liam quickly counts the stacks and stares at Ivan.

"Next month, I'll expect the same. Don't think you can try something funny and avoid paying me."

The man nods and I start walking towards the door. Liam opens the door for me and I get out. We walk out into his car and he unlocks it. Once we are in, I turn to him.

"What's the money about?" I ask

"My father used to let him sell drugs on our territory. Once I took over a lot of shit changed. I let him sell drugs but he has to give me fifty percent of what he makes." He said nonchalantly

"You're an asshole." I laugh softly.

He laughs too. "Not always!"

We get to Liam's house and Kate was in the couch waiting for me, saying she wanted to go home. I looked at my clock to see it was getting late. We had to get home before our father so he wouldn't tell me shit. We say goodbye to the Ricci's and then walk home. But with just my luck, our father was already home.

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Word Count:: 3930
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