The Drug Lord's Heir

Prologue

     The first week of December and Seattle's roads were filled with icy slush from a frequent rain fall and snow flurries throughout the past week. Elena sat in the passenger seat of her best friend Mary's car. Chelsie found herself in the middle seat located in the back. The three girls were the closest of friends, practically inseparable from their first meeting their freshman year of college. Junior year of their fall semester had finally come to an end. The last of their finals had been given that Thursday and the trio were making plans to celebrate the end of a successful term before heading home for the holidays. The campus had broken free of the restless week of endless study sessions, sleepless nights, and constant trips to the campus coffee shop for a caffeine pick-me-up before hitting the books once more in the library. A weight of relief had been lifted off the campus grounds and the conversations of one last ragger before the college dorms would be deserted before Christmas time had been set in motion. Frat houses already had begun the task of importing kegs of beer and a variety of alcohol to supply the guest list for tonight. Storage closets filled with snacks and beverages were being raided for the necessary supplies to tide the festivities over into the early hours of the morning. Tacky decorations of paper snowflakes and plastic plates with various holiday designs were being displayed in the windows of the sorority houses. This would be it. THE BIG SEND OFF before the beginning of senior year!

     Chelsie had suggested a shopping trip to the mall for new outfits for the party. The girls made a quick Starbucks run for hot cocoa and began their journey to the shopping centers to enjoy the rest of their day. Mary found a parking spot for her 2005 Toyota Camry near the entrance and the girls braced themselves for the cold before breaking out into a sprint to reach the entrance of the building. Mary managed to make it as far as the sidewalk before slipping off the curb and falling flat on her ass. The girls were full of giggles, attempting to help their pal up without falling into the damp snow themselves. Once inside, they slid their boots on the carpet to remove the excess water and linked arms, making their way toward the stores. Chelsie, the promiscuous member of the three found a low-cut red top with white trim to match her Santa hat and stiletto heels. Mary found a few options but was undecided on which choice to make.

"What about this one?" Chelsie took a sideways glance and grimaced.

"I mean, it's a bit... conservative, don't you think?" Mary gave a defeated look into the mirror. Elena took a sip of her cocoa and grabbed a soft pink sweater off the door of her fitting room to hand to Mary.

"This sweater would look good with the brown and white scarf you have and the brown boots."

"Blue jeans," Mary questions.

"Most definitely blue jeans. Probably a medium wash." Chelsie agreed, nodding her head in approval.

"What about you, Elena? What are you wearing tonight?
"Remember that evergreen top I bought a few weeks back? I was thinking that with the white cardigan."

"Oh, cute!" Chelsie exclaimed. "I like your style." She threw a wink Elena's way and flipped her hair before retreating into the fitting room to change.

"Thanks! That's Why I'm the fashion major." Mary giggled at Elena and began pulling on her shoes before stand up and walking out of the fitting rooms to pay for her purchase.

     The shopping trip was a success. The girls were weighed down by their heavy shopping bags and the long day was coming to an end. Mary suggested they start heading back to their apartment to get ready for the night's festivities. Exiting the last store the trio ransacked, the girls started heading toward the entrance they came through. "Hey, I'll meet you two at the front. I really need to pee." Mary and Chelsie didn't question it. They merely through Elena a wave and continued walking down the hall of the mall with their arms linked. Elena turned around and went back up the walkway of the mall looking for the lady's room. She found one tucked away in a corridor with a janitor's closet, water fountain and a back entrance for employees.

     Elena opened the door and walked in. She pushed on the first stall but it was locked. She entered the next one and locked the stall, pulling down her jeans. Elena heard rustling in the next stall but did not pay any attention to it. The latch unfastened and the person began rattling on the stall door Elena was it. "It's occupied," Elena informed the person but did not give it another thought until the person outside did it again. Whoever it was clearly wanted inside and Elena did not want that person near her. She pulled up her pants quickly and stood on the top of the toilet seat. She could hear another voice outside the stall. Two women speaking in another language. Elena was breathing heavily, the knot in her throat growing profusely. She was panicking and did not know what to do. She could hear the rattling of the lock and the wiggling of a metal object on the door when a piece of latch fell onto the floor and the door swung open. Elena coward back into the wall as best she could but had nowhere to run on either side of the metal doors. One of the women grabbed Elena by the hair and dragged her from the room. She screamed and kicked as she was thrown onto the concrete floor, clawing at the woman's hands to break free. Elena's head slammed into the side of the tile wall. She looked dazed and confused as a small amount of blood trickled from her brow. She pressed her fingers to her forehead and pulled them away, examining the metallic orange substance as she rubbed her fingers together. One of the women pounced onto Elena's body and rolled up her sleeve. The other took out a shot, pulling off the cap with her teeth and jamming the tiny needle into her arm. Elena winced in pain but was instantly overcome with the inability to move. "Please stop," Elena begged with the women "Please don't do this, please don't ...".  Her head grew heavy and her body went limp as she lost consciousness on the bathroom floor.    

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