Blue And Flower (A Mafia Story)

Prologue

Archer woke up with a smile. Today is the day. It's the day. He really hope she  will give him that one magic word consist of three letters as her answer today.

The sky from his penthouse view is still dark waiting for the sun to rise in a few minutes but Archer could sense that it is going to be a clear day.

He woke up extra early this morning due to his excitement to plan his proposal. She doesn't deserve anything less than perfect,so,he wants to make sure everything is flawless.

Not wanting to waste anymore time, Archer crawl out from his bed and head to his bathroom, ready to start his plan.

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Archer pulled up in front of a baby blue one storey house. It was midday now and he is just done from decorating the park where he was going to propose her since sunrise.

Of course, he could ask someone to decorate the place for him. He doesn't have to close the park, he doesn't have  to blow all the balloons by himself, he doesn't have to arrange the flowers by himself and he definitely doesn't have to hang all those polaroids of their moments together until they spell "marry me?" once you look it from the right angle all by himself.

As the heir of an successful empire, he could ask someone to do all that for him in one call. But Archer, being the extra charming guy he is, thought that it won't be as special if he didn't do all the work by himself.

Archer got out from his car and made his towards the house. A house that is considered as his second home since he basically grew up there, other than his parents' mansion. Without even knocking, Archer turn the door knob and went in. "Hannah?" He asked loudly while looking around the house.

The living room was empty except for the decorations for Rylla's surprise birthday party. "In the kitchen Sweetheart" he heard Hannah reply from the back of the house and he make his way towards her voice.

The moment Archer step into the kitchen, he was instantly met with a strong smell of bakeries. Hannah's house always smells like bakeries but only this time of the year did he get to smell that mouth watering smell of her special cake. The cake that she had created special for her daughter's birthday and only for her daughter's birthday will the cake exist.

"Man, it smells so good in here Hannah." He said while going in for a hug." No matter how much you suck up to me, i still won't let you grab a piece before Rylla cut the cake Archer." Hannah replied once they pulled away making Archer laugh.

"Now, now, Archer. I'm getting forgotten over here. Who is your mother again?" A sulking woman voice said from the kitchen counter. In all honesty, Archer was too distracted by the delicious smell, he didn't even notice that her mother was also in the room.

"Mom? I didn't notice you were here." He said while going in for a hug with his mom too.

Madison gives her son a dirty glare when they pulled away "of course you don't, you were sucking up to your to-be mother in law's for her bakeries just because i can't bake. My own son betrays me. How could you."
She said dramatically.

" Oh, come on ma, you weren't any better too.. don't tell me you weren't here for early treats too because i won't believe it. "

" Hey, i was actually here to help her with the party okay. You know how much i love Rylla." Archer give her the -you-ain't-tricking-me- look. "Okay, fine, the treats does encourage me." Madison finally said after a back and forth staring contest with her son.  Archer give her a smug smirk while Madison gives him an eye roll.

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The day was going well so far, the once empty house, just 2 hours ago, is now filled with friends and families. They were all waiting for Hunter's call for their que to hide before the birthday girl walk through the door towards her surprise.

It was ten minutes later that Archer starts to feel something is wrong. His gut clench at the thought of something had happen to his flower. As if to answer his worries, his phone starts to ring. Archer glance at his phone screen and saw that it was his dad calling.

Archer took a deep breath before answering the phone. 'Please god, i plead you not to make this a bad phone call. Please don't make what i fear most come true' despite his prayer, he knew that the gut wrenching feeling that he feels was nothing good because in his 23years of living, his guts never wrong.

"Dad? Where are you?" He tried to ask calmly but Hunter's reply with his voice almost breaking just confirms his intuition. What he fears most just come true and the supposedly bright day doesn't seem so bright anymore.

"Archer, rylla..she- she's dead."

His world just shattered and he knew it would never come together again, not unless she comes back from death, which is impossible.