I followed Landon to the elevator and leaned on the railing inside of the fancy elevator.
He pushed the button for the top floor and pulled his wallet from his back pocket. He pulled a room card out of one of the slides.
"You have your own room card?" I asked.
"Everyone in Val's mob does." he put his wallet back in his pocket and the elevator slid open. "Come on." he grabbed my arm and pulled me down the hallway. We stopped in front of a door at the end of the hall and he opened the door.
A woman passed by and gasped quietly at my bruises.
I sighed and shook my head. "People are probably thinking you abuse me."
He laughed. "I wouldn't hit a woman."
I shut the door behind me. "But you would kill me. Yeah that makes perfect sense." I rolled my eyes.
The room was pretty nice. It was a villa. "Cool room." I went over to the window. "Nice view too." the beach was a few yards away from the hotel.
He shrugged. "I've seen it too many times before." he sighed and fell back on the bed. "Are you okay? You seemed pretty torn up in the lobby." he asked.
"Why are you being nice to me?" I asked and glared at him. "Stop acting like you care."
He sat up and raised his eyebrow. "what's your problem?"
"You! You are my problem!" I yelled at him.
]"what?" he stood up.
"'You don't even know me, why are you being so nice?"
"What's wrong with being nice?" he yelled back.
I stepped up to him and hit him in the stomach. "Just stop being nice to me." I said.
"Give me a reason." he said and held my arms so I couldn't hit him again.
Tears welled up in my eyes. "Let me go!" I yelled at him.
"Give me a reason." he repeated.
"Because I said so!" I head butted him but he dodged it.
"I want you to give me a real reason!" he yelled at me.
The tears spilt over my cheeks and they felt like hot rain. I shook my head and kicked him. He didn't let me go only hold me tighter. "Just let me go." I whispered.
He shook his head. "Tell me why I need to ignore you. I'm not that type of person."
I snorted. "I've never heard that before." I said, sarcasm coating every syllable.
"Just tell me."
"Why does it matter?" I groaned.
He shook his head and pulled me down on the bed. He sat in front of me and kept his tight grip on my arms. "Why are you acting like this?"
"Because I was taken from my life and now I'm arguing with some guy in a hotel room." I said.
He watched my face for a few minutes. He let go of my arms.
I turned away from him and rubbed my shoulder.
"Liar." he said and left the room.
I turned and stared after him. I rolled my eyes and stood up from the bed. The sun was high in the sky and it looked nice outside. I stepped out onto the balcony and sat with my legs through the ornate metal bars, dangling over the edge.
The breeze drifted through the balcony and I closed my eyes. I pressed my face into the cool bars and breathed in the ocean air.
I wrapped my arms through the bars and started crying.
I hate feeling so weak. I haven't felt this horrible in years. My stomach started hurting again so I tried to calm down.
The door opened and someone tapped my shoulder.
"What?" I mumbled.
"Who are you?" a nasally voice said.
I turned my head and a really tall, really skinny girl was standing above me and glaring at me.
"Who are you?" she repeated.
"Why?" I stood up.
"Because I came to see my boyfriend and I found you." she bent her head down to my eyes level and kept glaring at me. "Who are you?"
"Amanda." I said and moved around her. I went in the hotel room and she walked behind me.
"I wasn't finished talking to you." she grabbed my shoulder and spun me around.
I screamed out in pain as she dug her nails into my already bruised skin. "Get your hands off me!" I yelled at her and shoved her. Hard.
She fell into the small table.
"Don't. touch. Me." I warned.
I turned and went out of the bedroom to the kitchen. Jamie was standing over the sink.
She looked up at me and smiled.
"What the fuck was that?" Landon came in the room after me.
I rolled my eyes and faced him.
He was staring down at me with his eyebrow raised. "Well?"
I shrugged. "She hurt me first."
He shook his head. "Tell me the truth."
"I am." I looked at Jamie.
She nodded and stood beside me. "Lidia is the one starting
everything, just like always."
"Right." he said sarcastically. "Just leave her alone, I know how you are Jamie." he looked at me. "Don't touch Lidia, stay away from her." he turned and left.
"Asshole." I said.
Jamie laughed and nodded her head. "he is." she went back to the sink and continued what ever she was doing.
"So how did you get in this situation?" she gestured around her.
"I was in a bad mood and said the wrong thing at the wrong time so here I am, with a mafia." I shook my head and stared at my hands.
She didn't say anything. "How did you get in this situation?"
"Landon is my twin brother. And Valencio is my Uncle" she handed me a piece of dark blue sea glass. "I was born into it."
I turned the glass in the dim light from the late afternoon sun. "Do you think, I'll ever be able to go home?"
She shook her head sadly. "I don't think so."
I sighed. "Great." I mumbled sarcastically.
"You want to know why I think you haven't been killed yet?" she turned off the water.
"Why not." I stared out the window.
"You remind me of Harly."
"Who?"
"Valencio's daughter." she picked up an empty Ziploc bag and started putting the glass in it. "We haven't seen her in years."
"What happened to her?" I looked at Jamie. I was interested now. I was being kept alive because I reminded a mob boss of his long lost daughter.
"We don't talk about her, but she got married and we haven't see her since. I don't know the whole story." she put the Ziploc bag in her backpack that was sitting on the counter beside her.
"Wow." I mumbled and stood up.
"I have to go before I murder Lidia." she glared in the living room. "I hate her."
I laughed. "I can see why. Lidia is a bitch."
She nodded and slung her backpack over her shoulder. "If she gives you any trouble just throw something at her."
I nodded. "I will."
"See ya." she smiled before leaving the hotel room. She came back in and handed me a tote bag. "This is for you. It's got clothes, makeup, and a bunch of other stuff." she smiled.
I took the bag and hugged her. "Thank you."
She shrugged. "It was least I could do." she left again.
I went into the living room and Landon and Lidia were no where to be seen. I could easily slip out the front door. And that's exactly what I'll do. Only, I wont leave the hotel, just stay in the lobby, I really don't want to get the shit beat out of me again.
I took the tote bag out on the balcony and opened it. The makeup was perfect. I fixed my makeup so the bruises were covered. For the most part. An envelope was at the bottom of he bag and I pulled it out.
A large stack of hundreds and a note were in the envelope. I pulled the note out and read it.
Money for your help.
"Sweet." I smirked to myself. I could get used to this.