The jingling of the silver charm bracelet was always pleasant to my ears but that was not the case today.
The man staring down at me right now didn't scare me at all but my silver charm bracelet in his member's hand scared me. It was my mom's last gift to me before she died.
" I'll take this as my payment for this month, little girl." said the big bulky man while staring down at me from the chair he was sitting on while I was on the floor.
Surely you could only take my mother's last gift!
" I am not the owner of this café, so I don't understand your logic of taking away my belonging. " I said calmly.
Staying calm in such a situation is the best option in order to avoid many illogical things that could take place by showing my anger.
" I don't care if you are the owner or not, the only thing I care for is my money and I'm sure this silver bracelet will at least get me some cents as payment for some days and then I'll return for further collection. " said the bulky man.
Seems like someone could use some donation. Not only some donation but some smacking with my co-workers heels too! Handsome without brain for sure!
" Well sir, you seem like a kind man. Every month you drop by to get your money, which is really kind of you and everyone here appreciates it. Would you like your image to go down by taking the money from the wrong person? " I whispered to him.
I was too polite but does it matter? I'm so desperate for my bracelet that I don't care of fulfilling my inner desire of smacking him. Violence is never the answer so I'm doing some sweet unnecessary pleading and talking.
" Give her the bracelet back and call the owner!" ordered the bulky man.
Seems like my trick worked. Well this proves my point of him being handsome without brain. All is well that ends well.
The bulky man's member handed back my silver charm bracelet. I received it without being rude because I don't want any obstacles now, do I? Getting up from the floor I go to stand in the corner where all the other workers are standing.
Crossing my hands over my chest I stand upright. The view of the bulky man is different from here.
He looks much more muscular than before, there is a scar on his forehead which looks like a frown. His silver blonde hair is tied neatly in a bun but one of his hair strands yet managed to escape the tight bun and compliment his look. His jawline looks so sharp that I feared touching it with my chubby hands.
Like always he looks too perfect for a gangster.
I didn't envy anyone in my lifetime until he entered, this bulky man makes me envy him without any efforts. I envy him for his crystal blue eyes. How can someone so sinister, dumb and handsome have something so beautiful?
He came to this café every month for his money and I started working here for being graced by his presence, more like the presence of his eyes. I was a regular customer of this café from the past five months. I loved to drink the handmade 'macchiato' made by the owner's wife who sadly passed away one month ago. She was my reason to come here. After she passed away, I needed another reason to come here to see those eyes. The only thing left was for me to work here and I accepted it because of my envy for those eyes and other reasons too.
Envy is one of the important emotions to provoke and awaken other emotions. I chose to let it take over me because I was simply bored of life and I didn't have anything better to do in my life. For me now this crazy envy of mine has become something greater than I thought it could become.
My father always told me that I am his princess but I didn't like to be a princess when I could be something better than that and that is being myself. I am not any ordinary girl but the daughter of one of the well- known business man across the globe. I'm famous across the globe just by my name. Except my relatives and the workers in my father's mansion no one has seen my face because my father wants to protect me from all evil eyes but I didn't want that, I want to be as free as a bird in the sky. Now I'm as free as a bird in the sky and that makes me happy everyday as I remember it. I love to be free and secretive due to which I was on the floor a few minutes ago.
My train of thoughts are broken as I heard a thud. Instead of me now the owner of the café is on the floor. 'Well I got no comments about the scene in front of me', I would be lying if I said that. I don't actually like the owner that much as because of his affairs his beautiful wife took her life. She was a very kind lady and handled this café the best. I did miss her a bit due to which I couldn't bring myself to like the owner.
The owner was pleading the bulky man who goes by the name Leo De Alvaro. The bulky man or Leo actually didn't care to pay heed to the owner's pleading, instead he told his men to take all the money from the cashier and to make a move. The owner begged more but Leo just kicked him in the gut and left the café. Beautiful! Is the only word which comes to my mind as his crystal blue eyes meet my plain green eyes. He glances for the last time at me and then leaves in his BMW with his members following him in their SUV.
" Are you alright? " asked Marie, one of my colleagues.
" Yes. " I replied back politely.
She puts her arms around me and takes me in a tight embrace.
" Oh, thank God! I was so scared! I- " I muted myself from her blabbering.
Today I accomplished one of my tasks from my task list. The task was to make the crystal blue eyes look at me and I have successfully accomplished it! The day I complete all my tasks from my task list I'll be in the arms of the one who loves me.
'Love is something which can't be forced or bought. It's a natural feeling which you feel for someone who is dear to you. The first love of many is their parents.' That's some of the information I had got from my best friend Eva on love.
Eva is a sweet heart. We are dipper buddies and known as the little devils of our family. We have done many things together but only with our family present with us, we were never allowed to go anywhere alone except to take tours of our family properties and that is very boring. Eva couldn't join me on my journey to discover things in the outside world as she is already engaged and her soon to be husband is very safety conscious about her. So, this time I'm alone but it's fun and in order to not make Eva worried I call her everyday to update her about everything that is going on in my life, I do hide some information from her because I don't want to worry her about things which don't concern her.
Suddenly I felt the loss of someone else's skin which made me realize that Marie had stopped hugging me. That ended soon compared to her other hugs. Giving Marie a small smile I walk towards the owner's office. Today was just too much, I can't have someone take my things from me for a job, so I plan to quit. I can continue doing my tasks in other manner too, I don't need this job to complete everything.
Fisting my hand tight I knock on the owner's office door. After some seconds I hear a low voice say, "Come in..." Taking that as my cue I enter his office. Closing the door behind me I go and stand near his table. The owner's back is facing me and I don't understand why. I can't waste my time here so I look at his back and say what I want.
'' Sir, I'm resigning from my job as a waitress." I place my letter on the table. This letter was always in my pocket because I didn't like the place that much and just because of one reason I knew I couldn't be held back for long over here, soon I would lose my interest and I did lose my interest.
" Okay, you may leave now. " the owner said while still facing his back towards me.
I leave his office without any further delay. Even though I don't like him, I can't help but think that these incidents have caused some damage to him......Well I don't have time to worry about him. I begin to move towards the locker room where all the staff belongings are kept. Entering the locker room, I notice that it's empty. Seems like all are in the kitchen busy gossiping about how worried they were for their precious live. Changing into my casual wear I take my belongings and make a move from the back door because I don't want to be caught by another 'worried for life ' human being now. Pathetic.
On opening the back door, the cold wind of January hits my face. After walking for only thirty seconds my whole body is covered with goosebumps. This is something which is possible in the month of January in my home city Rome, well I am in Rome. But the only difference now is that I am working in a café instead of sitting at my father's mansion's fireplace.
Well that is one of the many luxuries which I left behind in order to maintain an ordinary life. Now instead of fancy rooms and parties without meaning there is a comfortable apartment and some meaning to my life. Leaving the title behind did bring the real joy in my life. Those crystal blue eyes too helped to bring meaning to my life. I do envy them but I think now I'm going to stop that and focus more on enjoying my life to the fullest.
I am now Sofia Ricci instead of Aurora Russo the daughter of Alessandro Russo. As without the title comes freedom and I want this freedom to last till the end as the taste of freedom is the sweetest.