Mine

chapter 5

Donny came through the door with the
guy he left with. Not Rob though, he was
nowhere in sight.
"The garbage is in the trunk boss," the
guy who went with Donny laughed out
casually. It took me half a second torealize what he meant. My eyes nearly
fell out of my head.

Rob was in a car trunk?!
This man is crazy. I grew fearful again
and looked around the room. Donny's
knuckles were busted open and bleeding
down his fingers.

I shuddered.
The guy he went with had bruised
knuckless
I suddenly felt like a gazelle in a lion den.
These men were predators, literally. They
put Rob in the truck of a car for fuck's
sake.

We stood there for a few moments just
looking at each other before one of the
men he was with coughed to get his
attention.

"We have a -uh- meeting with some of
our -um- competition in 30 minutes. Rob
held us up for longer than we anticipated. We will be late if we don't
leave soon. We have to get to Chinatown
in Manhattan" the man declared.
When I looked at him, I noticed his
features were similar to Bucky's.

He was
handsome but different from Bucky. He
looked sweeter. Younger maybe, but
still scary and extremely intimidating.
His hair was straight, unlike Bucky's, and longer pulled into a knot.

"I'm quite aware, Alessio."
Alessio sounded like he was trying
to leave out details he must not have
wanted me to hear. I wondered what
the "meeting" in China Town was really
about.

I thought Alessio and Bucky were
brothers. Or at least cousins.
"But, we can have them wait a while.
Let thenm sweat. We still haven't eaten
dinner yet. And I'm awful hungry. Are you
hungry Willow?"

A blush crept up my neck at the mention
of the dinner I dropped earlier. He wasn't
trying to embarrass me but it sure did.

"I'm sorry about your dinner" I wrung my
hands together with tension.

He gripped my chin gently and tipped
my face up to look at him. "Stop
apologizing Bella, now answer the
question. Are you hungry?" he sounded Sweet, but stern.

There was no room for lying. I wanted to say no, but I really was
starving.

I nodded with a defeated sigh and he
smiled, letting go of my chin.

"Perfect! You will join us for dinner then.
No more waitressing tonight. Donny, can
you redo our orders as well as whatever
Willow wants?" His words sounded more
like an order than a request. Donny
nodded and looked at me waiting.
"You want me to make you the penne
vodka like I usually do Willow? Or do you
want the eggplant parm you sometimes get? Donny asked me, probably
realizing I was too awkward to tell him
on my own.

"Whatever is easier for you. I'll come and
bring out the food when it's ready"

"No, you won't. Don't worry Willow, I'Il bring
the food out when it's ready. Just sit
down, it's been a long day"
Bucky nodded and Donny walked into the
kitchen.

I looked around nervously.
There was no buffer now, no one I knew.
Just Bucky u
and his five men. Two of them
still stood at the door like statues. The
other three walked over to the table they
were originally sitting at.

Alessio pulled out a chair and smiled
at me, encouraging me to take the seat
he was offering. I blushed hard and
thanked him quietly.

Then he went to the other side of the table and Bucky sat down next to me.
I caught him staring at Alessio with
narrowed eyes, looking annoyed maybe.
But, he didn't voice anything if he was.
The other two men who I didn't know the
names of sat down between Bucky and
Alessio.