Chapter 4

The second I laid eyes on him I knew he was related to Cristiano. Both boys were the splitting image of each other. The boy at the door was a few inches shorter and from his looks I could make out he was the younger brother of the two. His hair was the same jet black color but a lot curlier than Cristiano's. He had the back cut low and it got higher until there was a thick curly mass at the top of his head but his tips weren't dyed. His eyes were a brighter shade of blue and reflected a little strip of golden. He had a small diamond earring in his left ear and a small gold chain around his neck. He was dressed casually like the others with the top of his boxers was showing as he wore his belt loose. I instantly picked up he was the bad boy and the reckless one of all three boys. "Let me guess.... You're the girl that we're expecting?" he questioned I couldn't speak so I nodded. "You're a lot prettier than what I expected." he admitted. His accent is so smooth. I bet girls fall all over him when he speaks! "I'm Xavier." he introduced himself "You?" "Royalty." I answered "My name's Royalty." Xavier closed the door behind him and walked over to Clarke. He threw something on the desk before throwing himself down on the couch. "Why am I here?" I asked. "What do I have to do with the mafia?" Xavier looked at me then at Cristiano. "You didn't tell her?" he asked him "That's your job." Cristianoanswered picked up the folder Xavier had thrown on the desk. Xavier groaned and Geovanni shook his head at Xavier. "Can you just hurry it up?" I folded my arms "I don't understand anything and I'm ready to go back home.. I don't care who's doing the talking but can someone explain why I was dragged out of my house, put on a plane, and sitting here?" "You're not going back." Geovanni looked at me "What?" I asked him in disbelief "You're not going back to Miami." Xavier repeated "Once you enter the mafia you can't go back. Your father is linked with us and he lost some of our guns so to pay back he sold you to us." I just stood there. For the second time in a short space of time shock was an understatement. My father? What does he have to do with this? And more importantly...why does he need guns? "You were sold for $150,000,000." Cristiano continued "You're our property now whether or not you like it." "I have a life-" I began "We already know that." Geovanni took the folder fro  Cristiano and tossed it to me "We searched you up before hand." I opened it and a gasp escaped my lips softly. It was a list of everything I did in my life. All the subjects I failed and passed, all the places I went, the school I attended, they knew everything about me. There were so may pictures of me. Every single move I made and everything I did they were watching me. "You're never seeing those people again." Xavier said "Right now the school knows that you've transferred to Italy to study." All that done in twelve hours? "And my friends?" I asked feeling tears close "All heartbroken that you left." Cristiano shrugged "Sorry bambina but you're to be kept under a secret profile." I looked away as tears began to flow down. I wiped at them fiercely not knowing why I was crying and suddenly furious at the thought that everything I worked for in life was ruined. I was working as a waitress to help my mom pay for me to get into college. "I hate you!" I suddenly yelled at them making Cristiano jump from my sudden outburst "I hate all of you!" I flew out the door and just kept running. I didn't know where I was going but all I wanted to do was to get away. I began to get tired so I slowed myself down to a walk. The pictures on the walls of men in suits around poker tables, in casinos, in bars and vintage suits suddenly caught my eyes. I suddenly came to a part where the corridor was filled with girls in lingerie and men in suits. I was lost in my thoughts and accidentally bumped into a girl. "I'm sorry." I apologized "Its fine." the girl said turning around as she studied my face intensely for a while "I haven't seen you before." "Oh...I'm new." I replied "Oh ok." the girl said cheerfully "I'm Aria. Aria Duncan. And you are...." "Royalty Lemeire." I introduced myself. "Awww you're so cute." Aria said pulling my cheeks and I laughed "Are you lost?" "A little." I blushed "Let's sit on the balcony." Aria suggested "First let me get some clothes though." I understood what she meant when I saw the short lingerie on her. She took my arm and pulled me along the corridor and then into a dressing room filled with girls who were either chattering,  putting on make-up or clothes. They looked at me and smiled and I smiled back. Aria went into a stall with her bag and clothes then came out a few minutes later in a tight jeans and a blue tube top. She pulled me back out and then along a different end of the corridor. We then arrived in a big room with couches in various places and a balcony was there overlooking the busy streets down below. "C'mon sit." Aria said sitting down on a couch I sat down next to her. "Is this your first time here?" Aria asked "I just got here." I laughed "Are you hungry?" she asked pulling out a stack of folded bills from inside her bra "Not really." I said Aria nodded. "Later then." she said and replaced the bills in her bra. "Have you met the bosses?" "I met three guys." I answered "Xavier, Cristianoand Geovanni."