SOLD TO THE MAFIA QUEEN

“Jake, stop it! Let go of him! What is going on here? Why are you attacking him uh?” Ashley asked, pulling Jake’s hand from Chris’s shirt. Jake let go of Chris’s wrinkled shirt. Chris took a step back, looking down. Jake pursed his lips, glaring at Chris.

“Calm down, tell me what happened.” Ashley said in a calm tone and took her handbag from him, holding it in her right hand.

“Ask Chris to tell you what he did. He disgusts me.” Jake said, staring at Chris with a lot of disgust. Ashley turned around to look at Chris.

“What happened say something?!?” Ashley half yelled. Chris lifted his head and looked into Ashley’s eyes with his watery eyes, like he wanted to cry. He pursed his lips and finally mustered the courage to open up to her.

“I…went to get the doctor Jake had booked an appointment with,” he said. The serious look on Ashley’s face was replaced with a proud smile as she heard what he had to say. She started looking around.

“Really? Then where is the doctor? Because I don’t see him anywhere.” She stated.

“You are not going to see him, queen.” Jake said, taking a step forward, “He made the mistake of trying to take the doctor to your father sooner and it led to the doctor’s death!” Jake declared. Ashley’s jaw dropped to the ground. She couldn’t believe what he had just said.

“Y-you mean to tell me the doctor is dead?” She asked, blinking her eyes in disbelief.

“Yes, queen, and it’s all Chris’s fault. I don’t know why he was in such a hurry. If he had waited for me, I would have…” Chris cut in.

“What would you have done?” he asked rudely. Jake chuckled and replied.

“I would have called for a lot of security before picking him up.”

“That doesn’t guarantee his safety! You think I didn’t try to protect him?” Chris questioned.

“You should’ve tried harder! If you had not gone and brought him alone, he wouldn’t have died. Now what are we going to tell his family?!?” Jake asked in a frustrated tone and turned his back on Chris, running his hand through his hair.

“We are done for; his wife is not going to spare us.” Jake added, with fear in his eyes. After understanding the whole situation, Ashley finally raised a question.

“Who killed the doctor?” she asked.

“It’s Noah, my queen.” Chris replied.

“Noah! That bastard, how dare he?” She yelled, burning with fury. Lava was literally escaping from her ears. She gritted her teeth, grunting in anger.

“The question is, how did he know I was going to pick up the doctor today. I wanted it to be a surprise. I don’t know how he found out, but something is just not right.” Chris thought out loud, stroking his beard.

“Who are you to plan surprises? Are you the queen’s boyfriend?” Jake asked pissed.

“I am not her boyfriend, but I wanted to do something good for her once in a while.” Chris said with a slight chuckle. Ashley knew Chris’s intentions were genuine, but it couldn’t change the fact that the doctor was dead and there was no way she could find a better doctor who could save her father now.

“…my queen, I am sorry. This is all my fault.” Chris said and fell to his knee. “You can shout at me or reprimand me; I am ready to accept any punishment you will give me.” Chris said, his voice hoarse. Jake just gave him a death stare. Ashley moved closer to him and helped him up from the floor.

“Come on, get up. It’s a good thing you accepted your mistake, but shouting at you won’t bring back the dead doctor…This is all Noah’s fault. He is just so obsessed with me.” She remarked.

“By the way, where is the doctor’s body? How did it all happen?” She added, staring at Chris.

“It all happened so fast that I barely saved myself.” Chris said, showing his injured arm to her, “He even hurt you.” She said and frowned. “He is going to pay for this. I won’t let him get away with this.” She declared.

“If we attack Noah, we will just make matters worse because you have no option but to get married to him.” Jake remarked. Chris and Ashley jerked their heads to look at him at the same time.

“Whose side are you on?” Ashley asked.

“Yours, my queen.” He responded.

“The body is in my car. I don’t know what to do. I guess I should take it to the mortuary.” Chris said he was trying to walk out on them.

“Stop, you can’t do that.” Ashley said, putting her hand in the air.

“Why not?” Chris asked.

“Because you will get arrested, dummy, and you might be suspected for the murder. Let’s go to the cemetery in the middle of the night and bury his body there on the ground.” Jake explained.

“Hmm, I think you guys should do that.” Ashley said and yawned. “I will go check up on my father and head home.” She said she turned on her heels and strolled to her car. She got into her car and shut the door, sitting behind the wheels. Jake walked closer to Chris, looking at him like they were in some kind of staring competition.

“I don’t know why you wanted to surprise the queen, but I have my eyes on you.” Jake said confidently.

“I don’t know what your problem is, man, but you are acting weird.” Chris responded. Jake pushed him out of the way by the shoulder and headed to Ashley’s car. The moment he got into her car, she ignited the accelerator and drove off, driving out of the garage. Chris shoved his hands into his pockets as he watched the car drive away.

“What mess have I gotten myself into?” He muttered to himself.

******

“Gosh, I hate this dog!” Melody grumbled as she ran into an empty room that was close to the room where the vault was. She left the door open and stood close to the door with her back against the wall. She was panting as she stood there waiting for Spike to get to her. She could hear his loud barks coming from the corridor.