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( DRIVING HIM CRAZY )
Mary’s eyes were on Romanio’s, she didn’t blink for once throughout, they’re as red as a metal in fire.
Clyde stepped into the arena, and he only crossed his arms on his chest, watching everything calmly.
Romanio’s lips parted, and a smile spread on them.
There’s something different about how he’s looking at her right now.
Mary let go of the knife, leaving it in his chest as she watched him smile.
His smile later grew into a smug laughter as more of his blood wet his shirt.
He kept it up till he inhaled and stopped, then he looked at Mary.
“You should have used a better knife if you really wanna get rid of me” he said and removed the knife from his chest.
Surprisingly, it has a very small blade which can only go a little beyond the skin.
He threw down the knife and and got karambit from his pocket.
It’s always with him, anytime, anywhere.
He threw it at Mary, and she caught it.
“Knives like that are capable of killing me…try it out” he smiled.
Mary looked at the curvy knife and smirked, then she looked at Romanio coldly.
She raised the knife to his chest to stab him, but Rosario appeared and grabbed her hand, stopping her.
“What the f*ck came over you!” He shouted, tightening his palm around her wrist.
The swell on her cheek gave her face a different look as she glared stubbornly at him.
“He tortured me even when I was innocent!, He has always h@tëd me just because I bear Mary!, Even after my name got changed, he still continued the hatred!, What have I ever done!, I never said I wanted to come here yunno!, You took me from the church in Russia with force!, You dragged me here against my will to be your s*x slave!, You should have just killed me!, I h@të everyone!, I h@të myself!, I h@të y’all!” She shouted, taking her hand from him.
The knife fell down, and she stepped back from him.
Romanio came to her and bent slightly to her level, she gave him a defiant look.
“Are you gonna kill me?, Please do, do it bastard!” She shouted, and Romanio did the last thing she was expecting.
He smiled widely.
“Brace up, you still have a lot to learn if you wanna be a falcon” he said and stroked her hair, but she slapped his hand away immediately.
He did it again and she slapped his hand away again.
“Rosa’s baby” he said, letting a knowing smile play on his thin lips.
His chest was still bleeding as he stood straight, he threw a bubble gum in his mouth and started chewing as he walked away.
Mary kept standing till for a minute before turning around, facing Rosario.
There’s a change in the way she looks at him now, a change he understands.
She turned back suddenly, then she walked out of the arena, Clyde followed her.
Rosario made his way back to his mansion and fell on the couch heavily, closing his eyes immediately.
His temperature is hot, and his breaths are just as hot too, he feels weak.
Now he regrets forcing himself to smoke, the outcome is already happening, and he h@tës how he’s feeling right now.
It’ll only leave after he takes plenty of rest, but he’s not in the mood to rest now, not when Mary is acting different.
It’s bothersome, so bothersome that he stood and went for another stick of cigarette.
He started forcing himself to smoke again.
He dialled Clyde’s line as he smoked, and he picked up immediately.
“Where’s she?” He asked.
“Her apartment” Clyde replied, and he hung up.
Romanio came in, and when he saw him smoking, he walked fast to him and snatched the cigar.
He threw it down and marched it, putting out the light.
“Are you out of your mind?, You know what happened the last time you smoked!, You couldn’t go to two consecutive missions!” He said angrily.
“I smoked yesterday too” Rosario replied, sitting on the couch.
“The hell!, Are you planning to get yourself killed?” Romanio yelled.
“Why are you here?” Rosario asked, and Romanio sat beside him.
“Your baby was awesome back there” he said, and Rosario looked at him.
“I saw when Clyde was teaching her how to shoot the fire arrow before I entered the arena, and she learnt it after a short period, did you see the determination in her eyes when she stabbed me?, She’s crazy” Romanio laughed.
Rosario unbuttoned the first button of his shirt, checking the stab wound.
It has been treated and patched.
“It’s not deep, you don’t have to cry” Romanio said.
“D!ck” Rosario glared and rested back on the chair.
“You won’t say anything about what I said about your baby?” Romanio said.
“What about it?” Rosario asked without looking at him.
“Let’s initiate her, I’m willing to make her a falcon” Romanio replied, and Rosario looked at him immediately.
“She has the potential, a fast learner, she’ll be a crazy one” Romanio smiled, and Rosario stood, walking in.
“No” he said, and Romanio spranged up.
“Why?, Now that I’m ready to accept her you’re being a d!k again?”
Rosario stopped and looked at him.
“Remember she belongs to me, and I get to decide if she’ll get initiated or not” he said.
“You think that’ll still work?, It doesn’t look like she’ll still listen to your orders, she’s not the same person anymore” Romanio said confidently.
“So?”
“I’ll make her get initiated, I can start by getting closer to her” Romanio winked and walked out.
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MARY’S APARTMENT**
Mary has been sitting on the bed since she came back, she has decided to return here for now.
Her bible is in front of her, but she’s not even interested in opening it.
“You still have a lot to learn if you want to become a falcon” Romanio’s words came to her again, and she sighed.
“What was that crocodile talking about?” She muttered to herself, and Clyde came in with a big bag.
He actually went to get her a change of clothes from Hellcat’s place.
He dropped the bag on the bed, and she looked at him.
“Why did you give me that kind of knife?, I was so impatient I didn’t even check” she said.
“You wouldn’t be alive by now if I gave you a real knife” he replied.
“Do I look like I care about death?” She said hotly.
“Lord Rosario ordered me to get as much clothes as possible” he changed the topic, pointing at the bag.
Mary made sour faces.
“Are you mad at him?, Turning his back on you at first wasn’t his fault, not when all the evidences pointed at you, you should….
“It’s ok” she interrupted.
Clyde sighed and sat beside her.
She continued checking out the clothes, and his eyes suddenly caught her right thumb.
On the nail, there’s a white mark just like Bonnie said.
His eyes widened, and she looked at him.
“What?” She asked, and he looked straight at her.
“Preet” he whispered, and she raised a brow.
“Your first love?, Or Enzo’s daughter?” She said.
He brought his hand to her neck and touched the black mark, then he touched the swell on her cheek with his other hand.
She curved her lips and hit his forehead, making him shift away from her.
“Stop daydreaming, I need to wash up” she said and got down from the bed.
She entered the bathroom, leaving him dumbfounded.
“She’s… she’s my…my Preet, she is” he stuttered senselessly.
He brought out the picture and tried checking for the mark on her nail, it’s really there …. She’s Preet!
His first love!
He got down from the bed and started walking around the room, staring at the picture.
Mary came out of the bathroom in only her towel, and immediately their eyes met, she walked to him.
“Do you sell pictures?, Which one is this again?” She snatched it from him, but immediately she saw it’s the same picture, she threw it down and her head made funny noises immediately.
“My head” she whispered, holding it tightly.
Clyde quickly held her arms.
“Are you ok?”
“Please…keep that picture away anytime you’re with me, it gives me the creeps” she said, walking away from him.
“I need privacy, to dress up” she said, and he picked the picture before walking out quietly.
After creaming, Mary slipped on tight trousers and a crop top, then she brushed her hair for the first time since she got here.
She sat in front of the mirror, looking at her swollen cheek.
She touched it and could still feel pains, the patches on her bruises has been washed off by the bathing water, the bandage is gone too, so her wounds are bare right now.
She looked at her feet, the color is different from her whole body as a result of the hot water, but it doesn’t hurt.
She started pressing her whole body, checking if she’ll feel pains, but she only felt slight pain.
How is that even possible when she was already seeing the gate of the afterlife last night?
“I’m sure I was beaten like an animal, that crocodile injected me with a painful shot, he hit metal on my legs and head, he hit my head on the wall and slapped me countlessly, then why am i fine?, What exactly happened?, Is it Jesus the healer?” She asked herself, but when she remembered her sinful s*xes with Rosario, she shook her head.
“It can’t be, then why?”
She looked at the swell on her cheek again and pouted. “I look ugly with this rubbish on my face, Is it permanent?” She asked herself before remembering something.
She brought out the hairpin she got from the cell and examined it for a while.
“The idiot that owns this made my face this way, I’ll get you and kill you with my hands” she smirked, and Lush came in.
“Baby Donna!!!” She screamed, and Mary spranged up.
“Lush!”
They hugged tightly.
“Gosh!, I missed you!” Lush said immediately they broke it.
Mary raised up the sleeve or her blouse to check her shot arm, it’s bandaged already.
“I removed the bullet, and I treated it myself so don’t worry about me, I’m fine!” Lush jumped.
“How could you endanger your life because of me” Mary said sadly.
“I’m half human, half robot, I won’t die easily” she replied, and they hugged again.
“I missed you more” Mary said, and Lush smiled, stroking her hair.
“Your face” she said sadly, touching the swell.
Mary cringed, and she quickly removed her hand.
“I’ll be fine” she smiled.
“Aww, my baby is wearing trousers, and the crop top looks too Sëx¥ on you” Lush complimented after they broke it.
“Thanks Lush” Mary blushed.
“But where did you get the guts from?, Stabbing Lord Romanio and calling him by his name?, And he didn’t do anything to you?, You even shot the fire arrow… seriously I wanna be like you” Lush said, and Mary smiled.
“I’m not afraid of death or any brutal punishment, that’s all they can do to me anyways, and why am I only feeling little pains?, How come I’m walking?, I don’t understand, I should be unconscious for some days given the inhumane torture” Mary replied.
“It’s Lord Rosario” Lush said, but she quickly bit her lip.
“What about him?” Mary asked.
“Nothing, you’re just strong” Lush said, and Mary sighed.
“And a party is happening here tommorow!” Lush announced.
“Why?”
“Godfather will be back tommorow, the bosses are throwing it to welcome him, godfather Escobar loves parties” Lush replied.
“I can’t wait” Mary said, and a knock sounded on the door.
Mary went there and met a guard waiting.
“Lord Rosario wants you in his mansion right now” he said and left.
Mary smirked and shut the door.
“You should go” Lush said, and she fell on the bed.
“I’m not going anywhere” she said.
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