The Mafia Prince Kings of the Empire 1

“Where are you going, Mom?” a young Roxy asked, with tears in her eyes. “That bad man killed Dad. Will he kill us, too?”

Melissa cleaned the tears away from her daughter’s face. “You’ll be fine, honey. Just stay in here and I’ll come to get you. Don’t come out until I come to get you. Do you understand, Roxy?” She asked, her tears flowing freely.

Roxy nodded. “Yes. I promise to stay here. I won’t even make a sound. Just come back safely. Do you promise?”

Melinda chuckled. “Of course, cupcake. I’ll come back to you. I’ll always come back for you.”

She gave her daughter one last smile before closing the trapdoor and setting the carpet over it. Even as she left, she knew she wouldn’t be able to fulfill the promise she made to her daughter, but she hoped her daughter would be safe.

Slipping into her husband’s study, she scribbled down furiously on a piece of paper. She had just tucked it inside the drawer when the door flew open.

“I’ve come for you, Mel. It’s time to say bye to every single thing you love,” the man said with a cruel smirk.

“I hate you,” Melissa spat with hatred in her eyes.

“Love you, sugar,” the man said before pulling the trigger.

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“Mommy, where are you? Mommy!” Roxy called out as she walked down the corridor in search of her mother.

She came to a halt when she saw the door to her father’s study slightly ajar. Roxy pushed it open, only to find a pool of blood on the pristine floor with no sight of her mother.