Best Laid Plans A Mafia Romance

*warning*:This story contains sex scenes violent scenes and mature themes.

          She ran her fingers across the engraved letters on the ash colored tombstone. The coldness of the stone was shocking to her warm fingers.

                             R.I.P

              PHYLICIA.S.BLACK

          A loving mother,daughter   

                         and friend.

"He cheated again." She said speaking out as if her mother now laying 6ft underneath the ground would hear her laments.

"I wish you were still here mom." She continued, fresh tears rolled down her cheeks.

She sniffed.

          The graveyard was windy, the wind blew through the trees, the old tree leaves rustling and the skies were gloomy too. The atmosphere depicted a scenario that told tales of sadness and woes. Maybe this was the right time for such, for the young lady that knelt beside the lone grave under the old oak tree was beyond sad.

"Mom,I am leaving." She stated relieving her self of her squatting position.

She sat on the ground with her legs brought up and her knees bunched up close to her chest, she brought her arms around them hugging herself tightly.

"I don't know but I feel the need to move away from here and start all over again. I feel like a fresh start would help me a great deal. Nothing is working for me anymore. Ever since dad left and you died, every other person keeps leaving. No one stays. I don't have any luck in friendships or dating. It's the same old story all the time, friends betray me, men use me and get tired, I even lost my job. You and dad left me to face this cruel world all by myself. Am I cursed?Is there something wrong with me? Do I deserve all this?" She asked sobbing loudly this time.

          The wind still blew and it grew chillier.

"Brian cheated again.This is not the first, or second or third time, I have lost count.This time mom, he wasn't even sorry. I caught him in bed with a different girl as always and you know what? he just had a smudged look on his face and dumped me right in front of her." She spoke angrily, She felt like pulling her hair out.

"The thing is I think I  am actually done with men for good now." She continued,"No!I don't think, I know I am actually done with men for good, I will move to God knows where, get a nice apartment, a satisfying job, buy a pet and live like that till the graceful lord wills me to join you."

She paused for a moment staring at the grave as if awaiting an answer, secretly willing her dead mother to communicate with her.

"It would be nice right? living alone just you, your dog, your cuppa and nice books.That will definitely be my life from now on, at least I would be left alone and finally live in peace and loneliness with may be a pinch of tranquility."

She ran her palms over her face in exasperation.