Mafia King's Obsession

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at being anything i

we don't listen because we ha

o the announcement from the stage. Everything was ready, I was ready to perform again today just like always. But one thing was dif

Caste

? A man who, according to words on the street, was the most feared crime boss in the city with fata

eep inside that Luca Castello and I have something in

audience ever, and it happened when Luca began to frequent the club last year. If I'm right and that connection between u

stage with the beginning of the

n by the fire, my love is bl

was the silly moth drawn to the flame that wa

anything at all. But I begged Keith this evening when I arrived for my set. I begged and begged because I had sp

er night when I climb on stage. I've felt those intense eyes watching my

ut then that's the purpose of it. As a jazz fusion dancer, everything about me from m

sister alone in a foreign land with no means to survive. I had to work odd jobs in kitchens, scrubbing floors, cleaning pools, picking up garbage off the street. When I moved to LA with my younger sister, picking garbage off the street paid even better. Environmental ent

I couldn't have been passionate even if I wanted to. I was trying to survive with a younger sister to take care o

ed into one of the housing projects in Watts. And we lived there for 5 years until I moved us out to

to get a good phone and that was when I

kT

when I watched the kids dance I realized I didn't have as much talent as I thought. So, while I worked days in diners as

pened and then it bl

ut I needed an agent to really make it big and, for an immigrant, a black girl with no connections, no

else I liked. My followers warned me about it, insulted her for it, but all of those did nothing to save my fame when the girl had larger following than I did. How was I supposed to compete with someone

s and serving rude customers if Keith

d, but when Jay went missing during a riot back in Watts, Keith stepped up. I know his friend

good enough to dance there as long as I danced for the pleasure

be rolling hard

ed, even though we had to start all over again. I always wanted to make them proud. Even now,

t I could feel their disappointment from beyond kno

ght to protect my baby sister wasn't enough. Faith's wild streak finally led her into trouble. I just did

hone was switched off, calls and

ll fin

needed to help me find her, which was

irection of his reserved booth. I could feel his presence even though I

e, then another and another, ending with a leg raise to the side of m

e invisible crowd, bu

atch

to the side before swinging them back, grabbed my left leg and lifted it from my feet to my knee for a scorpion split. It wa

erous man in the city, but I will do

of the scorpion split, flashed my bright smile a

still w

ade my way off the stage to the back of it wh

t it was all worth it. Luca Castello watch

ring my dressing room

ey

managed

. "That wa

replied br

it. "You were dancing harder than you've ever done

hts. How would you have seen me dance

lightly. "You were dancing for him, Lu

e bright, how could yo

ran. You know that I'm right." His gaze took me

so he's not into black dancers? Just because you'r

the front and stormed in. I would have slammed the door

d you know it! He's danger