Arranged Lies

ed of alcohol and cigarettes, but I couldn't care less as I kept walking, ignoring the wasted c

raucous laughter and clinking glasses enveloped me. Ignoring th

nding by the entrance. "I don't know if you're new, but I

ys was whenever I came here; filled with a smoky haze, and beneath all of that were some

stripper on his laps, who giggled at whatever he wa

ng on the sticking floor. "Matteo." I

l, well. If it isn't the bride. You all should give a round of applaus

d then there was a round of ap

teo." I said once

hand, and his smirk widened. "Is i

you do to

r wavered. "I heard about your

e me fucking ask you again! I told you I would fucking pay you all the

ve anything to do with your father's death, Lauretta. The guy who I sent to watch him in there didn

g his words. "You are sure that yo

rs then rose it up to the sky

to him. "That's tw

nzipped it, and peeked inside. "Nothing makes me more happier t

who did it? Who

don't call me Matteo of t

es. "Is that a

and menacing. "It's a yes

sh at him. "Find me a n

loudly before tucking it in

nd out who killed my father, then I'm going to ma

*

ds, I headed home to drink. It was the one thing I coul

the floor in the veranda and stared at the city that laid before me. I was truly alone now. No parents, No friends, No family. A nagging thought kept telling me to go back to Miami,

I knew I was halfway through the bottle, and all

dead. They say

im out, and now he was gone. What was the point of all of this now? I hardly even saw the man that I'm supposedly married to. Even though we slept in separate room

side, and I couldn't really do much, but sit in this ridicul

slicing through my thoughts. "Y

othing but a ghost these past few days. He was dressed all corporate, a white

are none of your business."

d. "It should be

ou and I know why we both got into this mar

d as he sighed. "I'm s

ng up my wine glass again.

with his fingers. "I hired someone to help look into his de

p tightening on the glass. "Someone ki

t some rest. I'll make

at to do." I repl

m just trying to help you. You shou

helping me? You think you're doing me a favor?" I scoffed,my voice r

but I refused to show weakness. I walked

hinking you can do whatever you wan

d sighed. "I'm not t

hisper. "But I'm not going to keep quiet. I'm going to fin

is jaw clenched. "Lauret

through my teeth, even th

om began to spin, and my legs gave way b

ing around me, holding me uprigh

r a moment, I thought I saw something there,

d to slur out before