MAFIA'S OBSESSIVE LOVE INTOXICATED

ears

Are yo

w her gawking at him with curiosity, with half a licorice hanging from her lips. She was a wee thing,

found him

you in pain? You want me to ring

a

that had never been directed at

ican beech tree in this secluded part of the national park, hands clenching his stomach. Not to mention his lips were spl

him enough, in fact, that it made him laugh. He laughed so hard that he started to cry, truly cr

. "Is it so painful that you laugh just to forget about it? The pain?

't know him cared about him, wherea

eye and said coldly, "You shouldn't talk to a person like me."

lk to a stranger, but you're in pain and must be very sick. I'm being

" He finish

And you look like a good person.

was in his blood after all, to hurt people. To make money that way. That was hi

that? I'm not a good person. So, get out of here!" he growle

toll. He felt pain all over, from his split lips to the bruise on his knuckles. It was a fight that was gruesome

n this fucked-up family. An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth. No mincing

So, why did he behave like them when a little provocatio

wallow in this misery. He didn't need some little girl to console him. But no matter how hard he tried to

four policemen's sons. The unlawful verses the lawful. Fuck, what a tip of the scales. He'd used his fists

e you're the son of a thug, you think you can hurt me? My old man's i

hts out of those four. Yeah, four against one. But this one won. This one made fo

own destiny, he chanted to himself, t

head like he needed it. He looked up and met mossy green eyes. Fuck. She sti

? Does it h

s cut lips, his blue-black ey

e'd never experienced. But his heart burned with that insistent threading of her fingers through his hair. And now he felt somet

front of him. And then she looked up at him with a beaming smile on her

d raced across the field. He saw her disappear into one o

s and looked at the licorice in his hands. He should really throw it away. She was gone, after all. She wasn't going to com

e. The midafternoon sun really was soothing. Such war

family what? That he'd had a fight. Trying to defend what h

branch. You'd better accept you

ories. He lifted his head and saw the little girl was

ed, looking at the cu

or you." S

gain. Not a second later, the cup was in his face a

u." Her little voice

"Look, I don't drink coffee.

f you've never dru

didn't tell her that. And clearly, she was starting to irritate

e all I want. It's really nice. She tells me I make good coffee, and when I grow up, she bets I'll win a barista award. So, you can be

him smile? What

aste it, you'll become addicted to it like cocaine. That's what Ma always tells me. But I don't know what cocaine is. I think sh

m to accept it, but in turn making him feel guilty if he didn't. He fe

you can choose to like it once y

it. He'd never tasted anything so bitter, so foul and disgusting. But for tha

taking another sip, finding he

was right beside him. Then she took out a series of bandages from her dress p

his forehead, one on his right cheek, and now she was trying to cover the side of his cracked lip as he tried to take another sip of that coffee. He

ght sky. Have you been outside at night and looked at the sky? It's very hard to see in the city, but my ma takes us to the country a

ianca was talking a mile a minute. He

e didn't hear her declaration the

o one wanted to be your friend

be alone? But I mean, who wants to be alone, an

end, though," he managed to say at las

, you're a bad person. Humans should never hurt animals. They have feel

umans, not animals, but couldn't get the words out. What happened to

aiting for me in the café. Will you come back tomorrow? Meet me here tomorrow, and I'll share some of my favorite licorice. Did

ered cheek. He was so surprised he jumpe

I want to marry you when I gr

..

ld make out were those sparkling green pupils, sucking h

rrow." She raced off the field then. But not a minute went by before he saw her midget

retched into a smile, again, a

row." Another peck on his chec

in his fourteen years. Tomorrow, he'