The Don's One Night Mistake

i didn't bel

n ownership.

emotion for fools who didn't un

had no tim

n't ju

angerous

last name opened doors

the city knew not to cross him. He didn't do second ch

ded you. Quie

ed around his name like it was cursed. Because no matter how

ld. Narcissi

walk into rooms

f he ever decided

e didn't sha

the city, I was burning pasta

ena Ma

y spe

in a city that wouldn't even b

nd a laugh that faded the older we got. She worked d

ust... vanished. I used to wonder what happened to him. Eventually, I d

ot once. Like saying his name w

utiful, mouthy, and always ready to throw

e. But

be strong

y... I wa

nd the parents blamed me. Rent was two weeks late. The lightbulbs were dimming.

g boat trying to sav

hen I sa

d with children. Experience preferred

company. Jus

hy as

girls make d

d. I waited

ame th

omorrow. 9AM

would've nop

t even

haking in my worn-out sweater, hands white with cold,

-and I sucked

ies. Standing in front of one? It felt unre

t. Like the house it

opened on

pped

's when

e Mo

he f

the news last year after his company "accidentally" bought out two comp

somehow made him look even more dangerous. His black coat fl

No smile. N

he wanted to punch a hole throu

?" he

"E-Elena. E

and down like I was a Craigslist li

look

ty-three,

's yo

to say. So I just n

low

No handshake.

fol

've walk

my body screa

I di

photos. No warmth. Just white walls, ex

t felt like a place owned by

n the distance...

ld's

and energy. His cheeks were red, his eyes wide a

he darkness su

nte said,

stantly and turned

new nanny?

hadn't even

didn't

tomorrow. 7AM.

on't want references or back

d to me,

your past," he said

me frozen in the hallway li

scream. Or l

stood there. C

I sa

oto

ried behind a stack

ed me closer. Like a wh

I saw the

art s

in the photo l

But I kne

fat

I didn't recognize-but

goosebumps covering

l had I just