All Chapters of The Runaway Mafia Queen: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

HopeI put my foot on the accelerator to speed up my car through the empty road. ‘Thunder’ by Imagine Dragons was blaring through the speakers of my Porche. I had just crossed the borders of Texas and was speeding my way inside the city.I checked the map on my brand new phone once more to make sure that I was going the right way. It showed that I would be reaching my wanted destination in just two more hours.I could not help but notice the calmness and relaxation that had suddenly covered my heart. This was a feeling that I had not experienced in five years. And right now, I felt like I had just accomplished the biggest task of kindness that had ever been given to me.Like I had just saved a life.Mine.Three days ago, I had left North Carolina and five years of torcher behind. And since then, I was on a run, trying to make sure that the army of monsters somehow leave me unharmed.Now you would think why would a girl livin

And not the nice kind of people with all those things.These people were not nice in any way. They did not even look like people. In fact, they looked like the incarnation of Satan but with nice clothes and branded watches.I got scared.And then I decided to become stupid.I stayed silent and watched as trade deals of illegal guns were finalized with my husband doing everything to please the buyer.One year passed by and I stayed silent. I watched as the attacks on rival gangs were planned and blood was spilled from the informers body.Three years passed by as I silently acted like a trophy wife beside my husband while he flirted and fucked girls behind my back, assuming I was too stupid to notice anything.What he did not understand was that I was not stupid.I was a love- struck twenty three years old girl who was scared of the people that she had chosen to become her family.Who was scared of the man that she was sle

I crossed the distance between Ethan and me, grabbed his shoulder from behind, and pulled him off Stella’s body.Stella stumbled back on her feet from the impact but caught herself from falling.“Hope I am…” she started saying.But before she could continue, I lifted my palm to her face to indicate that she should stop talking“Hope, I do not want this girl in my house ever again.” Ethan said while pulling himself off my hold and trying to manage his clothing. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and continued talking, “Stella tried to kiss me! She does not have enough shame to even think about you.”I did not reply to his words. As soon as Ethan had freed himself off from my hold, I walked forward to Stella.I grabbed her hand, pulled her close to me, looked her in the eyes and whispered,“Can you please help me pack?”And that is when I realized that my voice was trembling. I was not crying but my hands were shaki

A loud voice of horn pulled my attention back to the present. I had just stopped my car outside of the address that the GPS was showing, and although it were eight p. m., and the darkness of night had covered the residential area, all the lights were off of the home that I was standing outside at.I checked my GPS again to see if I had made any mistake but the location was showing the same.Then I remembered that my uncle had mentioned about a coffee shop that he ran after retiring from his position as a police officer when I had talked to him over phone three days ago.This was actually the second time in my whole life that I was going to see my uncle, Vincent. I barely remembered the last time when I had seen him. I was about twelve years old then. I remembered running into his arms after seeing him enter the threshold of our house.But then one day he stopped coming to our home. He did not even come to my parents’ funeral. My mom al

Instead of answering me, he waited for a couple of seconds, making me feel self conscious as hell. And then he nodded his head at me and took a step backward, inviting me in.“Thank you.” I mumbled in a low tone and quickly went ahead to stand in front of the coffee counter.The mysterious beauty man walked around the counter and started to prepare the coffee.Even though I did not want to appear as some desperate, horny, cringing woman, unknowingly my gaze kept going back to look at him.The way he looked, it was impossible to imagine him as a barista. But anyway, who was I to judge a person?“Your taste?” his voice had me almost fall down on the ground in shock.

I got back home with uncle. He did not know that I was married or I had runaway.So when he asked the reason for my visit I told him that I was planning on changing cities for a fresh start and was thinking of settling somewhere near Texas.No, I was not. Not when those ocean eyes were still haunting me till this moment. Two days went pass as Vincent helped me roam around the city. It was like he knew every nook and corner like it was his home.And then we went back to the coffee shop.I was afraid of facing 'Ocean eyes'. Because first, he was a PI who could dig up dir

The sound of bells chiming snatched my attention. I turned my head to see uncle Vincent walking inside with a carry bag in his hands. His eyes on us."What are you both doing?"Ocean eyes had not moved even an inch away from me. If it were anybody else on his place he would have stepped away from me so far they would probably had to count the distance with an inch tape.But not Ocean eyes.Aggghhh! Why is my life like this?"Get off!" I snapped at him. Glaring at him and wishing like hell he does as I am commanding.He did not.Max's eyes went to look at Vincent and then he said,"You mind if I keep her?""What the hell?" I cried out.Uncle Vincent looked like he had just won a lottery.Fuck no."You like her?" Uncle Vincent ignored my freak out and came forward to stand in front of us like it was a normal, everyday thing for him to see his niece in an intimate position with some man."VINCENT!" I lost my

The burly man turned around instantly and went away. My eyes were searching here and there. Trying to catch anybody's eyes that would save me or at least alert the local police.I did not know who these men were. Or actually I did.I had not expected him to find me this fast. I had left no trace, no clue behind for him to find me. I had made sure to be careful.But the only plausible explanation was clearly this only. Ethan. There was nobody else who would want anything to do with me.At least not this creepy.I did not want to go back. I wanted someone to help me but there was no one. The road was empty except for some vehicles running down the main road a bit away from where I was pinned against the wall.The burly and cringy man had probably parked the car a bit far to avoid public attention as the burly man was nowhere in my sight.So I decided to be brave. The cringy man looked like someone I could take down.Probably I will get h

Turned out, Max had called cops.When he was on the call earlier, he had called the police. When the police had arrived, Max and the police had greeted each other like long known best friends.It was all weird.And scary.And impressing.Surprisingly, the police did not come to ask me any questions. They picked up cringy and burly after talking to Max in a low tone for a while, and then drove away."What did you tell them?" I asked as soon as the police vehicle was out of our sight."That they need to wait 'cause I am going to ask you the questions that may come out offensive and interrogating.""What kind of questions?" I poked."What are you hiding from me, Hope?""Nothing of your concern." I looked away.He came forward, grabbed my chin and made me look at him once again,"Darling, you are my concern. And not just because you are niece of the man whom I respect very much, but also because y

The Next DayMy things were packed. I was standing near my suitcase, wondering where I should go next.I had planned on staying with Vincent for at least fifteen days before finding my new destination.But it had barely been a week and I was having to run away once again.I could not stay with Vincent any longer. Not when the wrong kind of people had found me so soon. They had not attacked Uncle Vincent's home yet so I was guessing they had not yet found out about my whereabouts except for the city I am in.I could not put Vincent's life in danger because of me. I could not see him, or Ocean Eyes, or anybody else close to Uncle Vincent getting hurt because of me.'Cause I had seen what these people can do. I had seen the tragedies with my own eyes.How could I let it happen to Uncle Vincent just to save my own life?So that was it. I have to leave. Pronto!I picked up my bag and started pulling the suitc