Broken

"My mistake is my sin"

"And my sin is a crime"

"They declare it wrong"

"While i call it right"

Julia was sitting in her car without any thought in her head. She was sitting on the back seat while her father's loyal secretary Chris was sitting on the front seat. The driver was driving the car very fast which was strange for Julia. There was no emergency or urgent work to be done which made her wonder why was he driving the vehcile at a great speed. There wasn't a word between the three and the whole drive was as silent as a grave. Finally the driver stopped the car infront of the huge mansion. Both Chris and Julia stepped outside and the large gates were opened for them. Some of the female servants present there at the moment greeted them and both of them went inside. Julia had just stepped inside the mansion when

"Julia!"her stepfather said loudly. His face was not towards Julia as he was looking at the painting hung in the wall. The painting of a women who was his wife and Julia's mother. His loud voice was enough to make the hair on the back of her neck standup. He was normally not like this but if he shouted on her then she had to be afraid of him.

"Yes,father" She stood straight infront of him whose eyes were still on the painting. The man turned towards his stepdaughter and slowly started stepping down from the stairs. The closer he came the more tension it grew inside Julia. She glanced at Chris who stood their emotionless like a statue. A blank expression on his face.Julia's stepfather stood infront of her. Scared of his eyes which were staring into her soul Julia looked down not making eyecontact with him.

Out of nowhere she felt a painful spank on her cheek. The attack held so much power that she fell on the floor holding her cheek with was paining badly. Her tears flowed like a river and fell on the carpet. She looked at her stepfather who looked like a giant from her view.

"You shameless girl" Julia's lips trembled when she heard this. Today her stepfather who was not blood related to her but still loved her like his own daughter and took care of her after her mother's death. Who never lifted a finger at her and didn't let anyone else lift a finger at her. Today that stepfather slapped his daughter's cheeks which were once kissed by him.

Julia had realized her stepfather slapped her for a reason which was well known by her. She made a mistake. She commited a crime but to her stepfather that beautiful crime seemed like a sin.

"HOW?!.How dare you meet that man again?. If i see you with him one more time then he would be in our basement and the next day he would be no more" Her stepfather shouted and threatened her. Small drops of his saliva splashed on Julia's face.

"So what huh?. Is it a sin to fall in love with someone?" Julia gathered the strength left in her and got up from the ground.For the first time she spoke up to her stepfather making him infuriated. He was about to slap her again and this time Julia was ready to feel the pain but

"Sir please" Chris held his master's arm not letting it escape from his hand.

"Chris! let go of my hand" The master of the loyal dog ordered him which he didn't obey.

"Sir please don't make yourself angry. It will affect your health" If any of his other men would have done this then they would have been shot by their master's gun or killed in some other way and their bodies would either be food for the straydogs or thrown into a random place but since Chris was the mafia king's favourite and most faithful man he had many advantages. This was one of the many advantages he got from being the master's best dog

"If she would have cared about my health then she would not have met that filthy man" The mafia king coughed and held his head which had started to ache. He had grown old so every now and then his health would be in a bad condition.

"Sir lets go to your room" Chris said and took the sick king back to his room leaving Julia alone.

Julia rushed to her room and went inside. She locked the door and the ocean which her eyes had stopped producing a while ago took birth in her eyes once again. She hugged her pink pillow crying her heart out. Her cheek was hurting but her heart was hurting more. She loved Leo but now she was scared for him,scared to lose him because she knew that her stepfather was a man of his words. One command of his and anyone could be destroyed. Everywhere her eyes looked they only saw Leo

"Is this also a part of love?"she cried

She saw his face on the ceiling. In the mirror and beside her large closet. All of this was driving her crazy. She closed her eyes wanting to run away from the harsh world in which she was living when something struck her mind.

"How did father come to know about me meeting Leo?"

"Wrong questions come at wrong times"

"Why didn't i realize this earlier. It must be that Chris who told father about me and Leo!" Julia was burning in anger but there was nothing she could do. At this point she wanted to run away from the mansion and meet Leo. Maybe run away with him to another town or city?. She lived in Ashville and the closest city to Ashville was Sorden which could be reached in about an hour. Things would have been easy if her stepfather wasn't a mafia king who would track her down at all costs. She letted out a heavy sigh and closed her eyes not drifting to the dreamland but a land where only darkness lied but atleast that darkness was better than the cruel reality which she was stuck in. The reality which was hard for her to escape and she herself didn't knew if she would be able to escape from it. The strings of life were her right to control but she wasn't allowed to control them. She was hopeless and helpless but not weak to give up her love for Leo. Julia was determined not to lose him no matter what happens. And this was the decision her heart had made and nothing could change it.