Erald

Who the fuck does she think she is to fucking question me, I do what I fucking want. I have no time for some crazy little bitches.

Walking out of the class, I stood at the corridor just close to my class, I didn't know when I walked down the memory lane.

The first time I saw Mela was at the museum with her best friend I guess. She was indeed different, not like any girls I have seen before, but I did feel something the moment I set my eyes on her, which I certainly can't explain. All my life, the only friend I ever had and still have is Jake, I never thought of having a female friend. So I never approached her, and by the way I have so much more things to do than to keep some fucking friends or lovers.

And fuck, I don't keep ladies, I use them and dispose them, they are nothing but an object to me. I had never even thought, I would get to see her again not until day I got admission into St Luther's university of California. I came to school that day, when I went to my classroom, I was so shocked because I saw mela in same class I was supposed to be in, mela was sitting there like a ghost in clothes and she wasn't talking to anyone, she was on her headset, distant from all her class mates.

Yesterday that I met her on that street it was just a coincidence, because I had gone out so I could clear my head. I got running, I didn't even know it was her on that street, not until she turned and started yelling like crazy bitch that she is, and I gave her the answer she deserved.

Fucking hells, that street doesn't belong to her. I don't fucking care what she thinks. If she gets in my way, I'm going to burn her alive.

Who the fuck does she think she is.

I don't even care who she is, right now I have more things to do, than care about some trash.

I got walking down to the school garden. As I got there, I saw a group of girls, sitting together. I walked over to go sit, ignoring the girls, even when though I know that they're all gawking at me.

As I sat down, taking out a cigarette and a lighter, when I lite my cigarette to smoke, I saw one of the girls walking up to me. She came and stood at my front, as she winked at me.

"Hey handsome." She said smiling so much.

I didn't even answer her, i just looked at her, and threw my face.

"Can I take a sit?" She asked, not even waiting for my reply she sat down next to me.

"Get the fuck up." I said to in a low growling tone and I saw the way she shivered as she stood up.

"Get out, and don't you dare ever come close to me ever again, or else I'ma take you out of this world and you'll never be found ever again, now leave." I threatened her in a calm voice, but she felt the heat from my words, she ran back to her friends or whoever they are, and they'll quickly left after she whispered whatever to them.

Not long after they left, I noticed Jake walking towards me, I need to leave this fucking school right now, and head to dad's place.

My dad is a mafia king and he told me I needed to carry the legacy further because he thinks it's only me who could carry his legacy further

Dad told me I needed to be introduced to the Cosa nostra, formally for them to know I have taken over the empire. Being a mafia king is really dangerous, lots of things are at stake but what is life when you don't take risks. Yes I know it's really a dangerous business to do, but if dad could control the whole empire why can't I. I am Valentino Balencentra's son, and my dad has never taught me to back down.

Jake knows about everything and I could sense that he is also scared for me. Talking bout' Jake I just remembered that I saw him a few minutes ago, where the hell could he be at?

I raised my head up and saw him talking to someone so I just let him be, because I know when he was done with that person he would come to me.

I had informed Jake I am good to go to dad's place and Jake said he wanted coming along. He actually begged me even after I refused him so many times. But I heard to accept his pleas because this best friend of mine is really crazy, although he knows what kind of person I am, a cold and heartless killer who shows no mercy to his victims but he still choose to be with me.

I'm going to meet dad so we could start all these. To be able to handle the empire I will need to drop out of school, it's not as if the school is important anyways.

"Erald." Jake called out to me.

"What's up dude?" Jake asked.

"Am good and you?" I told Jake with a cold voice.

"I'm also good bro but why did you storm out of your class like that I saw you, I tried calling out to you but you were so lost in your thoughts, that you didn't hear me?" Jake asked with a concerned voice.

"Oh about that it's nothing, anyways we need to need to go." I told Jake with an emotionless tone.

"Okay then let's go, uncle must be waiting for you." Jake said to me as he stared at me.

I gave him a cold look, but he still didn't mind because he knew that's how i am, I hated showing my emotions. I just got up and quickly packed my bag and then we left.

*****

Reaching to the company, I went inside without responding to any employees greetings. And soon enough, I'm now standing at dad's cabin door.

Dad knew how I am, that I killed without mercy and am a brutal killer that's why he had this confidence in me to carry his legacy forward. After all it's a prince that always gets to take the throne after the king.

I opened up the door to dad's cabin and I saw dad with some group of men and two women I assumed to be his Cosa nostra.

"Hi Dad." I said without looking at the Cosa nostra.

"Erald wait for me, I would be done in a couple of minutes."

"Okay."

*****

When they were done they left, so dad came up to me with a bright smile on his face I could see he is happy because of my arrival.

"Son how are you doing?" said dad.

"Am fine dad and you?" I answered dad.

"Oh my boy, I'm good." dad said happily.

"Am glad you came." Dad said.

I didn't know what to tell him so I just gave him the 'okay looks.'

"Let's to talk about business." He said coldly.

Dad began to explain about the business to me and I understood each and every word because, I got to learn about it from dad's Personal assistant, who teaches me things about the mafia world.

I am this confident because I could learn from him, I am this confident because dad trusted me with his enemies, for me to destroy them and make their life miserable and unbearable, for me to be able to fight my own enemies because I'm constantly in danger because I am the son of a mafia boss.

Hours later, we were done and he said; "Go home and get some rest we would continue tomorrow."

When those words left his lips it's then I remembered that I came together with Jake but he was now no where to be found, he wasn't close to me.

Infact I didn't even notice it when I came inside dad's office that Jake wasn't with me, so I quickly excused myself from dad's office.

"Dad I would be back, in a minute." I said to dad before he could ask me any questions. I went out looking for Jake but to my greatest surprise Jake was outside with my dad's personal assistant.

I didn't know when they got this close. Is that why jake pleaded to come along with me. What is going on between them both. For some reason I saw Josh is smiling, like fuck that bitch, I never saw him smile even when ladies approached him when we were out together, he never smiled at them but now my best friend is making him smile, great.

And here I was just worried about Jake for no reason. I just left them and went back to dad's cabin to bid him goodbye, and then I came out.

"Jake we need to leave now."I told him.

"Bye josh." I said without flashing an ounce of emotion.

"We should leave Jake." I said with deadly tone, staring at him I could see he isn't ready to leave.

Jake left josh and we both went to the limo we drove in and came with it, with that we both left.

When we left Jake was unusually quiet and I found it weird that he wasn't talking much as I expected him to talk. I guess it was because I separated him from josh so I decided to ask him why he was quiet though I knew the reason, well is not as if I care anyways.

*****

After 15 minutes drive, I was already at Jake's place, I dropped him at home and went to mine.

When I got home I met Aunt Anabelle, she's been the one taking care of me since my mom passed away. She's like a mother figure to me and I love her but I ain't able to express it.

All my life, I have only 3 people I genuinely cared about which are my dad, Aunt Anabelle and Jake, they meant the world to me.

Though I fail to express it, but they still understand me.

"Hey Erald!!" she called out to me and I immediately hugged her because I missed her so much. I didn't call her throughout the day, maybe that's why I missed her so much. I snuggled under her arms and I let my shoulders down while under her embrace, we stayed that way for a couple of minutes.

She then released me and I noticed that her smile faded, I guess something happened in my absence.

"Erald, he came back home." She said, just as I thought something went wrong in my absence.

"Who came home?" I asked impatiently.

"It's Caryl." She said.

Immediately I had his name my heart sank, I felt breathless, anger, pain, painful memories, anxiety, and hatred came all at once crawling into me, and making me more breathless than I already am.

Aunt Anabelle knew why I'm falling short of breathe and she knew why all these emotions crawled into me, so she tried to calm me down.

"Erald calm down okay?" She said trying to calm me down but my anger, pain and hatred clouded me completely.

I couldn't see anything because everything became foggy as a result of the stings of tears in the corner of my eyes, and the tears wanted leaking out but I caught them, and caged them back.

All the memories came back rushing to me in a blink of an eye, like a bolt of lightning.

"Caryl don't do this please, don't kill me please!!" Mom begged for her life but Caryl didn't listen to her pleas, he murdered her in cold blood. I was standing there in the corner of the room watching everything he did to mom.

Mom literally begged for her life but he didn't spare her life, blood laid everywhere on the floor, Caryl's body was covered in blood he was damn soaked with my mom's (our mom's) damn blood. I watched him stab our mom, damn it, he made me motherless.

After a while all the emotions slowly drained from my face, except for the hatred and anger I have for Caryl, which would never ever be erased nor can it be forgotten.

I stormed into his room to ask what the hell was he doing in this mansion but when I got there I didn't see him, perhaps he stepped out, I hope he doesn't even come back home because I don't want to meet him because if I do I might end up killing hum just the way he killed mom or in a much more different way.

I got out of the room, headed downstairs, as I walked down, I heard multiple maids, greeting me, but I shrugged it off.

I decided to step out a little to get rid of my pain. I just want to go to a bar close by.

I was about getting into my car when a two guards came forward, wanting to drive me. I know that dad had asked them to protect all of us living in this house but that doesn't fucking mean they give me orders or follow me about.

"Boss we were told to secure you all living in the mansion." One of the guard said.

"Don't." I said with a killing aura emitting from me. And they all backed away from me because they knew better than to disregard my fucking orders. I got into my limo, and drove out in a high speed.

I just have to head to a bar where there are less people, because only God fucking knows what my state would be before I return.

*****

Here I am in the bar, having vodka, I came about an hour ago. And I already drank ten shots of vodka, I was on the verge of drinking another glass when I felt a sudden dizziness and I tried to stand up because I know I'm already tipsy. If I drink more, I won't be able to leave this bar.

I took out my credit card and gave it to the bartender, after I had put my pin, I took my card back into my pocket. And I got up to leave but when I got up, I couldn't stand on my feet. I guess I would have to call up Jake now.

I took my phone off my pocket and to call Jake to come take me home but I couldn't seem to see the numbers clearly, I'm actually seeing double.

Oh shit.

I guess I have had too many shots, fucking hells.

My head went wandering up, and my eyes caught Mela's figure, I think it's was the influence of the alcohol I took. I closed my eyes and opened it again but I still saw mela sitting at a table facing me, together with her best friend.

What the in the fucking hell is this. In all the freaking bars in LA did she have to come to this one.

I just got up because I couldn't risk her seeing me, I am certainly not in the mood for her blabbering yet again. I just want to leave and go back to my house. When I get home, I'll tell one of the guards to pick up the car.

Unfortunately, when I got up and I was tryna walk I fell flat on my face.

Due to the less people, only few noticed me falling and they stared at, I felt their eyes on me but I ignored them, right now my only concern is I don't want Mela to see me or else she might think am stalking her again.

I got up again and started walking again but same thing happened I fell again, I got up yet again but this time I am closed to the exit door, I wanted moving forward but I couldn't it felt as if I was a magnet which is stuck on a metal. I struggled to move but it became too late. I saw Mela walking to the exit door.

I don't know but it seems like me seeing her close to me gave me some good sensation in my chest but at same time the anger I felt cane creeping back at me.

Although I had come out to drink so I could forget my past even if it were just a little moment but I couldn't, seeing Mela made me remember Caryl because he and Mela have same eye color 'icy blue eyes' which made my anger trigger the more and in a swift of time all emotions drained from me.

She saw me and she gave me a weird look that I couldn't seem to understand perhaps a surprised look, she noticed I couldn't stand properly, I'm actually holding on to the exit door frame of the bar.

She grabbed my arms and put it around her neck I was surprised and I tried my best not to show it but I guess. I didn't try enough so she said; "Am not abducting you give me your home address."

Right now, I need someone to get me home I can't become cold and rude at same time. So, I just told her my address.

Then she and her best friend Mira entered the car while they put me at the back seat. And before I knew it she began driving me home, we were all in an uncomfortable silence, she didn't speak but her friend spoke but I couldn't hear what she was saying because everything is starting to get dark and the noise is becoming deafening.

*****

"We're at your house." Mela told me.

After her and Mira brought me out of the car, one of the guards saw me and immediately ran towards me but he and mela were saying something i didn't seem to understand. He seemed quite shocked to see me in that state because I don't normally take alcohol, he took me away from Mela and we both went inside.

As the guard took me in, I saw Aunt Anabelle she looked worried with a pleading eyes asking where I had been at but I didn't have any words for her. I told the guard to take me to my room because I needed to sleep my head seems to be spinning wildly and my eyes felt like the were being plugged out of their socket and the were rolling on the floor, so hence I needed to sleep badly. I was in no mood to talk to anyone.

The guard took me to my room and immediately after I entered I laid on my bed. Seconds later after entering my room one of the maids entered my room with a lemon juice.

"B- Boss Erald, the head chef asked me to give this le-lemon juice t-o to you." She said stammering.

"Keep it and get the fuck out, before I cut you and feed you to the wolves." I yelled with all the anger that had built up inside me. And promptly after my threats, she ran out after dropping the juice with a shaky hand, when she left I got up and drank it because I know I'm gonna have a really bad hangover tomorrow, so I just took the lemon juice.

I laid on my bed, shortly after, I didn't know when I slept off.