Episode 1

She sat down on the sofa which was still covered with the bubble sheet, she was exhausted. She had a glimpse of the setting sun in the balcony, colourful sky, orange, red, yellow... and soon the colours changed to purple, blue and dark blue.

Shifting to another house and doing it alone wasn't as easy as Sophie had thought. She gulped the bottled water kept on the table. It was a new beginning, she was about to be independent finally. She needn't do what her father does, she was finally away from it, the crimes, the murders, the corpses which were cleared by her uncle, the smugglers who often creeped out Sophie.

Finally, it was all done. It was going to be a new beginning and as Sophie thought, it would have a great ending as well. As she was deep in thought, a familiar sound came across her ears, her phone was ringing. It was Stephanie Evans, her boss's secretary.

"Um...yes, Ms. Evans",Sophie hesitated as she attended the phone. She was usually hesitant to talk to her. Stephanie, a very sophisticated and charming lady, Sophie often thought, even if she was half as good as Stephanie, her life would be so easier.

"Ms. Capone, Project U10 assigned to you has to be presented tomorrow morning. Please prepare yourself for it",she said, as confidently as she ever did.

Project U10, Sophie's first project assigned to her, she worked upon it for a month, finally it would be presented to everyone. She took care of her project like it was her own baby, she had not slept even once working on it. It only got ready two days ago when she asked her parents to be on her own.

"Yes, Ms. Evans. Thank you",Sophie replied, a bit of excitement noticeable in her voice. It was finally going to happen, she would finally be on her own, her internship would end up great.

"Nothing more, Ms. Capone. Good night",her voice still sounding cold, Stephanie hung up the phone. Stephanie wondered if Sophie would really be able to do it because she remembers her time of the internship when Stephanie was new and perhaps a bit naive.

Her first project was a total bust, she tried even harder than Sophie at that time, she worked harder then onwards but Sophie, she is so pure and naive. Sophie would surely be heart broken if she faced a bitter rejection, Stephanie was worried about Sophie not because she was her colleague just because Sophie was never loved by anyone as Stephanie knew or just knew that Sophie's family doesn't even support her.

No one would be there to hold Sophie's hand and wipe her tears when she faces a bitter rejection unlike Stephanie, whose family and friends were with her when she was sad.

"Best of luck, Ms. Sophie Capone", Stephanie said to herself as she thought about everything.

Sophie started collecting the documents needed for the presentation in the mess of documents which still needed ordering. It was so hard to get the required documents, in the excitement of thinking of tomorrow, Sophie had nearly teared down all the boxes.

After getting all the documents, she put them in a folder securely and put that at the living room table which was the only neat place at that time. She picked her best official dress for tomorrow, black tight skirt along with white shirt, which was the only ironed shirt left and of course her outfit included the black short coat which she loved so much and considered it lucky.

All was set, tomorrow is going to be perfect. There was no such thought in her head that would say her that her presentation wouldn't go well, she was confident about the baby she was raising for a month.

Suddenly, her stomach growled, she was hungry. She had forgot to eat as she was busy doing the unpacking her stuff. She called up Emma, her best friend or just her only friend known. Who would even come close to a girl whose father kills people and is not in jail?

"Hey, Sophie Dofie",Emma said as she picked up her phone.

"Hey, Emma. Can you come over with food? I am mad hungry and..... Okay, I miss you very much, please come over. I hadn't seen you from last month!",she said.

Sophie was really missing her only friend, she needed some company as she had left the company of corpses and smugglers.

"Okay, okay",Emma said nearly chuckling at Sophie's clingy behaviour, "Coming over in five minutes, hehe"

Sophie hung up the phone. She cleared her living room as much that two people would be able to sit and eat. She sat down and waited for Emma to come. There was nothing more to do now.

After few minutes, Sophie's doorbell rang. It was definitely Emma. She opened the door rushing, eager to meet her friend. As she opened opened the door, a girl with mediocre brunette hair and a skinny body along with clothes which are usually known as "in trend", Emma was there.

"Oh, Emma",Sophie said as a smile curved over her face, her eyes only watching the pizza box carried by Emma, her face showing clear starvation.

"Hey, let me in. I got the food", Emma said lifting the box in her hand.

As she entered, she saw what her friend had made of an apartment, in short, a total mess. All the boxes just opened up with nothing really taken out from them, bubble sheet still covering the room furniture and also clothes lying down like there was no one who could wear them.

"Wow, did you call me to clear this mess? Oh! Okay, we are besties but I am not doing all this! What a mess!",Emma exclaimed as soon as she got in.

"Don't worry, I didn't call you for cleaning. Just for company", Sophie smiled at Emma.

With a deep sigh, Emma and Sophie started eating pizza. Emma quickly grabbed two slices without hesitation.

"Eat slowly, Emma",Sophie told her, who was gobbling up each piece really fast, her face covered with Margareta cheese.

"Yeah, yeah. By the way, welcome to the real world girl!",Emma said slowing down her speed and clearing her face using the handkerchief which was lying idle on the floor.

"What do you mean, Real world? I was not a ghost earlier!", Sophie gritted her teeth.

"Well, how would the heiress of the Blue Moon gang know the real world?", Emma chuckled, "Dude, you have seriously lived like a princess ever since"

A Princess Life.

Sophie was well known for it. So much riches and so many servants and along with that so many crimes, so many screams and so many tears.

"Well, you are pretty much right but I am really happy to leave that place and yes did I tell you I was going to present my first project tomorrow?",Sophie said, changing the topic.

"Oh, that's great. All the best, girl. You will rock it, I am sure",Emma said, her eyes widening and her eye brows raised.

"Yeah, thanks. I am missing Alec so much at this moment. He was the only one in my family who supported me and helped me. I wish to tell him this",Sophie said, her eyes gradually lowering.

Alec Capone, Sophie's elder brother and her mentor. Alec was the only one who supported Sophie when she wanted to leave their family business and step out of the underworld.

"Did you talk to Alec? He would be really happy for you",Emma said, pouring water in a glass.

"No, not yet. I will tell him when I am successful at the presentation",Sophie smiled thinking about the success.

"That's a good idea. Well, what time is it?",Emma asked abruptly.

Emma's only family was her mother who was waiting for her to come and then have supper with her. Emma was not rich like Sophie, both of them had very different lives which in some way connected them. No one wanted to be friends with a gangster's daughter and a girl who didn't show off her things, which she never had, so the both outcasts became friends.

"Oh, it's 8 pm now. You should go now, Aunt may be waiting for you,"Sophie said, already reading Emma's mind.

Stella Ravis, Emma's mother was close enough to Sophie for her to call her as Aunt, Stella was a kind, sincere and calm lady, who only did hard work all her life so that her daughter gets a great life.

"Yeah, I will be leaving then. So, take care and sleep well.",Emma stood up and gave Sophie a side hug.

"Bye. Give aunt my love. Oh, I wish so much to see her",Sophie said.

"You are always welcome at my place, bye",Emma gave another tight hug and then said, "Call me after the presentation tomorrow",she smiled.

"Surely",Sophie smiled back.

Now, she had to make a sleeping arrangements, although it wasn't late enough to sleep but she knew that arrangements would surely take at least two hours because the worst place of all at that moment was the bedroom.

One by one she put the mattresses in order, weight of each one at least made her groan with effort each time. Clearing of spider webs was the toughest of all since Sophie wasn't tall enough to reach there.

She raised her feet to reach the web, stool was shaking but she thought not to look at it and continue her work.

Crash.

A loud noise came as she slipped from the stool and crashed on her bum, she looked at the wooden stool which was already broken now. She cursed herself for being so stupid and for having a short height.

She looked at the clock which was hanging in front of her, she stared it for a minute and then realised that clock was out of battery, she took out her tiny phone from her back pocket of her Louis Vuitton jeans, phone was safe and it showed the time 9:35 pm and sixteen seconds. seventeen seconds. eighteen.

She decided to leave her house as it is and just sleep for now, tomorrow was an important day for her and she wouldn't be happy to come late at her first presentation.

She went at the main door and locked it in every possible way which gave her a weird sense of security which she used to feel every time she locked her room door and went to sleep at her old mansion.

She ensured that each door was locked well and then she layed on her bed. It wasn't as soft and bouncy like the one she had in her mansion but it extracted all her exhaustion.

"Tomorrow would be great", she told herself when she was about to close her hazel coloured eyes which were full of dreams and ambitions. She curled in her bed and slept peacefully.

There was silence in the room and then her phone started ringing, she was too deep in sleep to get her phone. Even though, she heard slight ringtone, she decided not to pick it up. She didn't know who was calling.

Her Mom was calling her.

She also wanted to wish her daughter luck even though her husband has told her not to talk with her, her mother's heart wasn't able to wait to hear her daughter's voice.

Tears rolled down her eyes which were hazel coloured as well. She wanted to talk to Sophie but fear of her husband's anger resisted her. It has been so long since she talked to her.

"Madame, Sir is calling for you", Mr. Kim told her. Mr. Kim was Auric Capone's assistant and one of the most trusted member of the gang.

"I am coming", Rose Capone told him, Sophie's mother.

She wiped her tears and stood up, straightening her folded sleet skirt and checking if her back hair were pinned up well. She walked along with Mr. Kim to his husband's office.

"You called for me, Auric?",she said, her voice not showing even tiny bit of sadness.

"My dear Rose", he came near her and put his hands around Rose's shoulder, "I only told you to do one thing, not to talk to Sophie. She is my daughter as well but she can't deny my will."

He whispered slowly in her ear,"I also love her. Give me your phone", his voice getting colder and colder.Rose gulped down and gave her phone to him, "Rose, you know me",Auric said and left the room, keeping the phone in his pocket.

Dead silence covered the room, Auric has suspected her. Now, no one would let her call anyone. She wished for Sophie to get someone who would love her and make her happy and also that she gets a happy independent life.

Night went by slowly....

Sophie slept well but her mother was wide awake that night.

It was 5:30 am. Sun was about to rise and then Sophie opened her eyes, she told herself like she usually did, "Good morning, Sophie~", she stretched her hands upwards and yawned like crazy.

Today was the day, a smile approached her cute little face. A coffee was perfect to start the day, she got inside her messy kitchen.

Coffee, coffee, coffee, she examined the containers with her finger tips. She made coffee easily, it was long ago when she last made it. She approached at her balcony and looked at the peaceful heights of the buildings and sweet chirping of birds came across her ears.

This feeling was so good.

It was long time after that she got dressed up and revised all her documents and then was finally off to work, it was 7:45 am at that moment.

She booked a taxi since she haven't owned any car for herself yet because before that there were 100s of cars in her mansion which her father have given.

She adjusted her low pony one last time or as she thought since it was the first time that she had made a low pony.

"Please tell the code, Ma'am", the taxi driver said as she got seated in the taxi. "48264", Sophie replied as she glanced at her apartment for last time and it faded away as the car started moving.

She sat back and tried to relax but her mind was unable to do so since it was revising the presentation again and again. Half hour passed by just like that then finally the driver turned around and said, "Ma'am, We have arrived at The Martial Company", Sophie got down the car and saw the familiar skyscrapers.

"Thank you very much", Sophie did a final short bow and started leaving, "Have a good day, Miss", driver said from her back.

Good day? Yes, I would surely have one

Sophie walked inside the office, not many people were there, it was 8:32 and office started at 9:15 am. As she got inside the lift, she chose her floor, seventeen.

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