The Crippled Mafia King’S Forced Bride
EP 4
I put my bag on the recliner and turn around in the living room. It’s been months since I’ve been here, but it looks like nothing has changed. The same white curtains and carpet, white and beige furniture, empty white walls. So much white—it looks sterile. I always despised it. No wonder that the first significant amount of money I earned, I used it to rent an apartment and get away from this bleakness.
Natalia Grey/FL
I’m home!*shout*
A few seconds later there is a sound of clicking heels coming my way. My mom exits the kitchen and rushes toward me, her hands on her hips. Zara Grey is the complete opposite of me—tall and blonde, with full makeup on, and in a perfectly pressed dress. A white silky one. I want to groan.
Zara Grey/FL Mom
You are three hours late, I told you—
Zara Grey/FL Mom
Dear God, what have you done with yourself?
Natalia Grey/FL
Can you be more specific?
Zara Grey/FL Mom
The metal thing on your nose
Natalia Grey/FL
It is called a piercing, Mom
Zara Grey/FL Mom
People get diseases through those, Natalia. When your father sees you, he’ll have a heart attack
Natalia Grey/FL
I’m twenty-four. I can do whatever I please with my body. And I’ve had it for years, I just remove it when I come here to avoid you pestering me. I forgot today
Zara Grey/FL Mom
And why are you wearing all black? Did someone die?
A few of my brain cells, for sure
Natalia Grey/FL
I’m in a dark phase this month*shrugs*
My mom loves the clichés. I think they make her feel more comfortable, especially around me. She still finds my choice of a career hard to process. Maybe it would be easier for her if I drew flower arrangements or baby deer. I wonder what she’d have to say about my latest piece. It’s still a work in progress, but there are no flowers or deer planned.
Zara Grey/FL Mom
Why do you have to be so strange all the time?
Natalia Grey/FL
Works great with guys*grin*
Natalia Grey/FL
Men love strange women
Zara Grey/FL Mom
I’m not so sure about that, honey
God, she can’t even get my sarcasm.
Natalia Grey/FL
When Dad called, he said it was urgent. Where is he?
Zara Grey/FL Mom
In the study. He’s been acting out of character the last few days. I think it has something to do with work, but he won’t tell me anything.
Zara Grey/FL Mom
It seems . . . like he’s scared of something
My father is in a real-estate business. Not many things to be scared of. I enter the hallway on the left and knock on the door of my father’s study, without having even the faintest idea what a drastic change my life is going to take when I get inside
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