9

EMMA

After I'm done working out I plan to go to work even though I still don't know what to do with my fathers condition. It's a lot of stress and I don't even know all about this mafia stuff that the detective told me about, if only I knew that my father's situation is this dangerous I would've tried to stop him long time ago.

But there's nothing for me to do now it's too late since my mother passed away my father changed into a bitter person I didn't even recognized him the way he was. I moved out of the house a long time ago when my mom died I was already married and she was the only person who always told me to make the right decision that would protect me and doing the things that would be right for me. When I first introduced Dean to her she was kind of shocked that I'm rushing into married like that but I was still naïve and my heart was filled with love.

Only if I knew right at that time that "love is blind" I wouldn't got married to Dean. At first it was a real good relationship filled with love and a lot of gift. But that only lasted for a year and I started to notice his behavior changed and he would come back at our apartment late at night it was always the same excuse "don't worry about it I'm working late". But I knew that something was fishy even though I lied to myself about it. When you being lied to there's always a feeling that you have in your heart.

Dean was my first love I married him when I was naïve and didn't know anything. Our relationship moved really fast we moved in together and we were happy I thought so the only thing Dean loved about me was my body, he was only looking for sex with me. When I became suspicious about him I used to ask him and he would tell a lie at our anniversary I was working late and I had a big surprise for him but when I found him in our bed having sex with my friend it was heartbreaking. Dean's infidelity not only broke my heart but my self-low esteem shattered and I became closed off. I would cry everyday and ask myself what's wrong with me. He didn't even say sorry to be he just said he fell out of love with me and I never satisfy him in bed. Imagine a man telling a woman that how could you feel I was so heart broken and I become so insecure about myself. That happened years ago but it's still there and that's why I'm not looking for any relationship right, yeah there was that time I felt attracted to some men but I didn't approach them because I was not confident.

People at my age are settling down and having children but me I'm still heart broken for a man who never loved me. But I'm grateful that I found out about Dean because I just became cold and it was beneficial for my career. One thing I learned about my relationship with him is that I will never trust any men.

When I moved out of the house Ashley was still young and we don't have a good relationship with each other. She thinks that I left her with our father but that's not true if course my father made her believe that. Ashley was like my daughter because she's younger than me and our mother passed away when she was young. She didn't grew up with me I was still married at that time. She didn't have a good childhood because I just found out that our father used to abused her. I didn't even know that I still can't believe that my father would do that and he's changed but for what I saw when he had an accident I saw what kind of lifestyle he has.

I take my phone so that I can call Ashley she's been having a sleepover with her friends and she not calling me. I type her number so I can call her I wait for couple of seconds.

"The number you've called is not available at the moment. Please try again later."

Ugh why is I wonder why she's answering her phone. I try again maybe she will answer my call.

"Hello" She says in a unconsciousness sound I swear the more she's growing up she sounds like my mother.

"It's your sister Emma."

"Yeah I know that I have your number so what do you what?" I bet she rolling her eyes.

I sigh

"I just wanted to tell you that I will fetch you today later I'm still busy with some things I just wanted go fix."

"Can I please stay other night at my friend's house?"

"No you are not allowed to do that you have to come back today…" I look at the phone and I see that she switched it off.

Ugh we can't get along and our relationship is so bad and I'm trying she just barely doesn't want us to have a relationship.

I still need to go to the hospital so that I can see my father everything right now that is happening it's stressing me out I don't know what to do. I'm really scared for our life because the things that Detective Jackson scared me so much I didn't even know that the there was something called the "Mafia". My father still needs to do some explaining because the things he did was so bad. I wonder where did we go wrong because he was such a good man and he just changed.

When the Detective explained everything about my fathers issue I was really shocked I don't even know what I'm going to do with him. I don't think I should tell Ashley about this but it's important for her to know because we are all in danger. I wonder how she would react from all of this but I can't tell her that because I don't think she would take it very well.

I'm just so stressed I don't what I will do about this and my father is in the ICU he can die anytime the person who best him up. He knew what he was doing because he knew all the critical places in the human body it's must the one of the members. Detective Jackson wanted to have a meeting with me he said that it was important but I'm still think about it if I will go or just end up not going. He said that we must talk face to face because it was a private matter. When I talk to him when I was in the hospital he was shaking and kind if scared I saw from his eyes that this case was very dangerous. The Mafia were know to be ruthless, brutal, violence, lethal and they were formed centuries ago. They killed people for a living and they owned the police force everything happened based on their rules.

The more I researched about that the more I become scared about what will happen to my father these people were bad. I need to avoid this a little bit because I'm going to he crazy just thinking about it all the time. I still need to work being a lawyer is not that easy and you need time to learn a case when you found one.

I hear my phone ringing I pick it up by not seeing the number.

"Hello"

"Yes Miss Emma Grey this is Detective Jackson I hope you remember me.

I chuckle. I need to stop answering my phone without looking at the number it's a bad habit.

"Yes Detective how can I help you?"

So fast I didn't think that he can call so fast I wonder what will talk about it's sound so serious because I thought that I would not hear from him in the couple of days to come. This matter is really just making me scared I'm starting to become so scared if this.

"Miss Emma are you still in here?

"Oh sorry yes I'm still here"

"I wanted to know if you can come in the police station there's important issue that I want us to talk about…"

I switched off the phone I'm crazy right now. I'm scared I don't know what will he say.