My father sold me to the Mafia King novel Chapter 129

Chapter 129: 129/I Accept Death

Chapter 129:

Julie’s Point of View

I was seething from the inside, and I felt a massive pressure in my chest that was about to explode; I could not bear the thought that I had been subjected to deception in such a loathsome manner.

I had made myself a laughingstock for these lunatics, and while I thought that I had finally breathed a sigh of relief and escaped from this prison, I found that I was merely a naive girl moved by strings held by Robert.

I threw the pillow on the floor with all my strength, muttering with lips trembling from oppression: "You are stupid, Julie... you are stupid." My body collapsed to the floor, and I leaned my tired head against the edge of the bed, feeling a bitter lump in my throat as I asked myself: What did I do in this life for God to punish me in this way?

I wished at that moment if Steve were with me; I missed him to the point of aching.

My memory went back to the last time I saw him, which was two years ago. At that time, a person named "Karl" visited me at my father’s house to tell me that Steve was waiting for me.

On that morning, I jumped out of my bed early and went to the garden; I sat on the wooden chair, interlocking my fingers with tension. The seconds were passing as if they were days, and the minutes as if they were months. He had left me when I was an eleven-year-old girl, and now I am sixteen; five years of wandering in which I did not know if he was alive or dead.

I was lost in my thoughts until a long shadow blocked the sunlight from my face. I raised my head slowly, and found a tall, blonde young man looking at me with his green eyes that looked exactly like mine. I said in a choked voice: "Steve?"

I stood up quickly and threw myself into his arms, hugging him with a strength that made my bones moan. Tears poured from my eyes in abundance; his embrace was the sanctuary I had been deprived of for years, and amidst all this ruin surrounding me, I found paradise with him.

He said in a tender voice while tightening his grip on me: "Julie... my sister, I missed you so much."

I couldn’t reply; my sobs were rising and preventing the words from coming out. He patted my shoulder with a touch that felt like the touch of an angel.

He moved me away from him gently, then wiped my tears with the tip of his thumb and held my face in his palms, saying: "Enough crying, Julie... tell me, are you okay?"

I said, trying to catch my breath: "I am fine... how are you?"

He said: "I am fine."

I rushed with questions like a madwoman: "Steve, where have you been all these years? What were you doing? Why didn’t you come again? And where were you living? And what..."

He placed his finger on my mouth gently to silence my outburst and said: "Calm down, Julie, and take a breath."

I had a lot to know, but a voice interrupted us from afar: "Steve come on, we don’t have time!"

Two young men approached; one of them was Karl, and the other was thin with blonde hair and blue eyes like the sea. Steve said, pointing to them: "Julie, I think you met Karl yesterday, and this is Jake."

Jake extended his hand to shake mine and said in an urgent tone: "Hello, I am Jake... Jake Simon."

I extended my hand hesitantly and said: "Hello Jake, I am Julie."

Steve said: "These are my friends." But Jake interrupted him, looking around in terror: "Steve come on, hurry up, we are in danger!"

My body stiffened and I asked in fear: "What danger? What happened? Is there something wrong? Tell me!"

Steve said, trying to calm me down: "Julie, calm down." Then he pulled a key from his pocket and placed it in my palm, closing my fingers over it firmly: "This key is for a safe that has a lot of money, enough for us to build our lives, and I came to take you with me."

I said in bewilderment, looking at the key: "What? Where did you get the money from?"

He replied with a slight sharpness: "That doesn’t matter now, Julie; the important thing is that you will come with me and we will live together."

I said, doubt gnawing at my heart: "Steve, what did you do? Did you get yourself involved in something dangerous?"

Jake shouted with impatience: "Steve, you are wasting time! If your sister doesn’t want to come, we will go."

Steve rebuked him: "Jake!"

I said, directing my words to Jake: "Did these people involve you with them? Did they make you earn money in illegal ways? What did you do, Steve, to run away? Why is there no time? And where did this large amount of money come from?"

Jake spoke with contempt: "You are ungrateful! He is risking all of us for your sake and you don’t care."

Steve said, pushing Jake away: "Jake, get away, let me talk to my sister." Then he said to Karl: "Karl, take Jake and buy him a bottle of water; his nerves are shot."

Jake walked away while swearing, so I said to Steve, gripping his shirt: "Steve, why are your lives in danger? Don’t lie to me."

He ignored my question and said, pressing on my hand: "Julie, this safe has 3 shares; my share, Jake’s share, and one for Karl. If something happens to me, take my share and give the others their shares."

I said in terror, my body shaking: "What are you saying? Is your life really in danger?"

And before he could answer me, the screeching of the tires of a large black car that stopped violently in front of us rang out.

Armed men came out of it and pounced on Steve, pulling him forcefully toward the car. I began to scream and try to hold onto him, but another man rushed toward me, grabbed me roughly, and put me in the car as well.

They placed a heavy black bag over my head, so my vision vanished completely and I saw nothing but darkness.

I began to call out frantically: "Steve! Do you hear me?"

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