Smitten: A Mafia Romance — Chapter 10

"This him?" korina asked as Daniella parked her car and turned off the ignition.

"Yes, that's him." She replied, using her hand to pull some hair away from her face, "So that's the place." She pointed to a 3 story building they were parked two buildings away from.

The building was painted in all white, It looked a bit grand with the great architectural design of the pillars, Super fine tall glass windows and you could see the numerous chandeliers and all the other stuff associated with grandeur through them. The name of the restaurant was carved in bold italics on the top of the building, Korina thought the restaurant was simply magnificent, the type all the billionaires go to dine.

"You done gaping at it?" Daniella asked as she saw the way Korina scrutinized every visible detail of the restaurant.

"I think I should go now, I am running late." Korina said grabbing her purse and trying to open the door.

"So, you got his name right?" Daniella asked.

"Jeffrey peters, right?" Korina asked.

"Yes, of course and you got him facially?"

"Yes I do." She rolled her eyes, "I am not forgetful unlike you."

"I am not forgetful!" Daniella warned.

"Whatever, I should be on my way now, wish me luck." Korina moved to open the door.

"Wait." Daniella said stopping her.

"What is it again Daniella?", Korina stopped, " I am running late." She glanced at her watch and faced her cousin.

"Uhmm...How do I put this?" Daniella murmured.

"Anyhow you wanna put it, I ain't got no time miss."

"Uhmm..." Daniella fiddled her fingers.

"I have a date, could you hurry up!"

"I kinda didn't give him your details."

"What?" Korina asked.

"I only told him you were my sister,told him your name."

"And?"

"I didn't show him your picture." She broke out.

"You what?!"

Korina marched angrily into the restaurant, She marched ungracefully down the red carpeted aisle forgetting she was wearing heels and was supposed to do the catwalk.

She stopped in front of a dark haired man dressed in a waiter's outfit, he was holding a tab in his hand, he stood in front of a place barricaded with glass and she realised that was the dining area.

"Good evening." She greeted the man trying to muster a smile underneath all the anger she felt inside her.

How the fuck did Daniella forget to show him my picture, this ain't even a blind date, She thought.

"Good evening madame." He said courteously in a French accent.

"Reservation for Korina Black and Jeffrey Peters." She said.

"Okay, let me look it up." He replied tapping on his tab, Korina quickly looked around admiring the white and golden colored painted words, various framed paintings hung on the walls and giant flower pots adorened the corners of the walls. She peered through the glass and elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen enjoying their dinner graces her eyes, with a mini orchestra entertaining them on stage.

"That would be table 16." The man broke her out of her reverie, "follow me, madame." He turned to tap on the glass door, the two security personnels manning the inside slided the doors open and the waiter motioned for her to follow, which she did half-heartedly.

"Right over there." The waiter pointed at a table with a man, just five tables away from them, "Sorry madame I cannot escort you further, we have other guests." He gave a friendly bow.

"It's okay." Korina nodded slightly and made her way to the table.

Let's see how this goes, She sighed

Korina reached the table to find a brunette guy with slight beard, his head slightly bent, he was tapping on his phone paying no heed to his surroundings. She thought he looked more attractive than in the photo as she studied him, yes, this is him.

The man hadn't even noticed she was standing there.

"Hi." Korina greeted.

No answer.

"Hey." She said a little louder and this time she got a response, he looked up at her and frowned his face in disgust, ran her down with his eyes and looked back to his phone.

What the fuck, She was baffled, She wanted to sniff her armpits to see if she stunk.

"Hey." She said again.

"What the fuck do you want?" He snapped, "Bitch." He murmured under his breath, the word inaudible to her.

"I am korina...I..."

"Wait!" He looked at her, "you are Korina?" His face displayed shock and skepticism and Korina couldn't understand why.

"Yes, I am and you must be Jeffery." She watched him shake his head, "We are suppose to be on a date." She swallowed as she watched his fist curl.

"You have got to be kidding me." Jeffery screamed hitting the table, causing the lighter things on it to jerk.

His actions attracted a few stares and murmurs in their direction.

Okay, what the heck is happening?, Korina was so close to losing her calm.

"That Daniella fucking told me that I was to be on a date with her cousin." He breathed harshly, staring daggers at her, "I expected some hot blonde white chick, not an African looking clownish monkey with blonde dreads, you make me sick." He spat.

"Excuse me?" Korina stared wide eyed, She didn't know what to do and how to react. This was exactly why she hated taking Daniella's advices.

"You look like an Ape nigga." He taunted, "Did a clown spit you out?" He screamed and almost everyone turned their heads to watch, some stood up too.

"You accursed fellow." Korina lost her cool and slapped him hard, "you dirt." She hit him with her purse.

"You are the dirt here, how dare you hit me? You and all your bloody black apes should go back to the jungles and swamps where you came from." He hit Korina, punching her in the face earning multiple gasps from the crowd.

"Why isn't anyone doing anything?" Someone from the crowd shouted.

Korina dropped her purse on the table, the man watched her not knowing her next move. She removed the bottle of champagne from the iron bucket that held it, she picked up the bucket and dumped the ice on the man's head which he never expected before hitting him hard across the face with it.

Everyone dining at the restaurant was already in the circle formed around them, sirens could be heard outside, two security men appeared and made to escort them out of the restaurant to the police for questioning. Korina grabbed her purse and the bottle of champagne, she pushed the security men aside and stormed out the building herself.

Korina still couldn't believe her eyes, She felt her bruised lower lip, her finger tips got coated with blood, it had begun to bleed, Dammit, She cursed.

"So miss Korina." The policeman in front of her called out, "you know we could charge you for assault, you hit this man severally." He pointed to Jeffery who was leaning against the police car with a smirk on his face.

"In my defence officer." Korina stated calmly, "He riled me up, he made abusive and racist comments at me and he also hit me too, he ain't got no right to do that."

"Is that so?"

"The numerous eye witnesses also gave you accounts of what happened, he should be punished."

"You know people agree with you black people and make up pity stories when you offend someone."

"Excuse me?" Korina said, this is the 21st century for pete's sake.

"You must have done something to warrant his behavior." The policeman stated, "Afterall black people are always angry and violent."

"That's it, I am outta here." Korina grabbed her purse and champagne and trudged out of the restaurant premises, oh Daniella is so gonna get it.

She stood outside a building, not knowing what to do, she was torn between calling Daniella to pick her up or calling a Uber. She didn't do any, She was way too pissed, She decided to trek farther, She decided to trek away her anger not minding where she was headed.

As she trekked, the events of the night replayed through her head, She wanted to cry but she braced herself up.

He's not worth it, none of them are, they ain't worth the tears, She thought.

It had been a while since someone had been extremely racist towards her.

She never expected this to happen tonight.

Even the cops were a bigger problem.

She dragged her feet slowly as she walked, it was very late now, the streets were deserted.

Suddenly, she heard the loud crunching of gravel and fast tyres behind her, She turned to look and saw a car coming at her with full speed, she managed to get out of the way but the car followed her move, it's headlights were blinding but she could make out the appearance of the person behind the wheel.

It was Jeffery.

He smiled sickly as he headed her way, She tried to run but couldn't get away as he caught up with her and she fell down with a loud bang, the sound of the champagne bottle breaking to pieces could be heard.

She managed to stand up again and he swore at the fact that she didn't falter at once.

He reversed the car and came at her again with dangerously full speed.

Korina fell to the ground with a loud thud as soon as she felt the impact of the car on her back. Her head met the gravel and she thought she heard her skull crack, She tried screaming but found out that she couldn't and then all she saw was black.