Smitten: A Mafia Romance — Chapter 13

"I nearly died."

"I am sorry, truly deeply sorry."

"You almost got me killed."

"I am really sorry Korina."

"I didn't want to go on that date." Korina said, "you made me do it." She pointed an accusing finger at Daniella.

"How was I suppose to know he was a psychopath?" Daniella asked and Korina went silent.

She and Korina hadn't spoken to each in the last three days. Her cousin had refused to speak to her even when her mother pleaded, She was even surprised Korina had let her in, at first she was given the silent treatment but now she got words instead of nods.

"Still majorly your fault tho." Korina said breaking the silence, "you should have found out much more about him, you could have asked more, what if he had killed me?"

"Korina, I am sorry, I feel really terrible." Daniella pleaded, "And I am also sorry for what you went through and with the policemen also."

"It's okay Dan, I forgive you."

"Really?" Daniella asked excitedly.

"Yes." Korina said, "Come here." She spread out her arms initiating a hug and Daniella moved towards her, they both got engulfed in a tight hug.

"First thing tomorrow morning, I am marching to that psycho's office and giving him the death blow of his life with a kick in the balls." Daniella pulled away from Korina and did funny arm movements adding emphasis to her statement.

"First things first, you are not gonna win a fight with those funny arm movements you just did."

"Still fighting him"

"Calm down babe." Korina rolled her eyes, " I am just worried, that man is filled with so much hate, what if he comes back?"

"I don't know about that." Daniella answered, "We laid another complaint to the police right?"

"Yes, we did." Korina said, "And you know how it ends, it's going no where, some white privilege shit."

"Hmmm."

"Honestly, I am so scared Dan, he sure looked angry and full of hate, imagine he comes back and finally kills me, I saw the look in his eyes when he drove towards me, damn, he was determined to do what he wants."

"It's okay babe." Daniella said taking Korina's hands into hers, "it's going to be okay."

Korina and Daniella laid lazily

on the sofa flipping through Television channels and feasting on junk food.

"You sleeping over?" Korina asked Daniella who was handling the remote control.

"Yes." She replied not taking her eyes off the TV, "My apartment is way too big and boring anyways."

"Well." Korina said standing up, "I'd better go order some pizza for tonight."

"Okay, pepperoni toppings please." Daniella yelled after Korina who went to get the home phone.

She typed the number and put the call through, "Daniella, why are you watching a news channel?" She asked after hearing the news channel signature tone, "News is for old people."

She got no answer, she made the call placed her order and decided to go have a quick shower while she waited.

"Yo!Korina!you gotta see this!" She heard Daniella scream and she hurried back to the sitting area.

"What is it?" She asked.

"Watch." Daniella said pointing to the Television, Korina looked at the screen and saw a female reporter getting ready for the report and the headlines read, THE MAFIA STRIKES AGAIN.

"Earlier this morning while some police officers were on patrol near the outskirts of town, they got distracted by a smell and traced it only to find the severely maimed body of a young man.The body had been dumped on an open field on the outskirts of town"

"And maimed bodies are often associated with victims of the Mafia ruthlessness."

"The man tended to be identified as Jeffery..."

Korina and her friend stared in shock

as jeffery's name and picture surfaced on the screen.

"No!no!no! It can't be." Korina shook her head in disbelief.

"Korina keep it cool, you should check your phone it has been beeping for a long time now."

"Okay." She picked up her phone, "It says a message and some images." She faced Daniella.

"Well, view it."

Korina swiped on the screen and proceeded to view, as soon as Korina's eyes saw the contents in her phone, she let out a piercing scream.

"Korina, what is it?" Daniella asked, "you don't look too good." She noticed the horror written all over her face.

"Come...see...wh..."

"You are saying incoherent words." Daniella moved closer to her, "let me see." She said taking the phone and she looked at the screen, when she saw it, she dropped the phone immediately and fell to the floor puking her guts out.

"And that is why you never went to med school." Korina said watching Daniella in her own pile of vomit.

Gross.

"You have nothing to worry about honey, I took care of him like I promised." Korina read this text again and again and then she looked at the picture, her insides turning, the mangled form of jeffery's body and dismembered body parts.

It wasn't a pretty sight.

"I can't even look at that." Daniella dropped the glass of water she held and shook her head in irritation, "your stalker is one hell of a psychopath."

"I don't even know what say." Korina said, she was so nervous and scared, "what to do, how to react, uggh!"

"I think we should report this to the police, let's go." Daniella grabbed her purse and started walking towards the door before being pulled back by an angry Korina, "what? Let's go."

"Go where?" Korina asked.

"To the police of course."

"To do what Dan? You wanna join the Academy?"

"No stupid! To report the murder case." Daniella said, "And you need protection in case he plans to kill you now."

"So you want me to go to the police, the same police that took jeffery's side, you want me to go to them for protection." She looked at her in shock, "you sound so brilliant right now Daniella, very brilliant."

"Uhmmm..."

"Don't you know if I go to them considering they are racists and I already made a report about jeffery, they would pull some strings and dump the blame all on me."

"Oh." Daniella said in stark realisation and took a seat on the Sofa, "What do we do now?" she asked.

"I don't know." Korina said, " I wish I didn't have to deal with this, God!" She palmed her face.

"Hmm."

"I will delete the message and pictures and forget about this."

"You sure?"

"Yes." Korina took her phone and tapped on it, "Done." She said pulling her eyes away from the screen.

"You deleted them all right?"

"Yes." Korina said.

"So about your stalker." Daniella tapped her chin, "What if you are next on his death list?"

"I am sure he isn't gonna kill me." Korina said, "With all the sweet, messages, gifts and obsession, I am sure he isn't out to kill me."

"Yea, sure." Daniella replied, "you know this was all interesting and exciting before we discovered he's a sick psychopath."

"It was never exciting to me Dan, it was to you."

"He's in the Mafia too."

Korina rolled her eyes, "Mafia dosen't exist these days, the news is just being delirious."

"If it doesn't exist, why will he have the guts to maim someone?"

"Cause he's a sick criminal, duhh!"

"If you say so." Daniella shrugged.

"You know Dan, all these is driving me crazy, I feel responsible for his death."

"No you shouldn't, he got what he deserved for trying to kill you."

"I don't know."

"Look, all this would be over soon, your stalker would get tired, obsession dosen't last, it's love that lasts." She told korina, "Relax and live your life girl, it would all be over soon."

"I hope so." Korina wisphered, tears ran down her cheeks as she felt burdened with misplaced guilt.

Daniella drew her close as she sobbed having no choice than to comfort her.