Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Reading the report, Lukas couldn’t help but clench his fist, he wanted to strangle the woman, no, both parents. The child was their responsibility, what the fuck were they doing?
His own mother had protected him even though she lived with an abusive husband. Why couldn’t David’s wife do the same for her daughter? Lukas knew if he got his sister Chloe back, he would give the world to her if she wanted it.
Thanks to their carelessness, it had not been difficult for Adele to get the girl and they were waiting for him to arrive. The invitation has been sent out to David and if he loved his daughter as they thought , he wouldn’t try anything stupid.
Not long after, they stopped at a questionable-looking shop and he and Victor stepped out. To whoever spying on them, it would look like they were here for a business meeting, but everything was just a front and Lukas barely got in before he was shown the way through the back door and he walked into the streets where another car was waiting for him. He got in and started on his real journey.
He decided to have a short sleep on the way now he had the time. His brain had to be in optimal condition when he worked later in the night. So he shut his eyes and dozed off to dreamland.
Lukas had constant dreams, more like, nightmares, and while one would think that it was the ghosts of the men he killed that had come to haunt him, it was usually about his traumatic past and his miserable future.
Something was different about tonight’s dream though, he just couldn’t wrap his mind around it. As usual, he was back to being a little kid and he could see everything going on as if he had an omniscient point of view.
Lukas could tell that he was around ten or so, his mind was a bit scrambled. He looked around his environment which was a little bit familiar yet distant at the same time. He could tell that he had been here a long time ago. This was probably the period his mother died – the hardest time in his life.
He was in some alleyway with dumpsters and dirt bags littered all over. What was he doing here? This wasn’t his usual rendezvous spot and his stomach was rumbling. Lukas could not control his body, and the next he knew, he found himself rummaging through the dirt as he tried to find any leftovers.
However, he was in the middle of the search when something flurry passed him by, drawing his attention. Younger Lukas looked down at the small, white, Westie dog and frowned. Was he about to fight for food with this small, annoyingly cute animal?
“Shhh, go away!” Lukas tried to chase it off when the dog came around and started sniffing around the packed nylon bags.
So he warned it again.
But the dog was stubborn and went about doing what it wanted without listening to Lukas. Infuriated, he got down from the large dumpster and stomped over to it, intending to send it out of here. But on a closer look, the dog looked too clean to belong to the slum. Maybe it lost its way? He wondered.
And that theory was confirmed when he heard a young girl shouting, “Rooney! Rooney! Where are you!”
Lukas had always had good instincts, so he went over to the dog and picked it up. Surprisingly, the small thing settled into his arms quickly and Lukas shook his head in disapproval. The dog was too trusting with strangers, the owner had to be more strict with it.
So he left the alleyway and came out in the open where he saw the young girl calling out for the dog and the moment she saw them, the young girl shouted in delight, “Rooney!”
She ran over to them and snatched the dog from Lukas quite roughly, hugging it tightly as if her life depended on it. Such a sentimental being, he snorted his disapproval. She was too soft, his father wouldn’t like someone like her around him.
Moreover, she hasn’t even noticed him since she had her dog. Whatever, it wasn’t like he wanted her companionship anyway. He ran away from home to get away from everybody, he doesn’t need anyone by his side.
[Bonus chapter]Be My Boyfriend
Lukas tried to take a good at this female but some sort of haze covered her face and he couldn’t see anything. It was a dream anyway, so he didn’t try hard to remember.
Having achieved his mission, young Lukas turned to leave only to hear, “Hi handsome.”
His brows raised at once and he turned to look at her puzzled, pointing at his chest, “Me? Handsome?”
“Umm,” She wasn’t ashamed to admit it, looking at him with the sparkle in her eyes.
Eyes? He tried to see what they looked like but he couldn’t view anything beyond that haze. It was as if some sort of mental block was stopping him from seeing what he wanted to know. The only thing he could distinguish was her red hair.
At once, Lukas cleared his throat and asked haughtily, “So, what do you want?” Although he didn’t show it, Lukas was still joyous inside that she thought he was handsome.
“I just want to thank you for helping me find Ronney,” She said to him.
“You don’t need to thank me, just take care of your dog properly, bad people are everywhere.” Lukas indirectly referred to himself. He knew from a young age that his family did bad things. And so did him.
“Sure!” She accepted his instructions happily, giving him an “OK” sign.
…..
Seeing there was nothing left to do, Young Lukas was ready to go, “In that case, I -“
“What is your name?”
Lukas frowned, what does she want with his name?
“You don’t need to know.”
“Please.”
“No.”
“Please. Please.”
“No.”
“Please. Please. Please.” She fluttered her brows alluringly.
“I said, no!” Lukas was sterner this time and almost startled her, even Rooney whimpered.
His name was a bit personal to him because it was a symbol of his identity, and lineage – that he wasn’t exactly proud of. What if this stranger recognized his name and began to fear him like the others?
“Sorry,” He said.
But she pouted her lips and looked the other way, grumpily.
Young Lukas was burdened with guilt when he saw her sad face. It was his fault that she was this way. He was already ruining their time together. Maybe, all he was ever good at is destroying things, that must be his superpower.
However, the young girl he thought was sad, suddenly looked up at him with her mischievous eyes saying, “In that case, if you’re sorry, why don’t you be my boyfriend?”
“W-what?” Young Lukas almost choked on his saliva. He then looked at her in disbelief, “You dumb girl! How could you say such things? Also, what do you know about relationships?” He was flustered.
“Hey, I’m not dumb!” She glared at him.
“What do you know then?” Lukas challenged her.
“Relationship is for people in love,” she answered, proudly.
Lukas shook his head, “You’re a spoilt child! How does a young girl like you know all of this stuff?”
“I am not a spoilt child and I’m seven years old. I read lots of books and there’s a granny in my street who tells me all I need to know about love!” She said animatedly, hugging Rooney to her chest with a dreamy expression.