Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Music Recommendation:- In control – Hillsong Worship.
Throughout the rest of the day, Rhea was angry for no reason. She was so suffocated and sad inside that she felt the whole world deserved to be miserable with her. Neither did it help matters that she didn’t Lukas after their encounter, nor Winters as well.
Who knows, the both of them were together? Since they were friends, Lukas must have gone to her so she could help me lick his wounds. Now that she has given up on Lukas, Rhea was sure that Winters would be over the moon. With her out of the picture, Winters could freely date Lukas now.
And why was she so bothered about it? Why couldn’t she just stop caring? It was literally none of her business, who Lukas decided to date. It doesn’t concern her anymore…
Thankfully, Victor came up to her, informing her that she needed to learn a few self-defense moves in case she found herself in a bit of a situation tomorrow.
Unfortunately, Victor didn’t know he provided her a platform to vent all of her frustration because whatever teaching he provided to her fell on deaf ears. Unlike the ever mercy Lukas, Victor was quite serious in his lesson and Rhea couldn’t remember the number of times her ass landed on the practicing mat.
It wasn’t until the twentieth fall that Victor realized that Rhea hadn’t been listening to his lessons at all because she never applied any moves he taught her in the training. If anything, it was as if she wanted him to use her like some rag doll.
Hence, when Rhea didn’t rise from the last fall and instead lay on the mat laughing loudly, Victor instinctively knew something was wrong. He had met Lukas on the way out and after his dear cousin told him to teach her basic moves so she doesn’t get herself killed in the mission tomorrow, he stormed out of the place.
…..
So while Rhea lay there laughing, Victor left to call Mimi knowing that he couldn’t handle this one – it was beyond him. Neither does he want to be on the receiving end of whatever happened to them.
Rhea lay on the ground, exhausted to the bones as her body hurt all over from landing on the ground. Although the mat provided a softer landing, it didn’t mean it was painless. But the pain was all she needed which was why she tried to stand up to her feet and failed woefully.
So she lay on the floor and began to laugh. Rhea turned her face to the side laughing hysterically, how did she end up like this? She had once been a young lady living her life to the fullest? How did she get to this point?
Rhea made her choice, she chose Elijah. She was supposed to be happy! She was supposed to be on top of the world, after all, she chose the love of her life, Elijah, over her short fling, Lukas. So why was she feeling this way instead? Why was she feeling miserable and sad?
Soon, Rhea’s laughter turned into sobs as she couldn’t take it anymore. She could deceive herself and say that she was okay, but deep inside, Rhea knew that she just lost something. No, someone. Someone important.
And that was the scene that greeted Mimi when she came into the training room with Victor. She stopped short at the scene, stunned to see her friend curled up on the floor and crying.
“Rhea!” Mimi’s heart was broken at the sight and hurried over to her friend. She pulled her up from the ground and made her sit up so she was able to wrap her arms around her chest and consoled her.
Even when Rhea went through tough times at the hands of her family, her friend hadn’t cried this badly. Hence, it hurt her that the matters of the heart could hurt her this badly.
“Hey, that’s enough already! To hell with men, you could do without them. The both of us had been content together, what’s the worst that could happen now?!” Mimi tried to comfort her all to no avail.
In the end, Mimi left her to cry all she wanted. Rhea needed to release all that emotions, else she bottled it all up and handled it negatively. Hence, Mimi was with her until she finished crying and just leaned on her arms.
After that, Mimi helped lead her to the bed where she laid down, and even though it was merely late afternoon, Rhea slept as if she was having a good night’s rest. The tiredness and the body ache she suffered during the training finally conquered her body and she slept off with Mimi by her side.
When Rhea woke up, it was late at night but Mimi already got her dinner in bed. She muttered thanks to Mimi and tried to eat as much as she could knowing she had no appetite.
“You can’t keep on living like this. For christ’s sake, Rhea, just tell Lukas you like him,” Mimi said and that was the conversation Rhea dreaded but there was nothing she could do but face it.
“Whether I like him or not, it’s too late for that,” Rhea said.
“What do you mean it’s too -“
Rhea dropped her spoon and pulled the tray away, “I’ve lost my appetite,” and with that, she turned her back to Mimi, and pulled the cover up to her chin.
“Ugh!” Mimi felt like strangling her idiotic friend. What was so hard about going up to the man she liked and telling him she had feelings for him. It was so frustrating because the atmosphere in the base was depressing. Not to mention that D-day was tomorrow, and they can’t operate with low morale.
Knowing that was the end of the discussion, Mimi left the room and shut the door only to bump into Victor.
“Any news?” She asked about the update on Lukas.
“Negative,” Victor sighed, hands on his waist. None of them were happy with what was going on, “What about her?” He referred to Rhea.
“Negative as well. She’s as stubborn as a bull.”
“Same with Lukas. I hate this.” Victor complained.
“Not unless we take matters into our hands,” Mimi said and Victor turned his attention to her.
“What do you have in mind?”
Her Hope Of Privacy
Rhea stared up at the ceiling, lost in her thoughts when the door to her room snapped open. She turned only to see that it was Mimi and no one else and disappointment flooded her. Rhea was close to turning to the other side when she saw Mimi bent down to retrieve something.
“What is this?” Mimi said, picking up a piece of paper from the ground, “Huh, I think this is addressed to you,”
At the mention of those words, Rhea’s interest piqued immediately and she lifted her head from the bed, “Me?” she croaked.
“Yes…” Mimi said, looking at the contents of the writing before glancing back at her friend, saying, “I think it’s from Lukas.”
The instant Rhea heard the name, “Lukas”, she sprang up from her bed and snatched the note from Mimi,
“I need to talk to you, please. You know where to find my quiet place.” She read out.
What kind of stupid note was this? Of course, she knows his quiet place. But then, a note? He could have just come up to her and…
“Well? Why aren’t you leaving? He wants the both of you to meet,” Mimi looked at her expectantly.
She shook her head stubbornly,
…..
“What’s the point of it? It doesn’t change anything between -“
“Rhea!” Mimi screamed so hard she nearly gave the girl a heart attack. Rhea gave her a questioning look, what now?
Mimi said through gritted teeth with her nails pointed dangerously at her face, “I swear to God, if you don’t leave this room right now, I will tear you from limb to limb until there’s nothing left of you!”
“Jesus! Fine! Tune down the violence, I’m out!”
And that was the cue Rhea needed to get out of the room. Trust her, friend or not, you don’t want to encounter the crazy side of Mimi. She was too scary.
It wasn’t hard to find Lukas’s quiet place and as expected he was already waiting for her in the gazebo, Rhea saw his shadow from afar and stopped.