Free Revenge | A Steamy Mafia Bad Boy Romance by Rose Cody

her mind racing. “One hundred thousand dollars. One hundred thousand dollars and we will let you go.”
     
    “A hundred grand?” He asks, furrowing his eyebrows.
     
    “That’s nothing to you!” Jennifer says, standing up and stepping backwards. “That’s nothing! My dad may never be able to work again because of you!”
     
    “That pathetic old man probably hasn’t even made a hundred grand in his entire life and you want me to pay for his retirement?” Brent spits at her.
     
      Jennifer shakes as she looks down on him, before screaming, lifting the pipe into the air and connecting it hard across his knees.
     
    “He’s worked harder than you would ever know!” She screams as she hits him again and again, his bones crunching after each of her strikes.

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    “Jennifer?” Andrei asks, flicking on the light of the dark bathroom before walking up and down the stalls. “Jennifer are you alright?”
     
      He pauses as he hears her sob out, before pushing open the stall door.
     
    “I don’t know what I’m doing?” She cries, wiping her mouth. “I didn’t mean to do that! Maybe I really am a monster…”
     
    “Jennifer…” He whispers as he kneels down beside her, wrapping his arms around her as he pulls her close to his chest. “You’re not a monster…”
     
    “Yes, yes I am!” She sobs as she holds onto him. “I’ve never done anything like this in my life!”
     
    “Yeah, you probably haven’t.” Andrei says, burying his nose into her hair. “You know what I see?” He asks. “I see someone who’s finally standing up for herself. You’ve never done that before either, have you?”
     
      She nods, wiping away her tears as he stands up before reaching out to help her off the bathroom floor.
     
      She grips his hand, getting to her feet before sighing out and straightening her shoulders.
     
    “Are you good?” He asks, resting his hand against the small of her back.
     
    “Yes.” She whispers, smiling softly at him as she nods her head.
     
      They walk back into the shower room, Jennifer tuning out the sounds of Brent’s sobs as she walks up to him, standing tall before him as she rests her hands on her hips.
     
    “Listen. I’m not playing games anymore.” She says, her voice hoarse. “This is your very last chance. Either you promise to pay up… or you’re dead.”
     
    “Hey!” Brent shouts. “Fuck you, lady!”
     
      She steps backwards, wiping a tear away from her cheek before looking over at Andrei and nodding her head.
     
      Jennifer watches for as long as she can as Andrei swings the brass pipe over his head. She squeezes her eyes shut on the downward swing, turning around and walking away, her stomach dropping as she hears the crack of metal connecting with skull.
     
      She leans against the tiled wall, wrapping her arms around herself as she hears thud after thud before finally, after what feels like an eternity, she hears the clanking sound of the brass pipe as it hits the floor.
     
      She opens her eyes, avoiding the scene as she hears Andrei cough before the hiss of the old facets begins as he washes himself up.
     
    “Jennifer.” He says, wiping his soaking wet hands on a dirty brown towel. “I’m sorry.”
     
      She shakes her head, glancing over at Brent’s crushed face before looking back into Andrei’s dark eyes.
     
    “We have to go.” She says, grabbing his hand.
     
    “Do you want my room key?” He asks, reaching into the inside pocket of his jacket for his wallet.
     
    “No.” She whispers. “We have to go back. I’m not going home without something.”
     
      Andrei smiles at Jennifer darkly, the corner of his mouth curling up as he bites his bottom lip.
     
    “Hey!” He calls to the two men, pulling them back to reality as they play with their phones. “Do something with this motherfucker, will ya?” He says, motioning towards the mayor’s dead son. “We’re not done yet.”

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