The Boogie Man: A Mafia tale

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Do not be Gentle. The Bastard’s words echoed in my mind, as the ropes felt like lava on my wrists as I tried to work them off. It has been years since I have done this. He does not tie as tight as my fa… as my supposed father used to tie them. But it has been so long that I guess I am just rusty. Psycho Wallace gleefully glides over to his table.

“Well you heard the boss princess; I cannot be gentle. I did not plan on it anyway. He wants this to look like a house invasion so I cannot play and toy with you like I want to. See, I am a surgeon and I wanted to carve you up into a beautiful masterpiece. Instead, I have to gut you like a savage.” He says stabbing the air, like. A. Fu-ck-in-ng Psycho. "O well, maybe he will let me have a twin"

 Ahhh ropes off. I throw my head back, take a deep breath, and pull my blade from my pants, and we laugh.

“You think that this funny! You think that I will not kill you and your children?”

“Did Kendrick not tell you who their father is?” I stare him in the eyes. “Their father is Nathaniel Rivera the London Syndicate Crime Boss.” Psycho stares at me for a second.

“Chic, clearly you are lying. Their boss is an old geezer.”

“I know that old geezer is his father. He is next in line, but do not take my word for it. You put one foot in the grave the moment you hit that car.” I am barely holding in my laugh, Lizzi is finding this too hilarious.

Psycho, pulls out his phone and dials a number, “Kendrick, what the f**k have you gotten me in? You did not tell me she was f*****g a crime boss.” Psycho walks in the other room.

Third person view

Wallace is still on the phone arguing with Kendrick. “f**k that Kendrick, I understand you did not know who he was, but I think we need to scratch the plan and leave her be.” Wallace is pacing back and forth, “f**k, okay. I will deal with her but that is it. I am not touching his f*****g kids. That s**t is on you, and then I am gone. That family is f*****g psycho man.”

Wallace storms out to go back in the room with Elizabeth and then the power shuts off. Wallace curses, and turns the flashlight on his phone on and continues towards the room to find there is no Elizabeth.

“s**t! Elizabeth. Come out, I heard what you said. I have decided not to hurt you, I am going to let you go.”

The house was quiet, all you can hear is the age of it, the tightening of the floorboards, the whistling of the wind and the chimney.

 Then there was whistling, is started really faint at first and it travelled all around the room. It was the “Twisted Nerve” Melody, and she sang it over and over again. Wallace turned around trying to locate her.

“Elizabeth stop screwing around, come out.”. She gave off this loud psychotic laugh.

“What is wrong Wallace, where is that temper you had earlier when you had me tied to the chair?”

“I do not have time for this. Kendrick can handle this s**t show on his own.” Wallace heads to the door, before he can make it Elizabeth slices the tendon of his heel. Wallace screams and falls.

“Damn it.” He sits up and pulls his left ankle to him and it is pouring blood. He hears a noise and looks up to see Elizabeth approaching. She is stalking towards him like a lioness with her prey in sight, her blade is hanging downward with his blood dripping to the floor.

“Elizabeth, wait, wait. I was going to let you go. All of this was Kendrick’s idea. I… I can help you. He is on his way right now to a club to kill your baby daddy. He knows the owner and has something on him and they are setting him up so… so the guy will not owe Ken or your BD.” Elizabeth stopped, trying to take in what Wallace said, and he pounced on her, just in that moment of hesitation. It gave Wallace a window to turn the table.