Forever, Mitchell - Episode 7

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Fear... It's the body's way of surviving.

I drop the last tray of empty dishes as my mind wanders.

What is this? What is going on?

Through out the dinner everyone had been tense, polite conversations amongst themselves.

No one dare spoke to Xavier Knox, he didn't say much either, just beckons at servers.

He had thrown Candy a look when she spoke rudely to Karen, another server, Candy had no choice but to leave.

Mr. Knox didn't stay a word so I go with the impression that he didn't care what happened to his beloved arm candy.

"You were scared weren't you?" Claire asks and i look to her, we are in the kitchen, washing the dishes.

"Yeah" I say, my voice breaking into a whisper.

"That's how everyone feels around Mr . Xavier, he's extreme" She says and I nod.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Shoot"

"What do they do? The Knox's what do they do? How do they make their money?"

She looks a little surprised, probably at the thought that I'm not aware, but she decides to answer me.

"They do almost everything, from shipping to investing and to land deals and of course they have their hand in the IT Market as well"

She says and I nod.

"But..." She continues with a whisper.

"... That's what they make people believe"

"What?"

"They put up these companies as a facade, every one knows that they are a crime family"

"What?" I ask again, unbelievable.

"Yes it's true, everyone is scared of the Knox's, everyone, you are a politician and you want protection, you call on the Knox's, they are always there to carter to the highest bidder"

So, basically what she is saying is that I'm working for the mafia?

"No,nothing that drastic" She says and I realize I asked my question out loud.

"6 years ago you might have called it that, working for the mafia that is, but ever since Xavier took over he's been trying to stir the family into more legal dealings, although he is still deeply into the underworld"

"Ha, I see"

"You have to be careful Mitchell, you don't want to get missed up with the boys, even the smallest of them is lethal" She says and i smile at her, she moves away and my mind wanders.

I make a promise to myself, I'm going to do everything I can not to cross paths with Xavier Knox.

****

"What are you doing?" A voice asks and I turn from hanging another bed sheet to look at Tyler.

"Isn't it obvious? I'm hanging laundry"

"Yeah? I thought you were mixing margaritas" He says sarcastically and I shake my head moving away.

It's been two days since the dinner and I've been serving them but the ice monster did not show up for dinner again.

Tyler's been going out of

his way to make sure I serve him and that has been a thorn on my flesh.

I don't know how Katie and Pearl found out but they've been trying extra hard to make my life miserable.

And it's working, coupled with the abuse I get from my aunt at home I'm having a hard time as it is.

"What do you want?" I ask him.

"Should you be talking to me like that? I have blackmail content on you remember?" He says, helping me to lift a basket.

"If you were really going to use it you would have done so by now" I say and he nods, as if just realizing I'm part of the wise ones.

"You are a wise one" He says and I roll my eyes.

I line a sheet, effectively blocking him from my view, he shifts it to the side, doning a pout, he's cute.

"What do you want really? I don't want madam K to see me standing with you"

"Madam K works for me, if she's giving you a hard time I can simply move her to another part of the house were you don't have to see her"

"You think that's going to make me happy?"

"Won't it?"

"You really know nothing about girls do you?"

"I wanna know everything about you"

"Well, too bad, I don't wanna know anything about you"

"You hurt my heart" He says, placing his hand on his chest.

"Do you have one?" I say and he pauses.

I feel like I've crossed a line, a look crosses his face.

"Brother?"

I turn to see Bryant.

"Hey bry, what are you doing out?" Tyler says.

Bryan is holding a basketball, he is looking at me and I try, I try not to look at him.

I have a sense of fear, I have to escape, this is not a way of avoiding the people I work for.

"Are you banging her?" He asks, looking away from me to look at his brother.

I raise my eyebrow, my mouth falling open, did he just ask what I think he asked?

"That's rude Bry" Tyler says, looking a little pissed.

"What? That's what you do with all the other maids, I thought maybe you were trying to shoot a shot, or has it already been shot?" He asks, bouncing his ball.

I throw a look at Tyler and he meets my eyes, his eyes trying to tell me something but I don't care enough to try to read it.

I don't know why I'm feeling bad, maybe because the thought that someone is interested in me was making me feel a little good about myself.

" Your brother is not banging me, neither is he ever going to bang me, you can rest easy"

I say and he nods.

"You don't believe me?"

"Nope" He says popping the p, I look around with a sigh before pointing at the basketball ball he's holding.

"You have a hoop?"

"You play basketball?" He asks with surprise.

"You wanna get your ass whooped?"

He narrows his eyes before leading the way to a hoop.

"First person to get ¹5 points wins" He declares and I nod.

"Mitchell you don't have to do this" Tyler says but I ignore him.