FERARU ELENA –

DENISA

GANGSTER’S
PARADISE
Carter and Grace – fire and ice. Both ice
and fire have the potential to destroy things “To love is to
in the world, and toghether they are destroy, and to
unstoppable. This is a love story about be loved is to
hope, danger, concequences, desire, loss. be destroyed.”
Love is hard as it is itself; imagine if you
wake up one day, only to find out you’re in
love with the most – wanted man in the
underworld. Can you handle that?

“He is not a lover who does not love

forever.” – Euripides

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knuckels. But the thing that caught my eye the most was the big snake that
looked like he was wreathed arund their arms. The other guys, although they
wore more casual clothes, also had that snake tattoo. I wonder what that
meant… CHAPTER I:
“Are you bloody joking?!” I saw one of the guys standing up, pulling out
something from under his jacket. A gun. He started to point it to the one who told
me to come back. “You’re dead, you hear me?! Dead!” My heart was racing so
fast, and I felt like I had no air left. Without realizing, I was heading in their
direction.
“Here’s Everyone
your order!”started to with
I said pannick,
a bigand I am
smile on sure I heard
my face, criesthe
placing andplates
screams,
in
as everyone
front rushed to get
of my customers, andout
thenof Ithis place.
made my way back to the kitchen to grab
another
“Sir, order.
I beg of you, put the gun down.” I found myself standing at their table,
with my pen
“Look! Lookandoutside!”
paper shaking
Samantha in fear. This is to
whispered some,
stupid of me.toWhat
pointing amgroup
the big I
thinking?!
that was standing right outside our diner. “I hope I get their table” she laughed,
and“I’m
I justcalling
laughed thewith her.you
police, Forbastard!”
a minute,one while
of theI was waiting said.
customers for the
Myfood
eyesto be
ready,
widened I looked
when at thisthem
man–pointed
all of them wereatboys,
the gun this maybe
poor man, five who
or six. They weretried
desperately
having some sort of conversation, but they seemed mad. I was still watching them
to call 911.
when they came inside and sat in my section.
“This is Medici’s business. Don’t you dare interfere. I don’t care if I ruined
“You got lucky,
your bloody meal!” Grace!”
“Oh, Sam.
Medici. Oh…They even The
oh, God. smellMafia.
like trouble.” I walked up to them, not knowing
what to expect. “Hi, I’m Grace. Are you ready to order?”
“911. What’s your emergency?” as the man was preparing himself to speak,
“Yeah…Grace.
the man with the gun We might
in his need
hand astepped
few minutes,
towards wehim,
can’t decide.
and Canphone
took the you comeout of
back?” one of the boys said. I
his hand, putting it on speaker phone. took a moment to look into his eyes, and I felt like I
was lost in that deep blue. He was handsome, I can’t deny that.
“This is Riccardo Medici. We just had a misunderstanding, that’s all.” He
spoke withI’ll
“S-sure. come whenever
so much power, he you’re ready.”
sent shivers I stuttered,
down my spine. making my way to the
bar, and I took a seat on one of the chairs, waiting. I was taking a glimpse of my
“Oh. I apologise,
undecided customers;Mr. Medici.
they Have…a expensive?
all looked good day.” I don’t know how else to put
it, but that
With they being
definetly
said,didn’t belong
Riccardo hungin this trashy
up the diner.
phone, What could
handing it backthey possibly
to its owner.
be
Hedoing
smiled here? Two of them
sarcastically. “Fromwerenowwearing suits,your
on, mind but business.”
they put theirAndjackets
pointed aside,
the
opening
gun to the a few
big buttons
windows, of and
theirstarted
shirt, and raising
shooting liketheir sleeves,breaking
a maniac, giving me theandglass
anyone else who
into a million decided to look, a glimpse of a few tattoos: one of them had a
pieces.
big, but somewhat stylish cross on his neck, 2
another had different symbols on his
“Get down!” I heard as I was pushed down to the floor.

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