Stalked by the mafia boss novel Chapter 1

"He cheated again." She said speaking out as if her mother now laying 6ft underneath the ground would hear her laments.

"I wish you were still here mom." She continued, fresh tears rolled down her cheeks.

She sniffed.

The graveyard was windy, the wind blew through the trees, the old tree leaves rustling and the skies were gloomy too. The atmosphere depicted a scenario that told tales of sadness and woes. Maybe this was the right time for such, for the young lady that knelt beside the lone grave under the old oak tree was beyond sad.

"Mom,I am leaving." She stated relieving her self of her squatting position.

She sat on the ground with her legs brought up and her knees bunched up close to her chest, she brought her arms around them hugging herself tightly.

"I don't know but I feel the need to move away from here and start all over again. I feel like a fresh start would help me a great deal. Nothing is working for me anymore. Ever since dad left and you died, every other person keeps leaving. No one stays. I don't have any luck in friendships or dating. It's the same old story all the time, friends betray me, men use me and get tired, I even lost my job. You and dad left me to face this cruel world all by myself. Am I cursed?Is there something wrong with me? Do I deserve all this?" She asked sobbing loudly this time.

The wind still blew and it grew chillier.

"Brian cheated again.This is not the first, or second or third time, I have lost count.This time mom, he wasn't even sorry. I caught him in bed with a different girl as always and you know what? he just had a smudged look on his face and dumped me right in front of her." She spoke angrily, She felt like pulling her hair out.

"The thing is I think I am actually done with men for good now." She continued,"No!I don't think, I know I am actually done with men for good, I will move to God knows where, get a nice apartment, a satisfying job, buy a pet and live like that till the graceful lord wills me to join you."

She paused for a moment staring at the grave as if awaiting an answer, secretly willing her dead mother to communicate with her.

"It would be nice right? living alone just you, your dog, your cuppa and nice books.That will definitely be my life from now on, at least I would be left alone and finally live in peace and loneliness with may be a pinch of tranquility."

She ran her palms over her face in exasperation.

I need a break from all these, She thought.

"Even when I leave, I will still come back to visit mom, you know I will. I love you and I will forever miss you till my death!" She proclaimed in finality.

She dropped the single red rose she was holding and ran her fingers across the engraved letters once more.

I love you, She whispered wiping the lone tear that rolled down her cheek.

Korina walked sluggishly out of the cemetery with her hands buried deep in the pockets of her long black trench coat, she stopped for a moment to adjust her glasses before moving forward.

The wind blew a page of an old newspaper in her direction and she caught it just before it slapped her in the face, out of curiosity she spread it open and she saw the words printed boldly.It was the headlines.

"STOP THE KILLINGS, BLACK LIVES MATTER." She read the words out.

She folded the page and flung it away in anger.

If only it really mattered, her mother would have been alive. She sighed and continued her journey home.

Korina sat across the desk munching away on the hamburger in her right hand while she tapped away on her phone in the other.