I had been working extra shifts two nights now covering for Morgan since she had been sick. The other night she came down with something and begged me to cover her shifts. Of course I had agreed even though Lucas said that someone else could cover those shifts. Morgan would've taken my shifts for me, so I had no problem with covering hers. Also, that way I could probably earn some extra cash for those nights.

I had been working yesterday from 4 in the evening to 10:40 in the night. Tonight was a bit longer and I was exhausted and my feet were killing me since most of my time was spent standing and walking around, serving drinks. I was starting to feel a bit sick too like I was coming down with whatever it is that Morgan had a couple of days ago. Being sick right now was not something I was looking forward to at all.

"Hey Amy." Marcos greeted as he sat on a stool at the bar counter.

"Oh hi," I smiled at him. "You know I've been seeing a lot of you lately."

"What? You getting tired of me already?" Marcos chuckled. "I thought you'd enjoy spending time with your old man."

"I don't know how much adult enjoy that after they reach a certain age." I said to him. "I could be wrong though."

"Or is it just me? You still enjoy spending time with your mother don'tyou?" Marcos said to me.

"That's different. Mom is... I've been separated from her for a while and she's like my bestfriend too so..." I said to him.

"I get it. I missed out on the years you'd probably love spending time with me." he replied. "Carter doesn't really enjoy hanging out with me much anymore either. I guess I'll have to make use of the time I still have with Adena since apparently she's the only one who seem to like spending time with me."

"Adena..." I said putting on a fake smile. "How is she by the way?"

"The two of you don't really like each other much do you?"

"I'm not going to lie to you, I had nothing against her but the other night she saw Lucas and I at dinner and she practically attacked me in the bathroom. Name calling and all. She liked Lucas for a while I guess but he's not interested in her. And I'm sleeping with him so she hates me, not that I care...and I probably shouldn't have said that to you since you're like my dad and all but you already know that I'm not so innocent so..." I shrugged after realizing my slip up.

"I'm going to apologize on Adena's behalf. She's so spoiled and used to getting whatever she wants. Apart of that is my fault. Her being my little girl and all, I have always spoiled her." Marcos replied. "So she's got eyes on Lucas for years, we've all noticed but then you came along and you obviously messed up her plans."

"Well lucky for her. I never had anyone to spoil me. I've always been the one to go for what I wanted and that's exactly what I did. I liked Lucas so I'll go after him. Adena is a little too late, so I just want her to back off and we'll be the perfect siblings." I said to him.

"You are something else Amy." Marcos chuckled shaking his head. "But I don't want you at each others throat. You're both my daughters and I want you to be civil with each other and try to get along with each other if possible. Family is most important to us and as family we should stick together."

"I don't have a problem with that as long as Adena doesn't try to get up in my face again about Lucas." I said to him.

"I'll talk to her. I don't want you two killing each other." Marcos said to me.

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"You don't look too good, are you sick?" Lucas asked me as he came feeling my forehead as I curled up on the sofa.

"I don't feel so good. I think I maybe having whatever it is Morgan came down with a few days ago." I frowned. "This is really not a good time to be sick. I hate being sick."

"Do you want to see a doctor?" Lucas asked me.

"I dont know. I don't feel extra sick where I'll need a doctor right now but I do feel sick to some extent." I said to him.

"I can have Ankell come take a look at you." Lucas said to me.

"Alright I guess but not yet. I took some pills so I'm just going to have to wait and see if those work. If I'm not better soon, then I'll have a doctor check up on me." I said to him.

"If you think that's best." He replied.

"I think I may need to take tonight off." I said to him.

"I wasn't going to allow you to leave here in this condition either." Lucas told me.

"Are you going out tonight?" I asked noticing he was dressed.

"No, not anymore." Lucas replied.

"Oh," I said with a small smile. "Can I ask you something?"

"Depends." Lucas replied looking at me. "You can ask me anything but I won't guarantee you'll get the respond you want."

"Uhm... How does it feel to you know... take someone out?" I asked hesitantly.

"I'm afraid I won't be answering that question because I can ensure that you'll get a reply that you're not going to like." Lucas responded.

"Well how about if I ask you how long have you been doing this?" I asked again.

"Approximately 8 years now." Lucas responded.

"Oh, so have Gio been the boss that long too?" I asked him.

"No, Gio's father handed over the business to him a few years ago and then Gio made me his second in command." Lucas told me.

"Oh, thats why some of the guys refer to you as boss." I nodded with understanding. "Is this something you enjoy? I mean you're all business men who have honest jobs and own your own businesses, so why are you guys in a mafia?"

"Some of what we do maybe illegal but there is always going to be crimes and criminal activities. It's best to have a way to keep these criminal activities organized in such a way that it doesn't become a huge problem for countries." Lucas explained to me. "The mafia group help a lot of young men to find common grounds and you see the way how crime and violence becomes an issue sometimes? The mafia is there to help control its level. It's somewhat like people say, fighting fire with fire. The mafia established a certain level of discipline within individuals, with other criminals they don't have conscience or go by rules they just do as they please and create chaos. The group controls that. It's there to make sure that innocent people don't suffer as much as a result of some criminals, and that the ones who are wicked get what they deserve."

"Like with Alfredo's case? And I?" I inquired. "You hated the type of business that he operates and whatever elsr your issue with him. Whatever it is that he owed you or did. You made sure he and the others got what they deserved but I wasn't harmed."

"Alfredo was a bastard who should have been dead long time. He was a disgusting son of a bitch who uses and exploits women and that's one thing we don't support- the abuse and exploitation of innocent women. I saw what happened that night. It only encouraged me further to get rid of the bastard." Lucas said to me.

"You know I should probably be thanking you everyday. You've saved my life more than once." I said to him "I'm really grateful for that."

"I know that all those decisions I've made were always the best. I won't sit back and see someone who needed my help, get hurt." Lucas replied.

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It seemed that there was a two day stomach bug going around. First Morgan got it, then me but after a few days it went right away. I was so glad to be feeling better now, the past two days had been awful. There was flu, vomiting and stomach cramps through out the sickness. When I had talked to Morgan, those were the exact symptoms it had brought her too.

Today I was excited, Katie and Nora were finally getting out of rehab and then Lucas were getting them settled in a new apartment. I was happy that with the necessary help, we were all able to get over our drugs problem. I promised to visit them whenever they were settled in.

I was having a bit of a mood swing and I was bored. I felt like I needed some cheering up. Greta was gone early today and mom was at work. I was now finding it really boring just staying home all day, I was contemplating getting a part time day job too so I wouldn't have to be home bored everyday. The minute Lucas got home, I was there to greet him.

"Why do you seem so excited?" Lucas asked taking off his jacket and loosening his tie.

"I don't know, I guess I feel sort of happy?" I stated but it sounded more like a question.

Lucas toss the tie and jacket over the edge of the sofa before sitting down and removing his shoes and socks. I sat beside him watching him do that as well as loosening the top buttons on his shirt.

"What?" Lucas asked looking at me now noticing me watching him.

"I know you've been at work the entire day and you just got in but are you tired?" I asked him.

"What?" Lucas asked looking at me confused.

"Are you exhausted?" I asked him again.

"Where are you going with this question?" Lucas asked me.

"I wanted to know if you were too tired for me to do this." I said as I leaned over planting my lips to his.

Short chapter I know, sorry I was having a bit of writer's block. Anyway hope you like this and don't forget to vote and comment.