Two years later...

Ellis Barker was driving excitedly through the streets of downtown New York City toward Wild Holdings Bank, the bank where the mortgage on her home was taken out. The house had been mortgaged two years ago to help her only brother, Jason, who after the sudden death of his father, had gone astray and been arrested for operating in illegal gambling. These were not exactly the plans the young woman had for her parent's home, but with the debts incurred by her brother and the lawyer she needed to hire, she was left with little choice. Ellis questioned the fact that the bank had only released part of the mortgage but charged the full value of the house in interest, the manager simply said that because it was an inheritance, she could only mortgage her share of the inheritance and not Jason's share.

"However, if I don't pay my share, you get the house in full. That doesn't seem very fair, does it?", Questioned Ellis showing the clause to the manager.

"I understand your dissatisfaction Miss Barker, but life isn't always fair.", Answered the manager with a tone of debauchery, "Do I help you with anything else?"

"No, you have already done more than enough...," Ellis replied putting the document away in her purse, disgusted.

She walked briskly out of the bank, swearing to herself that she would return one day and pay off the debt. And so it went, for two long years, in which Ellis worked two jobs: the first was as a realtor, which was for the mortgage and the house, and the other was a waitress, and the money went to the rehabilitation clinic, where her brother was admitted. Her brother would also leave the clinic that same day, but first, she would go to the bank to pay off the last installment and then go to her brother.

That day was too important for Ellis who felt that nothing would be able to take her out of her mind, something that was not so difficult to accomplish. Not the traffic she knew she would face, nor the young woman who serves her with a look of disgust every time she goes to pay the installments. However, today seemed like an incredibly special day. The sky was blue without any clouds, something rare when talking about New York. Even the traffic was so calm that it took her less than an hour to get to the bank, something unimaginable on an ordinary weekday.

"Did I get it wrong and today is a holiday?" asked Ellis as she entered the bank's parking gate. She observes the parking lot and notices that it is crowded. It was too good to be true, thought Ellis as she drove slowly through the lot, looking for any sign that a customer was leaving. Finally, she stopped the vehicle and decided to check her cell phone to make sure it was not a holiday.

She was looking at her cell phone when a charitable soul decided to drive away. The young woman put her phone back in the glove compartment, started her vehicle, and drove to the parking space, letting her car go a little because she wanted to park backward. She was about to make her move when an Audi RS e-tron GT simply parked in her space.

Ellis is paralyzed for a while without understanding what has happened since she can swear she had made clear her intention to enter the space. The young brown-haired woman then decides to look in the rearview mirror and sees two men in suits get out of the vehicle, laughing and talking without caring what she had done. And this was the last straw for Ellis, who got out of her vehicle in a rage.

"Hey!" she shouted as she walked behind the two men who continued walking without caring about her. Ellis quickened her pace as she shouted, "Hey, assholes in suits!"

The two men stopped and then looked at each other, surprised. Until one of them, the taller and stronger one, the one who looked like his black suit was going to rip at any moment...just this one turned toward Ellis, serious. However, not only did he turn, but he walked towards Ellis, who did not seem to be intimidated by the thug that breathed close to his face, like an animal. An animal that the young woman realized was totally controlled by the other man, in a gray suit and dark glasses, who just watched the scene from where he was standing with his hands in the pockets of his house, calmly.

"What were you calling us?" the brute questioned.

"Assholes in suits," Ellis replied quietly. She then dodged the bully and turned to the other bully who was still watching the scene, "You stole my spot!"

"Hey, don't address Mr. Amorielle.", Ordered the lout holding Ellis' shoulder.

"Take your filthy hand off me, or I will scream so much in this parking lot that you will bitterly regret it. ", Spoke Ellis facing the lout who removes his hand, surprised.

"Take your hand off her, Rocco.", Spoke the other man as he placed his hand inside his gray suit, "We'd better settle this in a more... friendly manner."

Slowly his hand came out from inside his suit and then with it also came a generous wad of money to Ellis' surprise.

"But what...?", Ellis started to say interrupted by the gesture of the man who threw the packet toward his henchman.

"A way of asking you to recompense her for the inconvenience caused by Rocco putting his car in the spot that you say is yours.", Explained the other man under Ellis' still-shocked look.

Rocco extends the bundle towards Ellis who takes a step back refusing to hold the money. After all, who would give a bundle that should easily have a few thousand dollars in it, just for a parking space?

"No, thank you. I don't need your money," Ellis refused, serious.

"Everyone needs money, no need to be so proud, young lady," spoke the man in the gray suit.

“Besides stealing my job, it seems you don't know the word ‘no,’ do you?”

"And you do seem to like her quite a bit, don't you?", replied Lord Amorielle. He stared at his wristwatch and then continued by saying, "Look, as much as I am enjoying this strange conversation with a stranger, I have to go to my meeting. So, take the money and be on your way."

She faced the owner of the wad of money and said, “Keep this money with you to pay for classes on how-to live-in society, because you are in urgent need of it.”

Ellis then walked back towards her car while being watched by Rocco and Lord Amorielle. The brute turned to the man in the gray suit and said, with his hand inside his black suit, “Just give the order and I will disappear with this problem, Don Vittorio.”

"No.", Amorielle refused to hold Rocco's arm, thus preventing his security guard's gun from coming up. The brutes stared at him without understanding and then he continued saying, "We're too exposed here. Come on, we have better things to do than worry about this girl."

The two of them walked back towards the elevator being watched by Ellis who was gripping his steering wheel angrily.