Never betray my family

Chapter Two 

Alphonso Manuel

There were two kinds of people I hated. The first one were slow witted people and the second kind are the ones that lie to my face. 

And unfortunately, I was going to deal with the second kind of person right this instant. 

I am standing in the torturing chambers staring at one of the useless beings that used to work for the Manuel family, my family. 

A liar and a betrayer of the family, a snitch to the core. 

Ten of my guards joined me in this quest as his case was a very critical one. 

No one betrayed the family and let go easily. They were always made to face a slow and painful death. 

When we got to the room he was in.

I took off my suit and passed it to the guard beside me. 

My little prisoner in question was tied kneeling and was shaking heavily as he saw me.

 I relished in this a lot. The fear in the eyes of this lousy betraying leeches. 

“Boss, please forgive me, it was the devils doing,”  

Now this is what got me so irritated, those that blamed the devil, I was so pissed that I gave him a punch in the face.  

“You bastard, that same Devil is now using me to teach you a lesson. You should have thought of the consequences before listening to him” 

I brought out my hand before the guard beside me and he instinctively brought out his gun and handed it to me. 

The lousy liar began to shake frantically again. 

I clicked the gun and asked. 

“I am going to give you ten counts Luis, ten counts and that’s all it would take to tell me why you have chosen to betray the Manuel family and il sovrano.” 

He looked into the ground still hesitant to speak.

 Maybe he was weighing the odds, but surely I hope this bastard was not trying to choose the Maranzano family over the Manuels. He was already dead meat. 

“One”

I counted anyways, I did not have time for useless beings who were slow and liked to waste people’s time. 

“Why were you working as a spy for the Maranzano family?” 

He shifted his weight on one knee and I realized that his kneeling position must have been painful for him.

I signaled to another guard in the room.

“Cut his ropes loose.” 

When they were done, Luis was now comfortable to talk. Comfortable in my own eyes.

“The Maranzano’s cornered me after an operation and threatened to kill my family if I didn’t work for them as a spiare… I had no choice boss.” 

I was at the count of five now, he really should do more talking and less blaming here, didn’t he know that his life span was about to be cut short by me and only me. 

I grabbed him by the hair and pulled it back till I could see the vein in his neck knowing fully well that it was killing him. 

“You are not the only bastard that they’ve threatened here, so I’m going to need something more tangible than that.” 

His eyes now conveyed horror and dread, with trembling lips, he began to cry. 

“I am so sorry boss, I am truly sorry, it was my greed, they offered me so much more, they helped me with my daughter’s medical bills, and I had to do their bidding. i…” 

I counted to ten and stopped. 

“This has got to be the slowest count I have ever done”

My guards laughed at my silly joke. As

I stepped back a bit and regarded him for a minute.

“They call people like you the weakest link and here in The Manuel family we value one important thing, and that is unity.” 

I bent over to where he sat and stared at him. 

“You did the one thing every man in the whole of Italia knows that I hate and that was lying to my face” 

But she to the fact that he had mentioned his sick daughter.

I was feeling really generous today maybe it was also because il sovrano had told me that she had a surprise for me.  

I had to kill him with a different weapon this time then, to show how good my mood was. 

And that weapon would be kindness. 

“Luis, I have decided to let you go, but you have to appease me first.” 

I could see a ray of hope in his eyes now, all the fear and pain seemed to have vanished. I chuckled within me. 

As he looked like someone that was being offered a drop of water after being in hell for so long

“Tell me, boss, I would do anything, anything to spare my life.” 

I smiled at this,

Taking the gun that I had been holding earlier, I decided to hand it to him.

“This is not your first time holding a gun eh, it won’t bite so just take it.”

He forces a smile and takes it from me nervously. 

“Now the instructions are simple, Luis. I want you to pick a foot between your right foot and your left foot, point the gun at the chosen foot, and pull the goddam trigger” 

 I stop there and snap my fingers and immediately ten of my men present in the room too all pointed their guns at him. Which made me laugh again.

You, see? Quick thinkers. My men knew exactly what I wanted and how I wanted it. 

“Oh yes, what was I saying? Or else. Ten of these men would give you two bullets from each of their guns and if my simple or rather basic calculations are correct, twenty entire bullets would greet your body and kiss you goodbye forever, the best part is you will feel it for a second, seeping through you, your body getting intimate with those bullets and it would be fun for me to watch anyway.” 

I sounded too dramatic. Well, Whatever. 

He starts crying again, and I don’t waste time so I give him a countdown from five to one, but faster this time. 

“…three, two...” and the bullet lands on his left foot. His scream evaded the building.

I smile. “Nice work” 

Turning to the guard with my suit, I take it from him and put it on. 

“Do not treat his wound until tomorrow morning, I will decide what to do with him after that”

He nods in understanding to my request. I remember to ask him about my right-hand man. 

“And where the hell has Santiago rushed off to?” 

The man hesitates before replying.

“You didn’t know sir?” 

I look at him in sheer annoyance. 

“If I knew, would I be here asking you questions?” 

He apologizes. 

“I am sorry Boss” 

As he should. 

“Now where did that motherfucker go?” 

He looks down in reply.

“It’s your bride-to-be, she was in a car accident, they just brought her home and the doctors are attending to her. Il Sovrano said we should tell you after business.” 

I cursed under my breath.

“The devil take it, the surprise my mother had for me was a bride?”