MariannaI saw less of Alceo following the next few days. I was really glad that I at least stopped seeing the face of the man that conflicted with his own emotions. Diego and Valentine were always there to help me. Valentine made sure that my baby was safe from the evil eyes in the servant quarters.“I haven't seen Alceo in a while, I guess he's taking his time before he springs another surprise on you,” she teased but that didn't evoke a single emotion from my face.“It's best that he stays away. He irritates my spirit,” I replied rather harshly.“Here take the baby,” she placed the baby in my arms and stood up. “I need to check up on what I placed in the cooker. I have a surprise for you.”The brief moment of being alone felt peaceful, not like Valentine disturbs me but it was just something I needed. I paid attention to the winds and the chirping of the birds, breathing in. However it was disrupted by the people who didn't wish for me to be alive.“Enjoying nature with your baby?”
DiegoThe look on Marianna's face after I got off the phone was priceless. I stifled my laughter and waited for her to ask me what bothers her most. She has been through a lot and I would never blame her for being extra cautious.The sun was beginning to become hot, so I found us a shade to sit under and wait for my ride.“Diego, who's Rosco? I've never heard that name with you?”“Relax princess, Rosco is my half brother,” I smiled. “Can you trust him?” I could hear the quivering and doubt and fear in her voice.“Yes I can, he's a good man even though we both have our differences. And it doesn't matter if he has done some very bad things in his life, regardless I can trust him with my life.”Mentioning how much I trusted my half brother, she loosened up and the stress lines on her face eased up. She carefully lifted her clothes up and pulled out her breast to feed Cael. I removed my jacket and covered her up.“Thank you,” she smiled.A black Toyota car parked right in our front, the
Diego“Here you go brother, if you need anything else, just call me up. I'll be sure to show up with a thousand men if anyone messes up with you and little wifey here,” he teased.I was glad that Marianna found her way into the house already, else I couldn't start explaining what Rosco meant by little wifey here.“I'm really grateful brother,” I dragged him into a hug once again.“Okay okay, enough of the hugging,” he pushed me away, laughing. “I guess that was why it was easy for people to fuck you up lately. You've been behaving like a bitch lately.”“Fuck you man,” I pushed him away.His hand went into his pocket, ruffling out some dollar bills. And also not without another cigarette in his mouth.“A minute, I thought I had so much here in my pocket.” He went to his car and came out with 2 bundles of dollar bills. “Use it to hold yourself till I'll be back.”“I appreciate my brother and also, easy on the cigarette. You don't want shawty to weep over your dead body.”He scoffed, laug
Trigger warning⚠️: please feel free to let me know if my use of words and descriptions affect you. I'm sorry for any inconveniences caused.JavierThe second minute Marianna and Diego were pushed out of the house, my spy called me and let me know of the latest development.The text read: ‘All you need is to find them on the streets, they shouldn't have gone so far and I doubt if they have any place to pass the night.’I called for Arico immediately and told him of the latest update. Lanco was going to be too much of a trouble. I wasn't ready for the way he dealt with things.“Take some of the boys and have them scout the area around the Russian turf. Ask questions from people if need be,” I ordered.“Yes boss,” I dropped the phone immediately and returned to the hooker who was busy giving me a blow job.Ever since I got Santo's chair, the majority of the money from the safe has been spent on hookers and trying to clean up my mess.The disadvantage of being on that chair was that no on
MariannaIt's been a few days since we were sent out of the Russian home, on the orders of their leader. My son has been doing great and with Diego's help, we were safely hidden. Hidden from Javier's cruel reach.Diego always went out and tried to come back with news on the street. He still knew few allies who were willing to side with him. I always rang it in his ear not to trust them irrespective. He has been away from the street for a while now and with Javier's new regime, they may have all been bought.The cries of my son caught my attention and I dashed straight into the room. He was finding it difficult to breathe, his tiny chest kept going up and down in a rapid manner. I raised him up and tried to find out if anything was obstructing his nose or throat.Remembering that I had not given him his treatment for the past few days, I went into shock. I was in a dilemma, Diego wasn't home. The names of the drugs given to me was something I did not take note of. We didn't expect to
DiegoThat child held Marianna in place, that child was her future, her hope, her life. And now he is gone. I sat beside her after I laid him to rest, at the back of Rosco's home. Rosco wouldn't have minded.She looked peaceful as she slept, smiling occasionally in her sleep. I wondered what she was seeing.I held her hands together in mine, seeing how much trouble she had gone through.She stirred in her sleep and her eyes went open. “Princess, you are awake.”I helped her rest her head to the headboard and she winced in pain. It was very early in the morning, I didn't get a single sleep the night before. Also, that was the longest she had gone.I passed her a painkiller and a glass of water, without hesitation, she gulped it down her throat.The look in her eyes might have half of the world's sadness in them. “Where is he?”“I laid him to rest, you shouldn't see it. You shouldn't see your child's corpse, it's not a good thing.”She choked on her sob gently, letting the tears fall on
AlceoThe drive from the airport was quite a tedious one. Aleksi was the one who accompanied me on my journey. The sudden reason why I had to go negotiate with my father's business partners was eye raising. But it was necessary. They were starting to think that since Isiak Romanov was dead, his protege was unable to carry on his legacy.The gates opened and I drove through. From the window, I could see Uri, Nina and the guards standing, welcoming me.“How was the journey, brother?” Uri came closer, with his hands wide open.“Quite tedious but very good. At least, I'm home now,” I smiled, returning his hug.Nina came up to me, all dressed up. She had a light makeover on her face, her hair was packed into a bun and a simple beautiful gown on her. No doubt, she was beautiful, and I couldn't help but compliment her.“You look beautiful Nina Czar,” I held the back of her hand and kissed it, without breaking the eye connection. Her cheeks suddenly assumed the color of red tomato and I could
AlceoI desperately kept my anger in check, I needed to let it out at the right time. I calmed myself down in the sitting room, steadying my breath and taking my time.I signaled for one of the guards stationed in the sitting room. “Go upstairs, knock on each door and call me everyone including Aleksi.”“Yes Master,” he bowed and walked away.I awaited the whining and mouth running of Uri but if I ever found out that he had something to do with Marianna's disappearance, my father would worry if he did the right thing by dying now.Aleksi walked in first with a tired, sleepy face. It wasn't nice of me to ask him to be woken up but whatever was going to happen, he needed to see it and be present. Seeing my current state, he chose not to say any word, he knew me too well.The rest filled in one by one, with Uri being the last person. His eyes were red and swollen, and he dragged his feet from the top of the stairs right to the sitting room.“Why would you ask him to wake me up? Can't you