I slept late but still woke up quite early. My mind was not settled for some reasons and it was only natural. I was so encumbered with a lot of things and how to go about them that it was killing me.I was in the bathroom when I heard my phone ring."You have a call, sister." I heard Elyse say. I felt like I could already guess who was calling me but Elyse called it out loud. "The ID is 'devil'. Hm? Is that supposed to be a nickname?" I stepped out of the shower and grabbed a white towel to wrap it around myself then I walked out of the washroom. She handed over the phone to me and left the room, I guess she had some things to do outside."Luciano." I said as soon as I placed the phone on my ear."I see you have not been sleeping at the house, you slut." He said I could imagine the enraging expression on his face."What do you want?" I asked him, raising my shoulders a bit. Don Dada was right, I should have done this long ago but I guess the courage was not there. I lacked boldness
"Some things came up so I could not get in touch with you. That is why I am here." I replied to him."Alright then, you mind talking over a cup of tea?""There is no time for that, Zach. I would rather we talk now." I said, making it so clear that it was a pressing issue.Then we sat on a two-seater sofa and started our conversation. "I won't be staying home for a while, and Luciano has just found out that I am hiding.""You are? How? Why?" He raised his brows.How would I explain to him that I had some issues with my heart and would not last long?"I am sorry but I can't explain them right now but it just has to be done, I will explain everything to you later. For now, we need to discuss what we are journeying with." I said."So, what's the plan?" He inquired and I nodded. "Good. To some extent, I have had Luciano provoked so I would need you to distract him. Propose to him a fake business deal, you will have to get him to make a huge investment in that fake business, then you wrap u
We were in the room for a while so he explained how things worked. Without putting extra effort, he literally explained how every machine and tool in there worked, including tasers, lipstick bombs and accessory trackers.In there were the CCTV monitors too.We left for his study when we were done. I told him everything I had said to Zachary concerning creating a fake business idea and making Luciano invest big in it. "I will join in the project, too. Tell him to add my name on the list of investors, that would push Luciano to make the investment without delay. I am pretty sure he would want to compete with me also, by investing more than me. So we have to push him to the very edge." Don Dada said to me and I nodded, feeling grateful for that beautiful idea."Luciano has a sister, do you know that?" He asked and I nodded. It was part of the information I had gathered before now.Apparently, his sister was trashy as she traveled around the world, messing around and squandering money on
Eating dinner at the dining table was so awkward as to be precise! Don Dada and I were not on perfect terms so it was awfully quiet there, just the sound of cutlery against the plates."What is going on? I am not comfortable, are you guys fighting?" Elyse inquired. She looked and felt better then. "Table manners, Elyse." Don Dada said calmly but affirmatively, shutting her up."No! I refuse to be shut up. Something happened between you two, right? What happened sis?" She turned to me and I rubbed her hands gently over the table. "It's nothing, Elyse." I replied to her.Then, Don Dada stood up abruptly from the dining table and left for the first floor. "Idrio! Brother!" Elyse shouted but he refused to stop or listen. "Did anything annoying happen? He rarely gets this angry." Elyse asked me again and I was really short of words. "It's something little. He will be fine, just eat up." I assured her.When we were done eating, we retired to our beds. My heart remained heavy as I lai
I was in his room till day break. I had caught a cold a bit and Idrio could not stop nagging all through. Alongside nagging, he was panicking, putting calls through to doctors so I could get treatment."It's just a little cold, Idrio. I will be fine." I said gently while lying on the bed. He shot me a dreadful glare and I sucked my lips in nervously. The doctors came and checked my health condition and administered treatment."It's a minor cold and she will recover from it very soon." The head doctor said after he was done checking me. "See? You were worried for nothing." Elyse chipped in. She was so pissed, feeling like he was overreacting whereas she did not know the main issue. The doctors left and it was just us again in the house. Idrio sat at the edge of the bed, placed his hand on my forehead and caressed my hair. "I won't take it lightly if you do this again." He said with a straight face and Elyse scoffed. She was obviously still beefing him for pushing her out of his way
"Eyes focused, shoulders up, relax, keep your eyes on the target." Idrio instructed as he stood closely behind me, adjusting every part of my upper body so I could pull the trigger perfectly.We were in the middle of a gun shooting training, in the forest far behind their mansion. There was a dry part of the forest that was quite open so we used that part. There were bottle targets many meters away and I was supposed to shoot and hit the target. "You are good to go." He muttered and walked away from me, then he blew the golden whistle he had with him, signalling for me to shoot. Feeling enthusiastic about it 'cause I had been preparing psychological for it, I pulled the trigger. But then it was like nothing happened, even though I saw the bullet fly out swiftly but I missed, and there was no sound of the gun. "Did you install a silencer?" I turned to Idrio and asked. He nodded, "I did not want you to get startled since it's your first time."I shook my head vigorously, disagreei
"You are all fools!" Luciano flared up angrily. I had slipped a live recorder object into his pants pocket earlier when he hugged me without him noticing. Nothing much though but I wanted to know what Luciano's reaction would be. That would boost my joy and energy even. We all were listening from the second living room on the second floor. Me, Idrio, Elyse and Ray. "He sounds madly annoyed." Elyse commented."All of you are fired, incompetents!" Luciano yelled again and I folded my arms against my chest and crossed my legs. "See who would be losing men by his own hands.." I drawled."That makes it even easier." Ray replied and I smirked. We all fell silent for the next thing he would say. I guess Nick was the next person to receive a blast. "Seeing how you failed such a simple mission, I guess your mother's life is not important to you after all. The moment I withdraw from paying her hospital bills, do you know what would happen at all? Her treatment will stop and she will die
"The day is finally here, sis." Elyse said as she walked into my room. I was already dressing up for the big battle. I had Idrio get me a black gear outfit and it was so mad. It was a fitted, leather outfit that had so many outer and inner spaces where guns, pocket knives, whip and other portable weapons could be inserted in.I finally zipped up the chest and then I packed my hair neatly into a bun. Elyse touched up my face with a smokey makeup theme because I had ordered for that. "Whoa you look like a real Mafia now." She squealed excitedly and I smiled. Looking into the mirror, I realized she was not exaggerating.This was the woman I had always wanted to see. The resilient one, who was not afraid of anything or any human on earth. Claire Keys.I wore a pair of black boots then I stepped out with Elyse. She was not going to come with us actually for her own safety. If I had not brought in my stubbornness and log head, I was very sure Idrio would have me stay back in the house.We