Chapter 64: The Chicago Don Regina’s P.O.VThe Casino we were heading to was located right in the heart of downtown Chicago, in the middle of a busy street bustling with food carts and small, local, family owned businesses.The streets were decorated with colorful lanterns and fairy lights and it looked more like an advanced Christmas celebration rather than a hub for illegal trade and gambling.Draco held onto my hand tightly as we entered through the front door of what looked like a little diner that was already filled with plenty of customers ordering and enjoying their wanton noodle soups and chow mein. We stood out like a sore thumb in our designer dresses while most of the people here looked like they were normal office goers or factory workers, coming to enjoy their meal in peace after a long day of work.“Did we come to the wrong place?” I whispered in Draco’s ears as I looked around at the place. However, what stood me as odd was the fact that none of the people dining here
Chapter 65: Risqué Business Regina’s P.O.V“O-of course, Capo.” Enzo tried his best to compose himself after that slip in his mask. “As you wish.”There was no doubt in my mind that he considered me just another stupid bitch whose only job was to spread her legs and serve the master, just like every other woman in this gambling/brothel mashup club that he seemed to be running.Too bad he had no clue as to who I was and what I was capable of.The weight of the device inside my purse seemed to be getting heavier by the minute as I sat next to Draco and listened to the chauvinist pig describe in details about all his works till date and how he managed to stay afloat until now even after he broke away from the Alfa Nove and Rafaello.Enzo Di Vincenzo was the perfect example of ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’. The seemingly innocent looking man had nothing innocent about him. Nothing at all.The man’s hand was drenched with blood. Because not only had he killed several of his dealers wh
Chapter 66: Encounter Regina’s P.O.V“My, my…” Enzo tsked as I doubled over, emptying the contents of my guts onto the floor in an embarrassing display of weakness that I hadn't anticipated. “This is why I told you to leave the lady behind. Women aren’t strong enough for this stuff.”I felt someone’s arm on my shoulder as they held my hair back from my face so I didn’t make a mess of myself. But wasn’t it too late to care about my dignity already?Fuck dignity! I was worried about my sanity right now, because if I could get my hands on a gun, I was sure I was going to throw caution to the wind and empty the entire contents of that gun into the son of a bitch called Enzo who had just shown me the most horrible sight I could ever see in my life.It felt like my entire life flashed before my eyes. Right from the day my uncle sold me off to be a prostitute. I had been sixteen…but some of the girls inside that container looked as young as ten or twelve. Fuck!I stood up on shaky feet, una
Chapter 67: Nothingness… Regina’s P.O.V Joel had started running across along with us, covering us with his body as he fired shot after shot at the other end where three cops stood in their blue uniforms, their guns pointed towards us. Draco dragged me behind him to the safety of the other container across the lane where Rico was waiting for us…but when I looked back…it was to see Joel fall to the ground as blood splattered all over the floor around him. “NOOO!” A scream tore through my lips as I jerked away Draco’s hand, running towards Joel with my gun held tightly in my hands. Pointing it in the direction of the cops, I fired it at the one man who was left standing, the other two having being taken down by Joel before he fell. I fired four shots in a row, each one hitting him in the chest, and the last one right in the head. Anger and desperation bubbled within me as I looked down at his fal
Chapter 68: LostDraco’s P.O.V:A constant beeping sound made me feel more and more agitated by the moment.What the fuck was that? Who put that bloody alarm in my room and forgot to turn it off?Groaning, I tried to raise my hand to shut it, but a sudden pain in my shoulders had me snapping my eyes open and sitting up in bed, only to realize that I wasn’t in my house. I was in a hospital bed, with monitors and tubes stuck all over my body.Confusion swirled in my mind as I tried to remember how I got here. Memories eluded me, my mind a jumbled mess of thoughts and images that seemed to slip right out of my grasp no matter how hard I tried to reach for it.The beeping of the monitor increased as I felt a piercing headache split through my head, and the doors burst open to a couple nurses and a doctor, who rushed to my side immediately.“Sir, please calm down.” The doctor held o
Chapter 69: Letters of the DeceasedDraco’s P.O.V:I was released from the hospital a week later and I was taken back to the mansion right away.However…the mansion no longer felt like a home. The laughter, the warmth, the heart of the house, was just…gone. It felt like coming back to an empty shell of a house that I used to call my home.“Sire…we’ve tried our best for the past few days.” Rico told me in the car, while Gabriele sat quietly in the passenger’s seat. “But there’s been no trace of her.”“Keep searching.” I told him firmly. “Don’t stop until you find her.”Dead or alive…I hadn't been able to say it.Rico had nodded his head, before pointing at the seat beside me. “Those are Joel’s last belongings. His gun, his phone…his ID.” He said and I could see his grip tightening on the steering wheel. “He wanted you to have them.”“Ok.” I took the plastic bag in my hand, not paying any heed to the items. My mind had gone completely numb in the last few days. It felt like I was operat
Chapter 70: A Truth too hard to bear Draco’s P.O.V “Fine.” Gabriele’s voice rang out loud and clear. “Get out of this mansion and get out of Leonardo’s life.” Stunned wouldn’t even be a proper word to describe how I was feeling at that moment. “Excuse me?” “You heard me right the first time.” Now, there was open hostility in his voice. “A prostitute like you? You really think the Capo dei Capi will settle for someone as low? You’ve overstayed your welcome. You may leave now.” “So…what I’m guessing is…Draco never told you about me. You got to know about me from security footages or by the rumors from the new recruits and you think you know everything about me just because you looked me up on Wikipedia?” “No one calls his Draco!” Gabriele snapped, suddenly losing his composure. “Only his late mother called him that.” The more I heard the conversation, the more I felt myself go numb inside. I knew that Gabriele was a competent consigliere. He was a strict businessman who handle
Chapter 71: A Chance like no OtherRosanna’s P.O.V‘The Capo isn’t in a good mood. Avoid him for now.’Rosanna Donatello read the incoming text from the Capo’s consigliere…and chose to ignore it purposefully.She put on her expensive shades as she exited the airport with her bodyguards and looked up at the New York skyline.‘So this is where my future husband lives?’ She thought to herself as she looked at all the tall buildings and their glass windows glittering in the afternoon sunlight. ‘This is where my future is going to be.’A few days ago, she had asked her father to send her to New York so she could spend her summer vacation with her future husband, but now, she was tempted to ask her father to let her move here permanently. And for that…she needed to do something drastic.Something that would force her father to make the last move and she will be able to stay in this beautiful city, with her husband, until the day she dies…and finally get away from that wretched psychiatrists