ALESSANDRO’S POVI hated to believe Mattia had sold me out but it was becoming glaringly the obvious truth with each passing second.Still it baffles me how I hadn’t read the signs. He must be a great actor; he did his job well barring me from every form of suspicion.I wondered if chief Giovanni would come himself to see the last of a traitor. He could never intentionally miss a moment like this...seeing off a traitor by himself.The hotness from beneath kept spreading. I could feel my feet and my entire body warmed up badly. I was still in my clothes. Can’t say if it was something to be thankful for.Moments later, men started to trod into the place and towards me.Well, I guess I could use some company at the moment even though it will be to my own disadvantage.A total of five men lined up before me. A few had a certain familiarity in my head but none did I recognize as one of chief Giovanni’s men.It has to be probably new recruits that wanted the money. I wondered why Mattia had
ALESSANDRO’S POVI waited anxiously for chief’s next order. He sneered at me after which he started to stride out of the place without saying a word.He had walked a few steps before he finally gave the order that I be freed.“You are good at many things; I must confess...” one of his men said to me as he cut me free.I grunted as I fell to the ground with a heavy thud. Then I stood, looked at his face and gave a little chuckle. He handed me my car keys and the documents they had taken from me and my phone.I flashed him a quick look and started to walk away.“Don’t you want to know who sold you to us?” he asked as I was walking away.I halted and slowly turned.“Hand him over to your boss...” I told him and walked off. I wasn’t yet sure if it was Mattia that sold me out or not but whoever it was has chief Alegra to evade. Still, I doubted it was really him.I got into my car and before I drove off, I checked for bugs and camera they might have planted on me.“Fools...” I scoffed as m
LUCAS POVI always knew Angelo to be a cunning fellow that always finds ways to squirm out of his difficult situations but what I never saw coming was him evading chief Alegra’s grip.The moment I got chief Alegra’s text, I had imagined the end for him and every type of torture I would do to him before I will finally have his head had flashed in my head as I drove to the location only to meet an empty place.Chief Alegra’s men snuck up on me out of nowhere, captured me and tied me up.“Fuvk! you bastards! I am on your fuvking side!” I yelled as I struggled to let loose of their grip on me as they tied me up. Asides the fact that they came up on me out of nowhere, they were more in number compared to just me. I couldn’t have easily fought them off.“Let me see your boss right now!” I growled once more. They seem to have either had their tongues cut off or just chose to not speak as they all ignored my yells and growls.One of them, ugly faced, snickered at me. “You want to see my boss?
ALESSANDRO’S POVEven with my wound and my tired body, I still couldn’t get the much required sleep. After staring blankly at the ceiling for the most part of the night, I was up early the next morning and going through some documents.The next morning, a knock sounded on my door.“Come in...” I said knowing it would be no other person but Dominque.“Boss,” he pushed the door and walked in but stopped after taking two steps. I briefly looked up and nodded him to come further in.“How are you feeling now?” he asked.I chuckled a bit.Been quite a while I heard that question.“How is the security? Any breeched yet?” I asked, intentionally ignoring his question“None for now. All secured. If I may ask...” he stopped and hesitated for a bit. I sent him a go ahead look.“Did your friend betray you? Is that why you came in blooded...And what are these papers? Are you leaving the city?”I looked up to meet his face briefly before I lowered my head back to the files in my hands. He sure asks
WRITER’S POV“Hey! Chief is here!” one of the men yelled to the other men who scrambled up and dashed out of the room.They met chief trotting into the place looking very serious.“Where are those traitors?” chief gritted out.“They are over there, chief.” one of the men now assuming Ottavia’s position said and pointed towards inside.Chief continued in.It was at that moment, Lorenzo, completely exhausted sensed the presence of chief.“You can’t have your men humiliate me! we are supposed to be business partners!!” he barked to get chief’s attention.Chief paused for a bit and looked towards his men, “Who is that bastard?”His men exchanged looks of confusion. They wondered if chief had alongside discovering a shocking truth lost his memory.“Chief, he is the man that took the building contract from you...”Chief nodded slowly. He almost forgot about him.“Bring him down,” he commanded and Lorenzo was untied from the height he was hung and dragged down.Two of the men kicked his knee
LORENZO’S POVI froze in my steps on hearing the loud gunshot.Who could it be? I wondered but then it had to either be the man or the woman. Whatever, I have so much to worry about and couldn’t afford to worry about some strangers that got themselves trapped in chief Alegra’s nest so I just hissed quietly and continued out of the place. The old geezer looked like one that easily changes his mind.I found my car still parked outside.“Phew...” I breathed, got in and drove away. There was one important thing I must do before any other thing.I drove straight to the organization.“I need to see chief, now...” I told the lady receptionist.She lifted her face from the laptop before her, peered very briefly at me after which she grabbed the telephone and put a call across to chief.At one point, she briefly took off the telephone from her ear, faced me and asked, “Chief is asking if you have news on the mission?”“Ur, not on that but this is...”“No, chief.” she said to chief before I cou
ALESSANDRO’S POVI am in the computer room making sure every connection is in place and no breech when my personal phone started to ring.Knowing I only communicated to Mattia in that phone, I quickly took it to answer but was instead met with an unknown number.I halted.I had sternly warned Mattia from using an unknown number to call this number nor give it to anyone else. Although I already had the security in my house block off or redirect my location in case if anyone tried tracking my location, still I wondered who could be calling me.First I checked the time. It was some minutes pass five in the evening.I left the phone to ring and it ended without picking up.One thing only made sense to me in that moment, Mattia has been discovered and captured by chief. I told him to leave but he wouldn’t listen.The phone began to ring again.“Boss, don’t pick up. It could be a trap again...” Dominique said.“He could be in trouble...”“Or he could be used to lure you into a trap!” his vo
WRITER’S POV“Aaargh!” Otavia groaned and clutched his legs. Blood pumped out of his right leg and he clenched his teeth hard.Chief Alegra was still pointing the gun at him but this time at his forehead. He sneered and took a step close to Ottavia. “You dare take my wife in right under my nose...Tell me why I shouldn’t end your life this instant and do the same to that bastard of yours!”“Kill me! do to me anything but don’t harm my child. He is only but an innocent child...please...I beg of you...”Every vein in chief Alegra’s face popped up violently as he stood, almost at his breaking point, struggling to stop himself from pulling the trigger even though his whole self yearned to see the traitor before him fall to the ground dead as he heard him beg for the life of the boy he bore through betrayal.He grinned wickedly as an idea hit him. “I can’t let you die easily... traitors like you deserve a slow painful death...”“Treat him his wounds and torture him until I say otherwise...”
A YEAR LATERISABELLA "Ales! Get your fine self over here this minute!!" I called onto Ales who was playing with the little kids at the other end. He looked up and waved heartily at me. The kids rounded him and made him chase them around.His mother stood at the other end, with an anxious face worried for the kids, his son inclusive. "Stop running around kids! You will hurt your leg!" She would yell when any of the kids happened to fall. But the kid always gets back to his feet giggling and calling on Ales to come get him again. "Mother, don't you worry yourself. The kids will be alright." I sling my hand into her arms. She heaved. "Oh heavens! They would be the death of me."I laughed, she can be dramatic at times. "The air is nice here. Would you like to take a walk?""Sure, I could use some distraction."Did I shock you? Well, I apologise but I survived the gunshot. I was lucky to have had the shot in my shoulder and for weeks I couldn't move my right arm. It took me some time
WRITERS POV Leonardo started to track down the location he had seen in Lorenzo's phone. As he was leaving the house after killing him. At a point he felt he might need more help from the man Lorenzo worked with. He had returned back to Lorenzo's house and with Lorenzo's number sent a message to Tino to meet him at a place after which he left taking with him Lorenzo's phone. He pulled up in the parking lot of a nightclub and waited in his car. Moments later Lorenzo's phone started to ring. He ended the call and sent him a text instead telling him to join him in his car. He watched through the side mirrors for the sight of him as Tino made his way towards his car. The window glasses were tinted. Tino pushed the door open and got in. "Oh wow! You got a new car. This is a machine! I should take another look when I get down…did you see my text?" Tino rattled once he got into the car in admiration of the car. He kept on taking glances around the inside of the car. He noticed the unusua
ISABELLA'S POV The scare is over for now at least. I hope it lets us breathe before another one pops up. I gaze at Alessandro as he sleeps soundly on the bed. I held his hand tight, scared he would leave me again and never return this time. His entire upper body was wrapped with bandages. His fingers that were brutally tortured and were dangling were bandaged too. Mattia and Dominique had said it will take some time to get back to normal. They must have experienced it a lot in the past. Seeing him tied up in the chair back at the place made my heart wrench. I could barely recognize his handsome face. And there he sat acting like it was nothing and holding it all in. Makes me wonder how he always managed to hold out for all the time he could have experienced that much pain and torture. He stirred and let out a groan. "Is your body in pain again? Should I call a doctor?"He had refused to let us call a doctor for fear of revealing our location and so I had to treat him to the best
WRITER'S POV"Tip the police about the organisation and meet me through the secret entrance if I don't call you in the next ten minutes."That was the message Alessandro had sent to Mattia just before he stepped out of his car and headed towards the organisation. He had thought, If he can't do it alone or get stuck while at it, then he must use the help of the authorities. He knew chief Giovanni ould surely have some of his products stored in the building. The police barged in. One of Chief's men had refused to let them in in a bid to delay the entering until Chief's products had been hidden and gotten into a gun fight with the police. During the gun battle, Chief Giovanni was shot dead as he couldn't make it out through the secret entrance that Alessandro had blocked. Some of the police and his men were found dead too while others escaped. A search warrant was placed on chief Giovanni and his business offices were searched, closed down and their documents seized."I will find that
ISABELLA'S POVI was in the car anxiously waiting for Mattia and Dominique to give me the signal so I could drive the car forward and they hop in when I hear a knock. My heart flew. I didn't see anyone when I looked out of the locked windows. I waited for some more seconds and then a minute and yet no one showed up. I relaxed again when I realised it could have been just my imagination. Some minutes were already gone and not a signal from Mattia or Dominique. I was getting worried. If at all they have been discovered and captured then I must try to find another way to help. I stepped out of the car to take a look. A hand gripped my neck from behind. "Let me go!"I screamed and kicked but something heavy landed on my head. Things became blurry and I passed out. ALESSANDRO'S POVI feel something cold like water drenching me. I tried to force my eyes to open but felt a sharp pain hit me and shut it back. Was it time for another torture… My head was splitting open with a headache.
WRITER'S POVAlessandro started making plans to go rescue his mother. Now he was certain of something; a saint life was never for him. He thought he would start afresh and be happy with Isabella. He scoffed within him. He must have wished for too much. Now he must go back to being a killer that he is. He took out his tools, a sniper rifle, a revolver, dagger and knifes and carefully arranged them in a box. "Boss, we will go with you…" Dominique said to him. Aless paused as he heard Dominique said that to him. He knew it was him that betrayed him. His fist clenched along with his jaw. "Yess Boss, we will come with you." Mattia added. "Is there something I can do to help?" Isabella joined. She knew it would have been too good to be true if life went on fine for them. Alessandro finished packing his tools and closed the box. He slipped a revolver beneath his trousers and faced them. The last thing he would have wanted was Lorenzo using any of them to get to him again. His mother
ALESSANDRO'S POVIt has been days of perfect peace. Seeing Isabella everyday that I wake up makes me happy and at peace. Sometimes she wakes in my arms and other times she insists on sleeping in her room. My insomnia surprisingly reduced to a great length. I stopped having nightmares of my mother being stabbed and other nightmares generally stopped to a point. Life started to become meaningful to me and above all, I began to see life in a different approach. Isa and I went on short road trips, shopping and anywhere she wanted while being wary of bumping into Chief Giovanni or any of his men. But I wanted more. I wanted to leave freely and not hide from anyone. But as far as chief Giovanni and Lorenzo lives, I knew I would know not peace. And most importantly I wanted to find my real mother. Not my step mother but my real mother. Ever since I began to make money, I have searched for her but my search was slowed down for the fact that I had very little information about my mother.
WRITER'S POVDominique sat on one of the sofas in the living room. He kept a keen eye on Mattia as the clock ticked in his head as he waited for the moment.Alessandro who had been in his room the whole time starts coming out of his room. "Video game anyone?" He asked with a smirk. He always won them whenever they played. "Sure, I'm in. I promise, I'm winning this time." Mattia said. He had a determined look on his face. Alessandro let out a mocking short laugh. Dominique cursed under his breath. This was the wrongest time. "You in? Dominique?" Alessandro motioned to him. "Urh no," he declined. Alessandro and Mattia start to play video games. Dominique was beginning to get uneasy. They must be ready and waiting for him by now. The people he was doing business with. He already informed them he would lure Mattia and Alessandro out to them today. He kept glancing at his wrist watch and looking towards where Mattia and Alessandro were playing the video game. If he didn't act now,
WRITER'S POV"Oh damn it! These bastards should fuvking stay out of my damn life!" Lorenzo cursed. It was yet another beep of his phone and no doubt he knew it would be those that have bound him in chains. Chief Alegra. He sleepily reached for his phone on the drawer and got hold of it. Once he got hold of it, he silenced it and threw it carelessly on the bed without caring as much as checking the message. Seconds later his phone started to vibrate signifying a call this time around. His teeth clenched. He grudgingly picked up the phone and rightly as he suspected it was chief Alegra calling. He swiped the answer button. "Chief, I understand we are working together but can you fucking let me get some sleep? Do you and your boys have to blow this damn phone off…""I'm in your house. Open the door." He heard a voice say and clink, the call ended. "What?"He scrambled out of the bed. "Right now? In my house? Why?"Lorenzo hurriedly put on his clothes and went to the door. Truly chi