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...”
WRITER’S POV“Damn you! Useless bastards!” chief Giovanni kicked Lorenzo’s leg for the second time since he got to the organization and was informed Mattia has escaped. It made him even more furious that it was Angelo that rescued him.“How could you be so useless! You let a wanted man overpower you in my own turf! Just one man with zero experience and you with how many men? Get out all of you!” he barked.The men bowed and soon scampered off.“You! Where do you think you are going!” he yelled as Lorenzo made to walk out with the other men.He marched furiously towards him. “Are you really leaving with them?”Chief voice suddenly went calm. He held his collars delicately. “Lorenzo...how long will you let Angelo keep beating you...remind me again...you started training here at the same time with him, isn’t it? So why, why do you let him win you all the time?”Lorenzo boiled inside of him and no matter how much his fist clenched and unclenched, there wasn’t Alessandro’s face to release
ISABELLA’S POVAs I ran out of my room, I bumped into a hard chest and I froze into it. Knowing it would be no one else but Alessandro, “oh sorry I hadn’t seen you come this way...” I quickly mumbled, too embarrassed to look up.“Aren’t you leaving my body? Look, I know I am very handsome and it’s easy to fall in love with me but don’t...” I heard him say. It was then that it occurred to me I was still glued to his body. Shit! I jumped away, totally flushed.“Me? fall in love with you?” I scoffed with disgust.“Should we check?” he dropped shocking me further.Before I could say another word, he had me pinned to the wall and worst of it all, he has his eyes fixed on me all these while. I could have sunk into the ground or probably vanished if I had the power. I was going to act tough and match his gaze without flinching but as I stared right back at him, I realized one shocking fact. I have feelings for him!Once I discovered this, I slipped through under his arms and dashed off with
ALESSANDRO’S POV“Let her be. “I told Dominique when he wanted to go bring Isabella down for breakfast. I guess she was still shaken from the previous night and would probably feel awkward having breakfast me.With her absent, the room was quiet as we ate in silence saying nothing but few words amongst us. The past few days, I had always looked forward to eating breakfast because of Isabella. She rattled a lot, if her mouth wasn’t busy with chewing food, then she was talking.At first I didn’t like it as I enjoyed quietness and enjoyed eating in silence. The major part of my life, if it wasn’t while I’m working, I ate alone in silence but since she came into my life, I suddenly craved for some noise while I ate.And that morning as I ate, I was reminded of the thought that hit me the previous night.Again, I shook it off and focused on my food.If there was something I was perfect in, it was handling my emotions, knowing when to let them show and when to completely shove them under t
DOMINIQUE’S POVHearing that boss was going to rescue one of his gang members made me felt bad. He forgot how he was trapped and almost killed by one of them.How could he go knowing his life was at stake? And no matter what I tell him, he was adamant and still went on. But that night he returned safely but not alone.“Dominique, this is Mattia, Mattia, Dominique.” he introduced me to the new guy.The new guy was annoyingly well built too and flashed me a smile which I intentionally ignored.I felt so mad within me that I would have sent a punch across boss’s face if he hadn’t once saved my life.He swore to never let the location of this place be known by another man yet he brings this man. This man could be a trap but he wouldn’t hear of it.“Erm,”The new man was on the verge of starting a new conversation when Alessandro headed in but I quickly started to head inside leaving him standing.“Follow me.” I murmured as I walked past him.I took him to one of the guest rooms, pushed th
ALESSANDRO’S POV“Have you been checking the security connections?” I asked Dominique as we were having dinner.“Yes boss, everything is calm for now.”Earlier in the day, we had a security breech.That damned Lorenzo. It must be him. What length won’t he go to get to me. Thankfully, we managed to bring it under control before they could hack into any of our appliances.“Who is behind him now...”It couldn’t have been Antonio, chief Giovanni’s computer man. The Antonio I worked with wouldn’t be able to do this easily. Chief must have hired a new hacker. The thought of this means they were closer in reaching to me if I don’t maintain a strong security. What if no one had been around to hear the warning beep? We could have been hacked into. Anything could have happened. The thought of it worried me. whoever this new hacker is, he must be deep into this.“But, how did they manage to get the access in the first place?” I questioned the two men before me.“He must have made a call outside
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