Michelangelo took out two pyjamas. He wore one and thenchanged Renata’s clothes. He didn’t want her to sleep in clothes that were dosed with fumes. He didn’t feel like eating anything. He wanted to sleep next to Renata, snuggle with her, but kept his distance. He lay down on the sofa and with his arm on his eyes, slept for the night.He could not sleep well. His sleep was a light one that night. He was scared that anyone might barge in at any time and he would have to be alert to protect Renata. There was no place to even shift to sides, he had to lay on his back. The next moment he heard the cocking of a gun and he sat up straight.“You!! How?” Michelangelo was shocked. He could swear that every door, every window was locked yet Vicktor was standing before him with a gun in his hand.“What the hell do you think you are doing? Why is my team sleeping in your house? Not sleeping, by the looks of it, they are unconscious,” asked Vicktor.“I had to do that. For their safety and my safety
Michelangelo was silently listening to every word Vicktor had to say and he had a lot to say.“Then that fateful night, Tikhon called Samiul to his bungalow. He sent Stephan back in home to keep an eye on her mother, Aurora and her half-sister, Yeka. He ordered Fanasi to kill Samiul else he would order Stephan to rape and kill her sister. She had a choice to make, should she kill the one person who loved her the most or the one person she loved the most?“Samiul pleaded with her to choose him to kill. She had to kill him with her heels. For the first time, I saw tears in that girl’s eyes and blood on her feet. The passion, the love I saw in their kiss was heart-wrenching. She cried for so long while holding his body while Tikhon kept laughing. No one could stand before his auction ring, not even his daughter.“Fanasi vowed that night that she would destroy and burn the thing to the ground that killed her Samiul. He died because of the auction ring, and she would uproot it by all means
Michelangelo kept staring at Vicktor. He couldn’t believe what he just heard. The whole life story was Renata and how she manipulated everything to make him the supreme boss was unbelievable for him. The memory of when she announced that no one should kill him was still fresh in his mind. He thought she was joking, she was a mere common girl at that point, she had no ties with the mafia or any type of crime. Now he knew how idiot was he.He still remembered when she blurted out that everyone in Athanasius was working for her. He again thought she was joking or was just angry at him for teasing her but everything she said was true. So, did it mean Angela too was working for her? Was she also a vigilante?And what did he mean by she saved him, and she was the sniper? He never saw her anywhere near his house. All he knew was that her aim was on point. After all, she was the Heeler. But it made sense as she tried to kill Tikhon on the day of her funeral and her gun, the same gun she used
Renata was in deep sleep not aware of what was happening near her. Vicktor was talking about her, telling Michelangelo things that she herself had no idea about. The fumes were slowly leaving her system. She could swear she heard Michelangelo shouting. But why would she hear him shouting? She was nowhere near him. She was in her building away from him, or was she?Her ears heard a familiar voice. Was Vicktor there too? If Vicktor was there, it was clear that she was with her new family, girls, and men, whom she trusted. But there was a mole amongst them. Someone was telling about her to Michelangelo.“You can right your wrong,” said Vicktor and knelt down before Michelangelo.“What are you doing?” shouted Michelangelo. Renata furrowed her eyebrows at the sound. She tried opening her eyes but she was under a faint spell of the fumes that Michelangelo spread in his living room.“You have to help her. I will do anything you ask for,” said Vicktor. His words gave a shock to Renata. What d
The earth stopped spinning. The wind stopped blowing. The stars dimmed themselves. The moon hid behind the clouds. They all were afraid of Renata’s wrath. She was staring at Vicktor with an open mouth. Her angry eyes were devoid of every emotion. For the first time in her life, she was stunned. She was frozen in her body.Suddenly her eyes started drooping. A white noise started screaming in her brain. Everything before her eyes turned white static. She could see nothing, hear nothing. She felt someone grabbing her and shaking her, patting her cheeks.When she finally opened her eyes, half of her body was on the ground and Severino had her enclosed in his arms. “Fanasi! Fanasi! Talk to me. Are you okay? What did you do to her?” he shouted at Michelangelo.“S…e…v!!” her voice trembled. She tried standing up, but her knees gave in. There was no strength in her body. Tears were streaming down her face. “Take… me home! Take me… home!” she pleaded.Severino shot an angry look at Vicktor an
Severino stopped the car and opened the door for Renata. She still didn’t move. He opened her seatbelt and carried her inside the building. “Where were you guys? No one was replying to their comms or phones. Wait! What happened to her? Ren? Ren? I saw you guys going inside but never saw you coming out. What happened?” suddenly everyone started raining questions at Severino. Without replying to anyone, he went inside Renata’s apartment and laid her down in her bed. She again lost her shoes. This time even her clothes as she was in the pyjamas Michelangelo put her in. The moment he turned to look at everyone he grabbed Sameeksha by her shoulder and shouted, “is it true? Tell me, is it true?” Sameeksha understood what he was asking about. She lowered her head and while biting her lower lips simply nodded. Severino closed his eyes and sighed. “How? What? What are we going to do?” he asked. “Is that why she is crying?” asked Sameeksha. “Yes, she is in shock,” replied Severino. “We all
“What the hell is he talking about?” snapped Sameeksha at Renata.“Is that important right now? Vicktor brought an outsider into our hiding place. Should we all not address that?” asked Renata.“No!” shouted Hazel. “What does he mean that you are going to prison?”“That was always the plan, Haze. Samiul and I made that plan. If the Heeler goes behind bars, then only SMS will go behind bars. I have everything with me. I know what everyone has done, and I have the financial statement for everything. I have the odal file, and the financial statement of SMS, thanks to you guys. All I need is my father’s personal book. I know he keeps it with my mom because no one will suspect an odal,” said Renata.“Why? Why do you have to do that? You can give everything to the police, to Prestige, she will take care of everything,” said Ambrosia.“Prestige? Detective prestige? She too works for you guys?” Michelangelo was shocked, again. How far her operation was spread? And how did she do it without an
Renata kept sobbing for minutes. She felt so good in Michelangelo’s arms. She didn’t want to get out of that warm embrace. He didn’t ask her to stop crying, he just held her close to himself.“I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what to do. What should I do, Michel?” Renata kept sobbing.“First, sit down!” he made her sit back down on the bed and knelt before her. “Now talk to me!”“Do you want this kid?” she asked.“Ren! Are you kidding me? Of course, I want this kid. He or she will be mine. You are mine. I want my family,” said Michelangelo.“He-he,” scoffed Renata and somehow laughed. “Family? There will be no family. Our child will be born in prison. You can take him/her after that. You have to take care of them but don’t make them an angry moron like you.”“Why are you talking like this? Why does anyone have to go to jail? The Heeler is dead. Let her be dead, why bring her back?” asked Michelangelo.“I have to repent for what I did. I killed so many people in cold blood, just b