Renata talked to Prestige and was ready to get out. Kubo looked at her and nodded at her. She signalled him to leave.
“What is happening?” whispered Kubo.
“Will tell you later,” Renata whispered back, and they started moving out.
“Will anyone tell me anything?” shouted Michelangelo.
“Michel! You really need to leave. There is nothing about any address here. And last few months she has been living with you. You should know about her,” snapped Prestige.
Michelangelo scoffed, “I know nothing about her. I didn’t even know who she was. I didn’t know that she was manipulating me. I didn’t know she was with my father in all this. I knew nothing, Prestige. How will I know about her now?”
Renata moved her blue eyes, and they landed on Michelangelo’s distraught face. It was clear that he ran from the auditorium, chased Renata for a while and when he lost her, he came b
Renata stood in the alleyway and while keeping her eyes closed, she bit her lips. She could not understand how Michelangelo recognised her even though she was in disguise. How did he see through her fake persona? She never talked, never looked at him, maybe for once or twice, she had a moustache, a beard, yet he recognised her, how was it possible?“How could he? How could he?” she kept repeating to herself.“Fanasi! Let’s go! Our car is waiting at the end of the street,” said Kubo after finishing his call. He had called Dominique for help who gave the idea to park the car and block the road. He knew that that position would bring the street to a halt, and no one would be able to follow her. He said that he would be arriving at the end of the street with a new car.She and Kubo started walking. The sirens told them about the arrival of the police and the fire department. Kubo didn’t want to explode such a nice engine, but he h
The plan was set. The location was set. The teams were set. Half people would go to Port Street and half would go to Ava building. All coordinated their watches to milliseconds and armed with all the necessary equipment they needed they sat in their cars. For fast and better access, every team took two cars. Team A had Renata, Hazel, Vicktor, Dominique and Cheng, whereas Team B had Valentina, Ambrosia, Sameeksha, Kubo and Vito while Aziel and Severino stayed behind for the tech support. Aziel was going to make sure everyone would be in touch at all times. “So, everyone is clear in their motives?” asked Renata. Everyone nodded. “Keep your masks on! Stay alert and don’t get hurt. Is that clear?” “Yes!” said everyone. “As we have already informed Masayuki that we are after him, there is a great chance that he must have increased the security. So, everyone must keep their eyes open,” announced Cheng. “As today is Narciso’s funeral, we can expect less security. But all is only speculat
Renata kept trying to lift the huge packet away from Hazel, but it was too heavy. “Just leave!! What are you doing?” shouted Hazel. “What? What happened?” shouted Vicktor over the comms. “Just stay put, everyone, get out!” commanded Renata. “REN!!!” shouted Ambrosia over the comms. But Renata’s eyes were fixed on the goon who was staring at her. He smiled at her and pulled the trigger. Renata wanted to duck, she wanted to get away, but Hazel’s life was in balance. The goon was approaching her and soon he would shoot her down too. She didn’t know what happened, but suddenly a forceful push made her lie on the ground the bullet hit the wall behind her. A man with a cloth mask was over her hiding her with his body. She knew those sky-blue eyes, she knew that body, she knew that touch. “Michel!” she whispered. Before saying a word, he turned to look at the goon and shot him down. “Are you stupid?” he snapped at Renata. “What??” she was taken aback. “Why didn’t you shoot him?” he s
Michelangelo was pacing up and down in Renata’s room waiting for the doctor to arrive. He had lost his team, Tom, Fred, Severino, all the men he had been working with for so long and trusted them. After that the team that he had, he didn’t know anyone and was selected by Vicktor. The day Vicktor betrayed him he fired everyone and now he had no bodyguards he trusted. The new bodyguards were selected by his father. The man who manipulated the shit out of him, he didn’t know if he could trust him. Early morning, he went to his brother’s funeral but could not stay there any longer. He hated his father with every fibre of his being. No matter how many times Vittore said sorry to him, Michelangelo was not ready to listen. He sent a woman to play with his heart and she won. She achieved everything she wanted. She almost made Michelangelo into the Supreme Boss. If not for his father, he would have been crowned by now. The whole day he kept thinking about Renata. Seeing the stab wound in Nar
The silence was creeping over the room. Not even the air conditioner was making a sound. Yet someone was screaming inside Renata’s brain. She kept groaning and groaning trying to lift the packet up from Hazel’s legs. The packet kept crushing Hazel. Her legs were turning into jelly. Renata kept raising the packet but it was too heavy for her. Suddenly her hands slipped and the packet fell with a loud thud on Hazel. The packet burst open under the pressure and when the smoke dissipated, Hazel too was gone. “Haze!!” shouted Renata and sat up breathing heavily. She kept catching her breath for a minute and trying to look around. She didn’t know where she was. All she knew was she had a nightmare. She tried opening and closing her eyes to see better. It was not the Young Building, that building would be full of chatter by now and she would be surrounded by her people. Shit! Her people! Did they leave safely? Did Hazel get out? Where was she? It didn’t look like Ava Building either. The
Every screen on every computer was playing footage from all the CCTV Aziel could find. Venturi Mansion, Venturi Manor, Tikhon’s Mansion, every hospital ER, any place he could think of. Everyone was reviewing the footage. Some were crouched over the chairs, some were sitting on the chairs and some were simply standing but their eyes were fixed on the screens.“Could she have gone back to her apartment?” suggested Cheng.“Maybe, let me hack into those cameras too,” said Aziel and started typing on the screen. Within minutes, there were a few more CCTV footage to review. Ambrosia would glance at Hazel in anger in between reviewing the footage. She was still angry at her. How could she leave Renata behind when Renata helped her get out?Renata had asked everyone to leave people behind if anyone would get caught yet she defied her own order and now she was missing. All knew that Michelangelo was there with her and were worried about that. What was Michelangelo’s motive, no one knew. How wa
“You are leaving him like that?” asked Severino and pointed at Michelangelo. “You are very concerned about him,” Renata raised her eyebrows at him. “I just meant… he is the Supreme Boss,” stammered Severino. “If you want you can stay back,” she snapped. “I never… no, I don’t want… let’s just go,” said Severino and closed the door of the mansion behind him. “You didn’t really have to choke him.” Renata jerked her face to stare at him. “Sorry!” “How many shoes am I going to lose?” she shouted and shook her head in anger. All looked at each other and gulped. Their leader was angry, and she could kill all of them in a single move. If they had not reached them at the right time, she might have killed Michelangelo. All sat in the car with Renata fuming in anger. Why she was so angry, she had no idea. She just wanted to shout at everyone. Maybe she was angry because Michelangelo saved her. She had to rely on him for her safety. He even called a doctor for her. Why was he showing concern
Renata was still angry at everyone. Someone told Michelangelo where she would be, but no one was coming forward. She had to find who was still talking to Michelangelo and punish them for blabbing. And what was the purpose? Why was Michelangelo informed? What was the end game? Whoever it was they knew Michelangelo was not going to kill her or hurt her. He was there to protect her. They knew Michelangelo still loved Renata. And Severino was his big advocate, but Renata knew he could never tell anything to Michelangelo. Well, no one from her team could tell Michelangelo, then how was he there? “Are we ready?” asked Aziel. “I am staring at the cameras. Masayuki has increased the security for today.” “What did he say, Cheng?” asked Renata. “He is ready to sit down with you. I think that’s why he is increasing the security,” said Cheng. “Is he angry?” laughed Renata. “Of course, but he knows he cannot mess with you,” said Cheng. “What about Tikhon?” asked Renata and looked at Aziel.