Chapter 7: Doomed!

Valerie's hands were trembling as she stretched them to pick up the broken photo frame on the floor. It was made of glass so as it came in contact with the marble floor, it actually cracked into three lines. 

She looked at the photo, there was a man, woman and a small boy that looked familiar to Martin but Valerie didn't want to believe it because the boy looked genuinely happy there, he was smiling like he had received all the happiness in this world.

If Martin was as happy as this when he was a kid then what could be the reason for him to be this way. If the devil was the actual name of a person then he should be called that, only devils do bad things without feeling remorseful.

Valerie knew she was officially dead. Everyone says Martin has a short temper and she might have spoiled something so important to him that she couldn't help but tremble. What was she going to do now? She slowly dropped the picture back on the table and stepped back then picked up her duster and mopping bucket before exiting the room. 

    Valerie's mind was in chaos as she found her way back to her room. The bathroom tap was running and she figured that Lucia might be in there but that wasn't her problem, her problem was that she was going to die. She doesn't think Martin will torture her for breaking the picture of him and his, were those his parents? Anyways she was sure Martin wouldn't let her go scott free.

The bathroom door opened and Lucia stepped out in her towel. Her eyes darted to Valerie and she smiled. "Sexy what's up?" 

Valerie didn't hear Lucia's greeting talkless of responding and Lucia could see it in her face that Valerie was worried. She went to her wardrobe and looked for something to wear before going to sit beside her.

"Sexy!" Valerie jumped in fright when someone's hand landed on her shoulders but turning to see Lucia, she breathed out of relief.

"You look gone, what's the matter?" Lucia asked her.

Valerie gulped and asked. "When a person offends the Don like toying with something that means so much to him, what will he do to them?" 

Lucia gave her a puzzled look but still went ahead and replied. "If you messes with something that don likes, he would kill you" 

"Without second thoughts?" Valerie tried to give herself a little hope but Lucia wasn't helping matters with her forward reply.

"I have never seen Don think twice before killing his offenders and it isn't a normal death, Don keeps wild dogs as pet, he will allow them to feed on his offenders"

Valerie cringed with the thought of being eaten by a wild animal.

"Anyways, why are you asking? I hope you didn't do anything sexy" Lucia looked at her.

Valerie shook her head vigorously. "Was just curious"

"Alright, I'll be going to look for what to eat, you coming?" Lucia stood up and Valerie shook her head.

Lucia scoffed; "Just a little reminder that you won't be sèxy anymore if you lose too much weight but I'll see you soon" and Lucia left the room.

"I'm doomed" Valerie began panicking. She could no longer see a future ahead for herself. "What do I do?" She bit on her fingers.

A thought suddenly came to her mind that since Martin wasn't around then she can use this opportunity to sneak out and see her family for the last time since she was going to die.

       The mobsters were gathered in the gang living room with Carlos and Haunter sitting in front of them.

"Boss gave us a mission that we are to secure a meeting with Mr Cobra by any means so I suggest before we can archive that we monitor his move and help him get the narcotics he is shipping to his clan. Lucia I asked you to sneak in and plant a tracker in any of his devices, did you do that?" Carlos asked.

"Yes capo," Lucia replied dryly.

"Sage, were you able to track them and get in touch with their moves?" Carlos looked at Sage.

"Yes" Sage rolled her eyes. She loved to show off her sassy behavior simply because she used to be close to the underboss.

"So? Have you dug out any information about them and when they are going for their next shipment?" Haunter asked.

Sage crossed her two legs together before replying. "In an hour from now, the tigers would be going to attack the shippers of darvon and oxycontin for the cobra clan and I don't think the cobra clan are aware" Sage explained.

The cobra clan is ruled by Mr Cobra himself, one of the biggest mafia clans of all in the whole of Mexico and also has a fair amount of enemies trying to steal from them and take over. 

"Then we have to start getting ready, text me their location!" Haunter stood up from his couch.

"Alright Haunter"

"It's underboss, call me with respect!" He cut her off and she gave him a thick glare before scoffing inwardly and correcting herself.

"Understood underboss".

Carlos also stood up and faced the rest of the gangs. "Everyone, go get your weapons. Make sure your bullet is full, we can't miss this!" He ordered and they all obeyed.

Valerie stood up the moment she heard a knock on the door. She went to get it and was surprised to see Haunter.

"We are leaving for another mission and we may take some time, I've told the maids to get you something to eat, stay and be good, don't cause troubles" he informed her.

Valerie nodded in affirmation of what Haunter said but the truth was she wasn't listening to him. She was thinking of how she would make use of this opportunity to escape and go see her family once again.

"I will see you later" Haunter touched her shoulders and was surprised to see that she didn't move back. 

He smiled and nodded at her again before leaving. Valerie also came outside, she went to the window that had the opportunity to make a person view the huge compound of this place and she began thinking of how to escape. What if she got lost on her way out? Then she saw more than two cars passing through a gate. Valerie guessed that it might not be them leaving, so she released a short breath from her lips.

       It was getting dark and Valerie was dressed in a black hoodie and joggers. She was getting set on leaving the clan. She slowly opened the door and stepped out and it was really easy because there were no maids cleaning the large living room so she hurriedly scrolled past that area and went downstairs. Her aim was to see her family and nothing more, she would never allow anyone to stop her from doing that, including the two guards guarding the exit.

She picked up a long rod that was somewhere on the floor, her heart was hammering against its ribcage as she moved silently towards them and BAM!! She hit the stick on the head of one of the guards, the other one turned to look at her but she was quick enough to hit his stomach then at the back of his head and just like that the two guards were on the floor.

Valerie crossed their bodies and went to the compound, it was really wide with plenty of guards but she made sure she was careful as she snuck behind them until she got to the tall looking hall. She looked up at it and some memories of when she would steal mangoes with Bennett and they would both climb the wall together made her smile, tears came out of her eyes.

'Soon big brother, I'm coming to join you up there' she said in her head before jumping and holding a part of the wall firmly. Her hands were slipping down but she didn't know how she kept pushing herself forward till she got to the top. She looked around, the guards still didn't notice her and she jumped down.

  Valerie kept running at full speed till she saw a taxi. She stopped it and entered inside them, told him the direction of where she was going and the taxi driver nodded before starting to take her to get destination . It took a few hours before she got to where she was and she was able to pay because she took a little money from Lucia.

Finally she can see the door to her home again. The amount of satisfaction she felt by just looking at the door, the thought of knocking this door to see her sister and mother again gave her so much joy that she even forgot she was going to die.

She slowly stretched her hands to the door and knocked on it.