Steven’s mother walked in with two bodyguards, dangling her golden handbag. At the sight of her son, the bag fell from her hand in shock. “Steven?” She wasn’t sure it was him she saw. He changed a lot over the years. His change wasn’t for the better. His change was for the worse, due to his scars and reckless look. Steven sharply turned to Rica. “You knew she was going to be here?”“I….I know she represents Mr Gold as the Mafia Lord sometimes. But I didn’t know she would come today.”Steven was mad! He stood up with a look of betrayal. It all made sense now! Rica threatened his mother’s life because she knew she was accessible. She knew she was the most vulnerable. “I will never forgive you for this!” He snapped at her, before turning to his mother. His mother was in tears. She hugged him tightly and didn’t let him go for three minutes straight. “What are you doing here?” He asked, controlling his own tears. It was tough. His mother’s sight overwhelmed him too much.“Your father
“Anita, wait!” Steven raced up the stairs to the fourth floor and knocked on her door. There was no response. “Anita, please. We need to talk.”There was no response. “Anita, I won’t take long. I promise.” Anita finally opened the door. She folded her arm with a serious stare. “30 seconds,” She timed him. “Anita, I…We really need to sit down and talk.” Anita shook her head. “I do not want to talk to a mafia,” she said. “Is that all?”“Anita, please…”“I heard everything you did. You have killed people, stolen…you are damn notorious, Steven. I do not want to get involved with you and your wife. She almost killed me once. I do not want her to kill me this time.”“I am not married to her.”“Your 30 seconds is almost done,” she reminded. “Anita, whatever I want to tell is longer than 30 seconds.” “Then bye!” As she was about to shut her door, her neighbor stepped out carrying a toddler. “Anita, is everything fine?” She asked. “Yes, Flora. Everything is fine. He was just about
“Where did you go?” Rica pointed a gun to Steven’s head. He walked in and sunk into the couch. “I needed a break from you.” “For two days?” She couldn’t believe it. “Are you this toxic?”“I am not the toxic one here, Rica. You are messing me up mentally.”“Me?! After everything I have done for you.”“Like what? Turning me into a beast and kidnapping my mother?”“It was what you wanted. You wanted to be a mafia to intimidate your father. You wanted to prove how powerful you were. Unfortunately, he is dead. It is a big backlash on you instead. Why blame me for your wrong decisions?”Steven sighed.“Rica, I just want to be by myself. Is that too much to ask?”“Did you meet another woman? Is there someone giving you what I don’t?”“Something like what?”Rica folded her arms. “The doctor called me. My womb was affected due to a series of abortions I did in the past. It isn’t your fault. But now, I fear you will meet another woman and father another child.” “This is all nonsense!”“If
Rica came back that evening feeling very angry. Steven could tell from her frowned face and tobacco as she removed her pink wig devastated. He was going through the shopping list at that time, so when he saw her walk in, he pretended he didn’t see her. “If I find out you are cheating on me, Steven…,” Rica pointed at him unconvinced, “you and your lover will pay with your lives.” Steven was quiet. From childhood, he learnt silence was the best answer for a fool. Thank goodness that was the best time to implement it. Rica ran upstairs and shut herself in her room, probably planning where to search for his lover next. Steven gave the list back to the servant. “It is nice. That should do for now.” The servant nodded and was off to the kitchen. Steven was engulfed with a positive feeling. He finally saw Anita again. That was the last thing he expected, honestly. He smiled at himself and took out his phone. “Damn!” He doesn’t have her contact. He literally forgot to ask her for her nu
Yeah! Rica completely lost it. Steven shook his head, backing off her. “I will never do that. That’s brutal! What will you gain by killing children?”“I do not care about them anymore!” She screamed. “Since I cannot get my own, I do not care about anyone else’s. I want you to freaking kill them! All four of them.”“I will not do your dirty business for you Rica. I won’t let you harm those children either.” She frowned. “Look, there is a non-violent way we can handle this. It’s possible he didn’t know we were scammed.”“If that’s the case,” she threw her phone at him, “why isn’t he answering his phone? I called him 50 times.”“Do not resort to violence.”“O! Shut the crap up!” She took her phone and called Rodriguez. Rodriguez responded unlike her other boys who ghosted her. “Yes, boss,” his deep voice said.“Follow me on a mission. I want us to kill someone.”Rodriguez scoffed.“You must be kidding. We are starving here ma’am. We cannot fight on empty stomachs.”“I only want you to
Dead in the night, his phone rang nonstop with Harrison’s call. Steven trembled with fright. Sweat sprinkled down his forehead as he kept gazing at his phone screen. He couldn’t cut the call nor could he keep his lips sealed. Not after what Rica did. Running away would only prove he is more guilty. He took a deep breath and picked up the call.“Count your days, Steven! Count your fucking days!” Harrison’s deep voice threatened the call. “Harrison, listen….”“Three….”“Harrison, this was Rica’s doing. I didn’t do….”“Two….”“What are you doing? Harrison….”“One!”There was multiple gunshots, breaking glass windows and forcing open doors. Rica smartly forced him down and they snuck their way out of the room. “What is this about?” She asked, as they snuck to the basement. It was their safe site for then. “You are asking me? I wasn’t one who killed a child!”“Stop whining like a damn child!”She typed in the password and they walked in. “Maybe we should change the password from 1234?”
“Are you fine?” Rica asked. “We cannot go there anymore.” Steven tapped the driver to stop.“What do you mean?”“Harrison has tracked us to the guesthouse. We need to turn around.”“How do you know? Did you speak to him?”Steven was quiet. She growled with anger and switched her destination on the map. “How can you be so stupid? He will ask my father for the closest apartment I will flee to for sure. Didn’t you turn off your location?”“I did.”“Then how do you know he tracked us?”Steven couldn’t say what he didn’t. Rica would kill him for sure. “Better safe than sorry.”They stayed overnight at a hotel. Rica could barely sleep as she researched where else they could go. “We should flee the country. I will get us fake passports.” Rica suggested. Steven disapproved.“I am going nowhere.”“It’s not a choice. We have to go. I am with your mother.”Steven had had enough of her empty threats.“Will you stop with the old threats? It is getting annoying.”She dialled a number and paced
Steven was nervous Anita narrowly caught him. But he needed to be smart about it. He couldn’t let her ruin him. “I didn’t mention that name.” He denied. Rica was fuming.“After everything I have done for you, Steven. After every fucking thing, you are still seeing that lady.” Steven calmed her.“You heard things. I didn’t mention Anita.”“O! You keep your mouth shut! I am not stupid! How long have you been seeing her? Where does she stay?”“Rica, I swear there is no Anita.”She took her phone and began to dial a number. “Tell me or I will kill your mother.” “Why are you not listening to me? There is no freaking Anita.” “You have made a grave mistake, Steven. A grave one!”As she dialed the number, Steven slapped her on the face, causing her to fall on her side and her phone slid off her grip. “Hello, boss.” A deep voice said at the other end. “Kill that bitch!” Rica screamed. “Excuse me? Hello….”Steven cut the call promptly and closed Anita’s mouth, to prevent her from talk