“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
Steven shouldn’t be weakened by an old friend. Unfortunately, it was too late. His two arms were on his sides with the oddest expression on his face. “Steven, are you okay?” Anita asked, waving her hands before his eyes. He said nothing, “We meet again,” Phineas smirked with his gun pointed at him. “I thought you fucking left the mafia!” “I did, but Rica invited me back. She wanted me to take care of Mrs Gold here.” Phineas bowed before his mum in respect. Mrs Gold frowned. “This guy is horrible.” “I promise Mrs Gold, I was just doing my job. The pay was good.” Steven raised a brow. Perhaps, Rodriguez was right. A devil known is better than an Angel unknown. He sharply pointed his gun at Phineas.“You are a sneaky demon!” He spat.“As I said, it is all about the hustling. Your mother is a sweetheart. She makes me feel right.”“What do you mean?” “I watch her naked in the bathroom.”Steven furiously shot Phineas, but Phineas dodged and shot Anita on the heart. Anita fell inst
The gate’s doorbell rang. This confused Steven. Anita didn’t tell anyone of the guesthouse, did she? He pulled out his gun and tiptoed to the door. He activated the security camera beside the door. He was confused at the sight of a familiar face. He swore he saw that person somewhere. He wasn’t sure where. The person carried something. He opened the door and stepped outside. The person struck more resemblance to him. It was Vicky! Anita’s neighbor. The lady grinned naively and held Bonnie in her carrier. “O! It’s you, Mr Steven.” She sounded cheerful. “Is Anita in? She forgot Bonnie with me.” Steven shut the door at her face and began to walk back inside. “Wait! Is she your daughter?” Vicky yelled from the gate. “Why don’t you take her? She keeps crying nonstop. She wants Anita now.” Steven shut the door behind him and locked his door. He sat on the door, traumatized by this new stage of his life. A baby? How was he supposed to take care of her? He doesn’t know anything about Bonn