Chapter 89Lego parked a few kilometers from the magnificent Rella Bella hall. The jecko's door lifted, and Gaius emerged, donning sleek black Ray-Ban glasses. The doors descended slowly as both men, an air of purpose surrounding them, strolled toward the event hall. The distant hum of anticipation mingled with the echoes of their footsteps. As they approached the glittering lights, Gaius adjusted his cufflinks, a subtle signal of readiness. Lego, with a confident nod, acknowledged the unspoken pact.Gaius, suddenly remembering, dug his hands into his pockets. “My phone's been buzzing”, Gaius said. “Must have been Boss.”Gaius searched through the pockets of his suit jacket.“You can't find it?”“Not yet…You think it's in the car”Lego checked his own pockets. ‘'I think I found it”He pulled out the phone and smartwatch from his pocket.“Here. You gave me to talk to Garfy”“Oh yeah. Thanks.”, he collected it from Lego. “Damn. The battery's low. I can't even see anything”“What abou
Chapter 90“Now, Padredo”Paredo walked briskly to the nearest waiter, taking the covered dish off the service cart. He slipped two grenades inside and stopped at the Rodriguez' table. Lego's eyes widened as he had caught the suppertitious act. He raced as fast as he could, shouting at the top of his lungs.“Stop him, Gaius. Stop him!’Gaius was lost and hadn't even noticed as Paredo passed him.He placed it delicately on the table, taking the hemispheric cover off as soon as he did.“Watch out Boss!”, Lego said, pushing the table over immediately.“Get back!”Vincenzo got up hurriedly and Emilio took him far away from the table. Andrea in turn led his mother hurriedly out of the hall.“You fool, you were supposed to signal me!”, Andrea said over the earphone to Marco.“What was that?”“You need to go home, Mother. Things are about to get really unsafe here”He put his Bentley on auto drive and opened the door for her to get it in. The car started off as soon as the door closed. Cred
Chapter 91“Lego! Lego!”The sound of Lego's coughing attracted Gaius.“Lego!”He ran towards the sound of the cough and soon he found Lego, a pile of wood on his body.“Lego! Oh my God, man. Are you good?”Gaius said, helping Lego up. Lego continued to cough and with much difficulty, Gaius raised Lego from the floor. He put Lego's arm over his shoulder so he could help him walk.“Hmm…”, Lego groaned, holding one side of his abdomen as they walked slowly towards the door.“Ye… .”“Freeze! Non muoverti! (Don't move)”The policeman exclaimed at Lego and Gaius. “Officer…”“Don't speak. Hands in the air.”“Officer…”“ Metti le mani dove posso vederle !(Put your hands where I can see them)”“Hey Gastus! Put your weapons down!”, The head of the team said, coming in just in time.“They are Rodriguez's men”He directed with his hands and the two policemen behind him helped Lego to their wagon outside. Gaius followed, his hands bleeding from a bullet wound.“All clear?”“All clear sir. We've
Chapter 92“Andrea, you are now connected to 'Re Della”, Marco said, placing the open laptop on the table.“Re Della”, Andrea said with a nod of his head.“Rodriguez. It's a shame you can't join us here”, Podrego said, lifting the stout glass to his mouth. The dark brown liquid flowed eagerly into his mouth.“A shame you say. Do I happen to be missing out on anything?”Podrego's eyes darkened and Andrea's sly smile formed almost immediately. Marco spoke up immediately as he noticed the growing tension between them.“Gentlemen. Let's get down to business, shall we?”“Of course. Headlines. The Mafia who claimed this would be an easy job has failed to eliminate the target in the person of my half-brother, Emilio Rodriguez.”Podrego gritted his teeth. “My men were ready!”, Podrego said, banging his hand on the table.“Re Della!”Podrego relaxed himself on the chair, cigarette in his hand. “You should have told us that your brother's bodyguards were going to be there!”“Maybe if your dear
Chapter 93Vincenzo walked into his study room where the district head sat on the black leather sofa in the posterior part of the large study room. Lego and Gauis took the smaller armchairs that came with the rest of the furniture. They rose to their feet immediately when they saw their boss.Emilio was relieved to see them both. “Gauis, Lego. Are you ok?”“Yes Boss. We are okay”Emilio heaved a sigh of relief, patting both their shoulders simultaneously.“Thank you for protecting me”“Of course, Signore. It's our job!”Garfy leaped up to them. He hugged Lego first. “Bro. I bugged your phone, boys. What happened?”“I'm sorry. I didn't take my phone and Gauis's phone was low almost throughout the ride here”“They really caught us off guard”Emilio patted Gaius' shoulder. “Anything major?”“I got a bullet wound but it's all good. Lego needs to get an x-ray examination.”“Fractures?”“Suspected but.. we are not really sure yet”, Lego said, one hand on the side of his abdomen. “I'm pro
Chapter 94“If it isn't the asshole, Sofia Brown”, Sasha said, walking up to Sofia slowly. Her big blue heavy wooly jacket swayed with difficulty from side to side. She tipped up her glasses to her hair and struck a pose, looking haughtily at Sofia. She took a step further but the security stopped her.“No.”, Sofia said, raising one hand. “Let her”“Hmm.. how fancy. You have little cronies now”“Really Sasha? Right here? Outside the building?”“Well, unlike you darling, I'm cultured. I was raised to be uncouth from a poor, broke-ass background. I grow up to be lady and to not spread rumors to make myself look good”“Rumors?”“You heard right. Rumors. Rumors about sleeping with the boss's brother and giving information to potential threats to the company”“And how, Sasha, did I spread rumors about you?”“Or you aren't aware? Anything without concrete evidence is a rumor. I mean, where's the evidence you narcissistic bastard? Where's the evidence of all the rumors you've spread? You know
Chapter 95“What the…”, Jerry said as he picked up the phone. “Andrea?’“Rodriguez?”The hell it couldn't be. Or could it.“What the hell?”Wasn't this Andrea's number? Well, Andrea had an private call line but.. why was this Andrea guy calling Sasha and what the hell was the connection between them? Were they…?“Oh someone's calling me”, Sasha said, suddenly coming behind Jerry and taking the phone from his hand.“Andrea Rodriguez?”Sasha's eyes widened. She raised a brow. “Rodriguez?”“Isn't that Andrea Rodriguez?”“No… I don't really know any of the Rodriguez close up… this is just my friend, a former work buddy”“Oh okay”. He eyed her not really convinced.“Okay”, Sasha said. “Why are you looking at me, silly?”“Nah. I'm… I'm good”“Okay. So…”, she said, moving towards him. She was still in her red bath robe. “Will I be the man to take you to the dance floor?”“Of course”, she said, letting her bath robe fall to the ground.Jerry sat up in bed, his personal computer on his lap
Chapter 96“Morning,mio figlio, how are you?”“Very fine sir. I hope you slept well Father?”“Yes,I did”, Vincenzo said, holding on to the wooden rail of the staircase. He stopped, his eyes making a mess of the environment around him. Emilio watched his father with concern.“Are you okay Father?”, Emilio said, walking up to the step where he was.“Yes. I'm just… a little dizzy this morning. The usual morning haze”“Maybe you should…”“Bedrest? No, I'm fine, Emilio. Thank you”Emilio helped him down the remaining stairs. “Thank you mio figlio”He walked to the head of the table by himself, taking his seat.“Is breakfast ready?”“Yes it is, dear”, Maria said, some of the servers following behind her,large silver serving bowls in hand.“I had them make fresh yoghurt, dear, just the way you like it”, she said, placing the jug at the center of the table. “Madeline, will you walk faster?! Don't be daft!”“Ye…ye…yes, ma'am”Madeline dropped the silver serving bowl full of hot Grissini (ita