Chapter 60Vincenzo smiled. “Well said mio figlio, well said. Who's taking you classes on Italiano?” Vincenzo asked excitedly.“I'm picking up little by little. A few of my employees speak Italian too. Plus Riccardo's been a great help. Him staying with me is all the Italian I need”, Emilio said, the last comment making his father roar in laughter. Emilio smiled, delighted inwardly to have made his father laugh.“Riccardo ei? Riccardo can go a full day in Italian, not minding if you even understand or not. How is he anyway?”“He's splendid. He's the one overseeing the business in my position”Vincenzo raised an eyebrow. “Fantastico. He's doing a great job then. At least everything is ought to be where it should be”Asher smiled. “I have an assistant too. She's partly the reason for the success of the business too”“Interesting. And she too is of Italian descent?”“Somewhat yes.”“Aha!” Vincenzo exclaimed excitedly. “I see who's been taking you classes now”“Oh no Father!”, Emilio sai
Chapter 61 Scar parked his motorcycle a little far off from where the guards stood. Using the backdoor, he left, not wanting to attract attention. He's been carrying a big bag which contained a sniper rifle and some other things he had in store just for plan B.He fixed himself at the top of a skyscraping building not so far off from the parking garage. He'd already settled the guards who let him up the roof. The roof had a small room which had just enough room for the night guards to sit. Arranging the rifle in a comfortable position, he sat and positioned the sniper towards the Basilica.“Boy, would you look at that?”He patted the gun playfully.“You are a good toy”He resumed his position, looking through the telescope. The Basilica was always crowded at this time of the year and a lot of people moved around, some taking pictures and others just viewing, taking mental memories of the beautiful building.Asher and the rest were just arriving.“I got us a tour guide. He should meet
Chapter 62Garfy felt his pockets.“Hey lego”“What’s up?” lego said casually, looking around him as his pant pockets proved empty.“What are you looking for?” Lego asked.“My phone…”, he said, checking his suit pockets.“Hmm… you think they've stolen it?”“Nah.. I don't remember taking it. I was using it in the car but… I don't … really remember having it out or putting it in my pocket.” “Calm down. I'll call one of the guys at the garage to check.”Lego phoned one of the body guards that were waiting at the parking garage.“Yeah, seems you left it”“Damn, I forgot my phone!”“You'll need to get another ticket before you can get to the other side”“And I don't see any ticket booths around here”, Garfy said, starting to walk towards the entrance. “Try to get a private water taxi so we wouldn't need to get tickets too”“Quiet Signore!”, Ariago said, a little harshly. “Shouting isn't allowed here, Signore”“Apologies”, Lego said humbly.Garfy got to the canal where the vaporettos were
Chapter 63“What the?! This m**********er again?!”Garfy recognized the voice and knew it once. He was the guy at the tower from the remembrance party.Garfy charged at Scar and he missed the shot. The bullet hit the glass window of The Basilica. “Oh mio Dio! What was that?”, Ariago exclaimed, his hand to his chest.Gasps and squeals of panic filled the air and a red alarm went off almost immediately.“All visitors, tour guides and other staff must exit the Basilica now. I repeat every man, woman and child in the building must exit the building now. Ripeto, Tutti devono uscire dall'edificio ora.”Emergency staff in the Basilica soon started helping people get to the nearest exits.“Come Signore, we must get you out of here! This is some sort of emergency”“Where's the nearest exit?” Asher asked.“Come with me”The tour guide led them to an exit just down the hallway from where they had been standing. Soon enough they were out in St. Mark's Square. The line outside had dispersed and l
Chapter 64An emergency was rolled speedily across the waiting hall. The doctors moved fast as the patient was an accident victim and was losing blood by the second. Amongst other things, like the bad head injury and fractured bones , the patient needed to be stabilised inorder to sustain her life. Asher watched as they rolled her hurriedly across the waiting hall and through a fairly wide passageway of which the emergency theatre room was. The other guys were there too but they were all too engrossed in deep thoughts.Soon enough, the female doctor came to talk to them. “How is he, doctor?”, Lego said, getting up.“He's stable enough. He did lose a lot of blood though but we have just enough of his blood type in the bank. He'll need a few days to rest and recover”“But he has regained consciousness?”, Asher asked, not wanting to show his extreme worry.“Slightly. He's alive but he wouldn't be strong enough to see anybody for, per say, the next two days”“Any fractures, doctor?”“Oh
Chapter 65Franrigo shivered as the icy liquid slid down his throat. Fear gripped him as he swallowed hard; his blood felt stagnant from it. Tales of Mafia poisonings echoed in his mind. He'd heard and read stories of how people were poisoned in meetings like this, how that the Mafia never let people slip out without poisoning them either mildly or lethally, how it was the way of the Mafia to poison people so they would be forced to do their bidding, how they carted out bodies on a daily basis. He knew refusing their bidding meant no escape. The chilling reality sank in—he might be entangled in a deadly dance. The sip tasted like a pact with shadows, sealing an unknown fate.Franrigo shook visibly in horror. Why the hell had he even agree to this? He should have trusted the real Davidson. His gut had been poisoned by greed and now he was in this mess, this death trap with no escape. Yup, he'd found himself in shitty business.The Mafia king, a figure of formidable presence, sat uprigh
Chapter 66Franrigo swallowed hard.“Tell me what you wanna know”Marco glanced at the Mafia king and back at Franrigo.“We want to know how we can get Vincenzo's son, Emilio Rodriguez”“Hmm….I….I….". Franrigo stuttered. Franrigo swallowed hard, his conscience pricking him painfully. These guys were planning on killing his master's son.“Can you provide us with such information Franrigo?”Franrigo composed himself. He had an idea. He was going to turn the tables and make them agree to his terms. He cleared his throat, suddenly slightly more confident than before.“Even better. I have someone that has just the same ambitions as you do and they'll be more than willing to cooperate”“What do you mean you have someone? I don't need too many people on this deal, Marco. Cos'è questo? (What is this?)”, Podrego asked, getting quite upset and fast.“Don’t bore us amico. If you don't have the information we want, you say it”“I do. I know how you can get Emilio, son of Vincenzo Rodriguez. His
Chapter 67Franrigo's eyes widened in shock and caution, spitting the content out quickly, his mouth rejecting distastefully. Davidson's hand shook as he'd gulped his and had already taken into his system completely. Podrego laughed, quite amused at their reaction.“Get him the antidote, Credo”Credo brought some yellow powder in a crucible.“Sniff that and you'll be fine”, Podrego said, his hands on the lighter. Davidson was a bit unyielding but his whole body began to vibrate badly.“For real this time.You too, steward”Franrigo rubbed the yellow powder vigorously on his nose, almost throwing up from the smell of the powder. Davidson breathed heavily, his body temperature increasing by the second. His body vibrated frantically and his neck twitched. Franrigo watched him in horror on his feet as he had been alarmed to find Davidson in such a state.“Wh…wh…what's wrong … wh… what's wrong wi…wi…with him?”“He'll be fine amico. Sit down”His body jerked uncontrollably, and he tumbled of