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
Chapter 97“We just need to be alert, Lego”, Garfy said, as he opened the booth of the blue Sevan to ensure that the car wash man had put everything back in correct order.“We really need to be Garfy. We were very unprepared the last time. We weren't even expecting it”“I was. I've been trying to tell you guys”“We haven't been listening, have we?”“Not really. We've not just had an opportunity like this one. But now we know, we have to do better to be on alert because those guys? They aren't giving up, Lego. I suspect that the last attack was headed by the Mafia gang?”“Yes. I wanted to say that. I was fighting with one of the men and he had their symbol on him. You think they are somehow collaborating with the Mafia?”“I don't think, Lego. I know” BACK AT THE DINING TABLE “Finally, we can dig in, shall we?”, Maria said, as she entered the dining room. Vincenzo had already snuck a few fruit slices into his mouth before she came. Vincenzo looked at Emilio knowingly and they share
Chapter 98Jerry walked into Finn's large sitting room, dressed in Calvin Klein pants and a shorthand Ralph Lauren V-necked shirt.. He removed hisOakley dark shades and let it hang on the V-neck of his shirt.As usual, Finn was at the mini bar, his tumbler in hand. Jerry ran a hand through his hair before walking over to Finn.“My man”, Finn said as he stood up to hug Jerry.“Haven't seen you in the crib for the longest time”Jerry shrugged. “I've been busy”“Busy?”, Finn said, scoffing. “What are you so busy with?”“That's none of your business man. Right now, I need you to do me a favor”Finn smiled in a sly and crafty way. Jerry looked at him, eyebrows up. “A favour? What the hell do you need help with?”“I need some cash”“Some cash?”“Yeah”“And you came to me?”“Come on bro. I know you got money. You still got that trust fund, don't you?”“And so? I don't see your name on my trust fund money?”“Come on Finn”“I don't have any cash, man. thought you were rich. I thought you had
Chapter 99“I've finally gotten my b**** ass wife back”“Elena?”“Yeah. Sent a cab to pick her up today”“How'd you get her parents to let her come stay?”“It didn't take much. Those shameless bastards. Their daughter doesn't know that they are using her to repay their debt.”, Finn said, scoffing.“Woah. Those are some freaking irresponsible parents she has.”“So even after you beat her up, they still let her come back to you?”“Of course. They don't even have a choice. They are owing a lot of people a lot of money, including my parents. So my parents pay the people and in turn they keep their end of the contract surrounding our marriage. My parents even tried to divorce the b**** but…. You know I can't lose her.”Jerry knew what he meant and was amused. “Why did they try to divorce her anyway? If they did, the whole contract would be over”“The girl's a witch, total bad luck. She was bad for business so my parents wanted her off the hook as soon as possible. But I can't give that b*