Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Unfortunately, Costanza didn’t know she ended up doing Natalie a favor because her hand touched the gun and she picked it up at once, aiming it at Costanza who saw her life flash before her eyes.
Natalie pulled the trigger or nearly did.
“I know where your daughter is!” Costanza’s mother shouted a second before Natalie could pull the trigger.
However, the hardened expression on Natalie’s face said she doesn’t believe her one bit and her finger was temptingly close to the trigger. She told her lies before, what were the chances she wasn’t lying again.
Sweat coated the woman’s forehead while her heart began to thud loudly in her ears as she decided to take her chances.
“Something happened and your daughter Rhea managed to escape the loan sharks. We know that because the gang has been harassing her for her whereabouts ever since.” said Costanza’s mother.
“So where is she?!” Natalie demanded, the gun tightening in her grip. Natalie has lost all rational thought in the course of finding her daughter. She doesn’t want their story, she wants her daughter.
“I don’t know,” Costanza’s mother cried out, knowing that she was going to die soon.
“Well, that didn’t answer my question,” She said coldly, about to pull the trigger when Costanza shouted.
“Rhea got involved with another gang. A man to be precise. They call him Lukas, he’s the boss and I can assure you that your daughter is living fine there because she had me kidnapped as her vengeance for a week. So whatever punishment you think is sufficient for me for what I did, I can assure you that I have pretty much paid for it, ” Costanza said firmly.
Natalie lifted her head, ” You paid no shit,” She disagreed, her eyes cold and hard, “Your family changed my daughter’s life forever, and stole her bright future! What was the use of me leaving her behind if she ended up in a gang then!” She yelled at them furiously.
Costanza clung to her mother’s side, the both of them holding onto each other just as Natalie asked, “Who is this Lukas? “
But before Costanza could answer, Natalie’s phone began to ring and all of their attention moved toward her bag. Costanza silently prayed that she would answer it so they could take advantage of the distraction to escape.
It was probably Jason calling to check up on her, Natalie reasoned – she had spent enough time here already. But she is busy right now and cannot afford distraction. Natalie didn’t answer.
She turned to Costanza, “You are going to take me to that Lukas,”
“What?” The blood drained from Costanza’s face. She shook her head, “No, no, you don’t know about Lukas. He’s a dangerous man! We can’t go there!”
“I don’t fucking care about him if he’s dangerous or not! I am getting my daughter out of there and you are taking me there or I’ll blow your brains -“
Bam!
Natalie felt something hard shatter on her head and her vision swarmed.
Costanza screamed when she saw Natalie fall on the ground only to find out that her father hit her in the back of the head with a flower case.
Natalie groaned on the floor meaning that she was alive just as Raymond shouted, “Quick! Get the hell out of there!”
Daniel Was Coming For Her
Honestly, Daniel did not have much expectation when he drove to the girl’s place. He just needed to “speak” with the girl’s guardians and find out whatever leverage he could have over her.
Yes, leverage, was what Daniel worked with. When you have shit on someone, it was amazing the many things you could have them do and since his stupid son Lukas wasn’t letting the girl go, he would make her leave him. Problem solved.
He refused to have Rhea Valeria as a daughter-in-law. That would be over his dead body. Just like Lukas, his father Daniel was good at bearing grudges and he had promised to get back at the Valeria for what they did to him and he intended to keep that promise.
So when his assistant announced, “We’re here,” Daniel stepped out from his majestically, taking a lungful of fresh air. He looked around his environment and when he couldn’t sense any threat, stared at the small villa in front of him.
The gate was locked, but that wasn’t a problem for him. When Daniel wanted something, no one could lock him out. His assistant moved ahead of him to pull at the gate only for them to sight a commotion. The occupants of the house were running towards them as if their house was on fire.
Daniel stood at the spot, his brows raised and staring at them with an amused yet calculated gaze. What the hell was going on? He was sure his assistant didn’t announce his visit to them, nor was he expecting a grand welcome, Daniel thought.
“Quick, open the gate!” shouted the man whom Daniel recognized as the girl’s uncle, and the younger daughter who was already far ahead of them unlocked the gate and came to stop at his feet, breathing heavily.
Daniel’s brows only arch further up in surprise, he never thought someone would bow at his feet someday. Quite an intriguing welcome, he would say. However, as entertaining as the situation had been, Daniel knew deep down that something was not right.
Those people were not running to welcome him, they were running from something, or someone else and he sure as hell was going to know.
…..
“What is going on here?” Daniel asked, offering them a kind look and of course, the whole family was deceived by it.
“Someone is trying to kill us,” Costanza announced.
Costanza’s mother was breathing heavily when she said, “That bitch Natalie has lost her mind.”
Daniel froze.
Perhaps he has become extra sensitive to anyone bearing the name, ‘Natalie’, but Daniel’s head quickly wiped around in the direction of the woman as he asked her eagerly, “What did you just say?”
“Huh?” Costanza’s mother looked at him in confusion. Now that she thought about it, who was he? She hasn’t seen the face around. Wait a minute, could they be the ones Natalie said were waiting for her?
Great fear gripped Costanza’s mother and her face lost all color, it seemed as if they just went from frying pan to fire.
“Who are you?” Raymond went ahead to ask the strangers, wondering where they came from.
However, his wife was the first to bow her face to the ground at the man’s feet and began to beg him, “Please have mercy on us, we didn’t do anything to your mistress. Natalie is safe and sound.” She went ahead to plead on but Daniel was far gone in his thoughts.
Confusion hit Daniel hard in the head like a Mack truck. What were the chances that the Natalie they were talking about was the same Natalie he was thinking about?
He’d say fifty percent.
Natalie was Rhea’s mother and Rhea once lived with these people. However, what wasn’t possible is the fact that these people believed that Natalie was alive and had come back to attack them. Daniel would have said that this was a product of their imagination, but that raw fear in their eyes was real and couldn’t be invoked by a ghost. And ghosts don’t exist.
But he had seen Natalie die right in front of him, she’d shot herself and fallen right into that river. Suddenly it hit him, her body was never found. What if the reason her body was never found is that she’d been alive all this while? Hope ignited inside of Daniel and he didn’t wait around to depend on the hypothesis. He would find out the truth by himself.
“Boss!”
“Sir!”
Everyone shouted after Daniel who ran into the house as if his life depended on it.
Meanwhile…
Natalie woke up groggily. Her head was pounding and she felt disoriented. Where was she? And then it hit her? She had come to know about Edward and her daughter and things had kind of escalated. Jesus Christ! How long had she been out?!