Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Without warning, the memories came in a rush making her wince and she lifted her hand to press down on her temple. Her head was throbbing badly and the last thing she remembered was taking a bullet for Daniel… oh no.
“Adele….” She looked at her daughter now, the guilt appearing on her face. She had intended to see Daniel and then slip away, Adele would not know at all. But then there was an attack and she instinctively took the bullet for him. Now, she was in the hospital and her daughter knew all about it.
Adele was not going to forgive her and the fear made her want to sit up and ask for her forgiveness. But strange enough, Angelica couldn’t move a muscle. No, her hands but it had to do with her lower body. It was as heavy as lead. Almost unresponsive.
Real fear crept into Angelica this time and she lifted her gaze to her daughter, asking cautiously, “A-Adele, why can’t I feel my legs?”
She watched Adele open her mouth but no words made their way out, instead a tear slipped down her cheek and she hurriedly wiped it away, turning her face away.
Angelica stiffened, her heart freezing over. She knew her daughter and Adele’s heart was as hard as stone. The girl never cried, but right now, there was that pitiful look in her eyes when she looked breath.
She sucked in a sharp breath, “God no….” Angelica was able to make connections without Adele revealing the truth. She knew her body and right now, it felt… useless. Her legs were not alive. Something must have happened to her. That bullet.
“Please, tell me this isn’t real….” Panic rose in her chest, tears rolling down her cheeks now. There was no way she was paralyzed, right? It was not possible. She had a lot of things to do. She had her daycare to run, and then her grandchildren. How was she going to take care of them? She would be nothing but a burden to Adele as well. Dear God, she must hate her now.
“You should calm down, ” Adele told Angelica, especially when she saw her close to hyperventilating.
But she was not listening and kept panicking, screaming, and shouting in a wild outburst. Adele had no choice but to ring the intercom and in the next minutes, the nurses and a doctor filled the room, and gave them space to do their work.
It took a few minutes to get the situation under control by sedating her mother. The doctor turned to her, explaining that an outburst like that was pretty normal for most patients and that it would take her time to adjust to her new reality. She just had to be patient with her.
Adele thanked them on their way out and when she was all alone, sank into her seat, defeated. She ran her hand through her scalp and yanked on her hair hard. Truth be told, she was tempted to leave this woman alone, after all, she brought this on herself. If only she had listened to her and stayed away from Daniel, then this wouldn’t have happened.
But she couldn’t. No matter what she did, she was still her mother. She only made poor choices and nobody was above mistakes. But then, what was she going to do? She was pregnant with Quadruplets as it is, she couldn’t juggle along a paralyzed mother. God, why was life so unfair to her? What did she do so wrong? Adele wanted to break down in tears. It was just overwhelming.
However, before she had the choice to curl up and bawl her eyes out, her phone beeped with a message. Adele checked her phone, quickly wiping at her face. It was from Victor. He needed her. Wonderful. They couldn’t even cut her some slack. Although she hoped deep down it was news about Daniel because she needed to let off some steam and he was the perfect candidate. She would kill him.
With one final look at her mother, Adele left the room only to find Victor waiting outside the door for her.
He looked at the door with a sympathetic expression, “How is she?”
“She finally woke up only to have a meltdown.” Adele sighed, “Doctor says she would need time to adjust to her new reality.”
Then her gaze flickered to him, uncomfortable with the pitiful look in his eyes. She asked him, “And what about you? Shouldn’t you be in bed recovering? Lukas would be mad when he sees you moving about?”
Victor winced mentally at the thought of being in bed all day, however, he remembered the reason for coming here and told her, “Well, that’s the problem because Lukas won’t be here to scold me.”
Adele narrowed her eyes at him, “What are you talking about?” She could already sense something was wrong.
“I just got information an hour again that Lukas was taken by his most trusted soldier, Luka.”
“Impossible.” Adele breathed.
“We think he’s been working for Daniel all this while.”
“Well, well,” Adele mused, “I shouldn’t be surprised anyway, after all, Daniel does have a way of poisoning the mind. What’s the plan?”
“I communicated with Samuel and he thinks they have been able to find Richardo’s location.”
“What are we waiting for then?” Adele cracked her knuckles, eager to get this over with, “Let’s go bring back Lukas.”
And kill Daniel.
Lukas felt the wrongness in the air even before his eyes were opened. A cold chill fell over him when he remembered what happened.
It was Luka!
He trusted him! Who knew he would betray him in the end? Even if a prophet had told him that would happen, Lukas would never believe it. They were not just superordinate and subordinate, they were brothers! They made sacrifices for each other, fought on the same side, and in the end, he was in league with his father.
Cold water was suddenly splashed on Lukas, erasing all traces of sleep from his eyes and he lifted his head with a gasp. Shivers danced down his spine, the cold seeping into his skin but he didn’t take notice of it because his eyes connected not with the bastard that treated him that way, but rather the man behind him clapping enthusiastically.
Richardo.
With a low growl, Lukas lunged forward but the chains tugged him back and he couldn’t go past a certain limit.
“Bastard!” He cursed, straining against the cuff all to no avail. However, the anger in his veins was ignited to a whole new level when he saw Daniel come into view.
Lukas felt his heart break into a million pieces. Even if his father loathed him, he thought he would be on his side. Daniel owned him at least. But then, Daniel had no conscience. He sold that to the devil.
And then comes Luka trailing after Daniel. There was nothing but fiery hatred in Lukas’s eyes when he set his eyes on him. Luka just committed the worst sin against him and that was betraying him. From now on, Luka was dead to him. That is, if he – Maecdk- doesn’t die before him.
Lukas snarled at Richardo, “I always knew you were a coward. You couldn’t come after him and had to seek help from that monster,” He chuckled mirthfully, “He betrayed his own son, what are the chances he wouldn’t stab you in the back?”
However, before Richardo could answer, Daniel lifted his hand and silenced him. Though he kept quiet, the tick in his jaw suggested that he was not pleased with Daniel interrupting him. He was the leader, yet Daniel was behaving like he was in charge here.
Daniel stepped forth and stood in front of his son who was glaring daggers at him. He said, “Richardo is no coward, unlike you. Do you even know his plans? Bombing the base and making sure not a soul survives. However, what he wants to deliver to you is not a quick death, but a tortured death to avenge the love of his life, Macy. May her soul rest in peace. I’m sure you understand that son, right? You know, with the everlasting love between you and Rhea?”
At the mention of Rhea, Lukas’s nose frailed. Even if that’s the last thing he does, he would end their miserable life if they dare to lay a hand on Rhea.
“Ah, just like I thought, you know how that feels!” Daniel said with a knowing smile having noticed the subtle changes in his demeanor.
He said, “Oh, don’t worry. No one is going to lay a hand on your sweet loving Rhea. Why would I harm her when she’s carrying my grandchild?”
The blood drained from Lukas’s face when he heard that. How did he know? He had done everything to keep that news from him. At least until he was ready and Daniel wouldn’t be a problem.
“Oh, I have to thank Natalie for that piece of information. She wanted me to leave the family, something like the younger generation is better off without me. ” He said.
“I couldn’t agree more.” Lukas snarled, hatred gleaming in his eyes. What he would do if he were out of these chains? He would destroy them – even though the idea didn’t seem feasible with him being outnumbered. But he would not go down without a fight.
Lukas’s only regret was not seeing Rhea before he was taken. He would have kissed her, told her how much he loved her, and how she was the most beautiful thing that ever happened to him. Even if he were to be reborn in another life, he would be with her. He would ask her to tell always their child how much he loved him or she even though he would not be there. He knew deep down that their child would be strong. He would miss them.
It was a pity he wouldn’t oversee them in heaven, because Lukas knew deep down that he was going to hell. The same place he would send Richardo and his father if an opportunity arises.
Daniel went on, “However, Richardo intervened and here I am. So I exchanged Rhea’s life for yours. When you’re gone, I’ll groom my grandson to be the perfect legacy, the future leader of the Luciano family, unlike you, a failure.”
But to his surprise, Lukas laughed at him, “Really?” He scoffed, “You think Eric would let you around his grandchild? Keep on dreaming, just as you lost me, you would lose my child as well. Rhea and Natalie would make sure of it. Because while others might have been inured to your tyranny, they know your evil nature well enough and they would not let you taint my child! “
Daniel’s confidence faltered and his face twisted ugly, annoyed by Lukas’s word and how true it was.