Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
“I have a feeling there might a revolt in the gang very soon,”
“You feel?”
“My sources say there have been secret meetings late at night and all involved were people loyal to Kenith. I would have thought they would break him out from his imprisonment already but they’re delaying which could only mean one thing,”
“Power is changing hands soon,” Lukas said, dark amusement in his gaze. This is what happens when you’re not capable enough to lead a band of criminals under you. Instead, Big Joe had let a capable dog take the lead for a long time, and now, the dog has come to bite the owner. He was still musing over the fact when it hit him.
“That is it!” Lukas shouted suddenly.
“That is what!” Samuel was surprised at the boss’ sudden burst of inspiration.
“Kenith would strike on their wedding day and Elijah must know this as well because that’s the same time he intends to get Rhea out… Oh my God,” Lukas gasped as he thought of something and Samuel could only look on in confusion. What was his boss rambling about?
“I thought I had the upper hand here but Elijah has been the master planner all along. He foresaw this happening and planned the events leading to this moment – the attacks on my men, me sending Rhea away to the only place he could get her out easily. I thought I was setting a trap for him by sending Rhea away, but he was the one who played me… “
There was a sudden fire in Lukas’s eyes, one that was capable enough of ravaging anything in his path. He smirked, “Fine, he wants to play this game, I’m in, “
He turned to Samuel, “Send as many men as possible, fortify the Red Giants territory and get me an invitation to the wedding, I would love to see how Elijah gets through that,” Lukas looked like he had gone crazy as he gave that order.
His eyes were wild and held a dark promise for what was to befall Elijah. There were only a few people who could get him this excited without a bullet lodged in their head already. Lukas got a worthy opponent and it would be fun to take him down.
“Yes, boss,” Samuel answered, knowing that any disobedience on his part at that moment would result in death. Lukas was far gone from the realm of mercy right now and it was in his best interest to behave. He just prayed Elijah ran as far as he could else he’s a dead man.
“Who said I dressed like a woman!” The tension in the room vanished the way glass shatters on impact with a hard surface as soon as Victor trudged into the room, fuming.
He approached his cousin wagging a finger at him, “How could you ruin my reputation like – wait a minute, what’s with the annoying pressure here?” Victor noticed at the last minute.
When no one answered him, Victor was about to comment on that when he took in Lukas’s appearance and gasped, “No way, this psychic connection has to end now!” He referred to Lukas who was dressed in the same manner as he was. Well, not exactly but almost.
While Lukas was donning a black turtleneck top, Victor chose navel blue instead and his coat was a silver color and yes, it was the same make.
Lukas rolled his eyes, he was not ready for his cousin’s drama this morning. He had a family of sharks to face – and conquer. So he simply picked his gloves and as if on cue, Samuel announced, “Boss, the car is ready,”
Without even a word to his cousin, Lukas was about to leave when Victor latched onto his arms – as he feared.
“Get off,” He tried to pull free of him all to no avail.
“Why are you being so somber this morning?” Victor comically mimicked a woman’s voice.
Lukas rubbed his temple with his free hand, already contemplating on ways to dump Victor to his aunt later in the day – he still hadn’t told the moron his mother eventually made it.
“Is it because I didn’t make your coffee, darling?” Victor continued to torture him, “Don’t blame me, my student didn’t make it today. Blame her instead,” He hinted at Mimi, “But don’t worry, I’d hunt her down later in the day,”
Lukas sighed, “Let the poor girl rest, I’m sure she’s still trying to wrap her head around all of this,” He said, knowing how Victor enjoyed the thrill of the chase like a fucking psychopath.
If only Victor could focus that energy on Elijah, he would be highly relieved. Sadly, Elijah didn’t have two mounds on his chest and a p*ssy.
Violence Isn’t The Answer
Lukas was able to get a breathing space, at least, after Victor moved his attention to his phone, probably chatting with one of his latest love interests. He just prayed his cousin wasn’t planning to throw another because the last one lowered his defenses and led to the death of not one, but more than a few of his men. He won’t let that happen again.
It was a thirty minute or so drive when they arrived at the hotel restaurant. Thanks to their VIP reservation, they had their own exclusive entrance to the hotel and when he stepped out, Lukas could already see a few of his relatives had arrived with their cars lined up.
As expected, men and women in tailored suits dressed impeccably like they were about to attend an international conference meeting instead of a family meeting. Lukas wondered what was with Mafia families and their love for suits?
If one stared at this scene, they would think it was an important gathering of big-shot businessmen and women with their entourage. If only they knew it was a conglomerate of criminals. A crime family dressed in the finest designer Suits, about to maim him to the cross.
The only thing differentiating them from the security doing their duty was the wire-rimmed devices behind their ear used as a form of communication through which they spoke orders to other members and their cautious demeanor.
Security was very tight today, after all, the biggest players in the Luciano family were in attendance today. As confident as Elijah was at infiltrating a location, he would die before he thought of sneaking in here, not even a mosquito could get into this restaurant.
“Shit, the whole of them is here!” Victor exclaimed when he saw his relatives who arrived before them, “I never even knew I had an extended family until now,” He hinted at the fact he didn’t get along with his relatives that much.
“A dead meat dropped, why won’t the vultures circle around?” Lukas said, observing his relatives indifferently, not even bothered by their presence as if they were nothing less than flies in his eyes.
None of them noticed his presence as well since they were heading inside the hotel with their fellows while conversing heartily and he was grateful for that because he didn’t need those foxes flattering him with their sugary yet venomous tongue. All of them were a bunch of good pretenders.
…..
But one person did notice him. Or rather his consigliere.
“Victor,” Lukas finally heard a voice that brought a smile to his face. Finally, here she was.
And while Lukas was relieved by that voice, Victor on the other hand felt a different sense of dread. It couldn’t be what he was thinking, right? He had investigated her coming and his sources claimed she wouldn’t be able to make it….unless she had a last-minute change of mind.
Victor gulped, turning slowly and as he feared, it was his mother. He smiled nervously, “Mama?”
It seems men here tend to take after their mothers in terms of look – at least from their side of their family – because Victor was a replica of his mother with the brown hair and gray eyes, the other little attributes like the shape of his nose and lips were obviously from his father.
And while Victor might be the only son, he had two other sisters who wanted nothing to do with the family’s dirty business hence their presence was hardly seen or even noticed. And just like today, they weren’t in attendance just like his mother would have been until she changed her mind at the last minute.
Although she held a big position in the organization, unlike in the past, Carmine wasn’t as active anymore and it all began after her brother, Albine died. Let’s just say after that time, she and her brother Daniel don’t get along over the years. Carmine chose to remain silent, only coming out in important events just like today.
“You bastard!” His aunt was already on Victor before Lukas could even blink, “This is why they say you should never give birth to a male child because they never belong to you,” She said while pulling his ears.
“Ahh-that hurts mother!” Victor cried out in pain, that woman was about to pull his ear off.
“It hurts, right?”The woman sneered,
“Why do you think I’m pulling it in the first place if not to cause you pain?!” She added more pressure to his ear.
“Victor’s mother,” Victor called his own mother calmly, scared to agitate her else she pulls his ear further, “Let’s calm down and solve this the right way, violence isn’t the answer,”
“Oh really? I guess you should have remembered that when you decided to leave your family in the dark about your return!” She scolded him.
As the only son in the family who was in constant danger because of the nature of the job, they couldn’t help but worry for him. Unlike his siblings, Victor was the only one who decided to be part of the Mafia against his mother’s wishes. Well, it wasn’t that surprising since he always followed Lukas around a lot as a kid, hence no matter what his mother did to stop his growing interest, he was always back in the base to be with his cousin.
Their affection for each other was unrivaled from young and Carmine gave up on trying to change his mind. Perhaps he took after her thoroughly because just like him, she had been fascinated with the Mafia as well, until it took someone it wasn’t supposed to.