Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Yet Victor knew this was an opportunity for him as well. So he picked it up and decided to go after her. He was not going to apologize to her as Mimi probably thinks – he did nothing wrong – rather he would hand over the flask to her and return here with swag. He has to prove he could survive without her – and the food.
Even as he thought that, Victor still ran out of the house, flask in hand like a mad man trying to find her. She was probably still lingering outside, pretending to wait for her ride.
But the reality was far from his imagination because Victor didn’t find a trace of Mimi outside. Huh? How was that possible?
He then pulled out his phone and tried her number only to discover that it was busy. Mimi was on a call? Where was she then? She should be around here.
So Victor looked around and in the process discovered the taxi beside him and at the same time, the driver stepped out. He recognized the man as Mimi’s contractual driver and he had a phone pressed to the side of his ears as if on call. Was he the one calling Mimi?
“Where is she?” Victor asked him.
The man looked at him in surprise, taking the phone off his ear, “Who?”
“Mimi? You are the driver who takes her home, eh? Where is she?” This was the first time the both of them had met, hence the man couldn’t recognize him.
But the driver answered nonetheless, having sensed he was her boss or something, “I have no idea. Miss. Mimi called me over as usual and I came. However, I haven’t caught a glimpse of her nor is she picking my calls,”
Victor suddenly had a bad feeling but he pushed it to the back of his mind. He and Mimi fought and for all he knew she intentionally was not picking up her calls to punish him – and the driver as well?
No, that doesn’t make sense. There was hardly any cab running around here – thanks to their influence – and it was a lot of kilometers before one could get to a bus stop. Unless Mimi planned on having a “good” exercise, she ought to have answered her driver’s call.
No, it can’t be, Victor shut his eyes for a while. Danger surrounded him all day, it wouldn’t be a surprise if something happened to her already. No, he had to find her first. Victor had to be positive and believe that Mimi was hiding out somewhere. That this was all a prank to punish him.
“Keep on calling her and if she answers, do not hesitate to give me a call,” Victor handed his card to him and took off to go search for her.
“Mimi!” Victor yelled at intervals during his search, calling her out in case she was hiding, and heard his voice.
“Fine, I’m sorry, just come out where I can see you!” He said, not caring about the look people he passed on the streets gave him. He didn’t care.
Dusk has fallen already and that made him more worried when she didn’t appear after a while. So he opted to call her and to his surprise, the phone rang not far from where he was.
“Fuck!” Victor cursed as soon as he picked up the phone with a shattered screen. The fact that Mimi dropped this here couldn’t be good.
As much as he hate this, Victor had to admit Mimi was in trouble and it was likely because of him.
Victor’s Girlfriend
Victor picked the phone up and was already contemplating his next course of action when his phone rang. Looking down, he discovered that it was an unknown number and for some reason, Victor’s eyes chilled at once.
“Hello?” He picked up the phone with a taut tone, all traces of a smile gone from his face.
“Cuánto tiempo sin verte, Victor,” Long time no see, Victor.
Victor sneered, “Draco.”
The man laughed, “Told you I was watching,”
Victor flexed his fist holding the phone, his hand was suddenly feeling itchy, “Where is the girl?” He asked seriously.
“Safe with me,” He laughed once again, “You know I value women,”
Of course, Victor knew because the man Draco was into the business of adult prostitution. Thankfully, Draco had his own moral code and wasn’t into trafficking else Mimi would be halfway across the country by now while they discussed the terms and conditions for her release.
Either way, Victor wasn’t comfortable that Mimi was with him, what if….. he didn’t dare to envision that scene because it only filled him with bloodlust.
…..
“If you touch as much as a strand on her -“
“We are not enemies, Victor. So you can rest assured she’s safe,” Draco added, “At the moment. You see I’m considering giving her for the night to this important client if you don’t get your ass in here in the next five minutes,” He threatened him.
Victor was close to exploding but he reigned in his emotions. A soldier who lets every comment from his opponent get under his skin was as good as dead. As much as Draco was a motherf*cker, he was a man of his words.
“You’d see me there,” Victor assured him.
“Of course – oh, another thing.” Draco was quick to remind him, “Do not involve your mad cousin Lukas in this, you of all should know that this is nothing but a friendly match,”
Of course, Victor wasn’t ready to involve Lukas either. He was old enough and capable of taking care of his problems without help from him. As much as Lukas was the prodigy child, that doesn’t mean Victor wasn’t capable either.
“Fine, I’ll be there in a jiffy,” Victor promised him and ended the call immediately. At once, he trekked back to the base and wasn’t surprised to see the driver still there.
“I’ve found her, drive.”
“Huh?” The driver was confused by that statement, looking around to see Mimi all to no avail. He wanted to ask for more details only for Victor to enter the backseat and he had no choice but to climb in and drive to the destination.
Throughout the ride, Victor was surprisingly quiet, lost in his thoughts and the driver knew what was best for him by not asking questions.
Now, what was the feud between him and Draco? Or the better question should be, how did their beef begin?
Well, for starters, Draco and his family were business partners since they needed the help of his girls sometimes. However, Victor caused him a very important deal.
One of Draco’s girls was sent on a mission but Victor – having no knowledge of that – charmed her all the way to his bed and she got sidetracked causing the deal worth millions of dollars to flop miserably. Since then, Draco promised him payback and it seems he has come to collect on it today.
So here they are.
Meanwhile….
Mimi squeezed her eyes against the throb in her head. Her sight adjusted to the environment eventually and she found herself outside the field of a construction site with three unknown men.
She was tied to a chair and it was late already, the only source of light coming from the small bonfire they set up. Damn, she has seen a lot of this in movies. What were they about to do to her?
Mimi instantly shivered, what did they want from her; she didn’t even know them. At once, her mind shifted to Charlie’s murder and she couldn’t help but think that this was his friends or something. They must have found out about his murder and were here to have revenge on her for ending him.
God no.
She should have known it would backfire. Heck, she wasn’t even the one that killed him! But Vic…
Not minding that her relationship with Victor was all water under the bridge now, Mimi was not ready to throw him under the bus. Victor might be the one who pulled the trigger on Charlie but she was the one who caused his death.