Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Red-eyed, shocked, and curious as hell, Rhea pulled her uncle closer by the collar. His eyes were wild and fearful, this was the first time he could smell the murderous intent off his niece.
“What did you just say?!” She growled into his face, “My mother is alive? What kind of bullshit story is that?” Rhea didn’t even realize she was holding the man so tight, she was beginning to choke him.
“It’s true!” her uncle said fiercely, knowing this was the trump card to ensure his survival, “When you were brought home as a baby, I assumed you were from his baby mama because your father was dating this woman, he wouldn’t let us see or tell us a thing about her. Then he told us she was dead and I believed it until before his death. He called me, told me the truth, he said your mother was alive and you shouldn’t blame her for leaving you, “
Rhea felt like all the bones in her body had melted with this shocking discovery. This could be a lie! Her uncle must be manipulating her! But she knew the man well enough, this was his desperate attempt to survive.
“Why now?! Is this some sort of joke?!” She shouted in his face, white-hot rage filling Rhea as she tightened the grip on his collar to the point the man went red in the face. He slapped her arm repeatedly to tell her he was losing his breath but Rhea was lost in her fury.
Knowing that if she continued this way, her uncle would die with her question unanswered, Rhea reluctantly let go of him and the man swallowed a mouthful of breath with a loud gasp.
He was still trying to recover when Rhea questioned him, “Why did you not tell me that sooner? If that’s the truth, why did my father make me believe my mother was dead all this while?”
“It was for your safety,”
“What?”
“That was all he said and wouldn’t give me the whole story. But he wanted you to find her when the time was right,”
“Like hell!” Rhea spat out angrily. The woman left her for her whole life, she doesn’t deserve to be in it now. Even if she wanted to, Rhea had no idea what she looked like unless her father left a clue.
But before Rhea could ask if her father left a clue on how to find her, she heard a car pull up loudly from across the street and peered through the glass balustrade and saw help had arrived quickly; Lukas’s underlings were here.
Damn it.
She had to leave now.
“I’ll be back for you,” That was a promise. But before she left, Rhea turned back to announce, “And get back with aunt, don’t even try to escape this marriage.” Getting a divorce was a big privilege for the both of them; the miserable pair deserved each other.
And with that, she was gone.
The Thrill Of The Chase
When Victor and the others tracked Lukas down, they had expected him to have subdued Rhea already and was waiting for them to come to pick her up. Hence it came as a shock to them when they saw him handcuffed to the steering wheel with no sign of Rhea.
There was confusion all over their faces because they knew Lukas could have easily gotten out of that cuff with a shim or pin. Also, he had been the one to put it on, he could have easily squeezed his wrist through the cuff because he intentionally wouldn’t lock it down tight enough. In conclusion, their boss should have handled the girl by now, but the reverse was the case.
No one approached Lukas aside from Victor because they could sense the murderous intent rolling off of him. Whenever Lukas was awfully quiet and poised like this? That was when he was most lethal because he was getting his brain into gear. Like a viper, he was quietly assessing the best time to strike.
So when Victor took the keys and try to unlock the cuff, he said deeply, “Leave them,”
Victor looked at him questioningly, his brows arched.
“I gave her an hour’s head start before I began the chase. It’s barely thirty minutes, there’s still time,” Lukas said, his tone flat while his eyes held a maniacal emotion that made Victor feel for Rhea.
Whenever Rhea was, she better run fast because Lukas was coming after her – and he left his nice pants at home.
So Victor returned to his ride and leaned against it, checking his wristwatch for the time. There was twenty-nine minutes left.
Throughout the whole time, his soldiers stood at the sides and none of them dared to move carelessly, not even when neighbors were giving them suspicious looks – well all except Victor who was busy texting Mimi nonstop and she didn’t reply any.
…..
With their imposing height, strong body, and grave expression, it wasn’t hard for the soldiers to draw attention, except none of the bypassers dared to look thrice. They looked intimidating.
Lukas didn’t look bothered either, he just stared straight ahead, lost in the dark plans he had for Rhea. Only coming back to life when it struck an hour and he got rid of the cuff before even Victor could help him, showing off his competence as the boss.
Lukas stepped out of the car, looking around the neighborhood as if he could spot where Rhea had gone with a glance.
“What do we do now?” Victor asked him. He of all people didn’t want to be here. He warned his cousin against Rhea hence it was his mess to deal with.
But then he preferred Rhea to Costanza anytime, any day; she was interesting. And made her cousin’s day – Rhea was good at ruffling Lukas’s feathers. It was nice to watch.
“You do nothing,” Lukas told them in general, ” No interfering at all, Rhea’s mine to hunt,” He enjoyed the thrill of the chase. He then said to Victor, “Although, I do need you to do something for me,”
Even without speaking, Victor already had a feeling he wasn’t going to like this mission of his. Whenever Lukas goes “mad” someone surely gets hurt.
“I need you to get Mimi,”
Victor’s expression turned sour, all smiles leaving his face. He had become so charmed by Mimi’s friendship that he forgot her “real” purpose in the base.
Victor tilted his head, “Is that really necessary?”
“Do not question my order once again. I might really forget you’re family,” Lukas warned with a low tune, the threat anything but subtle.
Victor gave Lukas a hard look that spoke volumes. And then, he was gone, driving away with the only car the others had driven in with him. It would take effort for Lukas to appease him after this was over.
At that moment, Lukas’s heart was hardened, and didn’t listen to the voice of reasoning that told him he was hurting others in this quest of his. He crossed to the other side of the street and made it to Rhea’s uncle’s house with his men who cleared every “obstacle” on his way.
Unlike Rhea who sneaked into her family’s house, Lukas walked in like he owned the place while his soldiers incapacitated anyone that stood in their way.
Lukas was in her uncle’s room and the man didn’t even notice his presence because he was on a call with his raving wife. It wasn’t until Lukas snatched the phone from his ear that he turned around, startled.
“W-who are you?!” His voice didn’t come out as bravely as he wanted it to be. Since that visit from Rhea, the man had still not gotten over his shaking, not to talk of how he found a stranger in his room.
But Lukas didn’t answer him, rather he put the phone in his ears after he heard a series of “husband” from the other side, guessing it was his wife and Rhea’s aunt
Lukas said to her, “I heard that you liked to beat Rhea while your husband pretended not to notice. I wonder if you would pretend not to notice after I’m done with him,”
The woman was shocked at first before she sensed he wasn’t a good person, and started to shout, “Who the hell are you?! Did Rhea send you to kill my husband? I swear to God if a hair on him- ” Lukas hung up on her.
By now, her uncle realized he was in danger and that was when it hit him, Rhea had talked about people who were after her, were they the ones? Because the man standing in front of him had an air of menace around him that unsettled him.
At once, he ran for the door while Lukas watched him without making a move, his lips curled to the side.
Rhea’s uncle turned back when he ran into an unfamiliar man standing guard at the entrance. He realized there was no way to run and returned to the room, hoping he could negotiate his way out of here.
“Hello,” He chuckled, nervously.