Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
“I don’t know!” He confessed, “Honestly, I was just doing my job when someone sneaked up on me from behind and hit me on the back of the head and I passed out. That’s all I remember.”
“Convenient excuse to skip responsibility, don’t you think so?” Lukas sneered and was ready to lunge at the bastard when Sakuzi reminded him,
“Cameras?”
And that’s how everyone found themselves in the control room the next moment, going through the recordings and it didn’t even take long for them to stumble on the truth which left everyone dumbfounded.
“Akim?!”
“Who is he?” Lukas was the only one who wasn’t in the know.
“Winters’ boyfriend? Didn’t you know?” Chloe asked innocently, looking at him as if he was supposed to know about it.
“W-what?” Lukas suffered the second attack of the night, “Boyfriend?!”
When did Winters even get a boyfriend? He thought that she was in love with her computers. Moreover, what’s with children nowadays? Keeping critical secrets like this from him? First, it was Chloe, and now Winters. They were partners. He thought the both of them didn’t keep anything from each other.
“Great!” Niklaus threw his hands in the air. “What’s happening to my family?” His accusing look was on Lukas. All of this happened after he and his barged into his life and now both families were entangled in a relationship none of them wanted.
“We should track them down,” Niklaus decided, “They wouldn’t have gone far. With our resources, we can catch the hacker before she ruins Akim’s life,”
“That hacker has a name and if there’s anyone I should be worried about, it’s your nephew. I’m Winters’ guardian and from the looks of things in the camera, he’s the one who took her away.”
“Are you kidding me?” Niklaus sneered, “Who do you think seduced him enough to make such a decision? Akim has always been a good boy until that girl arrived!”
“Oh really? You’re really defending a horny young adult who’s thinking through his tiny penis and not his head.”
Niklaus was greatly offended by that comment, and he said, “Oh please, I can assure you that none of the Spencers has a tiny penis? Perhaps you’re just alluding to yourself!”
“I might be young but I’m an honorable person and I don’t boast of what I don’t have!”
Lukas and Niklaus bantered back and forth while the remaining audience in the room stared at one another in confusion, were they arguing about that right now?
“Alright, that’s enough!” Emerald, the giant broke them apart, “This is not the time to defend your male ego or fight, two kids are missing for crying out loud and we haven’t decided how to find them.”
“We are not going after them,” Isabella announced all of a sudden, stunning everyone.
“What do you mean by that?” Niklaus thought that she was on his side.
“Take a look at the camera, these are just frightened kids trying to get away from our adult problem.” She turned to Lukas, “I guess we would have to take his word that she had no other ulterior motive in coming here. Any opposition to that?” Isabella waited for any of them to speak up but when no response came, she took that as a yes.
“Now that the case is settled, I would love to retreat for the night with my children and perhaps if there’s still time, have one or two rounds with my husband Pedro. ,”
“That is too much information, Isabella,” Niklaus complained, eyeing her. Not that Isabella cared. It was a good thing that Pedro was with the kids, else the both of them would have had a man-to-man conversation tonight.
Isabella ignored the old man and said to Lukas, “Perhaps now, you can leave my family alone to recover from the havoc your unexpected presence has caused us. Any other issue would be resolved afterward.” She hinted at the Winters and Akim issue.
“Fine, we will take our leave.” Lukas grabbed Chloe’s hand tightly, “Thank you nonetheless for keeping my sister safe. Till we meet again.”
And just like that, Lukas left the residence with his sister, walking hand in hand. His driver Festus was released and it wasn’t until Lukas stepped in that he remembered something important.
Rhea.
He had been so carried away by the dramas with the Spencers that he had forgotten he had a more pressing issue. And now, fear like no other gripped him because he had an inkling that he was too late.
So Much Rage
“Aren’t we going a tad bit fast?” Chloe asked, a little bit scared as they went over the speed limit.
However, she couldn’t tell if her brother was even listening to her or purposely ignored her because he said to Festus,
“Step on it,”
And Festus sure did as everything went past them in a blur.
Chloe was very happy to be reunited with her brother again, however, it was as if the instant they stepped out of Spencer’s residence, he became a completely different person. Her brother became anxious and gravely grim.
There was not a smile on his face as he had his phone pressed to his eyes as he called God knows who. Chloe watched all of these without saying a word, having a feeling that she might have ruined something for her brother by telling on him.
Her heart began to pound loudly in her throat, she didn’t want him to hate her. She didn’t want Lukas to hate her because he was the only family she had left and Chloe wouldn’t know what to do if such a thing happened – sure, Reina would welcome her with open arms, but her husband and others would never trust her before she’s a Luciano. In one word, she’s better off with Lukas.
“Just pick up the damn phone!” Lukas cursed when even his cousin Victor wouldn’t answer his phone. He knew instinctively that something was wrong, and everyone was avoiding him.
He has been calling Rhea’s phone for over thirty minutes and yet it just kept on ringing without an answer, increasing his anxiety. Lukas knew deep down that something was wrong – that something had happened – but he didn’t want to believe it until he saw it with his own eyes. He couldn’t believe that Rhea was gone just like that. He had to see it.
…..
Lukas couldn’t breathe. There was just this tightening sensation in his chest that made him claustrophobic inside the car. His heart was pounding severely and sweat trickled down his forehead, but Lukas refused to break down. Not in front of his sister. He just got her back. He refused to scare her away immediately.
So Lukas gave himself false hope and excuses to comfort himself. Rhea was alright and the others were not picking up his call because they were simply playing a prank on him. Everything was alright. There was no need to panic. Lukas continuously chanted those inwardly until he arrived at the base and everything changed.
The solemn atmosphere started from the gate and Lukas’s insecurities came back again and this time stronger. He knew deep down that something had happened and he was so impatient to discover things for himself that even before Festus parked on the lawn, Lukas jumped out of the car to Chloe’s shock.
“Lukas!” She cried out in shock. What was wrong with her brother? She couldn’t understand him anymore.
Thanks to the speed, Lukas only managed to roll out to the ground, instead of standing on both feet. However, he pushed up to his feet immediately and ignored both his sister’s concerns for his safety, and started in the direction of the house.
Lukas ran at the top of his lungs and he finally got inside the living room where activities were going on until they saw him and everyone went deadly still. The room became so silent like a graveyard and no one dared to breathe carelessly as the soldiers gulped upon seeing the boss back home.
Lukas didn’t say anything, he simply looked around the living room and it was scattered as if a tornado happened there. There was a worn-out look on the faces of everyone present – except for the fear and guilt they were probably feeling toward him right now. They were all in on things – no one had picked up his call when he called.
There weren’t injuries on their bodies, hence Lukas couldn’t say that they were beaten up. However, there was a tiredness in their eyes and none of them would look at him directly. They were scared and Lukas felt like laughing till his ribs hurt. It wasn’t funny, yet funny. He probably must have lost his damn mind.
He finally found his cousin Victor and his gaze narrowed down on him like a target as he strode towards him purposefully. Luca was beside him which made it all the better because he wasn’t in the mood to go looking for him. However, what surprised Lukas the most was their contracted doctor by his side. His brows furrowed in thought, what was he doing here?
“Lukas … ” Victor stood to his feet to explain to him before he reacted, however, Lukas faced Luca and asked him.
“Where is Rhea?”