Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
His brows furrowed at once and Eric stood up to check his pocket properly. He was sure that he had his phone on him until he entered…
“Shit!” He cursed and turned, making a beeline to Rhea’s room at once. Eric was so carried over by his role as acting stepdad that he forgot Elijah’s warning that the girl was a natural at lifting things that don’t belong to her.
This was the first time that he had a pickpocket in his house and he did not know how to feel about that.
“What is it?” Natalie was confused. She didn’t know what was going on and that made her anxious.
“She took my cell phone!”
“Who…?” It finally dawned on her and she followed after him.
Eric didn’t even knock, he simply pulled the door open and walked in without notice. Lo and behold, Rhea was standing in the corner of the room with the missing phone pressed to her ears.
The blood paled from her face, “Shit! They’re here!” She said to whoever was on the line with her.
Although Eric didn’t need to guess who she was on the phone with, it was probably Lukas or whoever else she thought could get her out of there.
“Adele -!”
He simply ripped the phone from her ears and she glared at him. And here he thought they were friends when it was all a pretense. Seems she took after her mother after all.
“What have you done?!” Natalie came to stand in front of her, fuming.
“You can’t keep me here! I deserve the right to make my choices and I don’t want to be here. Why can’t you just leave me alone?!” Rhea shouted at her, frustrated.
She was tired of all of this. Why were the elderly ones making this huge deal? The problem was with them, not her and Lukas. They were innocent of all of this. She and Lukas loved each other and simply wanted to be with one another without all of this trouble.
“Because you’re my daughter and I don’t want you to make the same mistakes I did!” Natalie told her sternly. Nor did she look ready to yield to her childish request anytime soon.
In Natalie’s eyes, Rhea was still a child and had not seen half the destruction, anyone with Luciano blood was capable of wreaking. She had seen it all in her days and it was her responsibility as her mother to keep her from the path of destruction. Rhea might not understand it now, but she would thank her later in the future.
“This is not a mistake!” Rhea cried out, sliding to the ground, “I love him! I love Lukas and he would never hurt me. You just don’t understand!” She spoke through her tears, trying to convince her mother and as strict as Natalie was, her heart melted at the sight.
She has no other choice but to go over to her daughter and pull her into her arms. Natalie said to her,
“I am so sorry,”
She didn’t want her comfort, Rhea wanted to push her away. Her mother was responsible for all of this, but she found herself hugging her tight as if her whole life depended on her.
“I’m so sorry, my baby,” Natalie comforted her.
No One Can Be With Her
“Boss, the girl is gone,” Was the news Daniel received from his second in command.
At once, Daniel lowered the paper that he was reading, his interest piqued. The girl was gone already? How was that possible unless Natalie got to her first? It seems that she got a lot smarter this time – she was taking all the precautions.
“What happened?” Daniel asked him, folding the paper and dropping it beside him on the bed. This was more important.
And just like that, the man narrated the attack on the base and how Rhea was taken.
“It’s been confirmed that the person who took her was the same man that took the lives of our men in the past and his name is Elijah Draven.”
“Draven?” Daniel was stunned by the news until a small smile curved his lips to the side. “The commission,” He muttered under his breath before he burst into full laughter.
“What is wrong, boss?” He was curious.
“Everything looks promising and to think that Natalie went to the Draven for help,” Daniel glanced up at him, “Call for a family meeting, we must strike now while the blade is still hot. That son of mine doesn’t understand that he’s way over his head this time.”
“Are you sure, boss?” His second in command was conflicted, looking at his injury, “I don’t think you’re in any state to be moving around….”
…..
He was still saying when Daniel got off the bed and pushed himself to his feet. Although he felt that sharp pain at his side, Daniel didn’t show it and stood proudly with his head raised high.
“I have been through a lot and didn’t die, what makes you think that this small injury would be able to pull me down?” His arrogance was all over the place.
Daniel stepped closer to the young man till he was in his space and said to him with a threatening aura, “And when I give you an instruction next time, you do that without questioning.”
“Aye, boss,” The poor young man named Haz swallowed uneasily.
“Now, get out,”
“Yes, boss,” Haz said and took his leave. He was already close to grabbing the doorknob when Daniel said,
“Wait,”
He paused instantly, taking a deep breath before turning to face Daniel with his heart pounding in his chest. What now? He prayed that he hadn’t done anything wrong. The last man in his position didn’t exactly die in a good way and he knew that it was only a matter of time before he offended Daniel or his enemies got to him first.
“What is it, boss?”
“I want you to find out Natalie’s relationship with the Draven family?” Daniel didn’t know why but it made him uneasy.
She couldn’t have done it alone. The fact that Natalie was able to successfully hide from him all these years, she must have had some kind of help. And it was that kind of help that bothered Daniel.
Just like them, the Draven crime family was not ordinary and has been around for a while. They were not exactly competitors in the sense that the family was not interested in dragging territories with them. Their war was preserving their position in the commission.
The Commission is the governing body that oversees Mafia crime families and settles disputes. They play a larger role like having more oversight over the various crime families. But even with that great power, there was a limit to their governing system, like exercising more control over the families’ activities. Intervening too much in each family’s operations can bring a little tension.
However, if Elijah was really from the Draven family, Daniel could already see how this was going to end. A war was inevitable.
How could the brother of the head of the commission take the lives of the soldiers belonging to the Luciano family?
It was going to be chaos – and he loves chaos.
The previous head of the commission was late and his position was taken over by his son. If Natalie wanted help, she would have probably gone to him. But then, the man was younger than she was and Daniel knew Natalie wouldn’t do the young man. He hoped.
“Yes, boss,” Haz answered and finally left.