Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
“Nah, a man and a woman can’t be friends,”
“We’d prove them wrong then.”
“You already have feelings for me, there’s nothing to prove, you dummy, ” Mimi laughed at him.
“I’ll be your baby’s godfather then.”
Mimi’s mouth dropped open, taken aback by his comment.
“You seriously don’t mean that,”
“With every breath of my being.”
“Victor would kill you if he catches you hovering around his kid,” Mimi told him, “You both don’t have a good history together, and putting you both in a room, not to mention with my kid around, that’s a disaster.”
“Don’t worry about it, Mimi,” He placed his hand on her shoulder, squeezing assuredly, “We men have a way of solving our differences,” Ezra said.
Even at that, Mimi gave him a long, hard look, “You are one strange man,”
“No, you simply missed out on a great man,” His pride was simply out of this world.
“As if,” Mimi snorted.
She watched as Ezra picked up the jam and handed it to her, “You should have it. Since I know you like my recipe, I’ll make sure to produce more and send them to you.”
“No, you don’t have to -“
“I insist. I’m taking my role as this baby’s godfather very seriously and I have to provide him with the best nutrition.” He said with a manner of seriousness that left Mimi stunned and she had no choice but to take the jam from him.
“I have to ask though, what’s your secret? I haven’t tasted a strawberry jam this sweet. What did you put in it?” She was curious.
But Ezra answered with a devilish grin, “My semen.”
Ezra!!!!!!!!
What We Could Have Been
No one could tell what was going on in Lukas’s mind as he stared at the footage of Macy being imprisoned with rapt attention. But then, when Victor peeked at the screen, there was nothing going on except the scene of the betrayer being tied to a chair and staring at nothing.
Victor looked back at Lukas and it hit him that his cousin was lost in his thoughts. So when Lukas suddenly straightened up without warning, he nearly startled him yet he was able to compose himself at the last minute.
“Take me to her,” Lukas commanded, leaving with a file in his grasp while his other hand was inside his pocket. Although he seemed fine, his steps were heavier and so was his heart. This was not the type of news Lukas expected to hear.
No, he had not believed it when the message came to him of Macy’s betrayal until he had evidence staring down at his face. Macy had made pretty bad choices like being in a relationship with Victor and sleeping with him at the same time in the past, but none of them hurt as badly as this discovery.
He trusted her.
He depended on her.
She was once his second in command.
Lukas couldn’t help but wonder about the part where he wouldn’t realize her betrayal until he was staring death in the face. He would never suspect a thing until he got kicked to the curb.
It was perfect.
…..
Lukas’s heart ran cold with each step he took until he was standing right outside the door. Victor gestured to both men standing guard and they pushed the heavy door open.
The both of them walked into the basement until Macy lifted her face and Lukas halted in his steps when he saw her appearance. He turned to Victor,
“You beat her up?”
Victor turned to the men standing behind the door and back at Lukas. He said, “A little force had to be applied when she resisted being taken away,”
Lukas didn’t say anything and his expression showed he didn’t care either. He stared Macy dead in the eyes with his jaw clenched as he approached her and when he got there, pulled the nearby chair to her front and sat down. Victor made himself invincible; he was there but his presence was not enough to distract Lukas from his work.
He didn’t say a word, Lukas simply took in her appearance. Macy had a black eye on the right side of her face and could barely open it. Aside from that, she looked completely fine. Her body was tied tightly to the seat with her hands bound from behind so there was no chance of escape.
However, there was nothing more annoying than the complete disregard in her eyes. Now that her secret was out in the open, there was no more need to pretend or suck up to the boss, was there?
“Doesn’t this place look familiar to you?” Lukas told her, “Just months ago, you were standing over there….” He pointed to an empty spot in the basement, her gaze following his line of sight, “while I tortured Peter Ivanov for my guns, and today here you are in the same position.”
Macy threw her head to the side and spat out a huge lump of saliva on the floor.
“So what’s your point?” She sneered.
Lukas simply opened the file and tossed it to the floor, making sure that the page he wanted was open before her.
Macy stared at the record and scoffed, hinting at her background.
“It took you that long to find out,”
She added immediately before Lukas had the chance to speak, “And please don’t give me the ‘I trusted you’ speech, that’s old already, can’t you think of something creative?”
But Lukas shook his head, “I wasn’t about to say that, rather I have a question.”
“Amuse me then,” Macy said with a heavy tone of sarcasm, gesturing to her environment, “As you can see, I am bored out of my mind here.”
“Why didn’t you do it? With the blind trust I had towards you, you had ample opportunities to take me out. Why delay the inevitable? Why did you not kill me when you knew deep down it was either me or you?”
“Oh please don’t act like you don’t know the reason why Lukas!” Macy shouted at him. His ignorance was beginning to get on her nerves.
“Do you know that I was so full of anger the first time we met and I couldn’t wait for the day when I would get my hands on you? Though it would be a fast death, I would relish watching life leave your eyes….”
Her expression turned pitiful the next few seconds, “But the more I got close to you, I began to justify the reason for my father’s death. And then Victor came in and showed me a rare kindness, it was sweet while it lasted. But I wanted more. If my father’s death was going to be waved aside like that, it had to be worth it. Being your wife was enough compensation, don’t you think so?”
Macy laughed once again and while she found it hilarious, it wasn’t funny to Lukas who sat as still as a rock with his impassive mask on. It was impressive how he was able to keep a straight face as Macy laughed till she ended up coughing instead.