With every choice you make in life there comes that moment where you have the time stop and think if this is really what you want to do. That split second that will determine between what is right or what is wrong. That moment that will define who you are and the path your life is going to take.
If there is any time then now is the right time to pull out of this. I can pull the plug and we can drive this car home. But I would also be disappointing a friend, a brother but most importantly one mean ass mafia boss. Do I want to secure a future of wealth and no need to want for my family or do I want to create a life of fear and constantly running and hiding in corners?
I need to decide because I either finish this sentence or take a man’s life or I drive off and hope I get home before Jackson comes after me.
Anthony ~”Sorry Trayton but I did not hear that.”
Trayton ~”I said that I have a message from Jackson and Kayley.”
Anthony ~”Oh I see, what is wrong?”
Trayton ~”You will never disrespect them again.”
Anthony ~”I am not sure what you mean?”
Trayton ~”It means that your time is up.”
Damian brings the car to a stop on the side of the pavement where Anthony is standing. As I press for the window to slowly drop open, I am met with the eyes of one horrified man. He knows what is coming. He saw the black car with darkened windows pull up next to him and now he is stared in the face by the barrel of a gun.
Trayton ~”You understand Anthony that it is only business.”
Anthony ~”Yes, at least you had the balls to look me in the face.”
I gently squeeze the trigger and can feel a slight jolt from the force of the power of the bullet that escapes the barrel of my gun.
Anthony drops his phone and it breaks into pieces as it lands on the sidewalk.
I can hear the sound muffle as the bullet travels through the silencer.
Anthony clasps his hands into a fist and closes his eyes.
I can almost see the bullet travel through the air as it makes the short distance in mere milliseconds.
Anthony falls back into the window of the restaurant.
I can see his shirt stain red where I shot him in the chest. I pull the trigger one more time and hit him in the head.
Anthony drops down to the dirty sidewalk.
A bunch of men from the restaurant come rushing outside. By the expensive suites and the guns they are holstering, they must be the big bosses that Gunner was talking about. They take one look at the car and Anthony’s body and turn to make their way back inside. The message is clear, this was a planned hit and it came from Jackson. They know better not to interfere.
Before we pull off to go around the corner, I make sure that Dom is in the clear. He comes walking from the other corner where we dropped him off earlier and picks up Anthony’s shattered phone. We wait for him to get in and we pull off and head back home.
Once all the excitement and my trembling hands have settled, I take my phone and dial Jackson’s number.
Jackson ~”I hope the rumours are true?”
Trayton ~”If the first one did not kill him then the second one did.”
Jackson ~”I know one very stressed lady that is going to be happy to hear that.”
Trayton ~”Say hi to the Misses for me.”
Jackson ~”For sure. Thank you Trayton.”
Trayton ~”Any time man or I should say boss. We will speak later again.”
Jackson ~”Yes. And Trayton, welcome to the family.”
Trayton ~”Thanks Jackson, it is good to be back.”
I drop the call and send a quick message to Ava to let her know that we are all okay and that we are on the way home.
Gunner ~”So boss, how does it feel to be the new underboss of the D’Angelo Mafia Crime Family?”
Trayton ~”Gunner, honestly, fucking amazing. It feels good to have purpose, you know, to belong to something.”
Damian ~”And I think you got your message through, those dumb asses inside looked pretty spooked themselves when they figured out what was going on.”
Gunner ~”Clever thinking with the phone.”
Trayton ~”Old trick I learned from Bruce. I don’t want some clever cop come knocking on my door.”
Damian ~”I will be pretty shit scared to come knocking on your door.”
We all burst out laughing. It is the truth, I will take any man out that shows up on my door and even remotely threatens my family. But first I need take my beautiful wobbly fiancé to the alter to make that happen.
Trayton ~”Damian get us home, I can’t wait to hear if we are going to be planning a wedding.”
Damian ~”You think she is going to say yes?”
Trayton ~”I sure hope she does.”
Damian ~”I can introduce her to my sister and she can help her with the wedding.”
Trayton ~”I think she would like that seeing that the only two close friends she had is no longer around.”
Just then my phone rings.
Trayton ~”Hey Jackson, shit sorry I mean boss.”
Jackson ~”Trayton I just got word from one of the guys that was in the restaurant. Anthony was there with a cousin, he saw the whole thing. Just watch your back, I don’t know if he will do anything.”
Trayton ~”Thanks for the heads up, I will let you know if we encounter any problems.”
Jackson ~”Just be careful. I will see if I can trace this guy and take him out.”
Trayton ~”Do you want me to head back there and see what I can find out?”
Jackson ~”No, go home. I don’t want to put you in danger. I will let you know what I find out.”
Trayton ~”Thank you Jack…, boss.”
Jackson ~”Hahaha, you will get used to it. But don’t stress so much about it when it is just me and you. Just in front of the other men.”
Trayton ~”Sure, I will speak to you later.”
I drop the call and turn to speak to Dominic.
Trayton ~”Jackson said he had a cousin in there, did you see anybody running to help him?”
Dominic ~”No, they all turned and went inside. But I can’t say for sure if anyone came out after I walked past and picked up the phone.”
Trayton ~”Jackson will try trace him and have him sorted out.”
Damian ~”Do you think the asshole will be dumb enough to follow us?”
Trayton ~”Jackson is afraid he will.”
Damian ~”Well I think Jackson is right. There is a blue car following us. I was not sure until I turned up this one way.”
Trayton ~”Fuck. Is the idiot fucking stupid. Is he alone?”
Damian ~”No there is another guy with him in the car. What do you want me to do?”
Trayton ~”I don’t want him following me to my home. If he has not lost us yet then he is not going to.”
Gunner ~”Try get them up an alley, but not so much that they notice.”
Damian ~”Did you just hear what you said? How do you not notice an alley?”
Gunner ~”Your ass, you know what I mean you idiot.”
Damian ~”The only idiot around here is the one behind your nose.”
Gunner ~”Hahaha is that a new one you dreamt up last night.”
Damian ~”I can dream up a lot of other things, like how to slap your wise mouth shut.”
Trayton ~”For fuck sakes. Do you really think this is the time for this bickering shit? Get us into a damn alley so we can ambush them.”
Damian ~”I am going to pull up next to that dumpster, there is a door that goes into an abandoned warehouse.”
Trayton ~”Perfect, we will take them out inside.”
Damian pulls up in front of a big old blue dumpster standing right next to the entrance of the abandoned warehouse.
I take my gun from the back of my pants and slip it inside the front, making sure the safety is off and that I am loaded.
We all exit the car. We try give way that we have not seen their car and that we are here for some sort of business. Mafia bosses do after all meet in some dodgy places, not really but let them think that.
As we step inside the dark warehouse, all you can smell it dead rat around. We do not switch the lights on cause we don’t want them to see us lurking in the shadows.
Damian takes cover behind a stack of wooden crates.
Gunner takes his place behind the cover of steel stairs.
Dom stands on the left side of the door behind some boxes.
I turn the corner behind a wall on the right side of the door.
Now we wait.
It is not long before the two of them come through the door.
They stand by the entrance for a brief moment and survey their surroundings. The one must have realised that this is an ambush as he speaks.
Anthony’s Cousin One ~”We know you are in here, you might as well come out.”
Anthony’s Cousin Two ~”You did not hide away like cowards just now when you gunned down my cousin.”
Anthony’s Cousin One ~”Now you want to hide like little pissy boys.”
I signal to Dominic to move in from behind them.
Trayton ~”You surely are two dumb idiots coming after us.”
Dominic ~”Don’t you think you are kind of outnumbered?”
Damian and Gunner come to surround them from the front.
Anthony’s Cousin Two ~”I think it’s you bunch that are the idiots.”
Gunner ~”I will not be so rude when you have four guns staring at your face.”
Anthony’s Cousin One ~”Oh but what your dumb asses do not know is that we are not alone.”
I hear as the door opens up behind me.
Then there is footsteps behind me.
The sound of a gun being cocked echoes through the empty space.
Anthony’s Uncle One ~”Next time your idiot driver needs to check if there is not a car following the car that is following you.”
Anthony’s Uncle Two ~”But then again there won’t be a next time.”
My entire body freezes as those words come out the second man’s mouth. We have been seriously mistaken. What the fuck do we do now?