MATEO’S POV~
The thud of the vehicle brought me back to consciousness.
What the hell is going on? Where am I? Am I in a moving van?
I tried to raise my hand, but it wasn’t obeying, everything was still very foggy and I would drift in and out of consciousness almost like I’d been drugged.
I tried to speak too but only foreign mumbles exited my lips.
The last thing I could remember was my body hitting the water and before that nothing.
The blurred image of a woman screaming my name as I fell haunted me.
“Yes I have him, we are on our way to the hideout location you sent me” I heard the driver say.
What the hell is happening here?
Have I been abducted? For the love of me, I couldn’t think of a reason why, everything was hazy and most images I could conjure were blurred out.
I tried again to open my eyes and leave them open for a longer time, but they kept betraying me.
I tried to move from the bed I laid but I couldn’t, I couldn’t move my legs, almost like they were bound but I couldn’t feel any pressure that could prove I was.
I tried to look but my neck felt stiff and that was when I concurred I’d been drugged or worse the dream about me falling into the ocean was very real.
Then who was the screaming woman with long flowing hair and why didnt she do anything to stop me from falling?
I knew bitches would be the end of me, just like it was for my father, his affairs had led them to him and eventually, he was murdered under the disguise of a car accident.
And I know Vincenzo Rinaldi had a hand in it.
I looked to my left, I saw a flower print bag, the patterns on the bag worsened my vision.
Maybe I could find something in there that could help me protect myself against this bastard, when the time is right, I’ll stab him and get the hell out.
I reached for the bag, and my hands didnt move, I was pissed but I needed to try a little harder.
I reached for it again and I felt my hand move, as though I had the sweet virgin by my side, the car reached another speedbump and the force of it propelled my hand further and I grabbed the bag as hard as I could.
When I was sure it was securely in my grasp I gently moved my weak hand toward me and dropped it on my chest.
“Yes he is knocked out Sophia, of course, I checked, im not a rookie, the only thing he is a danger to right now is probably to little kids, after that fall im not sure there’s much left in him” the driver laughed.
Sophia? Isn’t that the sister of the bastard who won’t stop at anything to see my territories crumble?
What the hell does she want with me?
After a while, he put the phone on speaker phone and I could hear their entire conversation.
“My brother has still not been found! and that bastard gets to live?” she thundered.
“Not for much longer, he is very weak and would probably not last the week” the driver replied.
“Giovanni, that bastard at the back of that fucking van is an early birthday gift to my father, no one knows he is alive and im glad you came to me with the news first, you will be greatly rewarded” she mentioned before giving a quick laugh.
“Sophie im not doing this for a reward, you told me I could get an audience with your dad about setting me up, my uncle is great at many other things except giving a fuck about my ambitions,, aren’t we doing that anymore?” Giovanni said.
“Of course, the deal is still very much on the table, handmade to me and you can have my father’s foreign territory in the States, don’t worry about it, after seeing Mateo he will be more than happy to bestow more, there’s a bounty on his head, this is war Giovanni and you chose the right side”
Giovanni, the name sounded familiar, I’ve heard that name before.
His uncle? it surprised me, even with my hazy memory I could place it finally.
Julius had put his nephew in charge of securing safe houses around the country, im sorry Julius but im going to kill your nephew.
I turned my attention back to the bag, and as they continued to converse they had met at the party my father threw for me, still I could not remember much of that night or anything that happened before or after.
But I remembered one person and I wondered if she thought I was dead.
Becky my love..
Like the guardian angel she had always been from that night she saved me from being arrested by Paul Asissi’s goons to finding her phone in the bag.
It was turned off and I prayed to God that it still had some juice in it.
I pressed as hard as I could on the side buttons, I heaved a sigh of relief as I saw the blinding light of the Apple logo.
I didn’t know her password, even if I did I can’t remember!
I realized I couldn’t remember anyone’s numbers or who to contact for help.
I was all my own, but I had to find another way to get the hell out of there, I scoured through the bag again before I found a spoon, and I tossed the bag aside.
I broke off the mouth of the spoon sharpened the edge by the gurney and waited for Giovanni to come.
This is my last chance at freedom before im handed over to the bastard Argentos.
I wondered why Silvio was missing, just what the hell happened and what have I gotten myself into.
He drove for what felt like forever, with my head banging and everything feeling alien, I wanted to throw up countless times.
Not long after they ended their miserable conversation, he turned the van at an intersection.
Soon the van started to slow down and eventually, it stopped.
I guess he waited for a while before I heard him get out of the van.
Then I heard a scuffle, something was happening outside and I braced for it, I held onto the spoon, the sharp point pointing towards the person who would come in.
The van opened and the light blinded my eyes, I saw a figure, it was a woman, with long flowing hair, the outline of her frame was roundish and I concluded she was pregnant.
She ran to me and hugged me tightly.
“Oh my God you are awake!” she cried hugging me again before planting a confusing kiss on my lips.
Something stirred inside me in a way that had never happened to me, not even with Becky and I love her.
Why did this strange woman have so much effect on me, who is she?
I’d never met her in my life before, but she looked familiar.
Still, anyone could be the enemy, since Becky, Julius and my adopted father were the only faces I could remember, I pushed her away with all my strength.
“Who the fuck are you? where is my fiancee Becky?”
I watched her freeze in horror, she took a step back as the words lingered, she looked like the whole world had come crashing down on her.