(NFTMB)Chapter 101
Alessandro
(A Trip To The Island)
It’s morning.
I haven’t slept a wink and I have not closed my eyes ever since I had that talk with my mother.
She was right. Just like she always was.
I need to kill Bernard. Mafia or no mafia.
It still doesn’t change the fact that he double crossed me and plotted with Robyn and a host of other conspirators to bring me down.
That was unforgivable and I would make him pay.
I will kill him today and do what I should have done a long time ago. Actually, the very moment he dared to rear up his ugly head, I should have killed him then.
But not to worry, he’ll get what is coming to him soon. And I plan to make good on that threat.
Two of their comrades are dead and it won’t end with them. I plan to make sure that all of them will end up six feet below before this week runs out.
That’s how determined I am.
I made solid plans throughout the night on how to end these things once and for all. I’ve had enough and I believe this joke has gone on for way too long.
I’ve been lenient. I’ve been too calm. Now it’s time for action and they are definitely not going to like the version of me that they’ll see soon.
Matteo stirred in his sleep, rubbing his fist over his face as I rocked him from side to side in my arms.
I didn’t want him here when everything suddenly gets crazy. No, I don’t want him and my mother to get hurt or be involved in all this.
Bianca will be going with them as well just as I have decided that Victoria will be going with them too.
They’ll be safer on my island. Nobody knows where it is located aside from us. My mother and I.
That will be the best thing for them now seeing as I currently have no idea how many of them are out there and who exactly they are. That makes them difficult for me to capture or get to.
But not to worry I’ll get my sweet revenge.
“What time did you come in last night?”. A still sleepy eyed Victoria asked while rubbing her eyes.
“I didn’t. I just came in this morning”
“Ohh. Where did you sleep then?”
“I didn’t sleep. I’ve been in my office all through the night”
“Ohh. Okay. Is everything alright?”
No. Everything is not alright. You know why? That’s because I found out that you little scheming liar has been having an affair with my brother behind my back.
But I couldn’t say that. I wasn’t in the mood for quarrels or arguments. So I just played it cool and let it slide.
“Yes. Everything is fine”
“Give him to me if you want to get ready for the day”. She says while stretching out her hands to receive Matteo’s sleeping form.
“No, it’s fine. I want to hold him for a little longer before he leaves.”
She sat up immediately, the previous sleepiness and tiredness had dissipated and confusion was the only emotion displayed on her face.
“Leaving? Matteo is leaving? To where? Why? He’s just a baby, Alessandro. Are you sending him away to a boarding house?”. She asked in one breath.
The fuck?
Why would I send a child who can barely walk off to a boarding house? That’s insane and outrageous.
She really thinks the worst of me, doesn’t she?
“You’ll be leaving with Matteo and my mother and my sister to an island where you’ll stay till I say you’re free to come back”. I said
“No! I’m not going anywhere!”. She said in anger
“You will do as I say. This conversation is over”. I said before turning my attention back to Matteo.
“And I said no! It’s my life! I’m tired of you making decisions for me!
Why would you send me off to God knows where knowing fully well that I don’t know anybody there and that I’m pregnant!
So I’m supposed to give birth there?! In a strange place?! Have you no conscience?”
I ignored her and her tantrums as I focused on Matteo.
Not more than a minute later I felt something soft hit the side of my head as my index finger that was caressing Matteo’s cheek stopped mid action.
I turned in the direction where the object landed as I saw that it was a pillow.
She threw a pillow at me.
I turned in anger and met her determined look as she breathed in deep.
“What the fuck was that about?”
“Stop controlling my life! I’m not going to any stupid island! You can go live there if you want but my son and I aren’t going anywhere! You can’t take my child away from me!”
With that said, she stood up in a flash and snatched Matteo away from my hand and sat down on the bed with him before wiping her tears that fell.
Her son?
She just referred to Matteo as her child.
“Do whatever you wish to do but I’m not leaving.” She sounded quite determined.
“Stop being so damn stubborn and pack your shit”.
“And I said I’m not going anywhere! Didn’t you hear me?!”
“I’m doing this for your own good, Victoria. Pack your stuff now!”
“And I said no!
Look here, Alessandro, I’m sick and tired of doing as you want and instruct and today marks the end of it.
I’m pregnant and irritable. If you don’t know what that means then it means that you don’t want to get on my bad side this morning. Mafia or not.
I will fight you, Alessandro, you cannot do this to me and my child”
Hold on.
Wait a minute.
Did Victoria just threaten me? Is that what just happened?
I can’t believe this.
It was so funny that I let myself laugh at the person who threatened me.
My eyes landed on her face as I was laughing and I noticed her squeeze her face up in probably annoyance and irritation.
But I didn’t just see her face.
I saw it too.
The note that must have been previously hidden under her pillow was now left uncovered for me to see.
“What’s that?”. I asked her while pointing to it.
She turned in realization of what I just said as she took it out and held it between her fingers before passing it to me.
“The green eyed man at the party gave it to me. I’ve been trying to wrap my head around the reason why he seems so familiar to me but I’ve been coming up with nothing.”
The green eyed man?
Green Eyed Monster?
Could they be the same person?
“The green eyed man? The one from the bidding?”. I asked her to hear her clarify that it was really what I heard.
“Yes. I don’t know his name or his face. He didn’t even say a word to me that night. He’s such a weirdo that just nodded all night and later gave me this note. His eyes were green”.
Bingo!
He must be the same person. The same person that Robyn sent those documents to.
“Why didn’t you tell me this earlier?”
“Well, I didn’t think of it as anything other than a secret admirer even though he felt like someone I know from somewhere”
Secret admirer my ass.
“You said he never spoke a word even though you two danced?”
“Yeah. Not even a sound was heard from him all through the night”
“Then he knows you.”
“I thought as much”
I stood up immediately.
“Pack up Matteo’s stuff. He’ll be leaving with my mother and Bianca”. I said to her,
“Can’t we just keep him here with us, please?”
“No, it’s too dangerous for him to be here in the midst of all this. He’s my son and that makes him a target. It’s not like you won’t see him anymore. It’s just that he’ll be gone for maybe a few days, at most a week. Won’t be more than that”.
“It’s still going to be hard not having him around”. She said sadly
“Would you rather have him around and dead or would you rather have him alive and away?”. I asked her.
“I’ll go pack his things now”. She said before handing him to me and leaving.
“Good choice”. I said to her,
I took Matteo with me as I went to see Bianca.
“Bianca?”. I called out to her from outside her door.
“Come in!”. She yelled out from inside.
Her room was in a semi mess probably due to the fact that she was packing for the trip.
“Is he asleep?”. She asked about Matteo.
“Yes. I wanted to talk to you”.
“Ohh okay sure”. She threw her bag into the box before flipping the top of the suitcase over it and settling herself down on the bed.
“It’s about Sebastian”
“Ahhhh, I understand. What did mother tell you now?”. She said with a smile.
“No. This isn’t about mother. I’m serious”
The smile faded from her lips immediately at my tone. She must have sensed that I was serious.
“Okay. I’m all ears. Tell me”
“He’s a traitor”. I just said it the way it is.
“What?!”. She exclaimed in surprise
“Yes. That’s the truth”
“Are you sure about this?”
“I’m very sure about it. He’s been behind everything”
“I can’t believe this. How?”
“You have to believe it because it’s the truth”
“Oh my God!”. She says in shock covering her mouth.
“He framed Greg and made me kill him. He’s also trying to frame Franco now for working with the Russians meanwhile that’s what he’s been doing all along”
“But this-he’s- I don’t even know what to say at this point”.
“Just stay away from him. That’s the reason why I’m sending you, Matteo and mother out of this place”
“What about you? What about Amara? What about-what about Victoria?”
“Victoria doesn’t want to go. She swore not to leave. She doesn’t even want Matteo to go. I’ll take care of Amara. Or maybe she’ll even go with you people”
“Alessandro?”
“Hmm?”
“Forgive me but I’ve already told Sebastian that we’re living for a trip to the island”. She said in tears.
“Fuck! When? When did you tell him this? Did you tell him when you’re leaving? Bianca, did you tell him the location?”. I asked in anger as she kept her head down.
“I told him we would leave for the island today in the afternoon. He sent me a text asking for the location but I didn’t have the chance to reply since I was packing my stuff”
“Are you sure you’re not lying to me? Are you sure you didn’t tell him?!”
“No! I swear I didn’t say a word to him.” She grabs her phone off the bed and scrolls forcefully before shoving it in my face. “See? I didn’t tell him where I just told him that it was an island”
With my free hand I scrolled through their messages and damn Victoria was really correct.
Bianca is dumb and brainless.
“Are you fucking blind? Can’t you see that this guy has just been using you? Can’t you see that all he does is just to ask you questions?!”
“You can’t blame me for ignoring that! You can’t blame me, Alessandro! You can’t blame me because he’s your right hand man and I thought he just took his job too seriously”
“Well, you need to get your head checked out to see if you’re okay upstairs if you let this go on thinking it will amount to anything”
“I’m sorry, okay? I would never do anything to jeopardize the safety of anyone I love least of all, Matteo.”
This is so messed up now.
Fuck! How naive can one person be? Victoria was right, this is quite alarming”
“Well, that’s exactly what your actions just caused.”
“Oh God. Isn’t there anything we can do? Maybe another plan?”
“There is also a back up plan.”
“Just that this will involve a whole lot of violence”.