NFTMB)Chapter 103
Alessandro
(Heavy In The Air)
“Wait!”
At my command both Franco and Carlo stepped back to show a very battered up Castleford. His face was almost unrecognizable.
Serves him right.
They had done a very good number on him.
“Are you ready to talk now, Bernard? Are you still willing to die for her and him? Or was it he and her? I can’t actually remember my bad.
See, it’s getting pretty late. We’ve been at this for a long time. Why don’t you give it up and give me the names I seek? Hmm it’s not so difficult because you see these men? These two guys here can do this till morning. They actually don’t get tired but for you? I’m sure that you’re not going to make it to morning.
Why not just make your end less painful and speak up.
These people you protect would have ratted you out a long time ago to save their own skin.
I don’t know why you protect them so fiercely.”
“I can’t say it. They made me swear not to say it. I wasn’t even the one who was supposed to be there that day. I wasn’t supposed to be the one to pick you up. She was shot and she couldn’t make it there. So he sent me instead. I did not want to do it. Believe me”. He said in a voice laced with pain.
He must be in excruciating pain for him to talk with so much difficulty.
One clue I got, I guessed right. He treated the woman who I shot.
So that was a woman? Okay.
I didn’t notice it was because she must have been as flat as a board.
“And who is she?”
“Please no. They’ll kill me.” He begged
“You should be scared of the person in front of you and not the ones who aren’t.
I’m here in front of you. Flesh and blood with men who can take your life any moment from now and yet you still fear your imaginary friends who will kill you for trying to lessen your death penalty?
You’re quite more stupid than I initially thought you were. Carlo!”
With that alone Carlo knew what to do as he matched straight to Bernard and kicked him in the stomach making him fold himself in pain as Carlo landed kick after kick to him. He even kicked him in the nose.
“Wait! Wait! I’ll talk”. He said while coughing up blood.
“Carlo”. I signaled
As Carlo stepped back to stand beside Franco, the destroyed face and form of Bernard Castleford almost made me shudder but then again, I was going to kill him after this so I guess I might just stop with the fakeness.
But still it’s fun to pretend like I was thinking of how much pain he’ll be in when he tries fixing that nose after this.
Not gonna happen because he’s definitely dying with that crooked and broken nose. That’s a fitting punishment for his dead body.
“You better start talking before I get impatient and Carlo starts to get irritated. It’s gonna be bloody. It’s really gonna get bloodier than this”
“No. I’ll talk. I’ll talk. She is Margaret. Margaret, my wife. She’s the one”. He revealed
Shock.
Surprise.
Extremely frightening surprise.
What?! I didn’t see that coming. I never saw that coming.
If he said Hillary Greyson then I wouldn’t even be surprised but this? This one got me.
I thought she was locked up in a mental institution?
I stalked to him before dragging him up by the collar and connecting my fist to his face.
“Are you fucking lying to me?! Are you trying to deceive me?! Your crazy wife is locked up and possibly never going to see the light of day ever again because of how insane she is! Why would I believe that she got out and roams free?!”
“I swear that’s the truth! That’s the whole truth!
She’s the one who you shot at the party.
Your man Sebastian was the one who put her up to all this.
He recruited her.
He would regularly pay her visits at the hospital and feed her with information about you and keep her updated with everything happening in your life. He drove her mad with anger and the desire for revenge that she fooled the asylum into thinking she was better and releasing her.
When she told me of the plan, I was quite skeptical about it considering that she cheated on me with you and disgraced me publicly.
She talked me into doing it for revenge and I agreed.
That was the only thing. That was the only reason that I agreed to this. Fabiano brought it to my notice that the plan was to kill you and that’s where I chickened out.
I couldn’t kill a human being.
I couldn’t bring myself to do it but Margaret was in on it. She went crazy with the idea of revenge and went with them on anything they said and even executed it.
She was the one who wanted to live close to you. She wanted to be very close to you.
With Sebastian’s help in dispatching the guards to various parts of the house, he left a very good path for her to take and get into your house without you knowing it. She has been in your house a lot of times. More times than you can imagine.
I used to ignore what they were doing till she told me she missed out on the opportunity of killing your wife.
That was when I knew she had gone off the rails because the plan never involved hurting your wife. She was still jealous and bitter over what happened and that was why she tried to kill your wife and the baby.
I’m sorry. Please let me go”
This was really a bombshell revelation.
“The night that I shot her at my party. She gave me a note that was signed as R. Her name is Margaret. Why the R?”
“That was meant to deceive you. She wanted to make you think that it was your ex wife, Roberta. She planned to sneak in and out and make you feel like you’re hallucinating and seeing people that were not there.
But the plan went awfully wrong when you assumed that it was Robyn and shot her dead. Sebastian blamed her and still blames her to this day for Robyn’s death and that is why he hates Margaret now.
Robyn was seen as the best asset by him. She got the job done and was the quickest way to get to you.
When I noticed her efficiency and skill, I begged him to let her get me my shares that you took from me and she did it.
Although it cost her a lot of pain. She did it and took it all without giving away her identity.
She was Sebastian’s favorite in the group. He really doesn’t like anybody. Just Robyn and him”.
Margaret that bitch!
That lunatic bitch! When I get my hands on her, only God can save her.
“When I killed Robyn she was exchanging messages with a certain contact, Green Eyed Monster, who is this person?”
“Green Eyed Monster is him. That’s what he goes by due to the color of his eyes. He has a lot of affection for your wife and wants her to himself. He plans to take her after killing you”. He said.
In your dreams, fucker.
“I’m tired of hearing this him and his thing. What is his name?!”
“I don’t know! I don’t actually know his name. He’s very private and likes to remain anonymous. He keeps his identity a secret to avoid being uncovered when he does not want people to discover who he really is. At least his full name.”
“Very well, then. I can work with that as well. What do you know him as?”.
“Luca. It’s Luca. I’ve heard Fabiano call him Luca sometimes. Please release me. I’ve told you everything I know, haven’t I?”. He pleaded.
“Yes and No. You see, Bernard. I can’t seem to bring myself to actually trust even just a little bit of what you say.
How do I know that you’re not lying and leading me into a trap? For all I know your wife might still be having the time of her life talking to the walls and eating her hair. Give me a reason to believe you. Something convincing”
“What do you want me to tell you? I’ve told you everything I know! There’s nothing else left to tell!”
“Think harder. Your time is ticking or rather your time is thinking”. I said with a smirk.
“Okay! He came to your party and danced with your wife. He danced with her and spent a million dollars on Jasmine’s bloodied dress.
Is that enough to convince you?
I wasn’t at the party so how would I know about it if he didn’t talk about it for days nonstop.
He even said he’ll have your wife’s pregnancy removed as it was the only thing standing in between the two of them.
He said the tummy stopped him from getting very close to her. He said she wore a yellow dress”
He’s saying the truth and my suspicions were right. That weirdo was still the same one at the party.
“I believe you.”
“Please can you untie me now?”.
“Does he know my wife? Why is he obsessed with her this much?”
“He says he knows her but I’m not too convinced about that claim. Alessandro, he’s a mad man. He doesn’t seem sane and normal.”
“I see. A wealthy and high level businessman like you conniving and working together with a lunatic? Actually lunatics, if we are counting your deranged wife”.
“Whatever. I’ve told you everything I know. Now keep to your own end of the bargain and untie me! I need to get my nose checked and my entire system”
“My own end of the bargain? Really? Did we strike any bargain? I only remember telling you to speak up so you can lessen your punishment which was actually the beating and not the sentencing.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean that you might have stopped the beatings by cooperating but you still don’t get to run away from the punishment of interfering in mafia business”
“No! You can’t do this to me!”
“Yes, I can. And I will. I plan on executing you all. So don’t worry. You will all gather together as comrades soon and continue where you stopped with the plotting”.
I pulled out my gun and aimed it at him.
“No! No! No! You can’t do this to me! The whole world will know! You will not get away with killing me!”
“But at least you’ll be dead, right?”
His eyes widened as he started thrashing around on the floor and calling for help.
“Help!”
“Say hello to my late wife, would you? Tell her I’m soo much happier without her”.
BANG!
And he was dead.
Three down, three to go.
“You know what to do”. I said to Franco.
He nodded as I left the house and went right back to mine.
Right from the first step into the house, I could tell that something was off.
It was very heavy in the air. It was noticeable.
I walked into the house only to see the guards laying on the floor unconscious.
No!
Victoria!
I rushed into the house and saw the guards I assigned to her lying unconscious on the floor.
I practically flew past the flight of stairs and into my room and threw the door open to find the entire room empty.
Victoria wasn’t here.
I rushed to Valentino’s room and found it empty as well.
The whole house was as quiet as a graveyard.
Victoria is gone.
Someone took her.
I rushed back to my room to get my shotgun but paused midway as I heard footsteps behind me.
“Margaret, you bitch!”.
Before I could turn to confirm if it really was her. I felt something hit me at the back of my head making me fall to the ground.
Everything went black.