SIX MONTHS LATER
A man was running through the crowd in the market and pushing both people and things out of his way. He received a lot of yells and kicks, but he would stand up almost immediately, and run even faster. He was being pursued by two men and preferred to run forever, than to be caught by them.
“Get out of my way!” he screamed at a bunch of kids buying ice cream. They sauntered off and he dash through the spot they once we're. He looked back and saw the men still running after him. He panted faster and took a turn into an empty alley. He scaled the fence and jumped into the other side. Blocks of houses were scattered there and he hid between them. The men jumped over the fence too but did not see him, even though he could see them. They looked around and decided to check around, but they passed the house he was hiding beside. He heaved a deep sigh and slid off.
The men, after searching fruitlessly, return
Avril had walked into their room and she exhaled. She was tired after supervising the distribution of jewelry to the people who ordered. Alejandro owned a backroom company that sold jewelries. Illegal jewelries, either stolen or bought from a black market. He only had the expensive ones, and sold it to greedy people who did,n't have the real prize. He made a lot of profit, because he had numerous customers who preferred to buy half the original prize from him.Since he was out of Tijuana, Avril took over. The customers were greedy and cunning. One even requested to have sex with her and he would pay her the original amount, and she could keep the extra money to herself. She had to threaten to give him a lifelong impotency before he let her be.Without Alejandro, she was an angry woman. Over the past six months she spent with
“Jandro,” Avril called with her body shaking, and her heart beating fast. His eyes moved from Arturo to her and they were the darkest and coldest look she had ever received since she knew him.“Alejandro, it's not what you—”“Cover yourself, Avril,” he cut her shut. She swallowed and pulled the blanket over her body. Arturo was standing there, not knowing what to do.“How long has this been going on?” Alejandro asked as he diverted his gaze to Arturo.“Alejandro. I... Its—”“Arturo, I asked a question. You know I don't repeat words,” Alejandro drawled. He was still standing by the door.“What I did was not wrong. It's not against our code,” Arturo said with a new courage. He stood straight and looked his brother in the eye. Alejandro scratched his beard and nodded.“Yes. It's not wrong. What's w
Avril raced from the back of Alejandro's mansion to the front. She crossed the street and ran straight to Arturo's house. Her men were right behind her, together with two of Alejandro's men and the man who had come to announce to them that Nana was dying. Avril entered the house and raced up the stairs to Nana's room. In the hallway, she noticed blood stains on the floor. She flung the door open and saw Nana on the floor, writhing with pain and crying her eyes out. She was bleeding from between her legs and cute were all over her body.“Nana, what happened to you?” Avril asked immediately and bent over her. She held her friend and found out she was bleeding from her mouth too.“Help, please,” Nana muttered and Avril looked to the door. Immediately, her men dashed in.“Bernardo, help me! Manny, get a car! Feliz come help us carry her,” Avril ordered and the men rushed to help her carry Nana. She was in a very terrible state. Th
Two Years LaterAvril and Alejandro are not married. He never even spoke of it to her. They were much closer than before and Alejandro laughed like a kid whenever Avril told a joke. They were close to the extent that Avril confided in him about Dakar, and why she loved that wolf bracelet a lot. Alejandro was not surprised when he heard about him. He said he was in the Mafia, and had come across things that defied explanation.“If you want, we can go trace him. Find the island again,” Dakar muttered into her ear one evening by the poolside. They were in the poolroom on his floor, laying on the lean-on bench, with Avril wearing a bikini and Alejandro only shorts. She was sitting between his legs and leaning on his chest, while he smoked cigar as usual. They had just got out of the pool.“I doubt he's still there. It's been two years,” she replied.“He stayed there for how many years again?”“Fifty four, befor
The Vincaso Family needed the sincere help of The Lucian Brothers to back them up against Xpresso, a gang of fearless terrorists who were under the single leadership of a powerful man—Luca Aguero. They had gotten into a very big fight with him and had no way to back out, except if they were able to kill him. They decided to seek the help of The Lucian Brothers, but were scared Alejandro would not agree to help. So, they called for a sudden meeting first. An inside man who was amongst the Vincaso Family leaked the news to Luca Aguero, that they were seeking the help of another Mafia family. This inside man did not know it was going to be the Lucian Brothers, so he did not report it.On the day of the meeting, they sat round a table in the VIP section of the club. It was their own hotel, so having meetings in the VIP room was not a new thing. Luca's inside man had sneaked in men to start shooting randomly at the members of the Mafia. Alejandro was just in a
“Present me to who?”“Luca Aguero. The leader of Xpresso and the real Mastermind behind the massacre today. He would love you as his woman. And you would give him all the information you know about The Lucian Brothers. You will be so much of an asset to him.”Avril burst out laughing and that seemed to put of Miguel. Why was she laughing?“What? So I'm some sort of object that is being passed off from Mafia Lord to gangster now?”“Is that how you see this?”“Yes. And I will not take it,” she said with a deep frown. He smirked and rubbed his goatee. He looked out the window and Avril used that opportunity to do an eye language they used well in the Mafia. She glanced at Chidi and to Miguel, then back to Chidi. This happened between two seconds, and Chidi understood. Even Nana and Xiào Wéi understood.Miguel looked back at Avril.“You don't have a choice. Yo
They reached the top of the hill and began to walk faster in order to get as far away from the van as they could. The ground was covered with leaves from the trees, twigs and sticks, stones and pebbles. This was to the girl's advantage, because they was no way another person could follow their tracks. Their footprints didn't even show a little sign.The girls continued to walk in silence until they got very tired. They had covered more than five kilometers and it was very late into the night. Only the moonlight guided their feet.“Is there anywhere we can get water? I'm so thirsty,” Nana whined and sat on a large log of fallen wood.“There's water in this bag. But it can only last us tonight,” Chidi stated and opened the driver's bag that she had taken. Five bottles of water were in it, with a bar of chocolate.“You only live once,” Nana said in relief and took a bottle from Chidi.&ldqu
The hunting was very successful. Avril returned with two medium sized hares. They had dinner and slept off on the floor. Avril was grateful she was feeling sleepy, but unfortunately, she had a nightmare. She saw bullets raining down on Alejandro and screamed out. She sat up panting heavily.“God,” she muttered and palmed her face. Her friends were still sleeping despite her scream. She looked at the still burning fire and moved closer to it. She arranged the wood untill the fire blazed up even more. She stared into the fire while thinking of what was going to become of her life, now that Alejandro was gone. How were they going to locate Arturo when he arrives Italy to take them back to Mexico? Her phone was probably still at the hotel. And she didn't even know where exactly they were. What if Miguel had successfully driven them out of Milan?It was not until two hours later that Avril could fall asleep again. This time, she had a nightma