Cielo arrived at her house, parked her car in the garage, and walked in. She sighed as she sat on her favorite couch. She dropped the files she got from the office on the table before dropping her legs on the table too. She closed her eyes for some seconds in a bid to relax. Work and everything was starting to take a toll on her and the fact that she was going nowhere on her parent's murder case was very disturbing.She hissed as she picked up her laptop and turned it on. She stared at the blank screen as the booting process went on. The laptop finally came up and she inputted the password. She dropped the laptop on the table and walked to the little drawer on the other side of the room. There were three drawers, all of the same type. She bent to the last one and inputted its lock code before turning it open. The drawer was empty except for the object she was looking for. A flash drive. She picked it up and returned to the laptop. She sighed before inserting it into the laptop. It co
She switched on a little flashlight and held it with her mouth while when flipped through the pages of the first book she took out. There was nothing interesting in it so she returned it to the shelf and picked out another. The books were arranged chronologically so she just had to go to the decade that interests her and make a choice.After checking through five books, she couldn't find what she had been looking for. She realized everything looked quite simple until one attempted doing it. She stepped back tiredly and her foot hit a table behind her, making the books fall loudly to the ground.“Oh shit!” she exclaimed as she bent down quickly and tried to pick them up. The fall had been so loud, she was sure it was going to attract anyone that was around the area. She heard footsteps coming and she quickly left the book and hid behind a shelf. Soon, she heard someone try to open the door, and some moments later, the door was pushed open. She had only closed the door but failed to loc
“One of the agents broke into the center and I think I know just who it was.” Piero stared confidently. The director stared at him in surprise. No one had reported any break-ins. Attempted or successful to him. “Break in? I haven't heard of that.” the director exclaimed out of surprise.“Yes,” Piero affirmed. Happened in the early hours of last night. I tried to catch the intruder. We got into a scuffle, she elbowed me on the side and escaped.” Piero added.“She?” the director asked. The pronoun caught him by surprise. “Why would a female agent want to break into the library?”“Yes sir. It was agent Mia Dante.” Piero responded and the director stared at him like he had said something stupid. He scoffed in disbelief before breaking into a short laugh. “We got into a little scuffle, I felt her skin and hair, so I know it's her for a fact,” he argued. “Take a seat, Piero. Let's talk.”Piero took the seat in front of him and placed his hands on his thighs. He heaved a sigh, waiting for
Piero felt all the air get sucked out of him at the man's statement. Everything was going on wrongly.“What?” this time it was the director's turn to express his surprise. The shock on his face was even greater than that of Piero.“We are still trying to find out the cause of the hitch. All hands are on deck and we will report back to you in less than two hours.” the head of the surveillance department said, trying to pacify the director.At that point, Piero wanted to get up and scream. It wasn't a glitch. It was a well thought out and executed plan by Cielo and whoever she was working with. “That little witch.” he gritted his teeth trying to look calm while he was boiling like a volcano inside. “Good. Get back to me immediately, we need to get to the root of this.” the director spoke and the head of the surveillance unit nodded. Piero stared at him from the side of his eyes. He felt the director was being too soft. He wished he was the director at that point. The head of the survei
Cielo watched in shock as the man walked away after shooting Piero in the arm. Everything happened so fast, she barely had time to process it. Piero groaned loudly on the floor, bringing her attention back. She quickly rushed to his side and helped him sit up. The bullet didn't penetrate deep, it just grazed his flesh. It was either he wasn't really a good shooter or was an expert.She quickly tied a cloth over the wound and helped him up into the back seat of her car. She made him sit in the back seat and made sure he was comfortable before getting into the driving seat and drove off. All this while, Piero looked at her in silence. Why was she suddenly showing him care? And who was that guy that had shot him? Everything was too much for him to process at once so he sighed, leaning back on the backrest of the car to rest.Cielo drove into the institution some minutes later and drove towards the clinic. She helped him out of the car into one of the rooms where a nurse was to attend to
“I'm Lorenzo. Lorenzo Verrilli,” he replied, satisfied with the expression that it brought to their faces. “Who?” one of the brothers asked after some seconds had passed. He knew the name, Verrilli, but he had never heard of Enzo. It's always been Alessio, and now Morelli. The guard released his grip on Enzo but still remained behind him. Enzo shrugged the aftermath of the grip off and refocused his attention on the men in front of him. The Vladimir brothers were known to be cruel and money minded. They controlled a great percentage of wealth in Palermo, thanks to the partnership they had with Alessio and the Verrilli family. One that didn't favor the Verrilli family. The Vladimir family was one of the strongest families back in Russia. They dealt in drugs, and weapons, and had a fair share of real estate investments. They controlled one of the largest regions in Russia and after coming of age, Dominik and his brother, Dimitri were told to remain in Italy, where they had schooled to
Enzo walked out of the clubhouse, a satisfied smile on his face. He felt proud of himself at that point. He was sure they were going to accept his conditions. They had no other choice not to. After Morelli had told him about the Russians's refusal to accept a meeting with him, he had decided to do a little investigation on them and what he found was mind boggling. Apart from the usual drug and weapons trade, the Vladimir brothers were involved in human trafficking. They operated an underground house in Italy where they brought in girls from Russia and sold them to some big men in the country. They also trafficked young Italian girls to Russia for prostitution and drug pushing. This was against the Vladimir family's wishes and had been secretly going on for about two years. Letting the cat out of the bag was going to break Mr. Vlamidir's trust in the boys and hurt Dominick's chances of taking over from his father after retirement and Dominik didn't want that. ****Cielo sat in the ro
After spending some hours in the bar, Cielo got into her car and drove out. It was late into the night and the road was starting to get deserted. She had drunk a substantial amount of alcohol and the effects were now weighing on her. She muttered incoherent words as her hands wobbled on the steering wheel. She drove to a stop by the side of the road and pulled out a bottle of water, drinking half of its content at a go. She capped the bottle and dropped it back before starting the car again.She drove to Giovanni's place, and in a few minutes, she was standing in front of his door, ringing the doorbell. She still felt a little tipsy, and her eyes were a little fogging but she willed herself to stay strong. She leaned on the wall beside the door and closed her eyes. She heard footsteps coming towards the door but didn't open her eyes. Few seconds later, the door was pulled open and Giovanni stepped outside and looked around before spotting her standing beside the door. He took a step c