Marco stopped seeing the familiar Benz drive into the compound. Cheryl alighted from it with an envelope. She held it and walked towards the house's entrance, but discovered Marco was blocking the way. "Excuse me." She said, raising an annoyed brow. "Watch your back, Cheryl." Marco admonished as he stepped aside. Cheryl stared at him for a few seconds before walking inside the house. With her back turned to him, she let out a small smile. She quickly realized the room's temperature was lower than usual, but still proceeded regardless. The first person she caught sight of was Valerie who was hurrying off to somewhere. The latter, however, slowed down when she saw Cheryl. "Andrea is in a very foul mood and I don't think she'll want to see you." Valerie said from where she stood. Cheryl raised the envelope in her hand with a raised brow, "It's okay. Her anger doesn't last that long and she'd be in a good mood to go through this later." Valerie grew inquisitive. "What is that?"
A man in a power motorbike follows Andrea discreetly as she rides around town. He finally stopped at a distance when he saw her stop her car. With his black helmet still intact, he watched her walk into an entertainment company. She reappeared seconds later, clutching some papers in her hand. She got into her car again and drove off and so did the man on the motorbike. They got to a junction where he realized he had lost her. With a light sigh, he found a safe place to park and took out his phone. He typed some words on it, but before he could tap the send button, it got snatched away from him. He swiftly moved his elbow, but got it seized by a stronger hand. "If only I had use for your arms I would've broken them."He heard Andrea's voice and paused. Andrea released her grip on him when she saw him relax. Then she went ahead to swipe through his phone. "My father sent you, didn't he?""You don't sound surprised." The man mumbled, looking up at her. "Oh, Murphy, my father had
The Accardo's Manor "I heard you bought an entertainment industry?" Gabriel cleared his throat, wheeling himself into the library where Andrea was. "You heard right." She responded, her back turned to him as she arranged the disheveled books. "Do you have nothing else to do other than read articles, books and buy companies? I mean, I have no issue with you getting a commercial company, but an entertainment company? Come on, Andrea, you can do better than that." The man sighed, stopping meters away from her. "I'm very sure you didn't come here to lecture me. Go straight to the point." Andrea said in a stoic voice. "There's been whisperings amongst the other mafians. They know I'm sick and they think with your recent actions, that you're not worthy of being a mafia queen." Gabriel aired out his concern. Andrea said nothing immediately. After ten seconds of silence, she chuckled, "You're supposed to be recovering. Why does Alessandro bother you with such news?" "I'm not recovering
7:45pm, Italy's Police Station Kirby breathed out a sigh of exhaustion as she sat in front of her desk. Resting both elbows on the table, she rested her head on it, massaging her temples with her fingers. "Hey, you okay?" A passing colleague asked, coming to a halt. "Yeah, I'm fine." "You sure? You look more distracted and a little worried today." He continued, flashing her a comforting smile. "I'm fine, Rio. You don't have to worry about me." She replied, looking up at him. Rio refused to give up as he rested on the edge of her desk and leaned on it, "Is this about your girlfriend? Did you two have a fight or you've broken up?" Kirby had her eyes on him for a couple of seconds before he scoffed, "You really should stop.""I'm trying to help you, Kirby." Rio also scoffed, "You have no idea what it's like to be with a man, do you? And here I am offering such a wonderful opportunity for you to do so.""Are you aware your action can pass off as sexual harassment?" "I'm a cop, I
Kirby knocked and opened an office door. "I see you finally decided to look at my business card." She heard someone say as soon as she got in. Kirby quickly turned to the mysterious woman who she hadn't talked to in the last few weeks. "Carrie was attacked by some men. She was beaten to a pulp, and is now in a very critical condition at the hospital. The doctor said he might be in coma for a few weeks. Or maybe a few months or years." The woman dropped her pen and pushed the paper in front of her away, "Am I being blamed here, Kirby?" "You've been after Carrie and Andrea for a while now. I don't know how long, but I do know it might've been a long time. Who knows if you tried to take laws into your own hands." Kirby chuckled. The woman stared at Kirby for a long time before she scoffed, "I will never do such a thing." "And why won't you?" "Because I've been laying low for a very long time and will not jeopardize my plan which I've been perfecting for years now by attacking Car
The silence in the room would've been eery and frightening for Kirby when she finished talking if she didn't have a lot going through her mind. "And she said her name's Aindrea Accardo Forbes?" Andrea suddenly scoffed, getting onto her feet. "Precisely." "And she kidnapped you once and revealed who Carrie was to you?" Andrea asked again and Kirby nodded. "So you kept something like this away from your girlfriend, why?" "I thought I could take care of it." "Why? Cause you're a cop?" Andrea hissed, the corners of her lips curling up into a mocking smile. "Yes, and what we do is to protect the common folks from the mafia and the danger they bring." Kirby responded in defense. Andrea tilted her head to the side a little and walked towards the winery which was just a few meters away from where she sat. She took out a bottle of bourbon and poured two glasses. Then she brought one back for Kirby and extended it towards her. Kirby looked up at her for a couple of seconds before tak
Andrea pressed the red button on the elevator repeatedly for it to open, but it didn't. Seconds later, it slid open and she rushed out to see she was a floor away from her room. Without minding the crowd walking into the elevator, she pressed the button to her floor. She tapped her foot impatiently on the floor of the elevator as she waited to reach her destination. When it finally came to a stop, she sped out of it, running without stopping to her hotel room. The first thing she noticed when she got to it was the opened door. Aindrea didn't bother closing it like she knew Andrea would return. "Given your health, I didn't think you'd run all the way here." Andrea heard as she walked to where she had left Kirby and Cheryl. Cheryl was lying unconscious on the floor, a pool of blood forming around her head. While Aindrea had her hands on Kirby's hair. "Cheryl put on a hard fight, I'm impressed." Aindrea commented, shoving Kirby aside. Then she slipped both hands into her back pocke
Aindrea walked deeper into a tunnel. She had a flashlight in her right hand which she used to guide herself. It seemed she was a frequent visitor to the place as she wasn't lost despite the turns looking the same. Soon, she stops somewhere and turns to an inconspicuous button located just below her ankle. Pushing it in, a tunnel leading towards another place opened up right beside the button. She held up her flashlight again and walked in. The tunnel led her into a room. There was a man covered in his own blood, strapped to an electric chair at the center of the room. "What else do you want from me? I've told you everything you've asked. Just let me go!" The man pleaded weakly. "I'm afraid I can no longer do that." She breathed out, turning on the switch at a wall.The bulb hanging above the man illuminated the room, casting a shadow at him. Thanks to his face which was covered in blood, what he looked like wasn't that visible. "You promised to let me go once you've gotten ever