The Man In The Mask

Alex POV

Right now it looks like I have two choices. I can lie to my wife and tell her something that is not true about why I shot my old friend or I could just tell her the truth, the whole truth and let her be the judge of this whole situation. Knuckles was just standing there with a confused face waiting for the next order.

" Alex I am not going anywhere until you tell me what's going on here?" Ella said with an angry and confused tone.

" Fine I'll tell you what happened but not here and not now. " I said to her.

" That is not good enough, you sneak away in the middle of our reception and now you won't even give me an explanation? " She said to me in anger.

" This is only the tip of the iceberg and believe me when I say that the lesser you know about this, the better it will be for everyone. " I said.

" No! Give me something better than that, tell me why I shouldn't just call the cops on you right now? This might not be a real marriage but we agreed on partnership, I have the right to know what's going on, tell me Alex, tell me what happened, why did you kill that man and who the hell is he?" She said pointing at Knuckles.

" Ella we have guests to get attend to, I promise you that I will tell you everything, let's go. " I said.

" So now what? I am supposed to go back in there and pretend like everything is okay after I just witnessed murder? I cannot be an accessory to this. " She said. She is right, she cannot be an accessory to this.

She was talking to me and I was looking at Knuckles pulling something out of his pocket, it was a syringe and I was sure that it had drugs in it, it's probably what he used to get this traitor here. He held it up in the air for me to see. He was asking for my permission. I put my index finger on my nose, that was the signal. I gave him the permission to drug my wife. I came closer to Ella and this time she didn't move away from me.

" Ella... I'm sorry about this. " I said and held her arms while Knuckles quickly injected her on her upper shoulder.

" What the h..." Ella said as she collapsed in my arms.

" Knuckles please tell me that she will be okay?" I asked him, I just gave this man permission to drug my wife and I don't even know what is in there.

" It's a sedative, I gave her a lot to work quicker, she should be out for about five to six hours. " He said.

" Okay now here's a new plan, take my wife to my car, make sure that no one sees you, call Mr Rowing, he will know what to do with this traitor." I said. Mr Rowing and I go way back and no one cleans up a crime scene like him. I know that he will clean this up.

" Got it..." Knuckles said.

I fixed my suit and I went back to the wedding party. Jack saw me coming and approached me.

" Where have you been? Your father is looking for you and he is not looking happy. " Jack said.

" Look I need you to go to the car and get ready for me, we are going straight to the airport, call the pilot and tell him that there has been flight changes. " I said to Jack.

" You have blood on your shirt, what's going on? " Jack asked me. How do I tell my old friend that I just killed his cousin? How do I tell him that?

" I had some business to sort out with Knuckles, We had to knock Ella out, get to the car and I'll be there in a few minutes." I said.

" Fine then, I'll do it." Jack said and left the premises, I pulled the jacket sleeves to hide the blood splatter on my shirt. I went back inside and stood by the corner searching for my dad. I saw him and then I texted him.

" WE HAVE A PROB, MEET ME OUTSIDE NOW!!!." I watched as he took out his phone. He excused himself and came to the door, I went out and waited for him outside.

" Please tell me that you didn't do anything stupid!" My father said.

" Will you calm down down before you give yourself a heart attack?" I said to him.

" Then why did you have to pull me away in such a hurry?" My father said.

" Ella and I need to leave for our honeymoon, she had a little too much to drink. " I said to him.

" She didn't look drunk when I saw her a few minutes ago, infact she was looking for you. " He said sounding sceptical.

" Well she is. " I said to him.

" Where is she? I want to see her. " He said.

" No, Ella is MY wife and I will take care of her, I need you to tell everyone that we had to rush off to our honeymoon. " I said.

" Alex what did you do to Ella? She would never leave without telling her parents. Please tell me that you didn't kill her. " He said.

" No, I didn't kill her but she is indisposed at the moment." I said to him.

" Fine but you better make sure that she talks to her parents. "He said.

" As soon as we touch down I'll make sure that she calls them. " I said to him.

I didn't tell my father the truth because I know that he would freak out, he cannot find out that Ella knows about this and as for Ella, I have to figure out a way to get through her. I know my father and he doesn't like witnesses. He doesn't want anyone to have a hold over him and I am afraid that he might harm Ella if he knew the truth.

I left and I went to the car. Jack was waiting for me and he didn't look happy.

" What's wrong with her?" He asked me.

" I had to sedate her, get us to the airport. " I said to him.

" Are you going to tell me what really happened? Who did you kill in there? " He said.

" Jack I don't pay you to ask me questions, the airport. " I said coldly.

" Yes sir. " He said and drove us out of my parents estate. I was going to take my new bride to Paris in hopes that we would get to know each other a little better in a city that she loves. Now that she saw what happened, I have to take her somewhere remote and I have the perfect place. We finally reached the airport. She was still sleeping. Jack got out and opened the door for me.

" I'll carry her. " Jack said.

" No Jack, she's my wife, I'll carry her myself. " I said and got out. I went to the other side and carried my wife out bridal style. Having a lot of money and having a lot of money comes with a lot of perks, on of them is having a private jet to take me anywhere in the world at my request, lucky for my wife, our jet has a comfort bed in it so I carried her to bed. When I came out Jack had loaded our luggage in the plane. I didn't talk to him, I just went to the cockpit and gave my pilot, I gave him our new destination. When I went back Jack was already sitting down.

" Wheels up in five minutes. " I said.

" It was Smith wasn't it?" He asked me. Jack is my oldest friends and I trust him with my life, that is why he is my bodyguard, he knows where all the bodies are burried and apart from that, he is very very intelligent. I don't know how he managed to figure it out but I cannot lie to him, not about this, he has to know.

" Yes it was him. " I said.

" Okay. " He said in silence.

" Okay? Aren't you going to say anything?" I asked him.

" Alex you are my boss but you are also my friend, we have known each since we were kids, a lot of people call you heartless but I know you and if it was him, I know that he deserved it, Smith was my cousin but he was a d***. " He said.

" Still... I am sorry about your cousin, I know that you too were close. " I said to him.

" Yeah... We were. Which is why I don't know why he could do anything stupid and now that I think of it... He has been acting strange for the last few days. " He said.

" He was working with Berner, he confirmed it. " I said.

" Is that why you had to knock Ella out? What happened?" He said.

" She saw the whole thing and she wanted answers. " I said.

" I told you that keeping this from her might not work in your favour, you too were getting along just fine, what do you think will happen when she wakes up? Even worse, you practically kidnapped her. " He said.

" I know but she was freaking out, don't worry, I'll get through to her. " I said.

" No, you have to tell her the truth, she deserves that much. " He said.

" And what if she can't handle the truth? Do you think that she would have agreed to this stupid marriage arrangement if she knew that I was running a drug cartel? That I come from a long line of Mafia bosses? " I said to him.

" I don't think that you should underestimate your wife. " He said. He sounded like he admires my wife, I can respect that but that is all it should be because I would kill him if he even looked at her in a way I didn't understand.

" Jack, I will sort this out, you have nothing to worry about. " I said.

A few minutes later the pilot announced that he was getting ready to fly. I fastened the seatbelt. A few minutes later we were up in the air. I took off my seatbelt and I got myself a drink. A few drinks later I was tired I fell asleep and when I woke up, we were only a few minutes away from landing.

" Ahh you are finally up. " Jack said to me.

" Yes, I need to go and check on my wife. " I said and stood up. I went in and she was still asleep. I came back and sat down.

" The Pilot told me that we are going to the Island so I called ahead and got the house in order, we should have some help by the time we get there." He said.

" Can we trust them?" I asked her.

" Absolutely..." He said.

" That's good. " I said. The pilot announced that he was about to land in a few minutes.

" Why hasn't she woken up?" He asked me.

" She will be up in an hour or so. " I said.

" Okay..." I said.

We landed and I carried my wife to the house. I got this Island a few years ago and one of my friends designed a house for me. It's a small island but it's perfect for me. No one knows about this place and it is safer for me this, what I love the most is that there is only one place to get cell reception in this Island. I carried my wife to the house and Jack followed me to the house with our luggage. This was the second time I came in this place since the house was built. The place is wonderful and my hope is that Ella can appreciate this place and try to understand why I did what I did.