Chapter Fourty Seven: The Weight of Blood. Caesar's men rushed in, their guns drawn, immediately securing the scene. Julian refuses to let go of Caesar's body, clinging to him tightly. Enzo calms him down and holds him, letting the men take Caesar to the car. Caesar is immediately driven to the hospital. Julian insisted on staying by his side, holding his hand through the ride, whispering desperate words. Getting to the hospital, Caesar was placed on a stretcher and rushed in as an emergency. “Oh shit”, Doctor Aiden cursed seeing the terrible state Caesar was in right now after ignoring his warnings.Enzo and Julian wait at the reception, not long Peter arrives to stay by Julian's side.Don Alessandro arrives at the hospital, visibly shaken after being previously told his son was bleeding and unconscious. He walks over to Julian who was crying and pats his shoulder. “He can make it, he just has to”, he says to him. Julian's fear immediately turns to anger. “How can you be
Chapter Fourty Six: If I Can't Have Him. The door of the room suddenly slammed open making Julian flinch, the mirror in his hand suddenly falling to the ground.Mikhail was standing there looking so furious. “Did he know what he had done?”, Julian wondered. “You might want to explain how naughty you have been. I thought I could trust you but I was being played all along. Caesar is somewhere on the other side already, I'm guessing you did that”, Mikhail yelled.“I didn't…I didn't do that, I swear”, Julian was now trembling. “Come over here quick”, Mikhail commanded as he walked closer to him. “I'm sorry, I didn't do anything.. I'm isolated here and there was no way I could have communicated with him. Please”, Julian pleaded. Mikhail grabs him, forcefully injecting him with sedative. ***** Caesar and his men approached this island on a speedboat as they got closer, gunshots were beginning to get fired towards them. “Oh shit”, Mikhail knew they were coming..Some of his
Chapter Fourty Five: Hunting The Snake.. Don Alessandro sits in a dark meeting room with rivals and close dons, high ranking captains and black brokers. He has declared Mikhail wanted and everyone found dealing or doing business with him to be wiped out. Setting up a bounty, for Mikhail to be brought to him,alive or dead. He was doing all of this as a reward for Caesar saving his life, and he knows how much Julian means to him. ***** “How many days are you going to keep me here, Aiden? Look, I need you to let me go. You don't have to listen to my father”, Caesar just kept persuading Doctor Aiden.“No, Caesar. Your father is already all out there looking for Julian, so worry less and focus on your recovery. This isn't about your father but my work, I can't have a patient die on me”, Aiden refused. Enzo enters with some fruits in hand..“Enzo, has Julian been found yet?”, he immediately asked. Enzo shakes his head slowly, then whispers. “Mikhail would be found, there is
Chapter Fourty Four: Just At The Funeral. “You mean he hasn't been found yet?”, Caesar slammed his hands by the side of the hospital bed. He was to go in for a minor surgery After, the bomb blast. Mikhail must have managed to escape, he shot at him though he must have been injured and most likely under the rubble but after days of searching he was told Mikhail hasn't been found. “Find him now even if he crawled to the Safari desert. Pull him out”, Caesar yelled at the guards who quickly bowed and made their way out of the hospital room before Caesar gets more furious. “If he isn't under the ruins of the building, where would he go first?”, Enzo finally says. “He wouldn't dare go after something precious to me, like Julian?”, Caesar asked. “Mikhail is a mad man if you ask me”, Enzo stands to leave. “I'm going home to my lover tonight, I will ask you to do the same as soon as you leave here. Tomorrow, I will join in the search of that bastard”, he leaves, closing the door b
Chapter Fourty Four: The Resurrection and Coronation. The Mafia hierarchy is unstable. Since Don Alessandro’s death and constant Mikhail’s scheming. “Mikhail has been spinning so many lies you were right Caesar, he is going for the throne. Claiming it's time for new blood, Enzo hands him a file.“This just proves everything all along”, Caesar smiles.“Some key members suggested that Mikhail become the new Don in the secret meeting held today, knowing their location in time just to set secret recorders. Those bastards, after everything the Don has done for them, mocking him”, Enzo takes a seat fuming.“Leave them, they will get themselves together when the time is set”, Caesar laughed and spun in his chair.***** “We called this meeting, to inform you that a temporary Don is to be coronated for you to be able to mourn your late father”Caesar sat in the council meeting, toying with a knife in hand as top members of the Mafia spoke to him. He is unusually quiet and calm, an
Chapter Fourty Two: Blood Is Loyalty. “Dust we shall come from and dust we shall return to.”, the priest yelled at the puppet to the congregation who had gathered at the funeral of Don Alessandro. Mafia lords, allies, even enemies were here, Caesar was sure about that as his eyes scanned through the crowd. Caesar is called up to give an eulogy, he knew he didn't have much good to say about his father, why lie on the puppet. His voice was steady, speech was short,the faces of those who sat in front of him made his stomach twist but his face remained unreadable. Mikhail is allowed to take center stage. His performance grieving would have sent Caesar pulling out his gun and firing his skull if Enzo wasn't at his side to calm him.“Don't do that, Caesar. It would ruin everything”, Enzo told him.“Caesar Dominic Alessandro. It's so sad father died this way, maybe just maybe this wouldn't have happened if you were competent enough even till now you can't find out who was behind thi