My eyes flew open at the sound of a loud cough and it was met with the slight darkness of the room. Every windows and doors were shut at my command and the only light illuminating the room was a red light coming from the far end of the room.
I turned to see someone on my bed coughing and adjusting herself before diving into another round of heaving snoring. She was sounding like an over-packed truck and that got me mad big time. My hand connected to the mini apple shaped table beside my bed and it produced a bang loud enough to shake the building.
The lady flew up fearfully as she scanned her environment to make sure a war had not broken out.
“What are you?” I growled deeply and she sat there looking at me with the blanket around her heaving chest
“Did I just ask a statue a question? Am I not talking to a human? Cat got your tongue!?” questions flew out of my mouth endlessly while she shook at my voice
She managed to find her voice but couldn’t respond audibly. “You… I… got here… last night… we.. slept… don’t you remember?”
A short silence followed before I thundered again. “So? If you are the bed warmer, what are you still doing here? Did you not have enough fun last night? Do you want me to go another round?” and yanked her hair, pulling her neck to the back
Her voice suddenly came back and she was able to make a coherent statement.
“No sir! I had enough fun!” she responded and slapped my hand off
That pissed me to the bone. How dare she? How dare she touch me without my permission? I didn’t know when my hands wrapped around her neck and pressed down on it in annoyance.
She struggled for her life as she tried to remove my hand from her neck but I wasn’t done with her. She had no manners and I had to teach her some. Getting cheeky with me was one of the things I hated most, especially not now that I was coming back from the land of the dead.
I finally released my hold when a loud bang landed on my door. She didn’t even bother to cover herself before she flew out of my bed naked and rushed to Bojana’s side, crying and breathing heavily.
“You didn’t have to make her see the door of heaven when you could chase her out politely after she warmed your bed” she stated, walking closer to pick up the blanket for her so she could cover her body
“Did I not tell you that I never want to see them beside me when I wake up?” I yelled at her and the lady jumped in fear.
Bojana was used to me so nothing I did fazed her. She just calmly told the lady to follow her.
“Don’t forget your meeting by ten. You look like you had some fun and she served you well. Only if you were not an asshole with a nasty temper” she clacked her tongue and went out of the room with the lady
Bojana was right. My temper is very nasty. I don’t hold back when I am livid and I hate getting dared. I love my rules being kept and I give no room for second chances, I am not that generous.
She is my aide and the only person who understands me. She knows what I wanted each time and doesn’t pry into what I didn’t tell her because she knew either I was not ready to tell her or wouldn’t tell her at all.
She’s also a longtime friend. She was the first person that warmed up to me when I got to Italy and thankfully, our goals aligned. We are still not where we aimed but we are slowly moving up the ladder and the goal is right in front of us.
The dream I had played over and over in my head as I showered and dressed for the meeting at the company. My mood was already at zero from the early morning and when I thought about the report I also received the previous night, I knew the day wouldn’t be a smiling one and yes, I was always prepared.
I marched outside the house to Bojana already dressed in her knee length black skirt that had a tiny silt along the thigh, her purple shirt was neatly tucked in and her transparent white glasses was sitting on her nose.
“One would think you are my secretary. What’s with this outfit?” I scoffed
“I play different roles in your life every day and I think the secretary one is the next today. You didn’t forget about the visit to the Orange hub later in the day right?” she responded and pointed to the car for me to get in
“I see…”
“Taken care of.. No charges will be pressed but please could you be a little gentler with them? You made a great mess” she snapped at me
“They wanted money, I wanted their body. It’s a win-win. Money is not easy to make, they have to prove their worth” I spat out unapologetically
“Why bother saying anything? It’s just like talking to a stone” she sighed and gave up as the car pulled up in front of the company
“Everyone is in right? I hate to gather people twice for the same cause” I asked as we ascended the little stairs that leads to the company’s building
“You should trust me on that. I also do not like wasting any second of my time” she sneered as her heels kissed the tiled floor as we walked in deeper into the building
My plan for the meeting was a terrible one and just as usual, no going back. After all, I don’t go back on my words.
“I am Rocco Lorenzo” I muttered as the elevator’s door closed on my cold face
|Irena|The tiny street was filled with loud noises coming from the metals clashing against each other as people roared to the sound which was being supported by drums. Tents filled everywhere with different sellable under each one.The festival of new season was being celebrated and every attendee painted some facial artwork on their faces to identify with the festival. Ranging from clothes, accessories, ancient crafts to everything one ever wanted, they were all available at slash prices.“Get your fortune read! Don’t you want to know what life has in store for you? oh ye weak humans! Let the gods guide your path” my tiny voice managed to ring through the loud noise.By the time I had screamed for more than five times, I finally had my first customer under my small red tent and I got down to business.“You have to be careful today. There will be a large tornado at your workplace but if you are in the right place, it will pass you by” The first customer seemed confused at the mentio
|Bojana|Rocco had always been like that. We fought over and over before we got to this close stage and nobody can ever understand us. We found ourselves at our lowest and ever since then, we worked our way up.In blood, sweat and tears.I had seen Rocco in almost all types of his emotions but one thing he never did was break down in front of me. There were times I heard him cry in his room but never in front of me even though I did that a lot on his shoulders.He never let anyone be in his bed till the following morning for their own sake because he would always wake up with a nasty temper. The dreams that wakes him up always prompted him to be violent so he detested having someone on the receiving end of his rage.I had warned the bed warmer not to ever sleep till morning by his side but I guess my warnings fell on deaf ears and she had seen for herself what the consequences of her disobedience was. As we walked along the long hallway, I could hear tiny sobs coming from her as she e
His steps were solid as he approached the tied men lined up in front of him on a chair. He walked around them in circles as he said his lines.“Did you think I wouldn’t find out because I was busy with other things? You must have forgotten I have eyes everywhere” he continued and stopped abruptly in front of them“Do you have something to say?” he suddenly asked the first person and before he could respond, the sound of bones cracking filled the air.The sound was followed by a roar of painful shout as the man’s arm dangled from his right shoulder. Rocco had broken his arm and disconnected it from his shoulder in the span of seconds and no one dared make a sound.He moved on to the next and stared at him for a brief second before he lodged a bullet in his thigh, adding to the existing scream in the room.“Bring me the table” he commanded and immediately, a mini table was brought to him.At his signal, the table was placed in front of the third man and his right hand was forcefully pla
|Rocco|As the car sped to the meeting point, I couldn’t keep what the strange lady said off my mind. It kept pressing no matter how I tried to shut it out. Who was she? How come she wasn’t afraid of me? How did she know that I was going for a meeting? What exactly did she mean that I would die if I attend the meeting?“Cosi frustrante (So frustrating)” I found myself blurt out and a deep sigh left my throat as I rested my back and closed my eyes. Bojana told me not to mind her words but I didn’t make a sound. She wouldn’t stop there and I knew that so I was prepared for her lectures.“Rocco, you are not someone to be moved by a thing so insignificant. She purposely got in your way just to get money and since you were generous enough to give it out because I know that you didn’t fall for her trick, she just said the nonsense to get you hooked. She’s not worth your attention so just be rest assured” “Matteo proposed that it should just be us and he also gave his word that he will only
I brought the one on the roof down and Bojana also sighted one which she gunned down without hesitation. The whole house was covered with bullets raining from every angle. We were surrounded but Matteo was covered. I could heard his evil laugh as I fought for my life and tried to also cover for Bojana till the backup arrives.I tried shooting one of his men at my right but I couldn’t lift my hands anymore. They were dead! A glance at Matteo and his drink, I realized what he had done. I had been poisoned and with the way he was laughing at me, he knew it was already working.“Don’t stress yourself Rocco, it will only get worse and painful” he warned before another mocking laughter followed where he was seated, looking at my helpless situation.Bojana did her best to cover up for the both of us before the backups finally came and in a matter of seconds, they had cleared every men that were shooting at us.“You are so mannerless while doing business” I growled at Matteo who just shrugged
|Irena|He retracted from the door and marched over to my side once more. The discomfort on his secretary’s face was so obvious but I couldn’t care less. I just avoid her gazes and bent down to pick the remnants of my bike.“You, what are you?” I heard him question at my back but I didn’t flinchI comfortably packed my bike and stood up to face him “It’s not what, it is who. How can one be so full of himself?” His statement got me hissing as I turned to go on my way. I could feel his eyes on my entire body but I struggled to get out of there as soon as possible without tripping, the fear had gripped me too much.I could hear the car’s ignition after some minutes but I never dared looked back and just continued on my way before it zoomed past me.“I hope I am not in trouble” I mumbled to myself and sought cover before my heart almost dropped“Oh my!” the pajamas man had jumped out of nowhere once again, demanding for his money of courseIn anger, I threw three hundred dollar bills at
She was consistent with her yelling. Most times she instructed me to do something, it would always come with a yell. Never had she ever lost her voice and she rarely got sick, the only thing that Auntie fought with and lost the battle was her left eyesight.When I knew Auntie, she had trouble with seeing well with her left eye and she did all her best to treat it but nothing worked. Three years ago, she went blind totally in the left eye but trained herself to get used to the right eye only without wallowing much in self-pity. When I asked her how she was able to move on so quickly, she only smiled.“When life throws something bad at you. Catch it and use it well to teach life a lesson that you also have your own power” she finally told me one day after I disturbed the daylight out of her,***I finished helping with the arrangement and decided to go and withdraw the money I deposited at the bank few days ago since I needed to get some things for myself and the house.“Hmmm! The smell
|Rocco|A heavy migraine greeted me as I opened my eyes the following day, Bojana informed me that I have been sleeping for the past twenty hours and my jaw almost dropped. No wonder my body felt sore, yet calm. I haven’t had such sleep in the past fourteen years. The highest I could sleep was three to four hours daily. I trained like my life depended on it while I was growing up and it was paying off even at this point.Everyday seems like trouble in the life of a mafia so I never relent or let my guard down because even my so called team could turn their backs on me anytime. I trust no one, not even Bojana.The drug Matteo fed me was completely out of my system and I could lift whatever part of my body I wanted without trouble but the gunshot wound was still there. I was used to it so it was no big deal and since it had been treated, there was no cause for alarm. I just had to be careful for a few days.“She is on her way. You have to get ready” Bojana barged into the room to inform