ANTONIOHer cold words sent a vibration down my spine“You murdered my errand boy and you have the guts actually to say it to me?”I pulled my gun out on her in an instant.My men at the bar did the same thing and everywhere was silent.With our guns pointed at each other, I moved closer to Rivera.“What if I kill you right here and right now? What happens?”“The show is still going to happen. They have a replacement for everybody, Antonio,” she replied confidently.“See, I respect you, Antonio. I heard about what you did to Perez, letting him live again even when Don Vito ordered for him to be killed and drowned in the Suerro River.”Perez was Rivera’s sex mate.Apparently, she had grown to fall in love with him and they had become something more serious than just mere sex partners.The usual Don Vito, my promiscuous godfather was hitting on Rivera but she refused to sleep with him.He later found out Perez was the guy she was always with. He gave the instructions to eliminate him.I

MIRANDA"Sister, where have you been?”“I have been looking all over for you. Why did you leave me?”“Don't you love me anymore?” The voice of Karen echoed in the background.I was standing in the center of a silent road.I was immobile. Barefooted. My hair was rough and my face, was sweaty like I had run and could not run anymore.“Sister! Miranda!” the voice of Karen called out repeatedly.I could not pick where the source of the sound was from but it kept coming from everywhere.I began to feel dizzy as she kept calling my name.The snap of the finger of a young man woke me up.He held my hands and lifted me to the bed. It was a sickbed.Everything became clearer bit by bit as I looked around to see where I was.My hands were hooked to a tube and I saw a transparent liquid moving into my veins from a pole just by the bed.Then the beep sound of a machine came after.The voice of the young man took me away from checking everything out.“You must have had a bad dream. You rolled down

ANTONIO“I need the boys now! Let them meet me at the usual spot.”Move like you can't be seen, act like you can't be found.A chanting that echoes in my head each time I set out to the streets.It's a war zone out there for every mafia.With our eyes at our backs and our minds always on alert every single time.It's been two nights since the incident at La Routage.There was a massive bloodshed. The Portuguese and Mafia were at war.Don Vito was appreciative of the information I gave him. Fortunately, we were able to save some of our people even though we lost so many.The Portuguese have gone into hiding after they found out Don Vito, another mafia Lord they wanted to take out of the game, was absent.This must be why Rivera wants me to come and protect her.They found out.A snitch. That's what they called her. She said so on the call.I know I am also in danger.I don't intend to inform Don Vito about this. He is also at risk of losing his life at the moment.I already advised him

ANTONIOTick! Tock! Tick! Tock!The sound of the clock by the wall strolls over the silence that surrounds the room.My gun was printed at Rivera's head and I was about to shoot her point-blank in the head.But I could no longer do it.What she said caught my attention and for a moment, I paused.My gun was still in the air, pointing straight at her.“What did you just say?” I shouted at her.She kept mute.“I'm talking to you, speak!” I repeated in a louder tone.“If you want to hear more and I mean more, more than you think you know, I demand just two things,” she said in a shaky voice.The fear of her losing her life right in front of me must have withered her long-accumulated courage.She looked so weak but Rivera was the type that always had something to give.Even though I had a gun pointed to her head, I am not surprised she is thinking of buying her way out.She is built in that way. This is why everyone hires her.I scoffed. “What are your demands?”“Half a billion USD and yo

MIRANDAI pant heavily.“Where the heck is Antonio?”There is a stranger in the house and I am at the risk of being seen or worse enough, killed.He doesn’t look like a nice person and I am not sure even Xander was in his right mind bringing him upstairs.What on earth is he thinking?I had shut the door back and placed my ears close to the door to listen more to the conversation that ensued between them.“Where is Don Vito?” the strange man asked.“I have told you several times. Mr. Dante lives alone with his men. What more do you want me to tell you?”I peeped through the keyhole to see them standing not far from the room.I kept looking till I noticed something.The strange man had a gun pointed at Xander. He was holding it in a lower position.So no one would suspect, I believe.Ahah! I knew it.Xander can’t be so stupid as to bring a total stranger upstairs.There was nothing I could do other than call Antonio.I dialed his number immediately.“Antonio,” I whispered.All to make