Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Mafia Don's Secret : Kabanata 81 - Kabanata 90

MATEOThe last thing I expected was an impromptu visit from my mother.No, it wasn’t because I didn’t want to see her but more often than not, when she does things like this, it’s to tell me about her sudden bright ideas which usually consist of fundraisers and charity balls.However this time around, her bright idea was none of those. Today, she came to my office to discuss Clara and her baby.“I don’t know why you are telling me all this, Mom. Ultimately, it’s Clara’s decision,” I said.“I know but you can always convince her. It’s your baby too,” she argued.“I’m not going to force her to do something she doesn’t feel comfortable with.”“What’s there to feel uncomfortable about? It’s a baby shower, every expecting mother wants one,” she said.Except, for Clara apparently.“Then she must have a reason why she doesn’t want to have one,” I told her and she frowned at me.“Why are you acting this way? You should be trying to change her mind.”“Clara is old enough to know what she want

MATEO For the first time, I had to stoop low to listen to Dominic. Not like I never listened to his advice before, I meant on cases like this one.I couldn’t clearly tell why I was being this way towards Bruno. Not like I haven’t seen just enough to know he was on my side. But then, I just wanted to vent my anger on him. Maybe, that’s because I wanted him to see how annoying it was to suddenly hate an innocent man.But that wasn’t helping in anyway.I stared at my phone, but didn’t make a move to touch it. It was too early to give him that call, right?I’ll definitely do that later in the night.Lily walked in without knocking. I was too busy to even notice that.“Oh my gosh!” She screamed, covering her mouth with her hands. I looked at her, trying to know why she had suddenly shouted.She pointed at me, stammering like I had suddenly turned ghost. “What’s wrong, Lily?” I asked, trying not to transfer my aggression to her.“Your face, it’s burning red.” She finally spoke. “Did you ye

MATEOI found Clara watching a show when I walked into the house.I guess she was feeling better since she wasn’t asleep like she had been the past few days.“Oh, I didn’t hear you come in,” she said when she finally noticed my presence.“I was quiet in case you were sleeping.”“Well, you didn’t need to do that. Most of the time when I fall asleep I’m usually dead to the world,” she replied.Don’t I know it?Sometimes I wished I could sleep the way she did but I guess that’s virtually impossible. I doubted she had much to worry about.“Have you had dinner?” I asked.She nodded. “Yes, Christopher fed me before he retired for the night.”“That’s good.”“Uhm… do you want me to dish out your dinner?” she asked.I shook my head. “No, I can do that myself.”“Okay, then,” she said and turned her attention back to the show she was watching.I turned to go to the kitchen but stopped in my tracks when she called for me.“Can I talk to you?” she requested.“Sure, what do you want to talk about?”

MATEOEvery time I had to be in Renzetti’s presence, I always had to remind myself that I was playing the long game and not to do anything rash.That was why I hated these general gatherings. First, I couldn’t stand most of these lords and the feeling was definitely mutual but most importantly, this was just a colossal waste of my time.However, for the time being, I still answered Renzetti so I couldn’t decide to skip out on the meeting without putting myself on Renzetti’s radar, that was if I wasn’t already on it.This particular meeting was not our regularly scheduled one. No, Renzetti called this meeting as a matter of urgency and I had a good idea what he was going to say.Bruno also walked in and sat at the far end of where I was, not sparing me a glance because none of the people here must know that we were working together.As far as they were concerned, we both hated each other and I needed it to remain that way.“Hey, Mateo, do you know what this meeting is for?” Alfred, on

BRUNOI ended the call and turned to look at her.“Oh, good. You’re dressed. Do you want me to call you a cab?” I asked.“I thought at the very least, you would be a decent human being but here you are propositioning another person when I’m still in your house,” she said, glaring daggers at me.“Last I checked, I don’t owe you any explanation about how I live my life. Who I do or don’t invite into my home is none of your damn business,” I replied.“I can’t believe this. You used me and now you’re just trying to dispose of me like trash?”“Now, I’m not going to let you continue slandering me and assuming things I never even said. I have been patient enough with you and accommodating your shit. There’s a limit to the amount of shit I can take so don’t even push your luck, Linda.”“My name is, Lacey!” she yelled. “Jeez, you can’t even get that right.”“And what does that tell you?” I asked. “Why don’t you do us both a favor and just go.”She pursed her lips into a stubborn pout and sat d