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Scanning the room, I spotted Dexter, barely noticeable in his black attire and face cap. I had wanted to meet at a bar, but Dexter insisted on a coffee shop…less prying eyes from other mafia lords. Mafia lords were mostly found in a bar, not a fucking barbie coffee shop. I sat down across from him, accepting the cup of coffee offered by a blonde waitress. “How secure is this place?” I asked, feeling a little bit uncomfortable. Dexter grinned, his smile unnerving. “Half the people here aren’t regular customers. They’re armed to the teeth,” he said, sipping his coffee.

"You're curious as to what that little monster did to deserve this, aren't you?" "Don't play coy, Bruja. You are most wise, yet lack discipline in your actions." "Discipline is for the weak, I have the powers at be to create an army of the damned, and they follow my orders to a T. You, on the other hand, are truly unique, you're a new factor; That troubles me, why would you fight for a cause you know nothing about?" "Why do you fight against him? What crime could he have committed that enacts such a genocide?"

"Maybe even in the world!" I can see the cab driver's eyes on us in the rearview mirror. Yeah, if what Sammy says is true, I shouldn't spare the guy another thought. I do think she is overexaggerating, though. Biggest crime family in the world? Please, nobody in today's life and age gets away with crime anymore. Somewhere along the line, people get caught. The girls continue drinking and dancing when we get back to the apartment, and I should join them and celebrate becoming an official adult. Instead, I power on my laptop because I'm a martyr and type Alessandro Moretti in the search bar.

I saw Camala and Gloria shooting me mocking looks from the corner, and I wanted to rip them apart. But suddenly, an elderly police officer walked over to Camala. With a stern face, he showed his badge. “Even though we haven’t figured out who the criminal is for this case, we need your cooperation for a case that’s more than ten years old!” My eyes widened in disbelief. I recognized him immediately! He was Officer Lewis. He had been in charge of my parents’ murder case! In the end, they concluded that Camala was my parents’ murderer, and the drunkard was the driver who was hired to kill them!

Just then, we hear Neo starting to approach, there are two other voices, and a brief gun battle starts. I hear a thug trying to wrestling Neo down. “Look at this goddamn idiot. Walking straight into our hands.” “Who is you goddamn idiot.” “This is fucking hilarious,” The thug bursts out in laughter, “Our new mafia boss has the dumbest crew members.” They are creating a long enough distraction to get us in. “Let's go.”