Chapter four
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CATALINA POV
“I can't believe that bastard!!” I yell out angrily pacing the foyer of another Don Reyes mansion.
Fortunately, the mansions are never-ending, the cartel was very wealthy indeed, and that wealth extended to me as the only living heir to Don Reyes.
“You need to calm down Catalina, let the doctor attend to you,” Luisa says next to me, the man in the white coat literally vibrating in fear
“Maybe get me a doctor with more f*****g balls!” I yell back at her.
“I know you are angry right now Catalina, but think!!” she yells back at me, pushing the side of her suit to the side “f*****g think Catalina!! He planned an attack against you and nearly succeeded with that freaking bomb!”
“So take a f*****g seat and let the doctor access you, so we know you don't have a f*****g concussion or something” she rolls her eyes
I grunt taking a seat on the couch, my body covered in sweat, “I want my security team tripled” I say to her as the doctor moves closer to me.
“And I want all eyes in the damn bastard, I want my territory swept from that madman”
“One, the territory still belongs to him, and you coming back doesn't mean it's yours yet, you have to get him to give you, to claim it, Catalina, so stop your freaking BS because this attack was small” she paces the room
“Even the police didn't get a hit first, and we always do, we need to plan more, and expand your alliances” She turns to me with narrowed eyes
I nod, ”I'm already working on that,” I turn to the doctor, “And?” I lift a brow at him
“You are perfectly fine Miss Catalina” he gulps stepping back.
I nod turning to Luisa, “As you can see, I'm great Mom” I roll my eyes at her, “Where is Matteo, he needs to set up a few minutes for me today, I'm not going to let this bastard go scott free”
She nods, walking across the foyer to the living room.
I head upstairs, scheming through the black materials in this closet.
Since my return from the afterlife as the blogs put it, I've been wearing only black. I pick out a black suit, perfect for a meeting with alliances.
The fully black suit hugs my curves and the black cotton shirt I wear undeath reveals a bit of my cleavage.
My fingers pull on the gold blood ring I've been wearing since my plot of revenge, the band hugging my fingers snugly.
I twist and turn the ring, reeling back to the night of the fire, my father being burnt alive as he lay still on the floor, Luisa dragging me through the back doors with her secret men in tow.
So that night, after Luisa rescued me and kept me safe, I bled out from wounds I sustained, so I took that blood and made a ring just like my fathers, the one sitting on Alejandro’s fingers now that he controls the Reyes cartel.
And one day I will snatch it from him just like he snatched my life and future away.
Just like he made my love disappear.
I gulp my gaze permanently on the ring.
“Luisa is right, I have to get the cartel back, without some certain moves, I am just involved in some child's play”
“Matteo is here” Luisa knocks on my office door letting him in
“Thank you for today Matteo” I nod at him waving him forward, “I'm glad you got to us on time”
“I will always be there to protect you,” he turns to Luisa, a forlorn look on his face, “I couldn't do it the first time so I will do everything to make things right” he turns back tonne with a nod.
“Good, I need you to set up a meeting Matteo” I lean on the desk, my fingers folded across my knee
“What meeting? With who?” he straightens up like a soldier immediately.
“I need a meeting with Gabriel Cortez, and Arturo along with Selmana” I nod at him
His face twists into shock, “Selmana I can understand, Arturo I can understand, even if his alliance will be slightly questionable but Gabriel Cortez?” he lifts a brow
“Have you forgotten? He was the first to leave one gang alive as a core member and transfer to another gang without dying through it!” he yells back at me
“Exactly Matteo,” I say into the tension-filled room.
His eyes narrowed, “What do you mean exactly?”
“He moved from one gang to the other without dying, I want to know how he did it, there had to be some hefty secrets for him to be kept that safe” I raise my eyes at him
“The gangs I'm speaking about in particular are the De la Cruz Cartel and the Reyes cartel Catalina!!” he yells back
My expression turns into ice, my lips dropping from my sarcastic smile, “I don't think that's how I should be spoken to Matteo, do you think so too? I lift a brow at him straightening up my posture
He gulps moving backward, “I will arrange the meeting, but this is a bad idea Catalina” he adds walking out of the room, the echoes of his footsteps the last thing we hear.
“You didn't tell him he reached out first. Gabriel Cortez I mean” She lifts a brow at me moving closer to the room
I wave her off, “Then he will have more reasons to doubt it, I want to meet with him, and see what he has to say” I shrug turning away from her
“He is a part of the De La Cruz cartel Catalina, I support Matteo on this one, their gang just almost killed you What is stopping them from trying again” she adds, concern in her tone
“Especially with Gabriel Cortez”
I nod, “Especially with Gabriel Cortez Luisa, you should get to work before you're missed” I turn to the wall-length window, the sunlight bouncing off the glass, revealing the garden behind.
“Let's hope I’m right” I whisper to myself
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