The King of City

60 THE PARTY

"Who brought this up?". Asked the head of the other gang while holding the letter from the boy that was sent by Lionel there.

"He was brought in by a spoiled boy, he says he's from the other gang". One of his most trusted subordinates replied. "We kill him?".

"No, Larson wouldn’t violate the agreement not to cross borders without good reason". The chief replied, looking carefully at the letter envelope and preparing to open it to discover its contents, due to the clumsiness with which he opened that envelope, it was evident that he wasn’t used to receiving letters. “Who the hell is sending cards in this day and age? Why didn't you text me better?”.  He said laughing as he finished unfolding the paper with the message.

"What does it say?". His subordinate asked with great curiosity since the envelope was very well kept and since it carried a wax seal, he didn’t delay in attracting the attention of the gang member.

"Bring me the boy!". The boss said making a gesture with his hands to make him rush to carry out his orders, something in the expression on his face made it seem that he wasn't expecting to read.

"Did you call me sir?". Said the boy who had been brought to the front of the boss, but this boy had been completely looted, he was only in his underwear, he was shivering with cold and he was about to cry, he was surely thinking that he was going to be killed.

"Oh my God! Who took the boy's clothes off?”. The boss yelled furiously. "We aren’t savages, nor thieves of the fifth, give him back his things and also his tennis shoes. Whoever sees the boy's tennis shoes will cut off his feet and give them to Candy and Sweet for dinner". Candy and Sweet were the Doberman dogs he owned, he adored them, yet he had trained them as killing machines and those frequently ate the human flesh of the chief's enemies. The boy quickly recovered his clothes and dressed fully, however, he was still scared, believing that he was going to be assassinated as well.

"Who gave you this?". The boss said to the boy, waving the letter in the envelope again in front of his eyes.

"Boss Larson gave it to me, sir".

"Did you see what was inside?".

"No sir!". Said the boy who remembered Lionel's words when he said that if he opened it, he would be killed by the boss in front of him, fortunately, he didn’t, although, he still had the uncertainty of whether that man would believe him.

"Very good! Do I need you to do something for me?”. The boss said, putting his hand on his shoulder and smiling, the truth was very scary to the boy, although that wasn’t the boss's intention.

"What do you want me to do for you?". He said hesitantly.

"I need you to deliver a message back to Larson, take this same envelope, wait a few moments". And saying this he began to write the contents of the letter, as fast as he could, then he folded it imprecisely and put it inside the envelope and sealed it with glue.

"Of course Mr!". The boy said that he was tired of being a messenger, but as long as that served to get him out of that place, he would take it without a doubt.

"Let no one touch it!". The boss yelled. "I want him safe! You guys come". He told one of his subordinates that they were near the place having a few drinks. "Escort the boy out of our territory and I don't want to find out that something was taken from him".

After the meeting with the boss, the boy and two of the boss's men left went to one of the trucks and mounted it there, they had already been on the road for about five minutes when he realized that his wallet was missing, but No matter how much money he had inside, he would never go back to that place. Having reached the limit of the two territories, they released the boy who had to walk to Lionel's bar, which was on the other side of the city. However, he was able to get there, and with such luck that Lionel was still waiting for the answer.

"Boss, here is the answer". The boy said to Lionel that he was still sitting waiting for news.

"I really didn't expect him to answer". Lionel said a little surprised. "Read it out loud!"

"Of course the boss, the letter says the following.

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"Thank you boy!". Lionel said, picking up the letter.

"Was that all for a party?". Exclaimed indignantly the boy who didn’t seem appropriate for what he had put him through.

"Yes, and we will serve free liquor, you should come".

"I won’t go anywhere, nor will I return, until never". Then he stormed out of the bar and no one heard from him again.

"I told you he would be mad". Beau said to Lionel when the boy left.

"Equally this wasn’t for him". Lionel shrugged and continued his affairs.

The next day Lionel had organized with the help of Beau the bar so that no customer entered that day, only his guests could enter. At party time, more than two hundred people lined up to enter, all from the gang that Lionel had invited, he went out to meet the other boss, but he had to wait a long time, since the head of the Another gang came last.

"Larson, how nice to see you". The head of the other gang said upon seeing Lionel.

"The pleasure is mine, Fabio". Lionel replied affably. Fabio was a very robust man, of Latin descent, he had a golden skin, a thick nose and mouth depopulated eyebrows and baldness only on the top of his head, which was only adorned by a few white hairs, he wore loose shirts with many patterns, a thick gold chain and rings with emeralds the size of ping pong balls. "Come on, let's go in, you will surely love the drinks we serve here". And saying this, Fabio followed him and they sat in the most luxurious area of the bar, there was Beau waiting for them, who received them with much attention.

"This is a fantastic place." Fabio appreciated as a courtesy. "Here's the girl I promised you, don't worry about paying her, everything I do to you today is already covered". Fabio smiled and clapped Lionel on the back.

"Thanks, Fabio, but ...". Before he could say a word, Fabio made the girl sit on Lionel's legs and Lionel could no longer reproach himself for not appearing rude and making Fabio angry.

"Now Larson". Fabio said, leaning forward, staring into Lionel's eyes so that Lionel couldn't lie to him. "Why did you bring me here?".

"Should I have any reason to make amends?". Lionel lied, but he didn’t worry about hiding it either, which unleashed Fabio's laugh, he had the characteristic of being one of the cruelest criminals in the entire city, however, he always had excellent humor.

"You know that courtesies don’t exist in our business". Fabio said seriously. "If you don't tell me what you want from me, you will lose the opportunity forever, now I’m very happy and that doesn't usually happen".

"The truth, there’s something I need from you". Lionel said acknowledging his true intentions, now the most important part of the plan would be carried out.