MY MAFIA PRINCE

Chapter 1 “When was the last time you came across him?” Anthonio asked his right-hand man while lighting a cigarette. “News of him trying to flee the country was confirmed yesterday sir” Marcus replied with his head down. “Ha ha ha” Anthonio laughed heartily. The whole room went silent, and you could only hear his deep voice laugh aloud. “Flee the country? With my goods?? With my money??” He said still laughing but you could sense anger in his voice. He stopped and gazed at Marcus, “Take him to the warehouse today” “Take” sounds absurd right? Anthonio could take and give whatever and whoever he wants whenever he wants. No matter where in the world you are, he finds you. “Yes sir,” Marcus said as he signaled the bodyguards to start their work. “That’d be all Marcus, send in the girl,” Anthonio said as he quenched the light in the cigarette and moved to his king-sized bed in his library. He had a bed in the library for his girls. He never took them to the master bedroom, he f****d and sucked right in his library’s bed but never in the room. “Dad???” Joanne came inside her house from a job interview just to find the house door wide open. She sounded so worried as she called out to her father. “Over here peach” Her dad replied from under the kitchen sink. “What are you doing Father” she chuckled as she moved towards him laying her files on the dining table. “Please don't tell me it's another Repair day” she laughed as she squatted next to him. “Almost done peach” her father grunted, “And…..done, see we don’t need to spend 35 bucks trying to fix a little clogging. They both smiled warmly as she passed a towel to him. “So, how was your interview?” He replied as he exchanged the towel for a glass of water. “Well, I don’t think I am getting it,” Joanne replied with a faint smile. “Don’t worry about it dear, we aren’t that stranded we are still doing good for ourselves thanks to your mom’s restaurant” He said as he stood up and headed for the dining chair. “May her soul continue to rest” she said as she stood up quickly and reached for the chair before her dad did. “No sitting Dad, we need to open up the restaurant,” she said as she led him to his room. Joanne and her father opened the restaurant and as usual, customers were flooding in happily. Except for a young man who seemed disturbed who caught Joanne’s attention. “ Good evening sir, would you like to order anything?” Joanne said as she approached the disturbed-looking man who had done nothing but scratch his head and bite his nails since he came in. “Um.. yeah I’ll have a burger, medium size, and your best fruit juice” he replied faking a smile. “Okay sir, coming right up,” she said as she turned to leave until he held her hands. “Sorry lady, please can I borrow your phone? Well.. mine got stolen 2 streets before this and I need to call home, my wife is pregnant and alone” he said shakily. “Sure” she replied as she walked to get the phone from the counter with a satisfactory look. “At least it's not bad trouble” she murmured to herself. As she turned to go give the phone to the man she noticed four hefty men in black suits escorting the young man out of the door. “Excuse me?? He’s the…..” she tried to call out but it looked like a waste of time. She turned and headed back to her regular spot to attend to other customers. He was taken to a warehouse where Anthonio waited patiently. “Where are my goods?” Anthonio asked calmly puffing a cigarette. “Sir, please spare my life it was a mistake. I have a wife….” He tried explaining with tears rolling down his cheeks but got cut off by Anthonio’s command. “Start the torture.. and make it slow” Anthonio commanded as he sat down quietly and watched him scream and yell for help. Joanne who was very distracted while attending to customers due to the unusual event decided to trace the man to where he was. She searched for a few minutes but to no avail until she saw a convoy she had never seen in her street before, she headed there and saw one of the hefty men she had seen earlier walk into a dark building from one of the cars. “What could they be doing there?” She murmured to herself and walked inquisitively towards the building. “It's the warehouse that never opens,” she said as she stood for a second before sneaking into the building. A loud cry caught her attention as she quickly hid close to a pile of open empty boxes. It was the man she was looking for. “Who is that?” She whispered as she looked towards Anthonio’s direction. He was sitting in a corner watching as the event unfolded. It immediately dawned on her that she had been involved in mafia drama. “I have to leave before I am noticed by these men,” she said shakily. She attempted to leave when she heard Anthonio give out a command. “Now,” he said as he quenched the light on his cigarette bowl lying on the table close by. She looked up and all she saw was a bullet being put into the man’s skull but no sound. He fell to the ground and this startled her as she fell one of the boxes to the floor. Anthonio and his men looked in her direction and all she could hear was death calling out her name. “Who’s there?” One of the men asked as they walked quietly towards the box. The men saw her and grabbed her by her arm and dragged her to where Anthonio was standing. He looked at her and he could tell it was curiosity that led her there. “Clean this up,” he told the other group of men as he walked towards the building exit. With their head bowed down the men waited for their bosses’ command for the young lady who had just witnessed their crime. “Let the young lady go,” Anthonio said without looking back. Joanne looked up not sure if she should be happy or sad that her life was spared. She knelt there as she watched them take the body into another car. What would she do with this information she had, this injustice she witnessed, she thought while kneeling letting tears roll down from her eyes. She heard the car leave and started crying out immediately “I shouldn’t have come here…… what do I do mother?” She cried out in distress.