Crowned love

Episode 19 Meeting the traitor

-Mario, are you listening to me at all? - Antonio asked, and I looked at him with absent eyes.

We had a meeting with him and my father in my office. We had to consult what to do with the Spanish mafia that was entering our territory. The group grew in strength and was led by none other than Rodriguez. He recruited more and more people and, consequently, his influence grew. They imported drugs from Mexico and sold them in our territories at a competitive price. Of course, he didn't have my permission to do so and that meant a war that I wanted to avoid.In this situation there was no question of any option of getting along. They knew that I was in charge here and what the punishment would be for their insubordination. I had to figure out a way to end it. I couldn't just kill them, other rare authorities would appear by fasting their countrymen. They would plan revenge. I wanted to get to know their contacts and the plug they had in our ranks, they knew our routes and points of delivery. Only the members of our mafia had such knowledge.

- Do you argue with Amelia? -Brother did not give up. I looked at him with anger in his eyes, I knew that he would preach to me about how he warned me not to do it.

-You can't call this argument, we didn't get along on a certain point-I replied, but he was right, we argued. I couldn't understand why she was so stubborn, it was about her safety. I know the competition is important to her, but not at the cost of her life.I was angry and annoyed with her behavior, she had left over a week ago to Europe and I had already missed her. We met before her departure to say goodbye, but I rose with pride and was cold and cold towards her. Maybe this is how I wanted to punish her for not agreeing to give up the crown and stay with me? I did wrong and I regretted that she was ready to forget about our quarrel and go on, but I had to raise myself with honor. I did not hug her like I wanted and I did not kiss her like my woman. I took care of her protection, sent a lot of people with them and all possible security measures, but I was still worried about her, not when this guy is still at large.

-Did you ask her to give up the crown and she refused? And in addition, she will spend the next month in Europe - I nodded my head in affirmation. I was pissed off enough. I didn't need Antonio to make me moral.

-And I told you not to do it, but you complicate your life unnecessarily - you still have this topic.

-Smart -ass is found, you had better look at yourself. You don't have a woman by your side-I bit back.

-But I'm not complaining about it, I'm so good. You're the boss here, it's time for you, you have to start a family - as you can see, he was enjoying it when he bit me.

-Son, do you have any problems with Amelia? Why do you want her to give up on the crown? You know how important it is to her - my dad came in, he didn't know about anything. I didn't let him know about it because I thought that I would be able to do it myself. I sighed heavily.

-Maybe we'll do the job and not my private life?

-We will get to that in a moment, but now tell me why you treated this poor girl this way? -I have no choice but to tell him everything.

-Amelia has been stalking a guy since she won the crown. He threatened her on the phone in emails once he managed to push her down a cliff as she was running around in the park. Fortunately, ended up with scratches and bruises. She asked me for help with finding this asshole. I gave her bodyguards. A few days ago, this guy called me and he threatened death if I didn't leave her - I said very briefly.

-What does he want from her? Death? -Father was amazed at the whole situation.

-He wants to be his wife, he is obsessed with her , you can expect everything from him-

-To get rid of the only witness we had, so as you can see, he is desperate-added Antonio

-So do you already know about him? Do you have any progress on this? -

-Unfortunately, we don't have any leads. Maybe he is a psychopath, but he is very talented and knows how to blur the traces-I was ready to think that I still hadn't caught him.

My father sat in thought. He liked my woman and was not happy to think that someone was harassing her.

-Who did he kill to cover his tracks?-, he asked.

- An older woman who brought food once a week, I replied

-We checked her thoroughly. She had no family or friends, she did not leave the house at all because her health did not allow it-my brother began to tell.

-But something had to connect them, since he was taking care of her in some way-dad added.

-We questioned her neighbors and no one knew anything about this man.-

-I have a friend who works in social care. I will call him and ask for this woman. Maybe we'll find out something.

Jesus, maybe there is pus and we can finally catch this guy. Dad was right, something had to connect them, and since the woman was so sick and could not move around alone, the city had to somehow help her in everyday functioning.

- Finally, it may be a clue that I didn't think about it before. I focused more on tracing his person than what connections could have had.-

-The main thing is to catch him from what you say, he may be capable of anything. I am also surprised that you sent your woman for such a long journey alone-my father looked at me with a scolding look.

-She's not alone, she has bodyguards with her and her best friend," I replied.

-But you are her man and you promised to protect her, right?-

-You do not know how much I would like to be there with her now, but as a boss I cannot afford such a long absence, especially now when so much is happening-I got pissed because it is easy to judge someone's behavior. I had no choice. I had to be here at the station and not leave your troubled people.

- Do you know that the family is the most important and you have to protect her and Amelia is part of our family, right?

- What should I do according to you?-

-We will take care of the matter with the Spanish as soon as possible, then you will arrange everything and Antonio will replace you in your absence,- and I was amazed at my father. I was surprised to see such behavior on his part. He always taught me that the mafia is our heritage and I must represent it with dignity and now he allows me to leave for a woman.

-So let's find a way to avoid the situation so that I can fly to her as soon as possible-I said with a smile on my face, I couldn't wait to see her.

A few days later, I was sitting in my car with my brother. Behind us in the next two were my people. We were waiting in front of the TACO restaurant where he ate Rodriguez's breakfast every day. We wanted to talk to him and find out what he will do when I come to him. He never had the courage to confront me personally, so I decided to let him out of it. When the door of the pub opened and the guy we were waiting for emerged, I let my people know so that they could politely invite him to my car for a chat.

I saw the shock painted on his carapace when he was led to the car. He wasn't as tough as he was supposed to be. I noticed the fear and panic in his eyes and, well, so it's not what I thought. It should go easier than I thought. As I sat in the back with one of my bodyguards, I turned and smiled.

- Hello nice to meet you Rodriguez, you know who I am ?- he nodded his head

-That's good, you see, I invited you to because I heard that someone wants to take over my area - I gagged and he was getting paler and paler in the face.

-I don't know about it-he replied and looked into my eyes. I bravely thought about it again. I smiled .

-You see, I heard something else, apparently you bring drugs from Mexico and sell them cheaper, but someone here forgets that I rule here, right? - He said nothing again

-Listen, I would prefer you to cooperate, otherwise I will not be so nice anymore-I tried to get something out of him, but as if he stuck and did not say anything.

- OK, then the guys will take you somewhere where you can think and when I get back soon, you'd better tell me what I want to know-my voice was empty of emotions.

-I know about your family. Your mom and sister live together, right? -His eyes opened in the scotch

Well, unfortunately, this is how it always works. If you want to get some information, you need to scare a man who he cares about.

- Your sister is much younger than you, but at my clubs she would plead for the most money-I wanted to provoke him to start talking.

-She has nothing to do with it-, he hissed.

-So tell me what she wants to know, otherwise she will pay for your sins.-

-Someone wants to take over your land, but not me. We have some ashes in Mexico, but only for show, it was all for show, so that you thought-I looked at him pissed off, how would I think so?

-Talk about what's going on here or my gun will talk to you personally-I felt the worst before me.

-It was all special. We played so that we could sell drugs and it was supposed to reach you. He hoped you would start a war and it would turn out to be unnecessary-

Well, no one was making a joke.

-You knew our routes and locating them, so I guess it's someone from us-

-I don't know what exactly this guy is doing, but the future he commissioned a job and paid well.

-You know who I am and you are not afraid that he will kill you?--I had to ask about it because I did not know if he was so stupid or naive and he did not know that for such something there is a death penalty.

- He assured me that before you knew what was going to happen, you would die - so that's what I thought, whoever was plotting something behind my body to take over my place and get rid of me once and for all. I knew only one person who was so anxious to take power, but I did not know that I would do something like that.

-I want to know the name of this person-I growled, my limit of patience is already exhausted

-I don't know, he didn't introduce himself-Rodriguez was already so scared that he started to stutter. In the end, he also committed a betrayal.

-Antonio- I looked at my brother -Show him a picture of Salvatore-

My brother looked at me in disbelief. He did not expect it to be, but obediently pulled the phone out of his pants pocket and found ----Now look and get a good look, did he give you the job?-I clenched my jaws tightly so as not to scream. I felt like smashing something through my nerves.

The guy looked at the photo and after a few seconds he nodded his head, well we damn well got him. And yet he was blinded by the authorities. Well, you have to pay for mistakes.

-I nodded to the bodyguard sitting at the back to take him to our hideout. We would keep him there until the coin is captured by Salvatore to confirm that he had commissioned this whole nativity scene.-He counted that I would call a war so that I would lose my position and he would kill me. He would take my place.

-Find me Salvatore, and let all the families to know. We must provide evidence of his wine- he was shocked. He did not expect that this case would end this way.

-Surely he has already left the city, but you have to find him alive, he will punish him himself. By then I am going to protect my woman-and I couldn't wait to see her beautiful face. Only with her. I felt peace, it acts on me like a drug without which I could not live anymore.