Devil’s Daughter

R A G E

Raphaël Romano

"You have no business here." she whispers as her face turns white.

I shake my head and place the locked suitcase on top of the table. The club is electric tonight everyone feeding off the smiles and dancing tonight.

Abree and Marcello appear beside me, I look up to them and Abree gives me a curt nod gesturing that we are in the clear and no one seems suspicious...for now.

I unlock the suitcase and flash the woman in front of me 1 million dollars in cash. She eyed the money and me then shook her head.

"Look, I've been risking my ass for you Raphaël but these are getting dark and I don't think I can keep up with this." she said.

I lean back against the couch, my legs spread wide and arms rested on the head of the couch.

"I have her Josephine and if you want to see your daughter's face again, then shut the f**k up and do your job and as a bonus I am generous enough to pay for her treatments." I proclaimed. Josephine lowered her head as she clenched her fist beside her.

After Lorraine was kidnapped by Dante, I immediately flew back to Italy with one of the Knight brothers Nathaniel. He's been working with Simeon undercover so I wouldn't let his knowledge go to waste by killing him. I tortured him for days and the fucker wouldn't break until he left me no choice I brought his family into it. I threatened to kill the people he loved and eventually he broke and told me everything he knew and that would be useful to me. When he mentioned Josephine the woman who's been training Josephine since day one I knew that was a ticket to getting her back. Josephine was once Abree's classmate when they went to school together. I knew that she had a daughter and that she was battling cancer but sadly Josephine did not have the money to pay for her treatments. She had 4+ jobs just for the money and none of them paid enough to keep up with her daughter's medical issues, food and a shelter over her head. Josephine is a good single mother and I admired that but the sad reality I had to use her to get back Lorraine. I flew to Russia and followed Josephine for a while as my team was collecting data of her daily routine and eventually I had her.

I kidnapped her daughter but she was in safe hands, Josephine had no choice but to be a double agent and feed me the entail of Lorraine and Simeon. The past three months I've heard horrific stories of what Simeon had put Lorraine through which made me loathe him even more. How can a man do that to his own daughter, his own flesh and blood. In my culture I grew up and vowed to always put family first no matter what but this man Simeon was far worse. He had no soul.

Josephine knew the risks of working for me and I'm grateful for that so I offered to pay for her daughter's treatment which would make the negotiation even-more so...

We met every two weeks in malls, stores, parking lots, hotels, clubs you name it. Better safe than sorry.

I promised Lorraine that I will save her, and I will keep that promise till I have her back in my arms.

The past two months without her have been torture. I have not been sleeping knowing that she is breathing the same air as that bastard. Everyday I wake up I just want to drive over to the Lebedev's mansion blow it up, kill the fucker and save Lorraine but I can't because it's a f*****g dumb and risky move. I have to be patient and if I want her back safe and sound I will also need help from the inside. I will need her help.

Don't worry red, I will have you back just be patient baby.

I snap my fingers and Marcello hands me a flip phone that only has one number which is mine, also untraceable.

I hand it over to Josephine her brows pull together in confusion.

"Give this to Lorraine I have no idea how the f**k you will get it to her but if I do not receive a call from her before midnight, you know what will happen." I warned.

Josephine folded her hands in her lap as she stared back and forth between me and the cell. She swallows hard. "Don't worry, I-I'll take care of it." she proclaims.

"Good." I said rising to my feet and adjusted my tie. "I will hear from you soon." I told her before exiting the VIP room.

Sooner or later I will get the fucker called Simeon and finally put an end to him for what he did to Lorraine.

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