BLOOD AND BLOSSOMS

UGLY BUTTERFLIES

ISABELLE’S OFFICE

The office was huge just like one that an average family would live in comfortably, it was fully furnished in her style, black and a little touch of dark red, she walked towards her table and sat on the huge, decorated chair, her table was filled with different files and bundles of money were heaped at the corner of the table, she took a cigarette from its pack and lit it with a lighter she inhaled and brought out thick smoke from between her full red lips, she smacked her lips and looked at Lorenzo, he quickly looked away, she noticed he had been staring at her since she sat , Isabelle smirked….

“So Lorenzo, how’s the operation going?”

“Which one of them ma’am?” He replied, his voice was thick but yet seductive

“The one with Mr smith, I heard he collected my supply worth 20 million and … asked for a refund cause??…”

“He made a complaint that they weren’t according to his taste, his brokers won’t buy it”

“How much worth of supplies left is he refunding?”

“3 million madam” Isabelle paused and scoffed, she got up and walked to the front of her desk, she leaned and crossed her legs

“You were suppose to take care of the job, weren’t you?”

“Yes ma’am, I promise I’ll get to it….”

“Uh-uh…. Too late, he took 20million from me and needs a refund after spending 17 million of my stuff, I don’t need you to take care of it, I need you to take care of him” she said bluntly and gave him a hard glare, Lorenzo gulped and nodded

“As you wish ma’am ” he said as he stared at her cold eyes, there was quiet in the room for a few seconds, she slowly walked up to him and squeezed her cigarette in his suit, she looked up at him and whispered

“I need both my money and my stuff, okay?” She said as she slowly cleaned the spot were she rubbed the cigarette in his suit, Lorenzo stared down at her , a feeling gathering in his eyes, a feeling unknown, she looked at him and smiled, she walked away from him and sat…

“Go on, go with Ash, I like her type of kill”Isabelle concluded as Lorenzo bowed and walked out as he backed the door, Isabelle exhaled and stood up, she walked up to a drawer and took out a can of pill, she walked towards her wine room, different types of wine were in there, she took a bottle and opened it, she threw 2 pills into her mouth and turned the bottle of wine into her throat. Isabelle gasped, she ruffled her hair and sat on one of her couches, she took off her shoes and put her legs on the seat, she folded herself on the couch hugging her legs to her chest, In less than a minute, she started sweating profusely and became restless, she kept gasping repeatedly as she desperately turned the bottle of wine in her throat. A knock suddenly came in, she froze

“Who is it?”

“Matteo ma’am, the interns are ready”

“Stop the training, give them a break okay?” Matteo hesitated

“Yes… yes ma’am” he answered

Outside her office, Matteo was standing with Andrea

“What’d she say?” Andrea asked

“Give them a break?” Matteo answered in surprise , Andrea creased his brow

“You sure you held properly?”

“Wanna ask her again?” Andrea shook his head quickly, it was strange for Isabelle to give the interns break especially when she ordered them out. Well of course something was wrong with her but she didn’t tell anyone about it, the only person who she could tell was already dead, Sir cologne, he understood her so well.

ROME

A car drove into the building few bodyguards were outside the small fitted mansion , the car stopped and Lorenzo and Ash walked out, they were immediately stopped by the bodyguards

“Calm down boys, it’s just a friendly meeting ” Ash said with a smirk

“Who sent you?” One of the bodyguards asked holding a gun

“Well…tell your boss sangue e rose said hi” Lorenzo said calmly as soon as the name was heard, the bodyguards became uncomfortable, they looked at each other

“Wait here” the bodyguard said and walked in, Ash secretly glanced at Lorenzo, he smirked and Ash gave a slight nod

“Hey what do you say we have a little conversation before your boss meets us?” Ash asked one of the bodyguard, they stared at her confused as she smiled.

Inside the mansion, the bodyguard informed smith about their arrival, he became impatient and panicked, he tried to cam himself down and walked outside with them but what they saw outside shocked them to their bones, all their men were laying lifeless on the ground with Lorenzo standing in front of them…

“Kill… kill him” Smith shouted in anger but before his only guard could do anything, Ash pointed her gun to his head from behind him

“I do thr honk that’ll be a good idea” she whispered, the guard surrendered and knelt down

“What do you want? What does Isabelle want again?” Smith asked in anger and fear

“Well…I don’t know maybe she wants you dead after taking her stuff worth millions and still refuse to pay her and now you demanding for a refund of what you’ve spent” Lorenzo said

“Please, please don’t kill me,Fine… fine I’ll give you back you’re coke but please just spare my life okay? Please?” He begged, Lorenzo shrugged

“Uhm… I don’t know, maybe she still wants both her money and stuff”

“What money? I have no money, I owe her nothing”

“Oh come on smith, you know what am talking about ”Lorenzo said and walked towards him, “she needs compensation for your misbehavior” he smirked , he brought out his phone and pressed it for a while, he then passed it to smith

“Here, I made things a lot easier for you”

Smith stared at the phone, he was required to put his finger print to confirm the transfer, he shook his head in pain

“I’m gonna lose everything if I do this, I have her stuff complete, I’ll give it back to her, just please…..” Before he could finish, Ash grabbed his thumb and cut it off with a pocket knife, his scream filled the area in pain as he fell to the ground, his palm gushing blood…

“That’s way better”Ash said as she took the phone and pressed the thumb into it, it beeped , she passed the thumb to Lorenzo

“Ewwww?” he said in nonchalantly

“Oh sorry” Ash chuckled and threw the thumb away as she passed the phone to him.

“Thank you so much Mr smith, it was nice doing business with you” Lorenzo said with a smile as smith cursed and cried in pain.