TRIGGER WARNINGS:
EXPLICIT LANGUAGE
SWEARING
VIOLENCE/GUN VIOLENCE
SMOKING/DRUGS
BLOOD
I drove fast and reckless to the location James had texted me. It was a good ten miles out. The place he wanted me to go to, there was nothing around for miles. It was abandoned. Perhaps I underestimated the dirty fuck head.
I screeched the car to a halt and stepped out, leaving the door wide open. The only thing that mattered was getting Isabella back. I looked around. Ahead was an abandoned warehouse, just as I had thought. There was no one around, not that I could see. No guards, no snipers, no one. I stepped into a puddle on the tar slacked ground. Just as I was about to enter the building, I heard a car come to a halt behind me.
Pulling out my gun quickly, I aimed it at the car. My heart was pounding. I was probably outnumbered, walking into anything. Maybe I'd never see anyone ever again. I sighed and relaxed my shoulders when I saw Lira step out from the car. Raf was also with her and he walked around to her side. "What the fuck Enzo. If you know where she is, why didn't you tell us?" Raf scowled at me. Our nerves were on edge. I licked my dry lips and rubbed my heavy eyes. "I don't know where she is. James the fucking little bitch has her. He told me to come here alone. You're both compromising everything. This might be our one shot to get her back." I said though clenched teeth.
"James? The fuck...we are not compromising anything, we came here without your knowledge." Lira shook her head. Raf pulled out his gun and clicked the chamber. "Let's kill the bastard once and for all." He muttered. He wasn't himself right now. All he could see was red. I stretched my neck and walked inside with Lira and Raf behind me. I was glad they came, they must have figured it out.
We walked into the warehouse. The cold air soaked into our skin. The dirty smell filled our senses, similar to that of weed and spoiled fish. It was dark and fucking disgusting. I held out my gun in front of me, so did Raf as he looked around with caution. We were out in the open. Lira had her gun out as she covered our left.
I heard the faint clicking of guns and a few feet in front of us stood several men with their guns pointed directly at us. British fucks.
"Well well well looks like I have you outgunned and outmanned. I also said come alone but no matter, let's make this a party." James' screechy voice filled the air and soon the man himself appeared from the shadows. He grinned like a manic and that only angered me more. He tried to neaten his white pocket square seemingly amused with the whole situation. Seemingly wanting to drag it on.
"You fucking bastard, I'm going to skin you alive. Now where the fuck is she?!" I growled loudly. My chest heaved with every breath but my hands never shook. James looked at me with a sly grin. "Be patient." He smirked.
"Fuck you, you li-" I spat but stopped when Raf nudged me hard. I looked at him and saw him staring at me. Fuck. He was right, James still had her. I was going to fuck it up. I clenched my teeth hard and looked back at James.
"Search them." James ordered his men. Three men dressed in black came over and patted us all down, taking our guns and knives. We were weaponless. If he wanted to kill us, now was the perfect opportunity. The men stepped back with our weapons in their hands and James walked over to us. He looked at us and then his gaze stopped at Lira.
"You don't mind if I search you? I know you're a sneaky little bitch." He leered at Lira. "Touch me and it'll be the last thing you do, ti pidhi i vogël (you motherfucking little bastard)" She growled as she looked down at him menacingly. He smiled unbothered and looked at me. "That girl, she's incredibly annoying. I wonder how anyone can put up with that." He scoffed.
"Fuck you!" I lunged forward and grabbed ahold of him by his collar. "I will fucking kill you if you have touched her. Now get your men to bring her here and I'll make it easy on you." I growled as I looked down at him. His men pointed guns at me but James signalled with two fingers and his men lowered their guns.
"I have you in my palm. I wouldn't do anything rash if I were you...now let me go or you'll never see her again." James smirked. His orders were if he died, Isabella would die too. Fuck. I clenched my jaws but ultimately I had to let him go. As I did, he brushed down his suit and scoffed to himself, unimpressed with the wrinkles I left behind. Raf chuckled. "Let me guess Armani? To be honest I think it's a pity we'll have to kill you because then for whom will Armani produce the toddler range for?"
James scowled at Raf. "Now I want you all to listen very carefully." He spoke loudly. "If you want that little bitch back, I want you to kneel." He looked at me, his lips tugging into a smile. He didn't know if I would do it. But for Isabella, I'd do anything even if it meant bowing down to this fucking pathetic excuse of a man.
When I made no attempt to move, he exhaled though his nose and sucked his teeth. "I said fucking kneel or I will kill her and may God be my witness because I have no issues with killing children." He spat, his nostrils flaring. Even though he did have the upper hand, he was still very much threatened by me. I looked at him coldly and kneeled down slowly before him much to his amusement.
Here I was, a Mafia king, kneeling before another man. A lesser man. And all for love.
I heard shuffling and I saw Lira go down to her knees. She looked at me and subtly nodded. To my right, Raf had also got down to his knees. I tried to think of a way out but it was useless. He had us all. No one had found Isabella.
"Look boys. The fucking Mafia Don of Italy and America at his knees." James cackled making his men laugh. His words didn't hurt me. I did not care. In any other situation, I would have killed him but all I could think about was how scared Isabella would be. When I get her back, when I kill James, would she even forgive me?
"I want you to do two things for me. Number one, give up your Mafia. Become a nobody. I want you to live an ordinary boring life. I want it to be dismal and fucking shit. I want everyone to know how I dethroned the great Vicenzo. How I took it all." He paced as he held up a finger. He was enjoying this. I just needed to remember this moment, because he will get what he deserves. I kept silent as I listened to him.
"Number two. Beg me." He said with a demented smile. I looked at him with rage playing in my eyes. Every fibre of my being wanted to throttle him but I refrained from doing so. He leaned down slightly and looked me in the eyes. "Hello? I said beg me you thick shit." He sucked his teeth and waved his hand in the air as he turned around.
"Please." I spoke. "What was that? I can't hear you." James grinned showing his unbrushed teeth while holding a hand to his ear. "Please. Please let her go. I'll do it. I'll leave everything. I'll become a nobody as you wish. But that little girl has nothing to do with this." I spoke loudly. Every single word was sincere. If something did happen to her, I'd never forgive myself.
I could see Raf looking at me from the corner of my eye. He knew how much it took for me to do this but he also knew our Mafia was nothing without family. He would also do anything for Isabella.
James cackled once more as did his men. He looked at his watch. "Party's over. I'll give you twenty four hours to give up everything. If you don't, I'll send you her pretty little head in a nice gift box." He smirked as he used what I had said to him on me. "Oh and uh...I'll take him too...you know as collateral." He smiled as he pointed at Raf.
Raf didn't look surprised as two men approached him and dragged him to his feet. He resisted them to such an extent but they held him firmly. Now Raf could definitely take on those men but he didn't. For the sake of Isabella, he didn't. James smirked evilly as he approached him. "Not so tough now are you, you fucking dog." He leered at Raf. Raf held his nerve and looked at him as if he was bored. James hated his reaction or more so his lack of a reaction. He curled his fist tightly and threw a punch at Raf, hitting him square on the jaw. Raf chuckled and spat out a bit of blood.
"A fucking kangaroo could punch better than that." Raf snickered quietly. Why is the idiot still joking around. His eyes landed on the dirty ground and his face darkened seemingly remembering why we were here again. "Enzo I'll kill him and Lira, keep an eye on him." Raf nodded to us. James snickered at his threat and walked away with his men behind him. They all left, leaving just Lira and I.
Lira stood up and muttered curses. "I'll kill the bastard. Come on, let's go." She looked back at me. I remained on my knees, my eyes low to the ground. "He's got Isabella. He's got Raphael. I have nothing. There's nothing I can do. He'll kill them." I strained out. He'll kill them, even if we found them and even if I did what he asked. I gulped and felt a tear roll down my cheek.
Lira knelt down in front of me and held my hands. "Enzo listen to me. We will find them." She tried to reassure me. "How can we. He was right here and I couldn't do anything. I'm a fucking failure. He knew I would do anything for Isabella. Fuck, I should have killed him when I could have." I choked out. "And now she's alone, scared and it's my fault. Even Raf, he's going to beat him to death." I felt my chest tighten as more tears fell.
"Shh." Lira hushed as she pulled me into her. I wasn't ashamed to cry. I felt so powerless. "We'll find her and she will be completely fine." She said quietly as she rubbed my back with one hand. "Isabella is tough. She'll be fine. And Raphael, he knows the Mafia. He wouldn't blame you for anything. Neither would she."
We held each other for a while until I had no more tears left to cry. We stood up and I rubbed my red eyes. My hands were now shaking. I was in deep shit, my mind was a mess and I was desperate.
It's Mafia above all but to me it was family above all. James wouldn't let me have either. He would make sure of it. I was a fool to think him an idiot and now he could pull me like a puppet.
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Oh shit
Come on Enzo, pull yourself together.
I burst out laughing each time I read the Armani toddler line. This is a serious situation and I'm laughing. 🤣
Ps thank you to reha_garg for coming up with that line and even though you said it was fine to not tag you, I still will ❤️
