DiegoThe look on Marianna's face after I got off the phone was priceless. I stifled my laughter and waited for her to ask me what bothers her most. She has been through a lot and I would never blame her for being extra cautious.The sun was beginning to become hot, so I found us a shade to sit under and wait for my ride.“Diego, who's Rosco? I've never heard that name with you?”“Relax princess, Rosco is my half brother,” I smiled. “Can you trust him?” I could hear the quivering and doubt and fear in her voice.“Yes I can, he's a good man even though we both have our differences. And it doesn't matter if he has done some very bad things in his life, regardless I can trust him with my life.”Mentioning how much I trusted my half brother, she loosened up and the stress lines on her face eased up. She carefully lifted her clothes up and pulled out her breast to feed Cael. I removed my jacket and covered her up.“Thank you,” she smiled.A black Toyota car parked right in our front, the
Diego“Here you go brother, if you need anything else, just call me up. I'll be sure to show up with a thousand men if anyone messes up with you and little wifey here,” he teased.I was glad that Marianna found her way into the house already, else I couldn't start explaining what Rosco meant by little wifey here.“I'm really grateful brother,” I dragged him into a hug once again.“Okay okay, enough of the hugging,” he pushed me away, laughing. “I guess that was why it was easy for people to fuck you up lately. You've been behaving like a bitch lately.”“Fuck you man,” I pushed him away.His hand went into his pocket, ruffling out some dollar bills. And also not without another cigarette in his mouth.“A minute, I thought I had so much here in my pocket.” He went to his car and came out with 2 bundles of dollar bills. “Use it to hold yourself till I'll be back.”“I appreciate my brother and also, easy on the cigarette. You don't want shawty to weep over your dead body.”He scoffed, laug
Trigger warning⚠️: please feel free to let me know if my use of words and descriptions affect you. I'm sorry for any inconveniences caused.JavierThe second minute Marianna and Diego were pushed out of the house, my spy called me and let me know of the latest development.The text read: ‘All you need is to find them on the streets, they shouldn't have gone so far and I doubt if they have any place to pass the night.’I called for Arico immediately and told him of the latest update. Lanco was going to be too much of a trouble. I wasn't ready for the way he dealt with things.“Take some of the boys and have them scout the area around the Russian turf. Ask questions from people if need be,” I ordered.“Yes boss,” I dropped the phone immediately and returned to the hooker who was busy giving me a blow job.Ever since I got Santo's chair, the majority of the money from the safe has been spent on hookers and trying to clean up my mess.The disadvantage of being on that chair was that no on
MariannaIt's been a few days since we were sent out of the Russian home, on the orders of their leader. My son has been doing great and with Diego's help, we were safely hidden. Hidden from Javier's cruel reach.Diego always went out and tried to come back with news on the street. He still knew few allies who were willing to side with him. I always rang it in his ear not to trust them irrespective. He has been away from the street for a while now and with Javier's new regime, they may have all been bought.The cries of my son caught my attention and I dashed straight into the room. He was finding it difficult to breathe, his tiny chest kept going up and down in a rapid manner. I raised him up and tried to find out if anything was obstructing his nose or throat.Remembering that I had not given him his treatment for the past few days, I went into shock. I was in a dilemma, Diego wasn't home. The names of the drugs given to me was something I did not take note of. We didn't expect to
DiegoThat child held Marianna in place, that child was her future, her hope, her life. And now he is gone. I sat beside her after I laid him to rest, at the back of Rosco's home. Rosco wouldn't have minded.She looked peaceful as she slept, smiling occasionally in her sleep. I wondered what she was seeing.I held her hands together in mine, seeing how much trouble she had gone through.She stirred in her sleep and her eyes went open. “Princess, you are awake.”I helped her rest her head to the headboard and she winced in pain. It was very early in the morning, I didn't get a single sleep the night before. Also, that was the longest she had gone.I passed her a painkiller and a glass of water, without hesitation, she gulped it down her throat.The look in her eyes might have half of the world's sadness in them. “Where is he?”“I laid him to rest, you shouldn't see it. You shouldn't see your child's corpse, it's not a good thing.”She choked on her sob gently, letting the tears fall on
MariannaMy black hair tripped over my face as I carefully walked into the already filled class with my head bent downwards. I held my books firmly to my chest and avoided the lecturer's eyes."Miss Marianna," the lecturer's voice halted my steps. Turning my back slowly, I brushed my hair backwards to face him."Yes Mr Alceo?"He removed his glasses from his eyes, burning his stares into my skin."What time does it say on your watch?""I'm sorry Mr Alceo, I had some things which kept me late," I bit my lower lips, the memories from last night which made me late flashed through my head. "Fine, don't let it repeat itself. I'm not very tolerant of late coming, go have your seat," he said, moving on with his lecture.I settled in my chair, in the far corner of the class. The class went by so quickly and I could barely grasp what he was teaching. My attention was returned back to earth when the class became rowdy, the other students stood up, dropping the assignment he asked for. I reache
MariannaStill confused about the whole news my father just sprung on me, my gaze trailed from my father to everyone in the room one by one.Their son—Javier—sat beside his parents, still wearing the ugliest smile I had ever seen. I spent a few more minutes accessing his physical features, his stature was small, smaller than Alceo's. He wore a white shirt and a black trousers, his tiny arms being obvious in his clothes. I compared his with Alceo's arms, they were enough to wrap me in. Alceo was home, my home and even since we've been together I have never pictured myself with another man."Clearly you're joking, father," I said, releasing a short laugh afterwards. "You expect me to marry him," I pointed to Javier in a disgusting manner."What's wrong with him? He's a good boy," my father looked at him and the smile on his face disappeared."You told me to go for men, that I could see you in them and I definitely do not see you in him."My father—Santo—held my shoulders, rubbing my ch
Marianna"Papa," I jumped from the bed still holding the blanket that covered my nudity. "It's not what you think, I can explain.""Alright then, I'll give you a benefit of doubt. What exactly is going on?""Papa, this is the man I'm in love with. I don't want to marry whoever you choose for me, I want to live my own life. Mama would have wanted that," I purposely brought my mother into the issue, knowing fully well how much he loved and cherished her.I saw my father's face taken aback with pain, I could bet that memories upon memories were busy swimming in his head."You don't know what your mother would have wanted," he said between gritted teeth and I knew that I had crossed the lines. He faced the guards. "Take him, I need to teach him a lesson of not messing with Del Vecchio's daughter."I gripped my father's clothes tightly, my tears were flowing freely by then."He didn't do anything to me papa, it was all me. I lured him to bed," I couldn't live with knowing how much pain my