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Mancini's Way Chapter 37: CIERRA
Oh shit! What have I done? I rolled to my back and just laid there in a daze, staring up at the ceiling with the feel of him still in me and on me. I had to get my head on straight and come up with a plan. I knew the repercussions for what I'd done, knew that I could very well lose everything I'd worked so hard for. "Oh you idiot." I covered my face with my hands as I berated myself. I replayed everything from the moment he first climbed into my bed in the dark, until a few minutes ago when he left. I went from hot to cold and back in seconds and that cocoon disappeared to be replaced by sickening fear. Without him here to keep the world out, it all came crashing down on me at once. Did this really happen? How could I have been so irresponsible? No matter how I looked at it I was in a no-win situation. Had anyone seen him come to me? I knew he was under constant watch but surely he'd taken precautions. Not one for burying my head in the sand, I spelt it out f
Mancini's Way Chapter 38: CIERRA
As I drove through the unfamiliar streets of New York, I replayed the last few years of my life. I thought of everything I'd worked so hard to achieve. Foremost on my mind was the one thing that has been a driving force in my life since I was a young child, left orphaned after one night of unspeakable horror. It was this that had sustained me all these years. My need for justice has taken precedence over everything else until now. I thought of the push to succeed, the many sleepless nights spent planning and plotting even as a young girl. I'd set my course a long time ago and everything I'd done since then until a few short days ago when my eyes met his across a table, had been for one purpose and one purpose only. Now I am being torn in two. My past and my future seem to be colliding and I'm helpless to stop it. Once settled, I tried to prepare myself for the worst, but there was no way. Raw panic sat in my gut until it rose up in my throat and choked me. I ha
Mancini's Way Chapter 39: MANCINI
I had my phone to my ear before I cleared her building. "Adrien, you got Jaxx?""Yeah he's here what's up? Your message said it was important but was a bit light on details." "I'm going under for a few days, not sure how long exactly. I need you to keep an eye on my woman." "Come again?" They both said the words together and I could imagine them looking at each other like 'what the fuck'. "Who exactly are you talking about?" The slight snicker in Jaxx's voice told me they knew exactly who I meant. "Don't fuck around. Anything happens to her while I'm gone I'm holding you both responsible. She shouldn't have much to do since I'm her primary target, so it should be easy enough to keep tabs on her." "So what you want us to like spy on her?" "Is this fucking high school? No I don't want you to spy on her. I want you to make sure she stays safe.""You know we will. So, your woman huh.""I don't have time to gossip with you right now Adrien and for fu
Mancini's Way Chapter 40: MANCINI
I had way too much time to think, on the almost twenty hour flight to South East Asia. In between strategizing my play once I land, my mind was filled with the night before, and the woman who seems to have wormed her way into my heart, in such a short time. I called to mind all the stories my brothers told me about their relationships with the women they'd married. The fact that they pretty much knew the jig was up from day one, and how I'd deflected that as bullshit. I was only now learning the truth of their words. Back then; I didn't think it possible for one human being to have that kind of hold on me. Now here I was missing her already and we hadn't even had that much time together. I knew she played this heavily on my mind, because the bond hadn't been forged, not completely. That's the reason I now felt bereft, set adrift somehow, like I was missing a fucking limb. If she could make me feel this way after only one night, I couldn't imagine what a lifeti
Mancini's Way Chapter 41: MANCINI
We had men in place in the other known locations, in Kiev, Chechnya, Bosnia; even Kabul of all places. That cesspit is the last place you'd expect to hear of such things seeing as how they try to convince the world that they're such righteous upstanding men; lying fucks, they're just as depraved as the next guy. I had to time my hit perfectly to coincide with the others, which shouldn't be a problem since we'd done this shit before. Different locations, different faces, same sick crime. While the rest of the world was sidetracked with bullshit smokescreens, the children of the future were being exploited in some of the most despicable ways known to man. I stayed in the van three houses down in the dark as I waited for the go ahead from the others. Once they were in place I'll make my move and be out of here in a matter of minutes. Then I had to hang around and clean out the nest that my men had found with the other children that were being held in containers waiting to
Mancini's Way Chapter 42: MANCINI
I'd told her I was coming back for her, but did she really understand what that meant? Did she know that I intend to keep her? Because I'd left her before we could solidify things, there was no telling what was going through her mind. She's smart enough though to know that our one night together wouldn't end there. I'm aware of what she thinks of what she calls my womanizing playboy ways. Maybe she thinks this is just more of the same. Well I'm back now and she'll soon learn different. I smiled to myself as I ran a towel over my hair while walking through to my office. The flashing light on my message machine brought me up short. Shit, I hadn't spoken to the other woman in my life in three days either. Mom could wait. I'll catch her in the morning. It didn't matter when I called anyway. At this point she was still going to give me shit. I switched on the monitor with a stupid smile on my face and my heart beating out of time. It felt like forever since I'd seen her, and
Mancini's Way Chapter 43: MANCINI
I'm sure the vision would've haunted me for the rest of my life. As it stands, I don't think I'll ever forget this either, but at least I was spared that atrocity. I didn't need my imagination to remind me of just what he would've felt as he...fuck this. I made my way to the bedroom with my weapon drawn. I guess I knew what I was going to do after all. I'll think about cleanup later, right now I wanted to make her pay. I barely spared Cierra's sleeping form, a glance before making my way to the other side of the bed. I'll deal with her cheating ass later. I pressed my gun to his head, wondering what kind of man slept with the covers pulled up over his head like a bitch. My whistle in the still of the night followed by the sudden feel of cold hard steel against the back of his head soon roused him, and Cierra wasn't far behind. "Get the fuck up.""Hank?" She was rubbing her eyes and blinking from the glare of the light I had trained on them. "Quiet, I'll deal
Mancini's Way Chapter 44: MANCINI
She settled back in her seat with her hand held firmly in mine and dozed off. I felt at ease, relaxed, go figure. I haven't felt peaceful since I learned what went on behind the scenes in the world. I looked between her and the road as I drove, not believing the ups and downs of the last hour. How could life change on a dime like this? In my world life was about order, everything in its place. There was no room for mistakes and second-guesses. What if I'd pulled the trigger? What if I'd led with anger, as was my first intent? I could've harmed her. I squeezed her hand with a quick look at her sleeping face and settled myself. It was over, she hadn't betrayed me, she was still my woman; I don't have to destroy her after all. I hope to fuck I never experience anything like that shit again. Too close, too fucking close. I'd learned one thing though, since it seems I can't handle the idea of her with someone else, I'm going to have to make moves to claim her completely bef
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