Chapter 8

(Lorenzo)

I sat in my office handling some paperworks, signing off documents that I had been putting off for a while now. I picked up my cup of coffee and sipped it slowly reading through the company's financial record. It was a monthly ritual, just to make sure no one was stealing from me. It had been two weeks since Mariana. I had been with countless women after that but I still couldn't get her out of my system.

Giovanni walked in with a serious look on his face. "Boss, our recent gun shipment got sabotaged."

"What?" I yelled, enraged. "Who was stupid enough to do something like that?"

"I've already put my men on it, and we managed to catch one of the men who was responsible." Giovanni said. "He's a member of the Blood Crust gang."

"Blood Crust?" I replied, confused.

The Blood Crust gang was one of the biggest gangs in South LA. Why would they do something so reckless? Were they trying to trigger a war, or were they just trying to piss me off?

"Have you gotten anything out