Chapter 19: HOW TO WIN A WAR

Roberto

Some years ago,

“Please Roberto, don't go through with this. Just let me go back to my father..” Reah's voice landed softly on my ears.

But I snapped.

“Never. I won't allow you back there. You know he never sees you as his daughter but a potential sex tool and you still want to go back there!!”

“Over my lifeless body would I permit that!! If he wants you, he has to go through me…” I blurted out with full confidence.

“But I care about you, Roberto. My father is the worst. Please reconsider,” she pleaded with tears in her eyes.

Pfff….

That minute, I wiped her tears with my hands, “That is okay already. This case here is more than just fighting for your freedom, baby. It is personal to me. I wish to be where your father is. I wish to have what he has and even more but sadly I can't achieve that if he is still on that seat of power…”

“It will be of great pleasure to take him out for you…….and for me..” I added.

“But…….”

“Shhhhh…no buts..I have to go now. I need to speak to my men right outside.

I turned but she gave me a tight hug all of a sudden…..

I stepped out immediately onky to meet Marcus and the boys having a private discussion.

“What is that about?” I interrupted without hesitation.

“Nothing, boss. We were just ranting about fhe our recent clash,” Marcus was first to speak up.

“And what do you all have to say about that?” I asked in a haste.

“Boss…I think we need to take things easy. This isn't like the others we have going against.  It is too early to go against the Big Boss when we don't have a ful force yet,” Bernard, one of my men, added.

“Hmmm….is that fear I smell?”

“Not at all, boss,” Marcus replied hurriedly and one of the guys hit him in the chest.

“Tell him…”

“Tell me what?” I asked.

“Erm…Boss, whilst you were inside, I tried to go get some clothes from our quarters but it was no longer there.”

Uhn?

“What are you saying? You couldn't find my clothes or yours or what are you saying?”

“The house is gone, boss…it was demolished and you know who could have dome that,” he explained.

“Fuck!!”

“I'm gonna get that motherfucker…..” I shouted.

“Boss, let's  just return his daughter to him. We can always come back for her. For now, let's just find our way back and build…everything is gone!” He said.

Marcus's words were cold amd straight. There is no way I could show it there that I had given up.

What sort of leader would I be?

I felt my knees become weak and I was this close to falling to the ground. I smiled amd turned my back on them

I exhaled heavily…..”Don't worry, my brothers. We would get every single one of them.but as for Reah, I am not letting her go back to him..”

“Boss, even if we want to stand our ground, we no longer have ammunition. We are defenseless…”

“I'd do something about it….” I said and walked back inside the room to meet Reah.

She was sitting upright and her gaze was fixed at the door like she was expecting me to walk in anytime soon.

“What's wrong? You are acting weird,” I stuttered.

“Oh..don't mind my eyes…I have been waiting to see you. I want to help,” she responded.

“Hm? You want to help? What do you mean? What are you talking about?”

“I want to help you become the Mafia Lord!” She responded with a smile.

“As lovely as that sound, Reah, there is a lot to that than saying so quit joking around with me…”

“And you think I don't know that? That is why I want to help out. I can help you defeat my father and take over everything he has without any challenges…”

My interest is piqued.

“Okay? Tell me more. I'm listening,” I replied as I sat on the couch just by the wooden bed.

“Stash houses. That is your solution, Roberto..”

I laughed, “I knew there was osmrthjg off about this conversation. This is really not the bet time for your childish plays. Stop it already. I have something serious going on already,” I voiced out.

“Calm down, my dear. What I am saying is, you need to raid my father's stash houses. You will find everything you need there; money, guns, clothes, you name it..

Splendid.

“This is helpful but….”

“The locations? I know everything about that. I can even tell you how to get intoneach of them without being seen. I know shortcuts and routes,” she said.

“Wow…..this is extraordinary. You just brightened up my mood. This sis fantastic, baby,” I said in an excited tone as I walked closer to hug and kiss her so passionately.

“Hold on…but why are you doing this? Why are you helping me destroy your father? I know he is cruel and evil but his blood runs in your veins. Are you really doing this?” I asked out of curiosity.

“I love you, Roberto and I want to be with you and not that man. He means no good for me amd If I go back to him, I won't last up to three months before he gets rid of me. Who would have ask of me?”

Practically nobody.

“How do I go from here?” She said.

“No rush, princess..I am.gonna give this good news to my men right outside but before that, I still need to know something….”

“The day I met you at the bar…was that just a random event?” I asked.

She paused. “How did you know?”

“Cause it seems to have played out too well like a movie scene in my head!” I answered in a sharp tone.

“This is me betraying my father for you Roberto. That very day, I saw you..that was my father sending me to check you out. He heard about a rising star in the downtown region and your mini operations. He didn't like it cause you wee beginning to draw attention!”

“My father, on the hand, wants the spotlight shone on nobody else but him…I was supposed to get you to your knees through the power of seduction and eventually his boys would come kill you but I didn't.”

Hmmm….

“I saw love, Roberto….like no other. I saw a man ready to fight for me and for his legacy. So I am doing this with you, dear.”

I nodded my head in agreement.

“But I have one thing to request for if I do this for you..”