Son of Antonio's enemy

Son of Antonio's enemy

~THE PRESENT~

Ivan opened his mouth to speak but his dad held up his hand, it caused him to stop.

"Leave us and guard this place well" his dad instructed his boys.

"Yes, Capo" they bowed and the five of them left.

"Ivan" his dad called and held his shoulder.

Ivan slapped his hands away.

"Don't touch me, you murderer! Have you forgotten? You killed your wife! You killed my mother!" He screamed.

"I'm so sorry son. It was a mistake. I didn't mean for that to happen, I swear"

"Really? Really dad?" Ivan asked. His dad smiled, a sad smile.

"You're smiling?" Ivan asked, he was confused.

"You still call me dad,"

"Oh drop the act. So this is where you've been hiding all these while. Just like a coward that you are, you ran away after killing mom and you've been hiding here?" Ivan yelled angrily and his father flinched in pain.

"And then you're being called the capo? What capo? The men calling you capo just killed someone, are you aware? What are you into?" He asked.

"Son. I know I've wronged…."

"Don't call me your son. You wouldn't treat your son like this" he interrupted angrily.

"Do you know what you made me go through? Dad, you ruined my entire life" he screamed in pain. His eyes became filled with unshed tears.

"You made me suffer. You took away the only person that matters most to me in this world. You made me suffer in the hands of Aunt Alexandra, her husband and kids. Aunt Alexandra treated me like trash, she treated me like an outcast, and made me suffer"

"I was surprised she could treat her only sister's son like that. Despite the fact that mom showed her love and care. Despite the fact that mom gave her everything she wanted. I lived in pain and agony all because of you! I wasted fourteen years of my life living in misery, anger, grief and pain" I told him.

"Look at me now. I just clocked twenty seven. I'm fucking twenty seven with nothing to boast of. Instead I'm on the run, looking for possible means to survive"

"On the run?" His dad asked. "Why? What did you do?"

"I raped someone dad. A woman I claimed to love. I raped her and ruined her life. I took my violent part from you. Seeing you inflict pain and sorrow on mom, I had vowed never to hurt a woman in my life. But what did I do? I went ahead to rape a woman, I hurt her. I'm not surprised at my actions though. Like Father, like son. I learnt from you!" He spat out angrily.

"I'm so sorry Ivan. I'm really sorry. I didn't mean for this to happen. I loved Kira, I loved your mother so much. I just didn't know what came over me. I haven't been able to forgive myself after that" his father apologized.

Ivan scoffed.

"You loved mom? What kind of love is that? You don't treat someone you love like that. Dad, you mistreated mom."

"I can never forget the day you killed mom. I have had terrible nightmares every night since that incident. I was traumatized Dad. I couldn't speak or say anything for two years straight. I was like a walking dead. Do you know how tough life was for me? Do you know how hard it was to fend for myself at a little age?" He screamed, pouring out all his locked up anger.

"I'm sorry Son. I'm sorry for making you go through all that. I wanted to come and find you. I wanted to reach out to you. But I was scared to face you. I didn't know how to face you, I was too scared. Once again I acted like a coward and let you go. I'm so sorry son, please forgive me" he begged.

"Never, I'm never going to forgive you. I hate you so much" Ivan screamed.

"No, you don't hate me. If you do hate me like you said, you'd have reported me to the cops and I'd have been arrested. But you kept quiet, you kept mute and acted like you knew nothing. This shows that deep down, you still have a soft spot for me. You're trying to protect me in your own way. You still even call me your dad"

"That's not true. That's not true" Ivan protested. He was crying now.

"Forgive me Son. I'm sorry" his dad said, and held Ivan's shoulder.

Ivan didn't fight back this time, he let his father hold him as he cried. They hugged each other and cried together.

"Let me make it up to you son. Stay with me" his dad offered.

"I don't know what you're doing but whatever you're into isn't proper" Ivan replied.

"I'll explain everything to you later. But just stay with me for now" his dad said, pleading with his eyes.

"I haven't forgiven you, don't forget that" Ivan reminded him harshly.

"Son, I'm not asking you to forgive me right here and now. Take all your time. I'm going to wait till you forgive me, I'm going to beg for your forgiveness if need be" he replied. "Just stay here Son"

"Fine,"

"What's this building though?" Ivan asked.

"This is our hideout," his dad replied.

"What hideout?" Ivan asked.

"I'm the leader of a deadly Mafia gang. This is our hideout, a perfect one at that as it's free from the preying and watchful eyes of the cops" his dad explained.

"Mafia gang? Dad, I'm sure you must have committed lots of crimes. And how are you the fucking leader? Ivan asked, perplexed.

"It's a long story. I'll explain everything to you later. How did my boys meet you?"

Ivan explained everything that happened to him.

"What a small world!" His dad exclaimed. "Fate and destiny brought you back to me"

"The young man they're chasing got killed. Why?" Ivan asked.

"He's one of us but he tried to run away with my money and some important documents. He wanted to betray me. So he had to die, no one would joke with me and go free" his dad replied.

"How many people have you killed dad?"

His father didn't reply to him. He laughed instead, a short dry laugh.

"It's time for an introduction"

"What introduction?" Ivan asked.

His father smiled at him, then picked up his phone and dialed a number. The number answered immediately.

"Come in" he instructed and ended the call.

Soon, the five guys marched back into the room.

"Capo" they greeted, and bowed their heads.

Ivan could see the respect and fear they have for his dad.

"I want to introduce you all to him," his father started, and pointed in his direction.

"Meet my Son, Ivan" he told them and they looked up at Ivan, with surprised looks on their faces.

"And he'll be the next leader of this gang. And he'll help in bringing down our enemy, Antonio Romano" his dad announced. The announcement shocked them all.

"What???" Ivan stuttered.