Chapter 39: XXXIX *NOT EDITED*
Karma
I hum to the music from my airpod until the songs interrupted by another call, I look to my phone and see Vincenzo's name pop up again, ignoring it like the rest of them and putting my phone on do not disturb I lay myself down on the rooftop and begin to assemble my sniper, making sure that everything is perfect including a nice clean and clear scope to look out of, today's Ronnie's day.
Today's hit is Ronald Delany, 45 years of age, drug dealing which is nothing of importance. It's the child trafficking I'm here for, over the past few months myself and a few others have slowly picked off these bastards one by one and today is the day the leader goes down. I even gave an anonymous tip to the police much to some people's disgust but if I hadn't of said anything those children would have ended up dead or on the streets at least with the police they might have a chance to get into the foster system. I can see Officer Ryan and his team preparing to strike the building but little do they know by the time they find Mr. Delany he will be just a warm corpse surrounded by a pool of blood and brain matter. My work phone rings this time and an unsaved number appears on the screen, thinking it was another job before I leave I answer it, boy oh boy I shouldn't have fucking done that.
"Don't you fucking dare" Vincenzo's voice booms over the speaker, "Do what Vin?" I ask as cluelessly as I can "Mr. Delany lives Karma, he works for me, he's one of my biggest buyers!" He exclaims which causes me to laugh at him "Oh boo hoo you poor little thing", Vincenzo breathing hitches and I can hear Iggy telling him to calm down in the background "One of your biggest suppliers huh Capo? For what may I ask? The drugs or the children?" I hiss over the phone, the line goes silent and I look to see if he hung up but is still on the call, "Children?" He asks confused.
I read out a number as I line up my shot while telling Vincenzo to write it down, "When they answer ask for Trey and when he starts talking shit tell his stupid little ass I told you to call" I get the perfect shot and take a deep breath watching the unknowing soul go about his daily paperwork pile "Thousands if not hundreds of thousands of children Vin" I reply before pulling the trigger, the bullet hits him perfectly between the eyes so I hang up the phone and don't waste time getting out of here and off the roof.
I scramble down the fire escape and run to my car locking the doors behind me once I'm in, sinking in my seat I sit and watch as the police and FBI scramble into the building before driving away from the scene, office Ryan always knew there was someone purposely killing high profile and suspicious people in Las Vegas, he would ask me if I had heard anything on the streets and I always said no, maybe today he will put the pieces together.
I start my car and pull out of the parking spot driving towards the hotel again, my phone begins to ring displaying Iggy's name so I answer it only to hear Vincenzo's voice again "Karma" He starts but I cut him off "I know you're obsessed with me but called me from someone else's phone? Now that's taking it too far Capo" I joke as I light a cigarette, "I'm sorry" He sighs and I almost crash my car, "Excuse me what did you just say? Can you repeat that I wasn't recording"? "Karma I'm serious" He groans, "So am I" I reply smiling to myself, "Ok I'm sorry, I should have asked before jumping down your throat". Iggy's voice booms in the background of the call "Awwwwww look at you Acey boy, all soft and caring" He coos which result's in them arguing between each other "Anyways I'll see you soon byeeee" I call out before hanging up on them "Fucking men" I mumble under my breath.
When I get back I'm met by Hades waiting at the front door for me, "Hello my handsome man" I coo bending down to cuddle him, Iggy's and Vincenzo's voice's echo from somewhere throughout the penthouse so I try my best to stay away from them, as I'm sneaking to my room Hade's barks at Lukas and Stefano who jump back by surprise "Shhhhhhhhhh" I whisper turning to Hades expecting him to understand me, he tilts his head probably confused at me "Whos bear?" Stefano asks rubbing his eyes "Mine, Vin got him for me isn't he adorable" I reply looking down to my side.
"What to protect you?" Lukas asks causing Stefano to laugh at him, "That but also to protect you from me, he's a service dog apparently he can sense my moods or something" I shrug not knowing exactly how to explain it Stefano looks at me for a while before slowly nodding his head "I don't understand but I'm trying to" He sheepishly admits, "I don't even understand Steffy it's fine, now I'm going to relax so if you two will excuse us" I say as I turn around and continue walking to my room.
Locking the door behind me I take a deep breath and watch hades jump onto my bed and lay down making himself comfortable, I take another deep breath to try and clear my thoughts but as soon as I lay on my bed the phone rings again "Can't catch a break can we?" I pout looking to hades as I reach my arm in the direction of the noise patting my hand around to grab it, once I find it I check the time "3 pm" I groan before looking to the caller ID. When I see who it is I jump up in bed giving myself headspins and causing hades to jump up in a panic, "Frankie I've been waiting for your call" I basically shout as I answer the call, Hades lays back down and sighs heavily before closing his eyes "I know I'm sorry gorgeous this has been a little harder than I thought, turns out it's still in business until the property sells. And they want to meet you before you can buy it, something about making sure the land will be loved and cared for" He replies which causes me to laugh out loud, "That's a bunch of bullshit Frankie, but when do they want to meet me?".
"No longer than in 3 days, there are lots of people looking to buy apparently" He sighs, and my face drops, "How the fuck am I supposed to get to Italy in 3 days? Vincenzo has this whole honeymoon planned out like its some top-secret fucking mission" I groan as I put my phone on speaker and go into the Callander to see where we are supposed to be, "Fuck it, ill be there Frankie. 3 days, do not let them pass it up, I don't care how much I have to pay don't let it slip through our hands". I hear Frankie giggle on the other end of the call, "And what about macho boss mans plans?".
"Vincenzo can suck my left tit, it will only be for a few hours no one will even notice I'm gone. he can put his big boy pants on and get over it. I'll see you soon, thank you so much Frankie you're a lifesaver" I sigh while rubbing my temples "No worries gorgeous that's my job, see you soon" He replies before hanging up. "Suck your left tit?" Vincenzo's voice asks from my doorway almost giving me a heart attack, I look at him and nod "Suck. My. Left. Tit" I hiss before locking my phone and putting it on charge. "We will get back to that subject but how about we talk about something a little more important, like why you were on a call with Frankie?" He questions while stretching his arms over his head, I watch the muscles of his torso shift as he moves "I don't know what you're talking about" I almost moan.
"EYes up here Leonessa, whats going on?" He asks again this time scrunching his eyebrows up, I was too mesmerized by his body to notice that he had closed my door behind him before he crawled onto my bed. "How did you get in I locked the door?", he smirks at me before hovering his body over mine, I try my hardest to not stare at him in all his glory. "I'm the boss, I have the keys to everything, ill ask one more time, what's going on?" He questions dipping his head closer to mine "What if I tell you on our date instead?" I try to compromise.
He takes a few seconds to think about it before agreeing "Alright but you tell me every single detail of this plan you have, you leave nothing out, and you have to promise you won't" He smirk kissing my forehead. "Pinky promise?" I ask holding my pinky out to him, "Pinky promise" He replies wrapping his finger around mine and squeezing it tight. "Now, you have just over 2 hours before we leave so I suggest you start getting ready or were going to be late" he sighs lifting his body off fo mine "Can we sleep instead?" I ask running my fingers up his naked torso, "We can sleep when we're dead Leonessa".
"Don't tempt me with a good time, but seriously if you don't tell me what to wear I'm not going" I sigh looking to my left to the start of the walk-in wardrobe, "Red" He simply answers after a minutes silence, "Red?" I ask confused by what he means, "Red, weather its a dress, or the makeup or the shoes, I like red or white on you best. but red today just make sure you feel your best in it". We stare at each other for a while before he kisses me quickly and gets off the bed walking towards the door "See you soon baby girl" He calls as he opens and closes my door behind him.
I look from the wardrobe to hades back to the wardrobe, "Do I have another shower?" I ask Hades who tilts his head in response "Nah I don't need it yet" I argue with myself before laying on the bed for another half an hour, finally dragging myself up I go to the wardrobe and start to find anything I have that's red, from dresses to skirts, to shorts to shoes I collected everything and set it out in front of me "What one buddy?" I ask looking down at my feet where Hades sits looking up at me, he gets up and sits by a red knitted sweater dress and I take that as his choice.
Picking it up off the floor I roll a lint roller over it to pick off any fluff or fur before hanging it on the bathroom door, I rummage through my draws to find a matching bra and undies set but only find underwear all of my bras are dirty or in the middle of the Las Vagas strip according to last night "Let's hope Mama doesn't get in a fight tonight in case her tittys fall out" I speak more so to myself than hades but in my mind, he's listening to me. I move to the mirror and sit on the floor with Hades head in my lap as I throw on some easy makeup, I've never been good at it I only do the minimal, maybe Arabella can teach me I know she's better than me at makeup already.
I move to my hair next and at least I know I can do that without looking like a dumbass, one thing I'm forever grateful for is teaching myself how to braid hair at St. Marys after meeting Vincenzo's mother, her hair was in braids every day and after she left I taught myself to feel closer to her and the outside world, how silly of me but that's what gave me the will to live, in that godforsaken place. Once I've finished my hair I throw the sweater dress on followed by a black jacket and black ankle boots, I tuck a switchblade into the sleeve of my dress and a razor blade in my hair hidden under a braid in case, add a few sprays of my favorite Jimmy Choo perfume and I'm ready to go.
There's a knock on my door and I open it to see Vincenzo standing there in a dark suit fixing his button-up shirt, have my babies, please please have my babies I beg in my mind. his eyes finally reach mine and he looks stunned for a second, I look down at my outfit and second guess myself "Its bad isn't it?", he shakes his head and smiles.
"You look divine Leonessa"