Chapter 23 A New Side
“Think men! This is the only contact for the next few months or so!” the men said one by one, the tiredness showing in their voice.
“Should there be a specific description for these females?!”, Luciano asked as he suddenly got a beautiful idea.
Andreas looked at Luciano catching on quickly to what he was thinking.
Shaking his head, Andreas wondered if Luciano was thinking what he was thinking.
The men watched their Interaction, confused by the signal they gave each other.
“We have females, but they need to be given a brief orientation on what they're supposed to do!”, Luciano said as the room got quiet.
“But they can't even hold a gun!”, Andreas said to Luciano, confusing the men even more.
“We don't need them to hold a gun. We just need them to sit there and look pretty!”, Luciano said before he looked towards the men.
“The ladies that passed by earlier will be the females to attend the gathering. In the meantime, go ahead and gather more useful Intel. We'll reconvene in thirty two hours!”, Luciano said.
“Yes Don!”, the men said in unison as they left the mansion and approached the vehicles they came in.
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“How are we going to get them ready In thirty plus hours?!”, Andreas asked Luciano.
“Get Paula and Rosa on it!”, Luciano said to Andreas as he quickly placed a call.
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Isabella suddenly heard knocking on her door as she conversed with Mia.
“Are they done?!”, Mia asked Isabella, having no clue of what was going on downstairs.
As Isabella approached the door, Mia stood up, her left hand stroking her right elbow.
“Is Mia here?”, Madam Paula asked as soon as the door was opened.
“Yes ma'am, she's here!”, Isabella answered.
“Alright then! Come on! The Don wants to see you!”, Madam Paula said.
“Just me?!”, Isabella asked to be sure.
“Yes! Mia, you go wait in the living room!
The Don doesn't like to wait!”, Madam Paula completed as she urged Isabella to go to Luciano's room.
“Why though”, Isabella asked, trying to make sense of the situation.
“I don't know, go find out!”, Madam Paula answered simply as she turned and headed towards the living room, Mia following behind her.
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“Come in!”, Isabella said as she knocked on the door to Luciano’s room.
Closing the door after, Isabella made sure to be everything but clumsy.
“Take a seat!”, Isabella heard Luciano say as his head remained on the monitor.
She took careful steps towards one of the chairs on Luciano’s private dining table, sitting at the edge like she usually did.
The thought of being alone with him not sitting too well with her.
“I've decided to reduce your father's fee…!”, Luciano started as he was sure Isabella wouldn't choose to be in the situation he was about to put her in.
Ecstatic, Isabella asked, “really!?”
To her, the reduction of her father's payment meant she would stay in the mansion for a lesser period of time.
Still cautious, Isabella wasn't quick to speak, so as not to reveal her desperation for her father's release from the Mafia Don.
“Yes! All you need to do is go on one simple mission!”, Luciano said, finally raising his head to stare intently at Isabella.
“But, but I…!”, Isabella tried to refute as she didn't want to stand in the rain again, or do anything worse.
At the moment, it seemed like Luciano was being wicked, but Isabella didn't know he actually needed her to be present for a mission.
“You can go if you're not trying to help your father!”, Luciano said, using reverse psychology on her.
“Wait! What? What do I have to do?!”, Isabella asked out of desperation.
“All you need to do is sit at a party and look pretty!”, Luciano answered, the thought of Isabella dressed up flashing before his eyes.
“That's all?!”, Isabella asked, seeing that the task was rather simple.
“Well not entirely, but that's majorly what you have to do!, Luciano said.
He continued, “my team will brief you on what to do! Come on, go wait downstairs in the living room!”.
Isabella rushed out of the room, seeing the task as an opportunity to help her father out.
Elated, she did as she was told, a bit hesitant as she learned the actual details.
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The next few hours involved Isabella and Mia being prepped for the mission.
Having no prior experience in this field, the girls did well in their composure.
“I don't know how these ladies are going to pull this off!”, Andreas said to Luciano as they stood outside of the mansion, ready to move in a vehicle.
“They have the right motivation!”, Luciano said as he inserted bullets in his gun.
“I just hope they…!”, Andreas' words drowned in Luciano's ear as he looked up, what he saw nearly taking his breath away.