Chapter 7 The invite
Win in silence, let them think you are losing
Roman's point of view:
"What?" I yelled.
"Yes, sorry about that. We caught the man who set the house on fire" Denis said over the phone.
I built that house with billions of Rubles. It is my favourite farm yard and torture ground.
"Take them all to the second farmyard down my office road" I said.
"Yes Don" I cut the phone. I am angry to the extent that I can burst at any moment. I think I will have an attack any moment.
I have to put an end to all this stupidity. This is child's play not a mafia game. He is such a coward because if he were not, he wouldn't be sending people to destroy my assets. He should face me man to man.
I got in my car and drove to the farm yard to see how bad the condition was. A few minutes later, I parked at the front of the gate.
I called Denis as I sat inside the car while I was staring at my ruined property.
"Hey man" he said.
"I have a job for your men and you have to supervise them" I said to him.
"You have to dig the floor of my burnt farm yard, you have to bring out the two caskets that I buried there. The casket has thirty billion rubles inside each inside them. You have to bring the casket to my family's house. I guess this is the safest place right now. The task has to be executed at midnight. And don't inform anyone, just tell them to follow you. Denis, I can't afford to lose that huge sum of money. " I informed him.
"Okay boss, but where will we dig?" He asked.
"I will text you" I said to him.
"Okay boss, I guess we are in money now. Let's...." I hung up. I know what he wants to say. He is such a manwhore.
I stuffed my pistol in the back of my pants and went out of my apartment. Everything was burnt down, even my basement. I walked on the floor trying to calculate my steps so I could know where the caskets were.
The toilet, to the kitchen, to the master bedroom. Yes. The caskets are buried under the master bedroom.
I went away from there to my car, I started the car, and zoomed off.
"Why are you?" My mom immediately asked me to enter the kitchen.
"I was attending some meetings" I said as I took a glass of water from the fridge and gulped it down.
"You know the rules" she frowned at me.
"My house has been burnt down, and I had to attend to that. I am sorry" I said feeling down.
"Really? I am sorry to hear that, Do you want cupcakes?" She asked as she hugged me.
"I am not a baby mom, I am twenty-seven for goodness's sake. You can't make me forget my sorrow with cupcakes" I whined.
"Shut it, you have so many houses, so losing one shouldn't affect you" she smacked my arm.
"Mom" I scoffed.
"What?"
"This is a Don before you, you should be fearful" I boasted.
"No matter who you are, you are still my child and I can treat you any way I want" she pinched my cheek.
"Mom!" I smiled. She made me forget my loss for a moment. No one can be like a mom.
My phone buzzed up inside my pocket, and I picked it from my pocket to check the message.
Let's meet up.
Aton
Aton Alexei sent me a text message? Is this a trap from that tricky man?
It is not a trap. I know we need each other's help. Let's meet up at the cafe next to your office
Aton.
Was he reading my mind or what?
"Put the phone down, Roman" my mom ordered.
"Yes, ma'am" I put it back in my pocket.
"Set the table up" she said as she passed me a plate of griddle cakes.
You can never find me around the men or women when we have a family gathering. You can only find me around my mom, inside the kitchen.
"Mommm" I whined.
"Do it quickly so I can make your favorite" she said with the best puppy face.
She sure knows how to get me.
My favorite food is vareniki, she knows how much I love it, and right now, I am craving it.
"Okay"
I started setting up the table.
"Welcome my child" my favorite aunt, Kira patted my arm as I placed the plate on the dining table. I smiled at her and went away.
Aunty Kira has been so sober and bitter after her husband died. Aton Alexei killed her husband during a cold war between the two families.
Aton Alexei killed her husband during the war. Since she lost her husband, she vowed to kill either Aton's child or wife.
She had made moves but they all failed.
"Thanks" I said as I left the dining table in the parking lot. I walked to my Mercedes-Benz and entered the car. I started the car and drove off.
I wonder why he wants to meet up with me. I guess this is a setup. But his loss, he won't be able to kill me. I will kill him instead.
"Hey men, Aton called me now to meet him up. I know for a fact that it's a trap, I want you to set men around that area and you should get there before I do. Don't attack until I give you the signal. I will turn on my GPS so you can know the location." I instructed him as I picked up my phone and dialed his number.
"Okay boss" he moaned. I can't believe this guy is having sex with a girl right now, I left him not long ago. He is so unbelievable.
I hung up and focused on the road.
I got to the place twenty minutes later after making sure my men had arrived there without any problem existing there.
"Why did Aton invite me to his office?" I muttered with complete Oblivion.
I opened his office door ajar causing him to look up from his laptop. I glared as I walked through the door and studied his office. This office is more beautiful than the last time I visited it. It wasn't a visit anyway, it was an attack that brought me to this office. I destroyed everything in this office despite knowing its worth. And in return, he killed my uncle.
"You have renovated this place. It is finer than the last time I can hear" I said with confidence as I sat down on the chair facing him.
He smirked at me and nodded.
"That's true, you sure have a last and active memory. That was like six years ago." He said as he continued what he was doing on his laptop.
I threw my hands up in the air dramatically.
"What calls for this meeting?" I asked sternly.
"You didn't do well in hiding your men, I can see them clearly." He smirked evilly at me.
"That's my intention. I want you to know that I came prepared, so any wrong move from you will just cause a tap on my finger to let my men destroy you." It's my time to smirk now.
"Are you sure about that? I quite like your confidence but you are still nothing beside me. Your dad sure knows me well and I am quite sure you do too. Anyway, to cut a long story short. I know you have problems with the new mafia family" he stopped mid-sentence. He is trying to pull my legs.
"You too, Aton. I know you have been losing contracts to them. So bad"
"And your family has been losing money to them." He said.
"What's your deal, man?" I asked in anger.
"I can't believe a whole Roman Atono can go crazy for just eighteen million dollars" he smirked as he glanced at me.
"I am not a lazy type. I work for that money so I know how it hurts to lose what I work for. I heard you almost died over ten billion ruble" I smiled at him.
"I should repeat what you just said" he continued typing.
"Where is your dog?" I asked him, referring to his son. That guy is a pain in the neck. He is always causing trouble for me on the low. And his shots are always headshots, he doesn't target anywhere except the head and neck.
"Watch your speech" he said angrily. This is the side of Aton that I love.
"It's just a question, don't be angry, man"
"Don't forget you are in my territory, you can be killed any second" he threatened.
"Your territory can be mine if you get me angry" I replied.
"Let's see then"
He sipped his coffee.
"You sure lack manners, you can't even offer your guest something to drink or eat" I said to him arrogantly.
"You never told me you were thirsty or hungry for something."
"I guess you just called me here to waste my time" I stood up.
"We need to make a deal with each other to destroy that new family" he said with seriousness.