?THE MAFIA’S HEARTBEAT?
{She’s on a mission}
?Rare
?Don’t copy or repost?
Chapter Twenty Eight
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Isme went straight to the torture room after the doctor transported her son to the doctor’s quarter where he was receiving treatment….
“Ahh!” Pierce’s wailing voice could be heard as the men where torturing him.
Isme increa-sed her pace, on arriving, she kicked the door open and went in…….
“Stop…..” She screamed as she saw the kind of torture he was receiving, just un-der few hours, Pierce was already a shadow of his former self, his face was heavily bruised, his skin were bloody due to the impact of the whip they were using on him…
On raising his head and seeing Isme, he gritted his teeth.
“What are you doing here woman?” One of Matteo’s men gave her a murderous look while the others continued torturing him while he continued wailing in agony.
“rele-ase him this moment” Isme ordered like she was the boss.
“You don’t call the shot woman” another of the men snarled at her.
Isme swallowed her saliva on seeing the kinda look she was receiving.
“You think he’ll be happy when he discovers that you tortured his dad?” She still managed to say.
The men stared at eachother and one of them brou-ght out his phone and placed a call across to Sammie.
“She asked for his rele-ase boss, should we?” He said over the phone.
“The boss mum” He answered after Sammie asked him of who it was.
“Alright, alright….” he smiled and ended the call.
“rele-ase him” He ordered the rest men.
Isme heaved a sigh of relief, atleast her voice counted for once.
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on their way out of the torture room, Pierce walked past Isme rudely not caring to say thank you.
“Really? You won’t even appreciate my effort?” She said with an eyeroll making Pierce to stop on his track….he threw her a glare which made her to nearly pee on her pa-nt.
“Thank you? In your dreams, did you know the kinda torture i received, those men fuc-king tied me to a stake and beat me to pulp all because of what? Because i shot your son on his arm, i should have come with my men, if i had, i wouldn’t have witnessed such disrespect” He purred with bloodshot eyes.
Isme knows how petty Pierce can be, she only came to free him so that this won’t result into a war between the two clans when her son happens to wake up.
Isme scanned the pas-sage to ensure that no one was coming before she finally said what she has been meaning to.
“I know why you’re here Pierce, you’re here to harm Matteo aren’t you?” She muttered.
Pierce chuckled like he has heard something funny.
“It’s good you know Isme, Matteo will pay for your sins instead, I’ll hurt him until he regrets the reason why he was born, he’s your weakness Isme, he’ll receive every lash for your sins, don’t give me that pleading look cause it ain’t gonna move me, you deceived me Isme but it’s great i later found out, I will never forgive you Isme, never….” He shuttered with hatred and hurt evident in his voice…..
“I was the one that hurt you, it wasn’t intentional, i didn’t mean to but mum made me do it Pierce, I know i shouldn’t have but the deed is done and i know that you’ll never forgive but i beg you that you forgive me for the sake of Zane….” She apologized with trembling li-ps going down on her knees and holding unto the hem of his cloth….
“Please don’t let Matteo hate me more than he already does so please Pierce, i beg you” She broke down in tears.
“No…..” Pierce drawled and pushed her off, he gave her one more hateful look before walking off…..
“No…..Pierce please….” Isme continued walking off.
“I know i caused it all but please…..” she continued sobbing….
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Pierce punched the wall furiously the moment he was indoor….
“I hate you……” He screamed hatefully and continued punching the wall.
He fell to his knee and broke down in tears….his mind suddenly traveled to the night he unintentionally murdered Zane, his only seed, he threw him down from the stairs and watched him roll down just because he was drunk, why was he drunk? He was drunk all because of her, he became a drunk after he found out about her secret, he was fooled by her, he was fooled by her entire family….
His fist suddenly clenched at the thought.
“Jerome, you thought you’ll have the last laugh right? Never, hurting Matteo is same thing as hurting you, father most loved son, you got everything while i got nothing, you were doted on while i was resented, you were loved while i was sent to the military school to suffer more, he gave you the most fruitful gift “the blossom clan” While me he gave me the fruitless Nadirs, even in death, you still won over me, you left a legacy behind while me i have nothing, my poor Zane is dead, you think I’ll just sit and watch? No Jerome, I’ll make your son see hell, he’ll suffer for your betrayal, he will” He swore with gritted teeth.
“Get ready Matteo cause I’m gonna make your life a living hell” He said with hatred.
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While in the mainhall, every clan formed a queue as usual, every individual on hearing the alert bell reported immediately, in the clan, the alert bell signifies an emergency, not just an emergency but a serious one at that.
“A good evening to you White serpents” Sammie greeted.
“A good evening to you third in ranking” They replied in unison.
“Section 24, code 5” Sammie screamed.
“Never turn your back on your master when he’s in nee-d” They replied in unison.
“What about code 6?” He screamed.
“Be ready to give up your life for your master when the nee-d arise because that was the ought you took when you became a serpent” They all screamed in unison.
“It’s good you remember” Sammie smiled.
“But why would Sammie ask us to recite code 5 & 6, i thought he liked Section 4, code 2 the most” Wren whispered to Celia.
“It means just one thing, something has happened” Celia mumbled.
Monarch heard what they were saying but she didn’t say anything to it, she just stood and was watching Sammie hatefully, seeing him up there a new wave of resentment washed over her.
“He rejected me for her” She said inwardly making her to fume the more.
“I just feel like getting a spear and driving it throu-ghyour heart, yea, that’s how i feel for hurting me” She boiled.
On the otherhand, Akantha was watching Sammie’s every move, on seeing him, her hatred for Nellie skyrocketed, she should hate him instead shouldn’t she? But she just can’t.
“Hating you is hating myself” She mused.
“Nellie will pay for this, even if it means murdering her to have you, i will oblige” She said with clenched fist.
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“White serpents, the reason i called is because your master nee-ds you, for years, he has clothed you, fed you and gave you a kinda life you yourself never knew you could have, some of you were jobless, homeless and had nothing to fall back on, some of you wanted fame, ladies of the third division to be specific, he heard your cries and gave you the fame you’ve always hungered for, i know if he hadn’t, you would have ran to some high ranking officials for help and in return, they would have asked for a pound of flesh or more” He laughed at his last statement, they all joined him.
“One house” He ordered and they stopped laughing.
“Some of you wanted to be explorers, ladies/men of the second division, the boss heard your cry and made you one by sending you to country R, S, Altego, lavender and many more to carry out supplies and have fun as well, some of you don’t remit all the money you get from distributing, you keep some certain commission for yourself, he knows but he chosed to ignore, which other mafia in Denim or our neighboring countries will allow? Rollo, i hope you all know him?” He suddenly stopped and asked.
“Yes we do” They all replied.
“He chops off a finger from any man who steals a cent from him, take your time to see the fingers of his men the next time they party here, most of them has incomplete fingers” He said with a throaty chuckle.
?A finger? Isn’t that heartless of him?
?i didn’t know he’s that evil
?like seriously, doesn’t that mean that we’re enjoying in this clan?
They began whispering.
Exactly what Sammie wanted, he smiled and continued.
“The boss was shot” He dropped the bombshell.
?OMG!, when?”
?The boss shot, by who?”
?this isn’t good.
?I thought the boss always moves around with bullet proof?
?Could it be that man called Pierce?
The hall which was silent earlier became noisy the moment Sammie dropped the bombshell, many ladies who had a secret crush on Matteo fainted on hearing the news, for Sammie to inform them doesn’t that mean that it’s serious?”
“Oh no! He haven’t even fuc-ked me since i came and this happened? Heard he’s so good” One of the model broke down in tears.
“Shouldn’t we attack the clan that dare shoot our master?” One of the men said furiously.
“Yes….” everyone said meaning that they supported what he said.
“I haven’t even said the main news and you guys are already fuming” Sammie chuckled.
“Get some water and wake them up, it’s not yet time to faint” He mumbled.
“What does that mean?” Celia frowned.
“No wonder we didn’t see bell, she must be with him, i really feel bad for her” Wren pouted.
The men who were sent to bring water returned and poured it on everyone who fainted, they all stood back to their feet crying out their hearts like someone had actually died.
“The thing is that the gunshot isn’t actually the cause of the boss problem” Sammie continued.
?You’re confusing us boss, hit the point.
?What’s the problem Sammie, tell us.
?What’s the main problem?
They began screaming.
“The boss, our master is currently in coma as we’re speaking, the master’s heart has failed him and he nee-ds to un-dergo a transplant, our master is in nee-d of a donor” Sammie dropped another bombshell.
Everywhere went silent, everyone were lost of words, the boss has a fragile heart? Was the thoughts running throu-ghtheir minds, wait….why is Sammie telling them this?
Sammie waited and on hearing nothing, he continued.
“Which of you is ready to sacrifice your heart for the boss, he’ll forever be in your depth” He screamed.
?What? So this is why he’s telling us?
?sacrifice my heart, sacrificing my heart means dying, I’m not ready for that.
?i know I’m indebted to him but it’s heart we’re talking about here not kidney or anyother organs.
They began murmuring.
“Tell the media boss, he has many teenage fans, If they hear about it, I’m sure most of them will agree to get tested to see if they’re a match, if luckily, we find one then good” One of the men spoke.
“If this news goes out do you know what that means? Our clan in every region is gonna go un-der attack from different drug lords, they’ve always wanted to see a weakness, hearing this will fuel their hunger for this clan and they might attack and if possible conquer, the boss is the only reason why we don’t get attacked like other clans, why?, because they fear him, because they know that Matteo Pierce isn’t to be messed with, imagine what the fate of this clan would be if others get to hear about it, that the mafia they fear is in coma, they’ll attack without a second thought” He yelled.
?That’s true
?He’s right.
“I’ll get tested” One man raised up his hands.
“Me too” Another raised up.
“I will as well” A female from the second division raised up her hands.
Many others began raising their hands.
Sammie counted them but he wasn’t pleased at all.
“In a clan of more then four thousand five hundred peoples, only twenty five volunteered?” He said disappointedly.
“You know what, like it or not, we’re all getting tested, it’s a good thing that the hospital is in the clan, there’s no way that in a population of more than 4,500 peoples that we won’t be able to find a donor” He shuttered.
.”wtf!!!!”
“No one is allowed to leave the clan, all supplies are on hold, all transactions on hold, we have enough food and supplies to sustain us for the time being…..”
“Rodent….” He called.
“Yes boss” Rodent (the guy who volunteered earlier replied)
“You and your security teams should ensure that no one leaves the clan, if anyone tries, shoot such persons” He ordered.
“This isn’t funny at all”.
“The test begins tomorrow, have any kinda fun you want tonight” He ordered.
“You may leave” He added.
And so, they all left one after the other with thudding hearts and long mouths( meaning they weren’t happy).
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Meanwhile, in the ward, Rebel saw the earlink and was on her knees crying when Nellie walked in.
“What’s that you’re holding?” Nellie’s voice made Rebel to jump up, she made to hide it when suddenly Nellie took quick slides towards her and jumped on her, they began dragging for who would have it…..Rebel knows that if she managed to get it then there’s no way she’s leaving the clan alive.
They kept dragging and punching each other while on the floor, Nellie used the back of her hands to hit Rebel’s face and suddenly began rolling towards the direction of the earlink which Rebel threw a good distance away when she jumped on it……Rebel suddenly regain herself and reached for Nellie’s leg, she began pulling her back while Nellie was stretching her hands to reach for it, seeing that Rebel was pulling her, she used her second free leg to strike her face, Rebel didn’t allow that to stop her, instead she used her second hand as well to hold Nellie’s free leg…..
“Ahh!” Nellie screamed as she pulled her rou-ghly……
“Let go” She screamed again.
“No……” Rebel shuttered and continued pulling her backward, returning her back to the level she just pas-sed.
All this, they were doing on the floor.
“You can’t have it” Rebel screamed.
The doctor on hearing the screaming coming out of the ward he kept Matteo ran in…..
“What’s going on here?” He panicked on coming in.
“No…..” Nellie screamed on raising up her head and seeing that she was standing on it.
The doctor ran to them and pulled them off eachother.
“You ladies are too big for this” He scolded.
“No……” Nellie screamed again
“You broke it doc” She yelled
The doctor’s eye suddenly traveled to where she was looking at.
“Oh my God, I’m really sorry” he panicked and ran quickly to where it was, he picked it quickly and returned back to her apologizing.
“It isn’t yours, why the hurt” Rebel huffed.
“I really didn’t see it there” He said feeling bad.
Nellie quickly stood up and snatched it from him, she began running out.
She suddenly stopped at the door and said to Rebel
“I’ll have it fixed, i must know what’s in it” she said before running out.
“Why did you allow her to snatch it?” She glared at the doctor.
He swallowed and gave her an apologetic look.
“I’m sorry, should i go after her?”
“Where can i find it, ion mind getting you another one” He pouted.
“Nevermind” She huffed and began walking away.
“This means I’ll have to go to our headquarter and shut it down permanently because she’s able to fix and access it…….Nellie, curious bastard” She cussed.
“You know how fragile your heart is yet you kept smoking and drinking and in addition, taking ha-rd drugs” The doctor sighed while staring at Matteo lying on the bed with different devices attached to his body.
“I’ll try my best Matteo” He pledged.
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“That wasn’t funny?” Celia threw herself on the bed angrily on stepping in.
Wren quickly rushed and grabbed a bottle of water.
“Please pas-s me a soda” Monarch sighed.
Wren picked a soda and threw it to her.
Wren opened the bottle of water and gulped it down quickly, she emptied the bottle and flinged it.
“Maybe today will be the last time I’ll taste water, what if i end up being the donor?” She pouted.
“Ahhhhh!!!!” She screamed dramatically.
She turned towards Monarch and saw her staring at the soda instead of drinking.
“Drink dear, maybe this will be the last time you’ll taste it” She mouthed.
“I feel bad for you Celia, now you finally found yourself a boyfriend, this happened” Wren sighed.
“Wait, Celia found herself a boyfriend?” Monarch who was now drinking the soda blew it off from her mouth and asked unbelievably.
That moment, Rebel walked into the room looking sad and all, they all stood up from their positions and ran to console her.
“Rebel, we heard what happened” They said simultaneously.
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NEXT MORNING
Zola yawned tiredly and her eyes peeled open, she dimmed her eyes as the morning sun suddenly struck them.
“Good morning pumpkin” She heard a voice.
Nicky walked into the room with a tray in her hands, she stood up quickly this morning to fix something up for Zola, on opening the door, she found her awake.
“Good morning pumpkin” She greeted with a charming smile.
“What are you doing here woman and what’s that you’re holding?” Zola shuttered.
“I spent the night here and i figured that you didn’t take anything when you returned last night so i decided to fix something for you” Nicky smiled.
“Wait you slept here, where was my angel?” She asked making Nicky to frown.
“She left” Nicky replied angrily but tried her best not to show.
“Oh! She definitely went to daddy’s side, isn’t that nice of her?” Zola smiled happily.
“I don’t think so, you see that b!tch called Rebel, she’s…….”
“Enough….., take your food and get out, i dislike who dislikes my angel” She yelled.
“I’m sor…..”
“Out” Zola snapped
“Want me to call the guards to throw you out huh!” She snarled.
“I’m really sorry” Nicky pleaded.
“Guards” Zola yelled
“Fine, I’ll leave” She sighed
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While in the main hall, Sammie and some other men of the first division began dividing them into badges, Sammie rang the bell first thing in the morning and almost everyone reported to the main hall, he noticed that some faces weren’t present due to his observant nature, he sent some men for division scanning and those who were caught hiding were brou-ght out, they received some stro-kes before being for-ced to queue up, that was when Sammie and the others proceeded in dividing them into badges, the first badge were already in, once they comes out, the next badge going in is Wren’s badge which comprises of her, Monarch and thirty others.
Monarch raised up her head and her eyes locked with that of Sammie the moment he called her name placing her in the second batch.
“Why can’t i have you Sammie ?” She sighed and bowed her head back.
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Nicky walked towards the living room, she halted on her track when she sp-otted Pierce in the living room.
“Good morning Pierce” she greeted and made to continue going when he suddenly spoke.
”where are you coming from Nicky?” He shuttered.
“I went to console Zola” She mumbled
“I woke up this morning and couldn’t find anyone, where are they?” He mumbled.
“Maybe they went to see Matteo” She sighed
“Because he got shot?” Pierce chuckled.
“That weakling”
“Pierce, Matteo has an heart failure”
“Wow!!, that’s great news” He smiled.
TBC