?THE MAFIA’S HEARTBEAT?
{She’s on a mission}
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Chapter Forty
FORTY EIGHT HOUR LATER
Matteo walked out of the station with a smile on his face….he waved at Sammie who was standing at the other side…he actually came to pick him up…
“Everyone are expecting you boss” Sammie said with a smile.
“Oh!!” Matteo chuckled
“It’s good to be out, the air in there is suffocating” he added.
“Zola organized a big feast for you boss, we better head for the clan” Sammie mumbled.
“Zola and feasts” Matteo rolled his eyes
“Anyways, how did she go with the party?” He inquired.
“I stood in for you” Sammie smiled
“Thanks man, i owe you one” Matteo replied
“I shouldn’t be the one receiving the thanks, it’s actually Rebel’s idea” Sammie replied.
“Rebel? She did what she’s supposed to do, all these is her fault and no one else…you know what, let’s go…” He ordered and stepped into the car.
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“What do you mean he’s gone?” Watson shuttered the moment he arrived and the senior detective told him that Matteo has been released.
“You know the rule Sammie…he was arrested without a warrant so what were you expecting?” The senior detective huffed and continued what he was doing…he himself is annoyed about Matteo’s release….they’ve put in enough effort on that case already.
“I gave something you might wanna see” Sammie smiled showing him the screen of his phone.
“Take this from my face” The detective shuttered.
“What’s my business with the damn location” he added with a glare.
“Remember the last day i came here which happened to be two days ago, i met agent Rebel on the pas-sage way and was smart enough to put a tracker on her….the tracker said she’s in this location” He explained with a smile.
“I still don’t get the connection” the detective frowned.
“I wonder how you manage to be a detective, a detective with a low IQ huh!!!” He hissed and received a glare.
“Rebel stays in his clan and this is the location of his clan” Watson added and the detective jumped up from his seat…
” you have something of such importance and you didn’t drop by at the station since” He queried.
“Don’t blame me okay, i fuc-king got shot” Watson replied
“Shot? When? Where? And why?”
“I will answer just one and that’s the where….it happened at the pas-sage way leading to the exit” He replied.
“Did you order for an arrest?” The detective frowned.
“I didn’t because i don’t actually know her but we shouldn’t be talking about that now….let’s get an arrest and a search warrant and head for the clan immediately….the moment we arrive, we arrest him back and anyone in sight….we’ll search every nook and crannies of that clan and I’m hundred percent sure that we’re gonna find something….there’s no way Matteo Pierce will escape this time” Sammie made the last statement with a sm-irk.
“The boss is in his office…let’s go” The senior detective ordered.
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“Daddy…..” Zola screamed happily and jumped on Matteo the moment he entered the main hall where the feast was holding….
Everyone looked so happy…Rebel couldn’t hide her excitement, smiles never left her face.
“Zola….what did i tell you about parties?” He scolded.
“I guess it’s in my gene, i love parties as much as you do” She winked.
“What are you talking about?” Matteo furrowed his brow.
“The friday party” Zola smiled.
“What?” Matteo turned towards Sammie giving him the how did she know? Look.
“Pierce actually threw a party yesterday” Sammie whispered into his ear.
“What? Who gave him the right? Is this his clan?” Matteo shuttered.
“How did Zola come to know about it?” Matteo stopped for a moment and turned to Sammie again.
“She attended” Sammie replied scratching his head and Matteo’s expression changed completely…..he jumped from his seat and headed for the stage…he snatched the speaker from someone’s hand and began expressing his anger.
“Can someone tell me how my daughter happened to attend an adult party? The get w£t party to be specific…how dare you exp-ose my daughter to such mature content…so if I’m not in the clan no one watches over my daughter? I’m super disappointed” He yelled and flinged the speaker walking away furiously.
“The feast is over” Sammie went to announce to everyone.
“Why did you guys allow her to attend the party in the first place” Isme scolded Rebel and the rest from where they were sitting.
“You should be scolding Nicky and Nellie most especially…i wasn’t feeling too well so i didn’t attend the party last night…..i was in my room all throu-ghand when i found out about it this morning, i was infuriated….i know that Matteo won’t find it funny when he finds out” Rebel responded.
“You were sick?” Isme furrowed her brow.
“Isn’t it obvious? She look fragile ” Nellie replied with an eyeroll.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” Isme scolded her
“We have a damn clinic in this clan for crying out loud, why didn’t you visit Doctor Zack?” She scolded.
“I nee-d a pas-s from the boss to visit” Rebel stated her reason.
“You think he won’t grant you one” Nicky chuckled.
“Despite Matteo’s anger towards you, de-ep within him he cares for you” She added.
“Go get the pas-s Rebel” Isme ordered.
“You mean right now?” Rebel furrowed her brow.
“Yes i mean now” Isme ordered.
“Won’t he yell at me or something…you know he’s mad at the moment” Rebel excused.
“Bell go…” Isme gritted her teeth.
“Fine…” Rebel gave up
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“My hands are hurting, I’m really tired” Celia complained for the hundreth time.
“Celia you aren’t the only one washing yunno!!!” Monarch yelled at her.
“Atleast one of us is having fun” Celia pouted
“I really missed our old room, atleast there’s a washing machine there” She pouted.
Wren wanted to speak when her eyes suddenly caught something on the dress she wanted to wear.
“Guy, who wore this dress?” She raised the dress up
“Is there stain of s*men on it?” Monarch furrowed her brow
“Not that” Wren shuttered with panick evident on her face.
“That was the cloth Rebel was wearing the day she went to the station” Celia replied as she suddenly remembered….
“Is there something wrong with it?” She added.
“fuc-k” Wren cussed
“Our location have been linked”
“What?” The girls screamed.
“There’s a tracker on it” Wren dropped the bombshell.
“How did you know?” Celia knitted her brow.
” before i became a mafia which i didn’t regret a bit….i used to deal with detecting of bugs, trackers and hacking into systems that people consider unhackable….” She replied honestly.
“Then this really is a cause for alarm” Monarch panicked and stood to her feet.
“What do we do?” She added.
“I have to find Bell” Wren stood to her feet and walked off.
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Rebel arrived at Matteo’s doorstep….she hesitated a bit before she finally summoned the courage and placed a knock on it.
“Come in” Matteo’s cold voice could be heard.
With fear in her heart she stepped in.
“When did she become scared of him?” She wondered.
“What is it?” Matteo barked the moment he recognized the face that just stepped in….
“I–i–” Rebel stuttered.
“If you don’t know what to say then leave my room” He ordered.
“I know what to say” She swallowed.
“Rebel….” Matteo suddenly called
“Where you around when Zola attended the party? If yes then all of you will serve the punishment….i haven’t placed my hands on the perfect punishment to give you guys but trust me, it won’t be good” He threatened.
Rebel’s heart skipped a beat
“I wasn’t around boss” She found herself replying.
“If you weren’t, where were you” He furrowed his brow.
“I was in my room…i wasn’t feeling too good” She mumbled and Matteo jumped from his seat.
“You aren’t feeling fine? What’s wrong with you? Fever? Stomach upset? Menstrual cramps? What?” He took long strides towards her and began accessing her.
“Your body temperature is far from normal…you’re sick and you kept it from me” He yelled at her and that moment a tears slid down from Rebel’s eye.
“After everything i did, you still care?” She said emotionally and more tears continued rolling down.
Matteo felt a pang in heart as he saw her crying.
“Stop crying….where exactly are you hurting?” He asked feeling concerned.
“Everywhere, my heart, my body….just everywhere” She hiccu-p-ped….
“I’m sorry for everything i did Matteo….i really am, i shouldn’t have betrayed you, i shouldn’t have chosed my mission over you, I’m really sorry” She continued crying.
Matteo didn’t realize when he pulled her closer and embr@ced her while Rebel w£t his shirt with her tears.
“I don’t forgive Bell” He whispered while patting her back.
“For my sake make an exception” She said pleadingly.
“My heart is a rock already” He said looking into her eyes as they disengaged from the hu-g…
“No matter how i try, i just can’t….because i believe that if i forgive, the next time they’ll do something worse….let’s take Pierce as an example….as a kid, no matter how he brutalized me i still end up using the word i forgive you on him….it continued that way until Zane died…then i realized something Bell that some people ain’t worth forgiving…..let’s use Isme as an example as well, she left me many years ago and now she’s back…now that she knows that i’m old enough to take care of myself, she comes back asking for my forgiveness…so tell me, how can i forgive?” He yelled
“How can i forgive when they always end up hurting me…starting from Pierce to Isme to Nicky and finally to you…tell me Bell, how can i forgive you guys? How sure am i that you won’t end up repeating thesame thing” He added finally breaking down.
“Trust me Matteo, i won’t repeat thesame mistake” She as-sured looking into his eyes.
“If you want my forgiveness earn it Bell, undo what you have done and if you can’t, show me a way out….if you can’t do any of these two…I’m not sure I’ll ever forgive you” He replied honestly.
“I give you my words Matteo….I’ll come up with a plan” She promised.
“Good” He smiled.
“Now can you give me a pas-s?” She pouted.
“You don’t nee-d that, let’s go…” he ordered
“Does that mean that we are together now?” She asked curiously.
“We are good but not back together…I’ll nee-d to process everything first” He mumbled.
“If you don’t give me a favorable answer i won’t give up…I’ll still keep trying, this time around it’ll be me chasing you” she smiled.
“I like the sound of that” He smi-rked and they headed out….on opening the door, Rebel sp-otted Wren at the entrance.
“What are you doing here?” Rebel furrowed her brow
“Boss there’s a problem” Wren began
“A tracker was placed on Rebel’s dress” Wren dropped the bombshell
“What?” Matteo turned to Rebel
“I know nothing about it believe me” She swore.
“Who was close to you at the station?” He inquired.
She went ahead and explained everything to him starting from the incident with the boss at the station and that of Watson.
“So you think that this Watson of a guy placed a tracker on you?” He inquired.
“I’m a hundred percent sure” She mumbled.
“Convey this news to everyone Wren, we are to evacuate this building in less than ten minutes” He ordered.
“Yes boss” Wren bowed
“Tell Sammie to move the drugs quickly….we move to Lakeview” He ordered.
“Roger that” Wren bowed and ran off as fast as her feet could carry.
“Go to your room and get your stuffs ready” He turned to Rebel.
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“What exactly are they celebr@ting?” Pierce shuttered in his room.
“They think it’s over? They’ll still come for him” He yammered and jumped on the bed.
“There’s no way I’m attending that feast” He gritted his teeth before covering himself with a quilt.
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“This is bad” Nicky panicked the moment they received the news.
“There’s no time for packing clothes guys, let’s move the containers and save our as-ses” she told the rest and they agreed with her.
They all went to give Sammie and the other men a helping hand in moving the drugs.
“Let me go check on Zola” She whispered to Nellie and headed off.
“It’s not like i asked” Nellie huffed.
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“No…no…no….i nee-d all my clothes, there’s no way I’m leaving anything behind” Zola yelled at Zuzu who happened to advise her to take only the things that she’ll be nee-ding.
“The instruction said that we have less than ten minutes to leave” Zuzu pouted
“Do i look like i care?” She shuttered
“You’re the one delaying yourself, get my cloths, my wardrobe, my shoes, my teddies and in fact the entire room if possible” She yelled.
“What’s going on here?” Nicky asked with a frown on stepping into the room.
“Zola wanna take the entire room with her” Zuzu pouted.
“That ain’t possible….a bagpack is enough….let’s go” Nicky ordered
“There’s no way I’m leaving without my stuffs” Zola insisted.
“If she ain’t ready to go then let’s leave her behind…..she’ll be the only one here and hence will face the questioning by the cops alone” Nicky shuttered.
“The cops?” Zola gasped
“Stop packing Zuzu you are the one delaying us, let’s leave” She screamed.
“This kid” She hissed.
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“Please create space for others to seat in the van, we know it ain’t gonna be convenient but bear with us” Spider announced….
The van was congested but despite that more people moved into it.
“The truck for the drugs already left right?” Matteo inquired.
“Three loaded trucks left already” Sammie responded.
“Any left?”
“None boss” He answered.
“What about doctor Zack?”
“He’s in the limousine behind you”
“Rebel and Zola?”
“Zola is in thesame Limo with doctor Zack but as for Rebel, she haven’t boarded any car yet…hopefully, some space will be created for her in the van” Sammie sighed.
“What?” Matteo couldn’t hide his dispeasure.
“There’s space here, tell her to come join me” He ordered.
“As you wish boss” Sammie smiled at his thoughtfulness.
“Her friends can join us as well” He screamed after Sammie.
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All the cars including the vans left the clan at once….just a second after they left, the cops arrived…..
“Matteo Pierce…..you have two seconds to show yourself or this building will be brou-ght down” Watson grabbed a speaker and screamed into it the moment he jumped down.
“What are you doing?” One of the cops scolded.
“What does it look like I’m doing” He hissed.
“Am i not the one who brou-ght you guys here” He added rudely.
“Two seconds have elap-sed” He screamed
“Surround the building” The senior detective ordered his boys and the building was surrounded immediately……
“Matteo Pierce make yourself visible before the count of five”
“One”
“Two”
“Three”
“Four”
“And five….”
The senior detective counted.
“Move in boys” He ordered.
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Pierce was still on his bed fuming and all when the door of his room was kicked open.
“fuc-k you Nicky” He yelled and jumped down frown the bed to go after her.
“Hands in the air” The order he heard made him to freeze on his sp-ot
“The cops” he gasped and raised his hands up.
“Unarm yourself” another order followed.
“I’m unarmed” he swallowed and the detective came to him and searched him before handcuffing him.
“Matteo’s room is the first room by your left” He mumbled.
TBc