?THE
MASKED
MAFIA?
(His Shy Spy…)
By; Sommy Pearl F.
CHAPTER 61&62
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“So,,, Is she dead?? Is…she really gone?” Malcolm raised both brows, with glas-sy eyes.
Cindy sighed.
“Malcolm? Why do you keep doing this to yourself. Continue with your life already!!”
“I can’t. I just can’t. I can’t forget about her” Malcolm cried.
“Gosh!! This girl tried to kill you and you are still head over heels for her?” Cindy frowned.
Rhoda came into the bedroom and kept her bag down.
“He hasn’t eaten yet?” Rhoda asked, worriedly.
“Yup. He doesn’t want a slice of bread either” Cindy replied.
Rhoda sighed and walked close to him. Malcolm quickly took his face elsewhere.
“What do you wanna eat, Malcolm?” She asker, gently, trying to hold the tears in her eyes
“Leave me” He whispered.
“Why are you doing this to me cause of her!!! She doesn’t love you, don’t you get that?!”
“But I do!!” He shouted, now facing her.
Everyone(His gangs) looked at him.
“Yes! You heard me right and clear. I love her. I Fu-cking love Ariana!! I miss her so much” His voice viBr@ted helplessly.
Oliver sighed.
“But she’s gone. Ariana is dead” He said.
“Boss, Its almost getting to 2 weeks now since she died of that explosion. Let’s just move on” Ken said.
“Easy for you to say. Y’all should leave” He sniffed and closed his eyes.
“I said I want to be alone!!” He shouted.
Everyone sighed and Rhoda moved out first. She went into her car and folded her li-ps ti-ghtly
“Why…Why not me?” She muttered, clenching her hands ti-ghtly around the steering wheel.
Her glossy, sad eyes poured down her painful hot tears.
Soon, she was crying loudly like it was the end of the world.
***
“Why are you still here? I thought I ordered everyone of you to leave” Malcolm muttered, still not opening his eyes. written by sommy pearl f.
Ken inhaled de-eply and walked to him.
“We have 2 unlocked missions concerning-
“Save it for later. I’m tired” Malcolm interrupted.
Ken sighed aloud, bowed and left.
***
“Can I come in?” Cindy smiled.
Rhoda looked at her and chuckled softly before finally opening the door.
Cindy inhaled de-eply and entered the apartment then, sat down.
“I’ll go bring in wine. Hold on” Rhoda said, and went to the cellar.
In no time, she brou-ght a red bottle of wine and started pouring it into two glas-s cu-ps.
“Thanks” Cindy muttered.
“My plea-sure” Rhoda smiled and sat down.
They slowly drank their wine.
Cindy kept her glas-s down.
“Rhoda?” She called.
“Hmm?” Rhoda looked at her, slowly dropping her glas-s.
“Don’t get upset at Malcolm or worry too much, okay? He has been overreacting this days cause of Ariana mess. He hates me for leaving her in the van and he hates you for sending us to the hospital to get a Br@in scan. He said if you kept quiet,,, maybe none of this would have happened in the first place. If only he un-derstands we are right and Ariana just want him dead”
Rhoda scoffed and took the bottle of red wine, threw away the co-rk and began to drink it ferociously.
“Hey…Easy” Cindy cautioned.
But she didn’t listen.
2 DAYS LATER**
Malcolm gr-unted, cracked his ne-ck and walked to the sitting room, now drinking the opened bottled water.
He sat down on the sofa and looked around. Memories of Ariana appeared now and then.
“Where are you, Ariana?” He whispered to himself.
He took the remote control and switched on the TV.
He changed the channel continuously and finally stopped on a channel where a live auction was going on, in a wealthy museum.
“Yes!! We’ve a 20 million dollars won now!” The MC gushed.
“25 million!” A bidder announced, raising his cardboard sign up. written by sommy pearl f.
Malcolm mind wasn’t concentrating on the live auction showing in the TV but he noticed the back of someone, very familiar.
Though, it was quite dim.
“Ariana?” A small whisper escaped from his li-ps.
He stood up quickly and called Mr Chadwick.
“MK! What’s up? Lemme guess why you called? You have an album or EP in mind,, or even a hit single or,,, maybe you got a collaboration with a big artiste?” Mr Chadwick giggled.
“You’re wrong!”
“Huh??”
“Set the van and meet me at my place. Bring enough guards along” Malcolm instructed.
“Why? What’s goi-
“Don’t ask any questions and come right now. I mean, right now. Hurry!!!” Malcolm said and ended the call.
MINUTES LATER**
Malcolm wore his black jacket, opened the van and entered it.
“I ain’t late, am I?” Mr Chadwick winked.
“Darn!! Just go!! Go!!!”
Mr Chadwick rolled his eyes and started the ignite, before leaving.
“The bodyguards are on their way. Just behind us” Mr Chadwick said.
Malcolm looked back and nodded.
AU MUSEUM**
“Who are we looking for, exactly??” Mr Chad asked, looking around just as Malcolm was doing.
“My girlfriend” He replied.
“Your what? You called me here cause of that ….that girl?”
“Please, just look around for her. I suppose you still know how she looks like. If you don’t, check variety show, sesame street episode 26. That’s where I and Ariana-
“I don’t have time for that and I know how she looks like” Mr Chad sighed.
Malcolm eyes stopped at the door.
“Wait. I think I just saw her leave. C’mon” He beckoned to Mr Chad who ran with him.
The guards followed them, trying to stop the obsessive and die ha-rd fans.
Malcolm ran, trying to keep up with the so called Ariana.
His eyes never left the person’s back.
“Its truly her” He muttered.
“Ariana!” He called but she didn’t reply .
“Ariana??” He called again but she didn’t glance back.
He sighed and ran fas-ter after her.
“Wait” He said, and grabbed her arm.
There was a brief pause before the person could turn around.
“Ariana!!” He screamed and hu-gged her ti-ghtly.
“How…did this happen? Its a miracle!! Anyways, I’m glad you’re alive” He heaved.
“Wait…” She said and pushed him off.
She slowly took few steps back.
“Who are you?” She asked.
Malcolm blinked his eyes, confusedly.
“Its me…Malcolm”
“I don’t know you” She shook her head.
“Aren’t you Ariana?” He asked.
“Ariana? Who’s Ariana? I’m Berry. That’s my name. It seems you mistook me for someone else. Excuse me” She said, and slowly walked away.
Malcolm stood there numb for a while.
“No! I disagree to all this. I’m sure she’s the one” He said and ran after her.
“Hey…Listen to me” He said.
“Its you again?” She sighed.
“Seriously. I don’t know you. I’m not Ariana or whatsoever you called me”
“Where are your family?” He asked.
“Home. Why?” She asked.
“I wanna see them” He replied.
“What??” She asked.
“And why??”
“Huh…Cause I-
?Isn’t that Ariana??
?Yeah,,, MK’s girlfriend
?Awwnnn…Are they on a date
?They make a great couple
?Love you both!!
?A biggest fan since you both guest appearance in Sesame street.
Many people around, commented.
“Wait. Did they just call me Ariana and are they referring to us?” She asked.
Malcolm smiled with a nod.
“How?? Why??” She was confused.
“Do you have a phone there?” He asked. written by sommy pearl f.
She nodded, quietly
“You can check it yourself online. MK, His girlfriend. Everything you nee-d to know will be brou-ght out. Anything at all” Malcolm said.
***
“You’re Ariana…Sorry. You’re Berry’s parents?” Malcolm asked.
The lady and her husband looked at each other and sighed, de-eply.
“She really…isn’t our daughter” The lady whispered
Malcolm blinked his eyes.
“Are you serious?? How did you get to see and know her?” Malcolm asked.
“Actually, I and my husband went fishing at the sea shore as usual. While fishing in our ship, we looked up to see a girl jumping down into the water with bondages on her hands and legs”
The man talked next.
“I and my wife brou-ght her out fast but it was too late. She had lost her consciousness. We quickly took her to the hospital and it was later reported she lost her memories. When she woke up, she thought we were her parents”
“Because we had no children, we decided to bring her in. We also didn’t have an idea who she really was. Because of the love we grew for her, we decided to keep her instead of taking her to the cops. We took care of her till she got better. We brou-ght her home and gave her a new name and life” The lady ended.
Malcolm sighed de-eply. perturbed.
“You aren’t my real parents?” Ariana whispered, coming out from where she hid.
“Berry…” They both stood up.
“I’m Ariana now. Malcolm Keepers girlfriend” She whispered and Malcolm turned to her.
She looked at him with tears in her eyes.
MAFIA’S HIDEOUT**
“You don’t remember any of us?? We don’t look familiar to you at all?” Cindy asked.
“I wish” Ariana answered.
“Anyways, I’m Cindy…”
“Nice to meet you. I’m Ari-
“We know. He’s Ken, Kev and Oliver. She’s Rhoda” Cindy introduced.
“Nice to meet y’all” Ariana bowed.
“Welcome to the mafia family” Malcolm winked.
“Mafia?” Ariana asked.
Malcolm smi-rked.
“Explanation part 2”
“Come. I’ll tell you everything you nee-d to know” Cindy beckoned to her.
Rhoda went to Malcolm.
“How did she manage to escape from the bomb blast?” She asked him, quietly.
Malcolm exhaled.
“I think she managed to crawl out of the van and then released her body to the air,,, causing her to fall into the water, down the cliff” He explained.
Rhoda nodded.
“Do you think she really lost her memories this time?” She asked.
Malcolm looked at here in thoughts. written by sommy pearl f.
“Is it true I always called you Mister?” Ariana came closer smiling.
Malcolm looked at her with a smile and nodded.
“And is it true…I was your spy?” She asked.
Malcolm glanced at Cindy who winked at him.
Malcolm smiled and faced her.
“Yes. A very shy one at that…”
She bit her lower li-p and looked down .
“Ah…Before I forget, You also have a talent of art. You draw perfectly well” He smiled.
Rhoda quickly looked at him, de-eply. Her heart was beating fast.
“How does he know she draws well? They didn’t meet then…He didn’t get to meet her then so…how does know she can draw so well” She thought.
“Really?” Ariana asked.
He nodded.
“There was one time you drew your room so well. I was fascinated”
“Awesome!” She gushed.
Rhoda sighed in relief.
“Boss…So, are we ready for the mission now?” Ken came forward with a raised brow.
“Firstly, Let’s get her Br@in checked” Cindy muttered, folding her arms.
TBC