?THE
MASKED
MAFIA?
(His Shy Spy…)
By; Sommy Pearl F.
CHAPTER 65&66
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“Pardon?” Ken muttered.
“Take your cap off” He repeated.
Ken bit his lower li-p.
“Actually,,, I-
“Sir…You here already? What are you still waiting for?? Hurry! Lady Winnie nee-ds you” Ariana quickly jumped in.
“I’m on my way” Ken replied and went past the security man who had no choice but to just watch him leave.
“Thanks” Ken whispered to her.
Ariana gave him a short smile and they walked into the house. written by sommy pearl f.
****
“Thank goodness you’re here. The electricity suddenly went off after we heard a mild explosion” Lady Winnie explained.
Ken smiled and nodded.
“You don’t have to worry. I’ll take care of it now”
“Should I lead the way?” Lady Winnie asked.
“You don’t have to. I know the way myself”
“Okay then” She said with a bow and left.
“I’ll go see Tommy is safe” Ariana said.
Ken nodded and they both parted ways.
He walked throu-ghthe lobby, trying to find for the most suspicious room.
“Bob,,,, you there?” Ken asked.
“Yup. Just make hold your phone against each doors you pas-s throu-gh. Your phone will beep if it detects hu-ge amount of money behind the door”
“Okay” Ken answered.
*Beeppp* His phone sounded, repeatedly.
“Found it” Ken muttered, and kept his phone inside his pocket.
“Attach the cable to the door” Macolm said.
“Got that” Ken replied and looked around. He dropped his tool box down and opened it.
He took out a special cable and a screw driver.
He opened the finger print system on the door and attached the cable into it.
“Done…” Ken said, screwing it back in.
“Ready for hacking but I guess that would be tomorrow” Oliver said.
“Yes…Ken,,, see yourself out” Malcolm said.
Ken walked out and met Lady Winnie on the way.
“Are you done with it?” Lady Winnie looked around.
“Huh…Actually. I ain’t too familiar with the problem but I might come tomorrow after making researches”
“Okay then”
Ken bowed and walked away.
****
“We are done for today, Tommy” Ariana smiled.
“Thank you. You’re the best” Tommy giggled.
“You’re the best student too. Where do you school?” Ariana asked.
“Dicey Academy” He replied.
“Nice…”
“Ah…Don’t forget what you promised me”
“Of course” She winked.
“Bye” He smiled, waving to her.
“Byeeee” She smiled and left.
MK’S MANSION**
“Welcome back home” Malcolm smiled, opening his arms wide.
Ariana smiled back, and dived into him, giving him a ti-ght hu-g.
“You’d one long day” Malcolm said.
“You can say that again” She inhaled de-eply.
“I got you a ru-bik cube for Tommy” He said.
“Awwn…Thank you. He’ll be very happy. I like that little lad, you know” Ariana broke the hu-g and faced him.
“I’m sure you do” He smiled.
Ariana eyes fell on the sofa and her eyes wide-ned.
“Is that a duck toy? Its cute” She giggled and went to it. written by sommy pearl f.
“Its actually yours and you gave that to me as a gift. You named it Ducky” Malcolm said.
“Mr Ducky? How are you? Did you miss me?” She smiled at it, raising it high.
“Hmm…Hmm..” Malcolm cleared his throat, loudly.
“You should be calling me Mister and not the duck. You should be saying you miss me and not the duck. You should be smiling at me and not the duck” Malcolm said.
“Look at who got jealous” She laughed.
Malcolm looked down, pouting sadly.
Ariana slowly walked to him and raised his face up to her face.
“Mister? You know I miss you more” She smiled widely at him.
Malcolm smiled back and hu-gged her, then lifted her up.
He swirled her around and she giggled loudly.
THE NEXT DAY**
MAFIA’S HIDEOUT**
“Has the real electrician woken up?” Malcolm asked.
“Yeah” Rhoda nodded.
“He already went to the governôr’s house and repaired the electricity. Nothing was suspected, thankfully”
“Okay then…Let’s all do this” Malcolm said, keeping his right hand down.
All of them kept their hands on top on his.
“Fighting!!! We can do this!!” They all chorused and raised it up.
GOVERNÓR’S BUILDING**
“Thank you, Teacherrrrrr!!!!” Tommy screamed, joyfully when he was given the ru-bik cube.
He jumped and ran around, happily.
Ariana kept chuckling as she watched him.
AN HOUR LATER**
“Lady Winnie?? I can see that you’re very busy with the others” Ariana said, slowly walking into the kitchen.
Winnie and 2 others were preparing a grand lunch for the whole workers and Tommy, himself.
As usual, his parents weren’t around, as they went attending to their work duties.
Lady Winnie looked up at her and nodded with a smile.
“Mind if I as-sist y’all?” Ariana asked.
“What of Tommy?” Winnie asked, quickly.
“He’s busy drawing. There’s nothing much for me to do and my hands is really aching to help you, Lady Winnie”
Winnie laughed, lowly.
“Okay then. Come join me”
“Thanks…” Ariana smiled.
35 MINUTES LATER**
“Can I give the security men their food?”Ariana asked.
“Sure. Please, do so” Winnie smiled.
Ariana nodded, and took a hu-ge flask of food away which was meant for them.
On her way, she opened it and added a white substance into it. It was powder meant for them to sleep off de-eply.
She closed it right away and went to the men residence.
She knocked their door and one of them opened it.
“Food at last” One of them said.
“Thanks, Miss Anna”
“You’re welcome” Ariana nodded and was about to walk away when the head of them all came out.
“Hey,,,,” He called.
Ariana turned to him.
“Were you the one that brou-ght this?” He showed her the flask.
Ariana eyes blinked.
“Yes” She answered.
He gave her the flask and a spoon.
“Taste it first”
“Excuse me?”
“Taste what you gave us. Thats how we do things here” He said.
“I un-derstand” Ariana for-ced a smile and opened the flask.
She ate 3 spoonful and the flask was collected from her.
“You can go” He told her after she swallowed it.
Ariana bowed and walked away.
“Mister…Hurry, I just ate the drugged food. I might doze off soon, without knowing it”
“I’m on my way, okay??. Bob,,, be prepared to hack into the door and don’t forget to crash the system” Malcolm said.
“Sure boss” Oliver replied.
***
Winnie and the others slept off after eating their food. written by sommy pearl f.
Ariana had drugged everything. Tommy was asleep too. Ariana, herself couldn’t hold it. She fell asleep on the study chair.
All the security men and the guards also slept off.
***
Malcolm stopped his car in front of the gate. By that time, the CCTVs weren’t working.
Oliver had already hacked into them and they all crashed due to it.
Malcolm took a hu-ge bag and walked to the gate which was a systematic one.
Oliver hacked it with ease and just like magic, the hu-ge gate opened for Malcolm.
He ran inside and walked throu-ghthe lobby.
“Hacked!” Oliver said, and Malcolm noticed a door opening.
Malcolm smi-rked and went to it. He entered the room and saw lots of money.
“Fu-ck. Look at what he has been hiding. He refused to pay those that worked ha-rd for this county on his behalf. Fo.ol” Malcolm hissed.
Malcolm packed the whole money inside the big bag and went outside.
Oliver hacked the door again and it closed before Malcolm.
“Ariana…” He whispered, and searched in all rooms.
He finally saw himself in the study room and found Ariana, asleep.
He heaved in relief and walked slowly to her.
“Sleeping beauty” He whispered, staring at her pretty face. written by sommy pearl f.
After few minutes of looking at her. he finally carried her body in his arms and led her out.
“How many minutes left for them to wake up?” Malcolm asked.
“Just 12 minutes. It was a short term drug” Cindy said.
Malcolm smi-rked as he continued walking throu-ghthe lobby with a sleeping Ariana on his arms.
“Mission Accomplished” Kev smiled, and clap-s rented the air.
2 DAYS LATER**
The whole mafia gang watched the news on TV,,, with keen interest.
They couldn’t help but exchange glances and smile when the news they had been waiting for popped in.
“Yesterday, The governor sent the total of 500 million dollars to the workers who had been working and protesting for their unpaid salaries. The workers and even the nation as a whole is happy at this change and very glad he finally fulfiled his promise…” The news caster.
Next on the screen was the governor making his speech.
“I’m now at peace that I’ve given out the money to those ha-rdworking workers. I promise not to hold salaries anymore and tame the ministers to follow good steps alone. Thank you all and stay blessed” He said with a very low bow.
Malcolm scoffed.
“Look at him crying inside. You’re at peace indeed”
“I’m gonna miss Tommy though. He’s such a smart and nice kid unlike his father” Ariana looked at him.
Malcolm smiled at her.
“Dicey Academy is not too far away though”
“I know right”
“Boss…Can we talk about our last mission now? It could led us to Leo Da Cruz’s fortune” Ken said and Rhoda looked at them.
Malcolm inhaled de-eply.
“Actually guys. I…found the key. I just nee-d to know the location where the cabin is. The cabin holds the money and gold bars” He confessed.
“Wow!” Cindy and Oliver said together.
“Actually…This second mission could be a lead way to the cabin location” Ken said.
“Explain” Malcolm muttered, already smoking. written by sommy pearl f.
“Back then, when Leo Da Cruz was still alive, he appointed one of his artiste in the mafia palace to draw a particular painting in secret for him. After looking throu-ghit, The painting seems to hold a meaning. The painting is actually where the Leo Da Cruz laid the cabin of fortune”
Ken didn’t stop there.
“But after Leo Da Cruz’s death,,, the painting got missing. It was awful for some of those in the mafia palace cause they knew what the painting meant. However, their searching were unfertile and fruitless. They later found out it was a mere maidservant in the palace who stole the painting. She stole it and sold it out for a very expensive amount. However, the bad new was that the maid servant later died and thus, the men in search couldn’t find anything and had to forget about it”
“But, I later got a tip that the painting was with a gang in France. A mafia gang, to be precise. The gang later sold it to one Mr Paulo, a rich and well known tycoon suited at France too”
“The painting isn’t in his hands yet but its gonna be,,, on Tuesday. The leader of the mafia would be pas-sig it to Paulo at an upcoming auction at First’s Gallery in France…Paulo will be coming with Mrs Lina,,, his wife” Ken finally explained.
“So,,, we nee-d to retrieve the painting instead of them” Malcolm uttered and Ken nodded.
“Do you have a clue of how the painting looks like. Then,,, we’ll all make a plan” Malcolm said.
“I’ve a picture” Ken replied and reckoned to Oliver who switched the projector on.
The image reflected on the big white board and a painting was shown.
Ariana stared at it.
“Why…does this look familiar?” She muttered.
Malcolm was staring de-eply at it. His eyes started getting red and teary.
The cigarette in between his fingers fell down, to the desk.
The picture was a hu-ge black tree and there was lightening on the black cloudy sky.
There was piles of brown sand on the foot of the tree.
Veins were already popping on his ne-ck. He started pa-nting aloud and Rhoda noticed.
“Malcolm?? Are you alright?” She asked.
Malcolm pulled his hair as he reminisced on childhood.
“Mum!!!!Dad!!!!!” He had screamed in tears. They were bleeding in the damaged car while he was at the back. It was a big accident indeed.
It was raining cats and dogs. Thun-der and lightening inclusive.
He heard footsteps and peeped from the windscreen to see a someone by the door. He kept quiet immediately with tears running down his cheeks.
He looked from the window and stared at the wrist of the person de-eply to see a special pattern star.
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“Mister!!” Ariana shrieked and ran to Malcolm, after seeing him fall off the desk. He fainted at once.
His ne-ck got exp-osed and Ariana caught a glance of the special patterned tattoo. It was familiar since she had seen it several times on her hips.
“Is it a couple thingy?” She quickly thought.
The others also went to Malcolm who was out already.
TBC