?THE
MASKED
MAFIA?
(His Shy Spy…)
By; Sommy Pearl F.
CHAPTER 96&97
HOSPITAL**
“Doctor!” Malcolm quickly got on his feet and walked to the doctor.
The others sat down in remorse. Rhoda sprained her leg cause of the run and was given a ward in the hospital too.
“How’s she?” Malcolm asked.
Cindy raised her head up and let out a sob. Oliver sighed and kept her on his shoulder.
The doctor shook his head.
“Her life is on the line” He replied.
“Her life? That means,,, she isn’t really dead?” Malcolm raised a brow.
“She was almost dead but thankfully, the surgeons tried their best and got her blood type. Though for now, She won’t wake up and I don’t know when she will. Also,,,, There’s a probability that she might not wake up”
“Wh…at?” Malcolm whispered.
Oh no” Cindy muttered.
“Even if she does wakes up, Her mental health and memory is what I can’t ensure unless if a miracle happens” The doctor said and walked away.
Malcolm swallowed and Cindy stood up and walked to him.
“Believe. She’s gonna be fine” She whispered.
“I hope so. But,,, why did you tell me she was gone?” He asked, seriously.
“I’m sorry but I couldn’t get her pulse properly. The tension was too much for me” Cindy replied.
Malcolm sighed.
“I’m glad she’s breathing now. We just have to hope that she’ll get better and nothing bad will happen to her. This is the 3rd accident Ariana is having now. The girl has suffered enough”
“You’re right” Cindy nodded.
“Malcolm?” Cindy called.
“Huh?” He looked at her.
“Rhoda asked of you. She wants to see you” She told him and he gawked at her.
***
“You asked for me?” Malcolm said, walking to her. written by sommy pearl f.
“Hows your leg by the way?” He asked, looking at her bandaged leg which was raised up.
“Well. Its fine. I’m glad I didn’t sprain it too much” Rhoda smiled and watched him sit on the chair.
“So,,, You said you wanted to see me?” He asked.
“Yeah. I wanna talk to you” She murmured.
He blinked and nodded, giving her a gesture to talk.
She inhaled de-eply.
“I have something to confess. It about I and Ariana-
“I know everything already”
“Huh? How??”
“I saw your text and followed Ariana trails that night. I heard everything”
She gulped, nervously.
“You must be disappointed, huh?”
“Very” He answered and she looked down.
“How could you place a bet on me? How could you bring her closer to me cause you wanted to test me? Despite, breaking up with me at the first place?” He questioned.
“Do you wanna know why I broke up with you? The real reason?” She quickly looked at him.
“Let’s hear it” He nodded.
“I was scared. So Fu-cking scared of you. After you killed Leo Da Cruz, i became so scared of you. I was more frightened when you pretended like you didn’t do it. You cried and acted like you were innocent”
“My tears was sincere. Though, I felt relieved he was dead, I still felt sorry cause he would be lonely at the other side”
She blinked her eyes, nervously.
“Okay? I didn’t see that coming?. Anyways, I was scared but when years past, I began to un-derstand you. I’m sorry for placing a bet on you. I’m really sorry”
“Everything is fine now. But that does not mean I will take you back. Its over between us, Rhoda” He whispered.
“No…Its fine. I’m okay with that. I don’t even deserve you fully. Ariana does. She owns a 100% of you while I own you 98%. Too bad, I lost”
“2% is too small” He smi-rked.
She laughed.
“Malcolm…When I and the others were worried about you, Cindy said she received a call from you. I said it wouldn’t be you. That was when I actually lost. That was when I really reallynlost you and thought I wasn’t the one for you. I gave up. On the other hand, Ariana said,,, it could be you…”
Malcolm smiled, shortly.
Rhoda swallowed with raised brows.
“When asked the reason why she thought you were the mysterious caller,,, she said something weird. Do you wanna know?”
“Hmm” He nodded.
“Ariana said she wanted to have hope. She wanted to have hope that it was really you. That you were alive, well and cool” She scoffed, lowly.
“Weird, huh?” She whispered.
“It was weird but lovely. That was the time I realized that…ah…Ariana deserves Malcolm…a 100%” She smiled.
“Thank you” Malcolm said.
“What? For what?” She asked.
“Its just you keep giving me joy with your statement”
She chuckked loudly and covered her mouth.
“I saw in Leo’s scroll that Ariana was in the mafia’s palace. She was an artist and she even drew and painted me and found me to be her muse back then. I never noticed Ariana though. I’m not surprised, the palace is a big one” He muttered.
“I met Ariana then. I could tell she was quite in love but was scared cause of her boyfriend then, Gilberto” Rhoda said. written by sommy pearl f.
Malcolm wide-ned his eyes.
“I…thought I was helping you but I wasn’t. I was causing you harm. The only help that I could br@g of, was when I got imprisoned cause of our love”
“Huh?” He muttered.
“I got imprisoned for almost a week cause I skipped curfew and you…made me escape it. Gilberto saw us and to save you from any mess, I gladly went to prison in your stead”
“That means,,, That week you weren’t around…You were in the imprison but you told me you were at-
“Its in the past now. Its fine. So,,, I guess we’ve settled our differences, huh?” She stretched her arm.
Malcolm smiled and accepted the handshake.
“So,,, What do you plan to do next?” He asked.
“I’m gonna stay in Milan for now and find for greener pastures. But don’t worry, I’ll always be at your beck and call” She smiled.
“So,,, for now…till whenever…this is our end?” He asked.
She nodded, quietly.
“Malcolm!! Ariana!! She just opened her eyes!” They heard Oliver screaming.
“Thank goodness!” He exclaimed and broke the handshake.
He ran to the door and was about opening it. He turned to Rhoda who quickly for-ced a smile.
“Go on. Go meet her” She cooed.
“Don’t you wanna see her?” He asked.
“Its fine. We’ll talk later” She replied.
Malcolm looked down and sighed softly looking at her.
“Thank you,,, Rhoda. Thank you for everything, really. For actually coming to Korea to save me from Gilberto”
She only nodded with a small smile.
“Stay safe” He whispered and left.
Rhoda eyes blinked and her li-ps parted. Tears rolled down her eyes, immediately.
“It..was a ha-rd decision for me…but you deserve all, Ariana. I…lost” She stuttered, and closed her eyes as the tears poured down.
***
“Ariana! Ariana!!” Malcolm ran in.
He met the others at the other end.
“Don’t come close. She doesn’t want any disturbance. She’s sleeping for now” Cindy said.
Malcolm looked at her and sighed de-eply.
“I’m glad she’s fine now. Its a miracle”
“When did the doctor say she might wake?” He asked.
“Apparently, in 2-5 hours time” Cindy replied.
“Awwnnn!! Its too long” He M0-ned, childishly.
6 HOURS LATER**
“They’ve been hu-gging for how many hours now?” Cindy arched her brows.
“Actually…Just 25 minutes” Oliver checked his wrist watch.
“No one asked you” Cindy rolled her eyes.
“Who asked you to calculate the time…Aish” She breathed.
“Anyways,,, We’re glad she’s fine” Cindy smiled.
“I thought I lost you. I thought you would lose your memory…again” Malcolm whispered, hu-gging her close.
Ariana chuckled.
“You won’t lose me and I won’t allow my memory get lost again. You’re my memories now, Malcolm. Now,,, I un-derstand you, Chosen one” She smiled.
He broke the hu-g and looked at her smiling face.
“I love you, Ariana” He whispered.
“I love you too, Malcolm” She smiled.
He quickly smashed his li-ps on hers and ki-ssed her affectionately.
“Ooppss!” Ken gasped and turned around.
The others turned too.
Ariana broke the ki-ss and they looked at each other and let out a loud laugh.
She looked at the others and smiled.
“C’mon! Who wants free hu-gs? I Fu-cking missed y’all” Ariana gestured.
They all went to them and shared a round hu-g.
2 WEEKS LATER**
AIRPORT**
“Goodbye, Rhoda.. I’ll miss you. I wish you could come along” Ariana said. written by sommy pearl f.
“No. Its fine. This is where I wanna stay now. You can call me whenever and I will come running. I’m glad you can handle Malcolm so well. Take care of him” Rhoda said.
“Alright,,, I will. Trust me” Ariana smiled.
Rhoda smiled too and hu-gged her.
“I do trust you”
Ariana wrapped her arms around Rhoda and inhaled de-eply.
They disengaged and Ariana ran to the others.
“Goodbye, Bullet!!!” They said in chorus, waving
“Goodbye” She smiled, waving back.
“Till we meet again. Mafia, Spy, Cactus, Bob, Key-Lar and Censor”
KOREA**
2 DAYS LATER**
“I thought today’s a free day. Where are you going to?” Kev asked seeing Ken sneaking to the door.
Ken swallowed and turned to him.
“Not your business” He said and left the door.
Kev smiled and sipped his cu-p of tea.
“I’m sure he’s off to MImi” and with that, he walked away.
***
Malcolm and Ariana were on the bed, cuddled up. The hu-ge white duvet covered their nak-edness.
He smiled at her and pec-ked forehead.
“So,,, What are you gonna do next? You’re still contemplating whether you still wanna remain a mafia and you aren’t a soloist anymore. Though, your fans didn’t get a statement of your resignation. Mr Chadwick didn’t give a statement. I guess he really broke all ties with you” Ariana said.
“Don’t mind that old hag” Malcolm muttered.
“Actually…By 4pm today…I’m gonna be having a press conference. I called the press yesterday night. I want to tell everyone that I’m no longer Singer MK”
Ariana nodded but then, a loud gasp escaped from her mouth.
“Oh no!! What to do?! Stand up! Stand up!!” She said, hitting him repeatedly.
“Why?” He asked, Gr0-ning.
“What’s wrong?”
“Its past 3pm now. Hurry or you’ll be late” She wide-ned her eyes.
Malcolm smiled and ki-ssed her cheek.
“At least, I got late cause of you”
“Go!” She said and pushed him down.
“Oww” He M0-ned out.
PRESS CONFERENCE**
Malcolm bowed low after giving the shocking news of his resignation.
Many cameras came to life as he bowed low and many reporters fingers clic-ked the keys of their laptop.
“Malcolm!!!” He heard someone shout from behind.
Malcolm slowly turned his head and so did, everyone.
Everybody was watching. It was live everywhere too.
On the hu-ge TV facing them was Gilberto with a black patch on his left eye. He was on broadcast.
“What’s wrong with him? How did he even-
“Its revenge time!” He smi-rked.
“Let’s tell everyone your dirty secret, Mafia behind the Mask!!!”
TBC