Her Mafia Lord

Chapter Fifty Five

Romeo couldn’t make out the face of the man but he knew he had heard his voice before.

“Apologies for the way my boys treated you earlier on, it’s just that what they did is best for business” Romeo watched as the man puffed smokes into the air

“Who are you?” He asked out of sheer curiosity

“I am surprised that you can’t recognize my face” The man suddenly stepped into the light and the moment Romeo saw him, he gasped; aside the fact that he was the same man who had dragged Bianca out of the bar he worked, he had a somewhat similar face with Giovanni.

“Do you remember me now?” Amore asked as he bent down to his level. “I know you do” He said patting his head.

“What do you want from me” Romeo asked as Amore stepped back a bit, taking out a match stick and lighting up his cigarette again.

“I see you are the type that likes ‘straight to the business type of situation'” Amore said with a smile on his face. “Anyways, you happened to have something in your possession that belongs to me” the moment Romeo heard those words, he knew exactly what he was talking about.

“I don’t know what you are talking about” Romeo denied. He had clearly been warned by Giovanni not to reveal his name to anyone no matter what happened.

“You see the problem I have with humans? They all think they can lie but here is the thing, I am more of a lie detector” Amore said holding up his gun “isn’t she a thing of beauty?” He asked pointing it towards Romeo.

“You see this baby here, has killed several top men in the underworld and more to come” Romeo was nervous as he watched Amore rolling the gun in his hand.

“And so, it would be a great honour for you if I release the trigger off and burst your skull open”

“Please I beg you, don’t kill me” Amore approached him once more keeping the gun aside.

“Now then, if you don’t want a hole between your skull, tell me what I need to know. And if you don’t understand what am talking about, I am referring to the Lexicon file, the one you clearly stole from my office” Romeo could feel Amore breath on him and it smelt like smoke

“I.. I don’t have it” He managed to say.

“Very well then, I believe you know much about pro wrestling? Have you heard of the choke slam? Well then, I happened to have one of my boys who could execute the move so perfect” One of Amore’s men stepped forward causing Romeo to shiver in fear

“Choke him but don’t slam him” Amore instructed. Romeo watched as the huge monster approached him clapping his two hands together with a wicked smile on his face.

“This will be fun” The heavily built muscled man exclaimed.

“Now I ask for the upteenth time, where is the file” Romeo held his mouth shut, regretting the fact that he had even thought of entering the deal with Giovanni. Apparently, he knew it wasn’t his fault, he was forced into the deal by Giovanni and now, he is being forced by his brother to release the file.

“No response?” Amore signalled his man and he grabbed on to Romeo’s neck gripping him so tight. Romeo struggled to breathe but he couldn’t, his eyes were going blurry.

“I ask again where is the file!” He tapped on the man shoulder and Amore signalled for his release. Romeo coughed incessantly as he was released of the grip.

“Want to talk now?” Romeo nodded

“The file is at my house, Kingston street, the third house by the left, once you break in, I happened to have dropped it under my bed” Romeo said trying to inhale all the Oxygen.

“Was that so hard to say” Amore asked. He was about leaving when a sudden thought came to his head

“You know Fred don’t you?” He shook his head violently in denial.

“Are you sure?” Amore asked eyeing him up in suspicion

“He had only come to the bar to have a drink” Romeo explained

“Were you aware that son of bitch was shagging my wife” Amore stated with rage on his face.

“I had no idea. Most of the time he had come to the bar, he always approached her and sometimes got her intoxicated before taking her up the stairs” Romeo explained still feeling the impact of the grip on his neck.

“Have you at anytime tried to make out his identity?” Amore asked again

“No, there had never been a time like that” Amore sighed, dropping the mash of his cigarette on the floor before heading out of the room.

While they were gone, Romeo thought over everything that had transpired in the room; he wondered how Amore had gotten to know him. His mind wondered to Bianca and believed that it was Bianca who had revealed his identity. While he was certainly not angry at Bianca, he was certainly angry at Giovanni for forcing him into the situation that he was at the moment. He needed to do something quick before they find out about the truth. He knew that if he remained here, he would be killed withlut a sweat if Giovanni returned.

The event with Doris also flashed through his mind and he wouldn’t die at this moment. He needed to show Doris hoe much she meant to him. He needed to show her that his love for her is genuine. Romeo needed to find a way out of this room in time before they return.

He needed to escape.

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Amore was on his way home, he hadn’t seen Bianca since he returned and while he was excited to see her, he would check the CCTV footage he had installed to know if she had gone to places he didn’t want her going.

Bianca was surprised to see Amore early; what he had told he was two weeks and so, seeing him come this early remained a mystery.

“Hey babe” He entered hugging her carefully not to hurt her protruded belly.

“You back so early” She aired out her thoughts.

“Shits went down and so I had to return on time” Amore wasn’t willing to tell anyone what had transpired.

He was aware of the news going in the media that the Plaza Mayor was under attack by terrorist and felt that story was credible enough to conceal lots of their activities.

“So, what has my baby being doing since am gone” He asked staring at her curiously.

“Nothing much, just the same routine; eat sleep and repeat” He made a mental note to check the footage later on to see if she was lying.

Suddenly, his phone began to ring and he head up the stairs to pick the call from one of his men. Bianca watched as Amore moved upstairs and before she could continue her series on Netflix, her phone began to ring; it was from an unknown contact. She was tired of people calling her up with unknown contacts.

“Who is this?” She asked immediately she picked up the call.

“Hey uhmm… This is Giovanni” The moment Bianca heard his voice, she was at the brink of hanging up when she made a second thought about it. She hated her guts for still having feelings for him.

“What do you want” She asked in a bored tone

“Can we meet and talk?”. She asked

“What are you up to Giovanni? I have told you before, we are done” Bianca stated with a frustrated tone.

“It is urgent Bianca and i know you hate me but it’s for your sake please” She sighed and thought about it for a minute

“What is this meeting about anyways? What is the purpose?”

“Its not something we could probably speak about on phone, just meet me at your school’s library tomorrow” He pleaded to her

“Fine then, I will be there”

Amore on the other hand wss furious while in his room; he got a call from one of his men stating that Romeo had tricked them, there was never a file at his house.

“Alright listen up real quick; return back there and gave that bastard killed!” He instructed. Amore was not the type to plead to his victim to do what is necessary of them and so, if he discovered any of them was giving him troubles, he didn’t mind eliminating them.

“Make sure his death is clean, swift and also get the body and dumb by the front of the school premises”

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Romeo’s eye had gotten used to the dark and so he could make out what was on the room; it seemed more like a prison and judging from the stench of smile he wa perceiving, he was not the first to have been taken into custody by Amore.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

He brought out the knife he held in his hands, staring at it with smile in his face

Flash back

While Amore had gotten close enough so he was inches away from Romeo, he had sneaked his hands into his coat and took the pocket knife he noticed while he had been approaching him

One thing was certain, Romeo knew he was going to get out of the stupid prison and fled away into oblivion. He used the pocket knife he had gotten from Amore and cut off the ropes in his hands, and did the same for his leg. Standing up to his feet, he fondled his hands carefully before stealthily approaching the door. He accessed the door for a minute; It was made out of woods amd it didn’t had locks on them. There was only one way to get out of there and Romeo dreaded the idea; he would have to break the door.

Romeo could only hope that there was no one at the entre vicinity who could hear the sound as he broke the door. He used his body as a tool and slayed himself unto the wooden door. The door didn’t budge a bit and he sighed again, slamming his body once more and this time, it created a crack. A mustered all the energy he could get and slammed the door for the third time and this time, it opened up.

Romeo instantly picked himself up, dust his body and moved briskly; he was oblivious to where he was heading to, the entire hall way was dark and he could only pray for anywhere that could possibly indicate the rays of sun.

While he turned left, he noticed a dim light at one of the doors and used his hands to trace the padlock of the door and noticed it was rather made with handle. He pulled the handle opened and he came face to face with a window.

Romeo rushed to the window; there was glass attached to the window, he used his hands to break the glass with force. It shattered to pieces and he steadied himself up on the wall and looked out.

Romeo noticed that the distance from the window to the ground was far stretched but he could only risk it. The sun which had its ray reflected on the window was setting, he was elated as it would be rather complicated for Amore nor his men to catch him.

He heaved a sighed and jumped to the floor. The moment he landed on the floor, he felt his bone snapped and he held it in pain. The distance between the window and the floor was close to four foot from his estimation.

He gathered all his strength and limped away from the building, ignoring the sharp pain in his leg. There was only one thing that brought smile to his face; he had escaped from Amore.