The former Alpha, Eduardo Maestri called out his daughter who is the current Alpha of the Mafia. Ordering her to call the two Betas and Gamma, they held the meeting at the House Maestri, discussing about the drug and weaponry dealings, gambling and also about the war between Fantasma Rosso and La Nostra Pace. They have received a message coming from the Shinigai Clan who's residing in Japan, telling them that their representative had arrived.
Eduardo Maestri is known for his gambling matches, though he lost once against Delta I, he's still known for the big amount of money that he gambles. He is a fond of gambling, so during the selection for the next Alpha, he used a Wheel-of-Fortune to determine who shall be the next one leading the Mafia. Despite being a casanova, he still values his disabled wife who beared 4 of his children including the current Alpha.
They have planned to destroy all of the Fantasma Rosso's club, just as what Eduardo ordered for the meantime, the four together with some Thetas did what Eduardo said.
Salvatore can be seen sitting on the couch in Delta's apartment. The room is a bit messy, paintings and pictures can be seen everywhere, art materials are scattered on the flooring, while Delta is casually sitting on a different couch, sipping her coffee. Salvatore haven't layed a finger on the cup of coffee that Delta offered.
"Rosamaria..." Salvatore muttered while looking down, Delta's face tensed up, displeased after he mentioned her name.
"Why didn't you told me?" he looks at the girl sitting infront of him, "The truth..about Letizia's identity and also Arturo's.." he added while gripping on his fists.
"Who told you?" Delta keeps on smiling from ear to ear, her tone is a bit of happy and unnerving.
"It doesn't matter who told me... What matter now is that.. either ending Letizia's life or returning her back to the Fantasma Rosso.." Salvatore muttered underneath his breathe, Delta only tilted her head, "Are you out of your mind?" she asks while giggling, creeping Salvatore.
"Shut up you cannibal...."
Delta pounced on Salvatore, choking him out of pure anger. Her face distorted into despair, he was shocked cause of her sudden action.
"You don't even know a quarter of my story.... Not even the prologue or the ending... All you know is my name..and the mask I am using..." Delta muttered angrily while panting, still choking Salvatore.
"Try addressing her as a cannibal.. you'll see her true colors.. just a warning, she's messed up."
'That darn Pio...! I..can't breathe....why is she very mad..? Goddamnit....' Salvatore thought while blacking out.
Delta stopped choking Salvatore, still sitting on the top of him. He only coughed and coughed while grasping for his breathe. Delta stood up while looking at Salvatore.
"Leave.." she ordered coldly.
Salvatore stood up slowly, still panting. "D-delta I'm so—"
"Leave."
Salvatore had no choice but to leave the apartment. Still wondering why did Delta acted that way, all he wanted is to know her better. He only sighed thinking how to apologize to her while walking away from the building.
•
"You two want to survive right?"
"Let's play a game!"
"Rosa...I'm sorry.."
The sound of the gunshot echoed throughout the room, her blood scattered everywhere leaving me staring at her dead body dumbfounded. "Is this the beauty of friendship?! HOW MARVELOUS!!" Francisco only exclaimed while raising both of his arms. I screamed her name while reaching out to her corpse, Fausta...it should've been me.
•
Delta stared at the wall filled with pictures and red strings. Her tears started to flow while holding her friend's picture, Fausta's picture sticked on to her wall.
"If you're still alive, you are also a Delta right now....." she murmured, "If I died on that day.. you will be the Branch 1's Delta... You should've been a better leader than me.." she added. "But... We're still together... Right??" she asked while touching her stomach.
She ending up laughing hysterically, slowly losing her mind, grasping on to her falsities.
Dorotea feeds Pucci with a celery, she's been watching the hamster while Dante is not in the apartment. "I wonder why Flavio never mentioned you..? Is he embarrassed that he owns a cute pet like you?" Dorotea sighed while watching Pucci. "Jeez... Dante has been going on a 'friendly' date with his new gamer friend... He's not even watching you cause of that girl.." she pouted while poking the hamster's cage. "While Giusto, is gone for awhile.. he has an important mission to spy the Branch 3's new Varepsilon." she rolls on the floor. "I wonder if Flavio has any baby pictures.. or atleast a photo album.." she stood up, walking towards a cabinet, there she spotted a camera and a photo album, "I bet this is Flavio's and not Dante's.. never knew he was this aesthetic." she smiles before sitting on the bed, placing both of the camera and the photo album on the bed. Upon opening the photo album, there she saw a ton of pictures of different sceneries.
She was amazed cause of the captured sceneries, "Never knew he was this good at photography." she commented. After flipping a few pages, she saw a picture of two kids playing at a garden filled with daisies. The other kid looks like Flavio while the other one is a girl with a long and straight pale amber hair. Curiousity tickled her mind, she started flipping more pages and the only picture she could see is a picture of a little girl who has a pale amber hair. "Why does she looks like me..?" she asked while thinking deeply. At the end of the album, she saw a name written on the cover,
Martha O'Rourke.
"Who is Martha O'Rourke..?" she wondered while trying to find clues in the camera, there she sees a single video file saved in the camera. She clicked play and the video started playing,
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"Wally, why are we recording this?"
"So that we could preserve memories, Martha. All we gonna do is to introduce ourselves infront of the camera."
"Well... Okay then, am I going to introduce myself first?"
"Yeah.."
"Greetings, I am Martha, the heiress of the House O'Rourke. Currently I am 7 years old, and still striving to be the best daughter that both of my parents wanted."
"...."
"Y-your turn! You numbskull!"
"Okay okay.. fine.. I'm a bit shy, okay..?"
"Just introduce yourself, just like how I introduced myself, Wally!"
"Pleasantries, the name's Waldenhart von Blount, call me Wally for short. I am Martha's bestfriend! Make her cry and I'll whoop your baby diapers!"
"Well, are we done now?"
"Yeah.."
•
The video ended. Dorotea only stared at the camera's screen, after knowing Flavio's real name and his childhood friend who looks like her. "Is this why Flavio has been simping over me...?" she realized, "It seems that.. I am just more of a replacement.." she added.
[End of Chapter]