During dinner everyone was having their own conversation, I somehow got dragged away to gamble a little , leaving Lumine and Chris to the guys at a table of 3 other high chairs playing a game of Mahjong first .
I sat facing my dad's 2nd Aunt , Aunt Grace , on my left Aunt Adeline and my right Aunt Julia . 4 ladies playing Mahjong got the attention of other people as well everyone was crowding around our table and watching us play the first round wasn't that bad , i won like $150 when the hyped died down a little , Lumine and Chris were standing my side with Baji behind me with his hand on my head.
"So , Stella , how have you been since we last saw you ? " Aunt Adeline asked while we were shuffling the tiles
"I've been well ,taking care of the kids , getting work done"
"That's good to hear , how are the kids doing in school?" Aunt Julia asked.
If you must know, Aunt Julia is the 20th High chair member and still unmarried at the age of 40 and she can be very unrealistic at times.
"Lumine, Chris ?"
"School's awesome!" Both replied with a smile on their faces
She wasn't impressed of course, and if she asks the kids what they want to be when they grow up i will flip this whole entire table they're still kids ! you can't ask them that question ! I shook it off and started stacking the tiles, she ruffled Chris Hair and Rin came over with the Ipad and showed me the information on the meeting and the conversation he just had not too long ago in the club .
"Are you sure? "
"Yes , Boss. at the ready we can proceed with the plan at your command" Rin said .
"What plan??"
"We fly to Hong Kong," Rin replied.
"Too early to say , will discuss it at home "
Rin nodded his head and went to join the boys again and i continued to play with the ladies
"Working hard eh , Stella" Aunt Grace commented
"Of course Aunt, if not how am i going to give my kids the best though they do not ask for much i will always give them the best "
Snarky comment but made them all jealous
"HEY COUSIN STELLA! " Cousin Alan yelled at the top of his lungs and I had to look up at him with a displeased face and tell him to come over to me.
"How dare you borrow my car without telling me and you went straight to my dad you fucker"
"I really needed it ! I promise I'll return it in tip top condition !" Cousin Alan replied
"It better be , if you mess up my car i will make sure you get me a new one"
"You can't be serious Stella , You are richer than all of us here combined!" He Whined
"I'm not rich, just comfortable alright , now shu shu i want to play . "
He left and took my kids to go and play with him I suppose , and the 4 of us ladies continued to play till it was Aunt Grace bedtime 10pm on the dot we ended the game and bid goodbye to her. I excused myself and went to look for Ben and found him outside smoking again , i walked up to him and taking a stick from him
"What was it you wanted to say just now" Ben asked
"Right , any chance you have extra men to spare me?"
"What's up with that request ?" He questioned me
"I might go into war and don't want to die in vain "
"You're the top business woman in the country and 3rd worldwide. How can you go to war? " He said and laughed a little
"I just need your answer can you provide the Men or Not "
"You can always count on me Stella , i have a few men i can lend to you " He replied
"Good, i'll call if i need them "
"Is someone trying to kill you ?" He asked without breaking eye contact
"Maybe"
That was the only word i can say i threw away the cigarette and went back inside , seeing the boys were still awake and surviving playing with Lumine and Chris , i decided to seat with Draken and from there we waited till dad was done drinking and i was done mingling with the rest of the high chairs . Dad was so drunk that Matt and Izzy had to carry dad to the car. The kids were asleep on Charlie and Hans' shoulders and I can barely walk in their heels .
Everyone bid goodbye to everyone that was still there and went back home , with that concluded a night
"Boss, so you got the thing you wanted?" Draken asked
"Yeap , now all we need to do is wait for Damien to make a move and we can counter from there"
"Alright "
The drive home was a smooth one , with everyone reaching home safely , putting the kids to sleep was an ease , dad managed to stumble back into his room and everyone else headed back to their room to rest.
I walked to the balcony on the 3rd floor and stood there for awhile with a wine glass in my hand, i leaned against the railing staring up at the full moon , letting out a sigh . . .
"Must be nice to be free from all this aye 3rd Great Grandmother "
"You don't like the way you are now?" a voice came from behind
I turned around and it was Draken
"Gezus you scared the shit out of me "
"Sorry Boss, i didn't mean to scare you " he stood next to me
"Why are you still up ?"
"Baji's snoring is annoying " He replied with some humor but wasn't funny hahah
"I see , hahaha Draken "
"Yes boss"
"If i don't make it , would you tell Baji i love him very much "
"Tell him that yourself . You won't die " He said with confidence
I turned my head and look at him
"Power comes with responsibility and this power that I have is something every Business Man wants. It can't be taken, only can be earned. "
"Boss you sound like a magician from the movie " He gave a snarky reply which i then smacked his arm
"Im serious Draken, If i do not make it you'll take over the company on my behalf "
"Huh!? Why me?" Draken had gone into shock
"You know the ropes , you know the people . i taught you well "
"Boss , i can't" He said
"The next few months will be dangerous , I need you to be strong if anything happens to me. I need Baji to take the kids into his care, I have the documents and Will set aside . Are you ready?"
"Yes Boss" He replied firmly
"Get some rest. We have more work later"
I gulped down the remaining balance of the wine in the glass and walked away . . .
The next day I told my dad to rest since he was having such a terrible hangover. I will send the kids to school myself so I grabbed Lumine and Chris and left without anyone else with me. On the way to school Lumine and Chris we so excited again and would not stop talking but you know their kids i should just let them talk
We got to the school gates and i got down on one knee and let him gave me kisses before entering school .
"So do you want Mommy to pick you up from school? Or Uncle Matt and Izzy?"
"Uncle Matt will always give us ice cream before coming home " Chris said making me tilted my head a little still in shock by the way
"Uncle Izzy will always give us piggyback rides on the way home" Lumine answered
"I see . . . so you guys don't want Mommy to pick you up then "
"Nope!" Both replied
I faked a pain causing both of them to change their answers . I kissed them both and ruffled their heads and entered the school waving goodbye to the kids. I left walking back home. It wasn't lonely. I was listening to music until I heard a Motorbike Honk at me , I took off my earphones and turned around to see it was Skylar . i stopped walking and she got off her bike and walked over to me
"Nice to see you again Red Butterfly " Skylar said and kneeled down
"Get up "
"Yes Lady Red" she replied
"How did you find me?"
"We have been searching for you for months and i found you " she replied
"Didn't I hand over to Remy the leadership role years ago ? "
"Remy's gone bad " she said and lowered her head "
"What do you mean she's gone bad?"
"Look, can we find somewhere quiet to talk? It's not safe to be out here " she said and got on the bike and signaled me to get on which of course i got on the bike and told her the directions to me home. The guards upfront opened the gates and let us . she parked the Motorbike and entered the house
"Woah your place is massive Lady red" She commented and continuing spinning around like everything was so elegant and nice
"Boss , this is ?" Draken asked
"Ah uh , she's a friend of mine , don't mind we are going to have some tea. Could one of you bring some snacks to study ? thank you boys "
I walked up the stairs with Skylar following behind. We headed up to the 3rd floor and I opened the door and had her seated. I sat opposite her moving the books aside and Draken came in with the tea and snacks wanting to stay. I told him to leave us first.
"So you were talking about Remy gone bad?" lifting the tea cup to my lips
"Well you know you left us after you became the Top CEO and not shocked that you handed it to Remy since she was by your side for so many years since she was your 3rd in command after a few years your departure she took advantage of other gang members beating them up on purpose, making us do dirty work " she said
"Why am i not informed of this earlier"
"You were all over the media but no one knew actually where you lived and how you were and nobody dared to call you. Even top in the business world you are the most popular on social media but nobody dared question you of your choices of departure. Remy on the other hand started doing business in the black market selling drugs , getting prostitutes to get her money things went bad fast and the majority of the girls out of 400 of us 250 dead were killed by Remy." Skylar lowered the tea cup onto the table
"IMPOSSIBLE! (SLAMS THE TABLE) "
"They were either overdosed by force , shot , beaten to death and sadly Majority of us are still fearful of her she had made the announcement of colliding with another gang as partners Men all of them nasty things their numbers are more than 1000 and they will provide protection for us and they are located all over the globe." she said
"Do you have any names?"
"For all i heard by the name Ethan and Greg or some people call him Damien" Skylar replied
My eyes opened wide and place the tea cup on the table and ran to the hall way and call Rin and Shane up they came running to the study
"What's going on Lady Red?" She questioned
"Rin show her the images "
"Yes boss" Rin replied and showed Skylar the image of Ethan and Damien together in the States , she nodded her head and look at me
"Yes they're the ones that Remy met the other time . '' Skylar replied
"Wait. How long ago was their meeting? "
"She flew over to the states and called me ." Skylar replied and showed me the call log,
"Do you mind if I extract it from your phone?"
"Sure go ahead, but what's going on ?" she questioned.
"Rin , Shane took the phone and extracted the voice of Remy. I want to know who she was with in the state , get CCTV footage of her Check with the interpol and then immigration from France to the States and watch all of her tracks . I want to know where she met him. "
"Yes boss !" Both replied and got to work straight away .
" Lady Red , what's going on?" She questioned again .
"For 3 years of my life I was in a relationship with Damien , and sadly before the 4th anniversary he died according to me and I was 2 months pregeant. The kids have Damien's blood . I never suspected that he was dead because his funeral and everything felt so surreal . "
"So for the past 8 years of my life I have been investing this on my own, he bugged his own stuff that was here in my house , he bugged his own car . With the help of every bodyguard I have , I managed to track his way around things and he sent me a warning and so I did it . I am at the mits of war here. If he knows about the kids he might just wanna get them back in his hands and i know what he is after"
"What is he after aside from the kids?" She asked
"My Power in the business world"
I lowered the tea cup and place it on the table , looked at her
"This is why I have been living in the suburbs for a while now even though it takes a longer time to go to the city but at least it can guarantee my safety and my kids as well. I was so worried about the kids future I decided to move. I cannot imagine any live firing action in front of the kids , it will traumatise them for sure."
"It's good that you are thinking about your kids, but you think Damien would want the kids ?" she asked
"Good point , I don't know what he wants until I officially confront him but I am trying to gather more evidence as I go along, for now I have a lead in Hong Kong . If you are willing to help me see what Remy is up to and able to gather some girls over i would be most grateful for your contribution. "
Skylar gets up and places her hands behind her back and bowed 90 degrees towards me
"I will do my best! Lady Red I will always be Loyal to you " She exclaimed
"Stand right , I am grateful for your loyalty after all these years . . . i should have let you lead them instead of Remy . . . im sorry "
"No need to be Sorry , I was never ready to be a leader of a gang in the first place . " she commented and sat back down on the chair.
"So are all my captains still alive?"
"You mean Isabella , Riley , Nat , Zoey , Luna and Abigail . . . "
"Why are you not talking, don't tell me. "
"No no! 3rd Division down, Captain Nat Died , 6th Division down, Captain Abigail died and Isabella died "
"How?"
" They went against Remy's doings and fought for the throne sadly even with the 250 of them Remy had backup . . ." She explained ….
"Are their graves ? . . ."
"No, they burnt all the bodies …. " she answered.
"Fuck . . . "
"But I had a combined tombstone made for all of them. " she said
"That's wonderful …. So the 250 of them are gone … I am left with 150 …. We were a gang of 400 and she wiped out 250 of my girls …. "
"How many are you going against? " She asked
"To be honest we are still crunching the numbers . and even if I have you girls to back me up . it won't be enough . "
" i will do my best " She said
I nodded my head, stood up and walked to the window . I was thinking if i wanted to go head to head against Remy first but knowing Remy for so many years i never imagined myself going head to head with her …. She was the one that proved herself to me before I left. . .
**FLASHBACKS**
" i guess everyone here has heard of my departure, the person i chose to take over me has followed me and my leads for years i wish it was Skylar but as Skylar suggested she isn't ready for the leadership role but of course the next person i chose has proven worthy of being the next Lady Red is Remy from Division 1 "
"YES BABY! YES!" Remmy screams at the top of her lungs coming to me on the throne.
"Settle down Remy"
"Since Remy will be Lady Red , The new 1st Division captain will be Isabella. I'll let Remy say a few words before we proceed with the hand over"
I stepped down from the throne and stood beside Skylar , handing me a cigarette and helping me lit up
"Do you think you made the right choice? Lady red " Skylar asked
" I sure hope so (Inhales . . . Exhale ) It isn't easy. I still wish it was you . "
"Will you stay in contact?" Skylar asked
"I will reconsider, but Serve Remy well. I wish you girls the best . "
Once Remy was done with her stupid speech, i went back up on the throne and sat down . Remy Kneeled in front of me with Skylar on my side handed me the Knife and the Iron stamp with the butterfly stamp on it , Skylar place it over the fire heating it up I took the knife slit Remy's Arm Taking the Iron Stamp from Skylar and pressed it firmly with the blood.
"You will repeat after me Remy Understand?"
"Yes Lady Red " Remy replied
"I Say your Name , Will uphold all rules and regulations in the book of the Red butterfly "
"I Remy, will uphold all rules and regulations in the book of the Red butterfly " Remy replied,
"I will lead the Red Butterfly to greater heights, promise to never deal with anything illegal nor start any fights with our Captains."
" I will lead the Red Butterfly to greater heights, promise to never deal with anything illegal nor start any fights with our Captains." Remy repeated
"I promise to Be the best Leader of the Red Butterfly Serving it with Pride "
"I Promise to be the best Leader of the Red butterfly Serving it with Pride " Remy repeated one last time .
I removed the Iron stamp and handed it back to Skylar. Everyone cheered as Remy took over the throne , I stepped down from the podium and walked out of the underground building and got into the car before I could even leave my Captains all came rushing to me, i wined down the window and let them speak
Riley - 2nd Division Captain
Nat - 3rd Division Captain
Zoey - 4th Division Captain
Luna - 5th Division Captain
Abigail - 6th Division Captain and
Isabella the new 1st Division Captain
Riley: Will you stay? Be our advisor?
Nat: You don't have to leave
Zoey: I still object to Remy honestly.
Luna: Don't leave us.
"Ladies , you all very well know why i am leaving, i will be contactable if ever you girls need anything . But for now let me be alone . Just remember i'm still in the city you girls will know where to find me if trouble comes"
" IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING YOU LADY RED !" Everyone yelled together and bowed slightly
"Thank you ladies for staying by me all the way , go and celebrate your new Lady "
The car drove off and tears started rolling down
**END OF FLASHBACK**