So here I was about to unravel one mystery in the family I still wasn't sure it was right but hey don't knock it till you try it I guess. I ripped it open and for sure it was her beautiful handwriting I had seen it enough times to recognize it on the spot. The letter read ; "dear stan , i sincerely wish that it didn't have to come to this but you leave me no choice, you and I have been together through it all and I wish you didn't have to lie to me about the business, I asked you to stop and you liked that you had . I can no longer bear the pain to watch you destroy a family legacy , I can't watch you destroy the man inside , the man I love. I have to leave stan and am not coming back don't bother looking for me.
I still love you stan."
Something was off I don't know what exactly but , my grandmother wasn't this extreme she was always cool and collective but this letter was written by her so whatever it was that grandad was involved in had to be real bad to spook my grandmother like that.
"Hey Nate ? Do you by any chance happen to know where my grandfather kept his records?" He just answered by nodding his head. "Well show me" I tried not to sound anxious but I know he could already read it off my face. Ever since my grandmother disappeared back then grandad never remained the same he was the playful old man but I could tell he wasn't okay. Nate led me to my grandfather's home office which was really a storage room he had converted to an office. "When he hired me this was the first room he showed me so don't dis arrange anything , I know it like the back of my hand so just ask and I'll get it for you." You know at times I stop and think what would I do without Nate and then the next minute he does or says something utterly stupid. As I sat down on his chair I thoughts flooded my mind on what exactly was it that he did to scare off grandma , I mean it didn't make sense. Nate handed me all the ledger my grandpa used for all the transactions and they all seemed to check out , "that's wierd, I didn't come in here often when he was around but the times I did I never saw him use those ledgers, well at least not of that colour." Nate sounded sure of what he was saying. " Do you Know where the other one is?"
I could hear my voice beginning to show my discomfort . " That's the wierd thing is I've been here countless times but I've never seen it not since he died , but one thing I do know is that he never left the room with it." He said this with a grim expression . Maybe Nate might have missed him leave with it. " Nate are you sure , he could have left without you noticing ..."
" Look I don't make mistakes I was in the military for six years ,I specialed in bomb detection , I am sure of what I'm saying." Well apart from being confused about everything now I managed strike Nate's nerves. I decided to walk out and go lie down , I brushed past Nate , he didn't say a word . " Nate I'm sorry I didn't mean to upset you...."
"Shut up!" The audacity of this guy ." I'm trying to apologize to you...." He just cut me off again. "Yeah yeah , now be quiet and take a step back." The look on his face was alarming . I took a step back , he tilted his head as if he was listening to someone shorter than him whisper. Then he got down on his knees and started knocking on the wooden floor. He did this a few more times within the same area, " there you are." I heard him say under his breath. " You said , you are thinking of doing renovations to the house right?" That seemed like a really stupid question to ask right now . "Yes but what does that have to do with this?" He didn't answer but just looked at me and smiled, not those warm ones , this one had a more sinister twist to it . He walked past me and told me to wait , few minutes later he reappeared with a mini axe and like a deranged maniac he started hitting away at the floor. " Nate what are you doing?" He didn't answer of course . He laid down the axe and begun pulling away the boards and like one of those archeologists in documentaries he slowly pulled out a black covered book and handed it to me , I was overwhelmed to say the truth ," uuhm Gina, you might wanna have a look at these." He handed me a small box full of pictures and letters. The pictures mostly consisted of my grandfather with some other men I've never seen before.
I didn't focus too much on the pictures I went straight for the letters , the letters were all addressed to my grandfather but they were all from name's I didn't recognize. Nate kept working at the floor boards he came out with another box but this one was metallic and locked, Nate didn't even bother asking about it he just pried it open.
He looked inside then at me with a worried expression . He pulled out a large bundle of cash and handed it to me, " Gina can I have a look at those pictures ?"
"I have some good news and some bad ones like really bad."
This guy I couldn't believe him, he's been stone cold to me all this time and now is the time he thinks of being sarcastic.
I didn't answer and I guess he just decided to go ahead and pick for me. " Well the bad news is your grandmother took pictures with members of the 'del Rossi'
Yep , your grandfather knew people from the mob. On the plus side we just stumbled upon thousands of cash.
" Wait your saying my grandfather was part of the mob ?"