Two days passed quickly but I still haven't decided to negotiate, maybe I am just scared that his only demand is my sister....
But no, I am a capo now I can't go back from this, if I back myself for this and how can I face something big!?
I sigh and swirl on my chair like a kid and face the evening sky wondering what Lenardo will be doing right now, will he be cry?making any arrangements for his daughter's return?
I turn to the front of my table and pick my phone on top of the table and slide open the screen and dial the number.
The ring went
And went and went final at the final ring a rough voice boomed from the other side of the phone.
"Maxi...max! How are you my old friend!?"
Alexandro! That bastard!
"You have no right to call me your friend, not after all the things you have done! Let me tell you something, I. loath. You. Now I need the girl from you, give her back. you dipshit!" I spit out each and every word, letting him know that he is talking to an erupting volcano.
"Woah! Calm down capo, she is not a simple object to be just given away!she is far more precious than...a diamond. She is like snow on top of a grass. Her skin is like a satin cloth and Maximo, her eyes like a pearl reflecting nothing but joy and light! Maximo she is amazing!" he keep on rambling about the beauty and her voice, smile and everything about her….
Let me tell you something, this is the true alexandro, he always talks like this and doesn't stop, Bee is the only patient listener.
But alexandro loves me more than any other in the whole world, more than his father. A small smile bloomed on my face.
"Stop it alex! I am not her to talk to you about her beauty, I called to negotiate with you" I admonished him lightly.
I feel so soft..
"Oh! What negotiation!?" he questions, this boy has no brain to act like a capo. Maybe I should give him some hours of class.
"Fool! I don't want to sacrifice my sister for an unknown girl, call out something other than that, a land or some money.."
"Hahahaha" he lets out a heartfelt laughter, grrr…
"What? What's the matter?" I deepen my voice, bastard.
"No, what's wrong with you! I thought you called me to ask about where to drop this beautiful girl….but you are talking about something called 'negotiation' after dropping your sister in my home!" he laughed again, WHAT!?
I dropped the phone and ran a bunch of flights of stairs and finally reached Viviana's wing, "Viviana! Viviana!" I scream.
"What? What happened!?" All I could hear was Calvo's rough voice, somewhere behind me. My head started to buzz like a bee.
The world started to spin but my feets are rooted on the ground strongly.
"What happened Maxi!?"Calvi grabbed my collar to bring me back to sense.
"Viviana escaped.." I mumble.
"What! Are you serious? Did you check properly? Max! This is no fun, it took half of our life to bring her home, now where has she gone!?" he is very furious, like a burning house.
"Alexandro" my blood started to boil, not toward Alexandro but towards Vivi.
"I knew! What's wrong with her!? By the way how do you know she escaped?" Calvo breaths out, "come let's sit and talk I will call Bee"
I slowly walked to the main living room decorated with a beautiful and shining couch, everything was done with her hands, everything was her personal selection. Viviana….why, why, why, why!!!!?? Why that bastard!!??
"What's wrong, where is Viviana?" Bee comes dashing to the room.
"Gone," Clavo answered, My mouth was tightly shut. To be honest I don't know how to bring words out of my mouth. She makes everything go blank, my Viviana.
"Where" Bee sits next to me.
"To Alexandro.." I was quiet.
"What! Are you serious? Gosh no! But how!?"
"I also have the same question" Calvo mumbles.
Immediately my brain started to work after taking in all the information.
"Calvo… I think she went to him willingly.. But why?" Bee added the final piece to my quest.
"Remember the day the phone was buzzing in the middle of a night?" I lean back.
"Yes! I heard! But I was too lazy to pick it up...why?" Calvo questions.
"That was Lenardo...he must have told her everything, that old pig!" I spit out my word.
"How do you know that was Leonardo?"
"Who do you think will call in the middle of the night? A pizza man? And I want you to note that Lenardo never called us again and didn't even come to us...he must have told her everything but…" I drag.
"But?" calvo ask,
"But I don't know whether she was convinced by him or she went willingly, ring that guy Bee."
"Sure, why not!" Bee pulls out his phone slide open the screen and quickly dial his number, within seconds he places the phone in my hand with Lenardo on the other side of the phone.
"Maximus….what do you want?" Leonardo voice is feeble,
"What have you done to my sister!?" I roar like a lion.
"What did I do!? I told her only the stuff and his demand and I begged her to be safe and I told her that you will find another way to bring my daughter back!" he says all the words in a rush.
Then it's not Lenardo's fault, It's Viviana's own decision.
"Lenardo, she is gone to him. You will get your daughter soon." not waiting for a reply I ended the call.
"Bee, call Alexandro and ask him where we should pick that girl."
I nod and stand up.
"Max! You're gonna sacrifice your sister!?" Calvo stands in front of me.
"Calvo..she went on her own and I don't want to stop her own doom. She knows everything, all our struggles, sleepless nights, our efforts...but she still chose him. Leave Calvo we did all that we can, after all it's her life. Let's look forward to what will come next."
"Call him Bee" I mumble and walk out the house.