"Hurry up Levi! I heard that father is very mad right now."
On a long hallway of the house of Changrettas. Lady Rizzanel is currently pulling my right hand and urging me to walk faster towards the main meeting room.
Last week, we received an intel from one of the police officer on our payroll and learned that an officer by the name of Jackson, was laundering some of our stash and striking personal deals with some of our clients.
I was ordered to deal with the officer myself and last night, all the preparations have been completed and I successfully decimated officer Jackson to dust.
And now, I am about to give my report to the head master. Mr. Subini Changretta.
".....slow down Riza. Mr. Subini needs a little more time to cool his head first.....It would be wise not to bother him for the time being."
"But father said he wanted to see you right now."
"....I know. But let's just slow down for a minute....You wouldn't want what happened last week to reoccur, right?"
She stopped in her tracks and looked at me before nodding. She then sighed and said
"I-I guess so....then, let's wait for 10 more minutes before meeting everyone."
I nodded at her and she led me to one of the indoor fountains to seat and pass the time.
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After a little more waiting, we went back on our feet and headed towards the place.
When we got in front of the meeting room door, I glanced at Lady Riza and saw her heave a long sigh.
We then proceeded to enter and saw the other members of the family around a large wooden center table.
The Changretta family are composed of 14 members.
Riza was the 2nd youngest child of the Changretta family, followed by Malesika the youngest daughter.
Then Riza's 3 older brothers. Pierro and Matteo the twins who are 3 years older than Riza and are both currently seating behaved on one of the side of the long table.
Then there's Giovanni, the oldest one, and is now smoking by the side of Mr. Subini's chair found on the other end of the large table.
There are also Mr. Subini's brothers, Mr. Manno and Mr. Salvadore, who are seating on Mr. Subini's left and right chairs on the sides.
It seems that Milady Riza's mother, Ma'am Giordana, is absent. Along with Mr. Manno's wife, Ma'am Letizia, and Mr. Salvadore's lady, Ms. Bianca.
Amongst the 3 brothers, Mr. Subini is the oldest followed by Mr. Manno and Mr. Salvadore.
The 2 sons of Mr. Salvadore are also present, Sir. Efraim and Sir. Marron. They're about the same age as Milady Riza, so they too have the rights to attend this meeting.
Mr. Subini was looking at me with cold eyes. He sported a thick golden blonde beard and a balding head. He had a very muscular build just like his brothers. And they're all wearing a branded suit, tailor made for them.
In front of him are 3 naked corpses whose heads are covered by a small sack, and arms are restrained from the back. It seems that Mr. Subini just finished dealing with them using his hands.
Their disfigured limbs proved as an evidence, of what kind of experience is the 1st circle hell that they just went through before going to the next circle.
While pointing at the corpses, Mr. Subini started talking to all of us but he's gaze was still focused on me.
"Do you all know who these 3 are?! These 3 had the audacity to steal from me! Nobody steals from Subini!"
His voice reverberated on the large room. No one dared to reply or even make a noise. Even Lady Riza was frozen on her place and just stood near my back.
After declaring what he just said. He then breathed a lungful of air and calmed himself before starting the discussion.
"Now that, that's out of the way. Let me hear your reports."
Mr. Manno was the first to answer.
"Me and Salvadore just finished the business with the Russians, they have agreed on the joint project and will be sending a representative this week.
They have already processed everything and will update us of their coming plans and actions later this friday."
"That's one good news down. How about the others? Giovanni? My twins? Tell your Papa how you 3 handled the payrolls."
Mr. Giovanni breathed in another puff of smoke before replying in a low voice
"A quarter of the police department in Lascar city had already surrendered their honor to us. We can now move freely on the harbor area. We can even set large shipments now as long as we pay the new officers."
"HAHAHAHA now that's my children! I expect that both of you, Marron and Efraim, will finish your side after this week."
The 2 sons of Mr. Salvadore nodded in agreement.
"Good. Now my sweet Rizzanel! How's that jabroni been doing lately?"
"Father thats-" Milady Rizzanel was about to talk, but I cut her off immediately before an issue arises.
"I already located the last officer that was laundering the stash Mr. Subini."
".....Wahahaha. I know. I know! But my men said that there was a survivor. And all of you here know full well how much I dislike snooping officers.
You know what to do now, yeah? What you did back then, buying explosives from the triads, and blowing up a boat is....eh how do you say that again? Ah right. Too flashy."
I stayed silent and did not reply. Then Mr. Subini stood up and slammed the table. Everyone in the room got startled and surprised.
"HAHAHAHAHA why are you so serious jabroni?! HAHA! I just want you to do something about that officer. You could either pay him, torture him, or black mail him. I don't really care! He's just an officer..... But I would really appreciate it if you shut him up for good. What do you say? Levi?"
"...I understand Mr. Subini. I'll do what I must."
"Good, good. Now could you all please take a seat now. This is a family meeting, not the courthouse!"
After all the reports, the meeting proceeded as everyone took a seat, including me.
Mr. Subini and his brothers talked about an expansion to the central city.
The whole meeting, Lady Rizzanel did not utter a single word, and was only sitting there with worry in her eyes.
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When the meeting ended, me and Lady Riza went directly to her room. And as we entered, I asked her.
"Is there something wrong, Riza?"
"Oh, what? No. Its just that. I saw the file earlier of the officer who survived the setup, and he was one of our classmates.....It was Darren."
".....You don't have to worry....I'll do everything alone this time."
"Thank you. But. If you're going to confront him, it means. He would have to die, or we risk being exposed....and it just makes me feel guilty....."
Then Lady Riza paused for a second and looked at me with tears in her eyes and said
"Why did I get born in this family?"
I did not know what to do or how to react. So I just approached her and patted her head like I used to do back when we were younger.
She then dried her tears with her hands and smiled at me.
"Thank you, Levi" she said.
"For what?"
"For your presence....and for being my fantasy."
"....I should....be...the one to thank you....for being my reality."
She then chuckled at me and said "sure".
After our little moment. She went to her bed and told me "goodnight, Levi" with a smile.
I then turned off the lights and went out of her room to go back to mine.
'Darren...I could kill him with only my hands. But I would need to find the perfect opportunity to do it. I need to be as discreet as possible, or else Milady Riza would suffer.'