OPERATIONS COME
On this mansion, was a place of brief placements, which meant that close to almost no business was done in the premises except it was a life-or-death situation. Ace Vicente had gathered all his men (most important men) to talk about the way forward on how to take down their new enemies from the Czech Republic. These days, the police grew stronger, and some people might even say that Ace Vincente was losing his grip on the forces he paid to keep the roads clean for his free passage. Alessio Rugani and his new group of officers played ball a little differently. Since his arrival, (Alessio Rugani) he has since transferred more than two hundred police officers to other parts of the country where Don Vincente had less control. This brought a damp to the free flow of good on transactions and forced the mafia, especially Don Vincente's mafia to apply caution in all they did.
They sat outside in the sun dressed casually after a proper period of rest. The afternoon was perfect with the right amount of breeze blowing against their skins. The older men, (made men) sat beside the pool bare bodied and relaxed. Of course, there was a fair if not more supply of women. The girls were in all, very enthusiastic about being there, there was a certain romance between the girls and the life they wanted that these men offered, it was a loyalty based on transaction and fear that made you love. Some fears brew romance, while others raised rebellion, but there was none of the latter here, just a romance old romance for the good life, the luxurious life.
Meetings like this one had to happen in the open, it was Don Vicente's way of showing his transparency and respect to the other dons who made it all the way to his city. When he showed up, the men all at the same time, left the girls behind as they followed Rodrigo who led them all to the meeting point. Ace Vicente who had a thing for symbols and abstractions had an olive branch in his hand. He dropped it on the great marble round table for which was set in place just for this meeting. It must have cost him a good amount of euros to purchase alone, not to talk about bringing that here for this meeting.
"We are all here today for the briefest of business transactions, and here, it is also about fostering peace here in Venice." Said Don Vicente he gazed right through to the edge of the table. The men brought forth the loot from the other night, it must have been two weeks now since that operation happened. It was such a success that even the men on the decoy operations all came back with their rights intact, such was the efficiency in Caputo's plan. Though the main mission was unnoticed, the entire country went on talking about the heists on all twelve jewelry stores with no one being questioned for what had happened.
The dent on was felt alone by Alessio Rugani who vowed to bring justice upon those held culpable.
Paulo led the men with the loot as they spread it all around the table, to each his one, where they sat. On Paulo, Paulo was given another chance by Don Vicente who had given him the mandate to deliver what rounds were left of whatever he was asked to deliver over a specific time. It could be heroine, or cocaine or crack or stolen jewelry like today or ammunition. Whatever it was, it was Paulo's job to deliver whenever the order came by.
"We will start with here, with the priced jewelry as delivered by my men. These priced specimens are all above the five thousand euros mark in price and I'm sure you all will appreciate the generosity of this job." The men, all of them selected as was placed before them, their men or bodyguards picked them up and placed them in the right placements as selected by their masters for transportation. "I suppose we have all found satisfaction with what has been given?" he said as he looked around for any who might have been dissatisfied with what they had been given. None. "Alright then. On to the next one. A fortnight ago, while those jewelries were being recovered, another transaction took place over at the canals. A certain Czech by the name of Porto disrupted the transportation of certain goods that came my way, goods for which he sold to me, but for the grit and might of Caputo over here, he might have prevailed. Gentlemen, as we lift one man, we must plot the fall of another." Said don Vicente. "You just said these goods came to you alone, why must we plot with you, the fall of an enemy that is not ours" asked Luca Bonaventura.
Luca Bonaventura was the head of the Castillejos family. An old mafia lord who refused to join in the war when it went down. Most people say he still held his post because of the ties he had with government which made him some worth untouchable. The oldest of all the men represented on the table, he was perhaps the only one with wealth as much as don Vincente and was respected as such. "Don Luca, I have immense respect for you, and it shows in the way that I treat you, but you have not shown the same respect to me, in front of me and in front of my guests." He said walking towards the man, it quickly goes from zero to a hundred when it was don Vicente on the spin, you never knew what he would do next. "Vicente, my boy, as your respect is appreciated, it is your obligation to show it. I am a man who will not fight for a cause that is not mine. I am man of peace, so why?" said Don Luca as he stood and stared down Ace Vincente. "You and your people were spared and left to sit here, but you do not know that you do not know that respect can be withdrawn, so here, I will answer your question why. Because you kissed my ring. When you kissed the ring, you kissed my problems with it as the rewards that come with your lips touching it. Capitano, please show don Luca and his men their way out of my premises." Caputo led don Luca Bonaventura away from the gathering and out of the compound, they were followed to the garage where they boarded a black Cadillac curtesy of Don Vincente's kindness and respect.