3:27 PM
Los Angeles
February
(Notice: This is un-edited and any needed changes will be fixed later on!)
"Parker, this is Lianelle calling to you about what I have gathered from EXCEED. He's going after Marcello, he doesn't know it yet. This is not going to be good for him", Parker heard her carefully over the phone as his concerns raised, his accomplices were in trouble.
"How is this not going to be good for him?", Parker asked her as he furrowed his eyebrows.
"He's coming after Marcello and anyone who helped him out with the raid of the warehouse since they have suspicion that there was an accomplice, along side with the deal that they have with Ascend to find the culprit of Vincent's cousin. This is something that's happening as we speak", Parker realized who also was at huge risk of being chased down by the most powerful mafia group in the world, Leon.
"Lianelle, come over to my office another day. We'll talk about this later", he decided to stop the conversation from getting too serious as he now knew his friend was in absolute danger, if they killed him, it could impact everything, therefore their entire empire could crumble down.
"He's coming after Marcello tomorrow night, notify him to keep an eye out as we are trying to track down the next move but we're getting there", she stated.
"Tell Denise that she needs to watch out too, I honestly think working with her and her working for EXCEED might put her at the risk of danger", Parker said his concerns while looking over at his computer screen.
"I'll let her know. Have to go, have a good day", Lianelle cuts the call, realizing he needed to let his friend know about this situation.
He could visit to where he was, yet he still felt like he should wait until he arrived over at the dinner.
"Parker, I'm leaving- Is everything okay?", Julian barged in but stopped in his footsteps as he noticed the stern and serious face his partner had.
"It's alright", Parker assured him, Julian closed the door behind him to say a few words that he thought it might be useful.
"There's a traitor among all of us, we need to find out who it is", Julian blurted the most unexpected news that lead to their chaotic mess into a turning point.
"What do you mean a traitor?", Julian sighed, he knew that this was an issue.
"I need to go to Mexico in a few days for my safety since according to the traitor, we're all a part of the destroying plans for EXCEED", Parker's awareness rose up, this is not what he thought would happen, EXCEED is coming after all of them, not just Marcello and Leon.
"EXCEED wouldn't know that there was an accomplice that easily, plus now that they know it was Leon", Parker jumped out of his seat in astonishment.
"And how do you know this?", Parker asked him as he frowned in disbelief.
"I have someone who gave me the intel earlier, just recently. Parker, I'm letting you know, there is someone betraying us", Julian continued,"If the traitor wasn't between all of us, nobody would bat an eye that it was actually Leon who did it. They also learned it was him who killed Victor Wales. Who would know all of this? I didn't even know there was a double until now", Parker tried to think of people that could be working among Leon that were traitors, but his mind went blank.
"Fucking damn it, the fact that you know what happened over there without even telling you is fucking alarming, I need to talk to him, I really do", Parker replied to him, he was so worried it was getting sickening to imagine his friend getting killed.
He didn't want that at all...
"I'll let him know, I need to let him know", Parker started to hurriedly organize his things as adrenaline was sprinting through his veins relentlessly, not realizing he was panicking in front of someone.
"Hey, calm down, it's going to be okay. If you need my help, I'll be here from now on, trust me, I won't leave anymore", Julian tried to offer him words of affirmation, but Parker frantically placed his things neatly in place before concealing his weapons he was going to carry, he grabbed his coat before going towards the door.
He could see the worry on Parker's face as he realized maybe they couldn't beat the most powerful mafia in the world.
If he was coming for anybody who's against him, it meant an entire mafia war would start, putting everyone in the risk of fate catching up to them.
"Parker...", Julian called out his name, but Parker simply ignored him.
He had to go over there now and plan a meeting in advance to see the new change of plans that could work around.
°~5:27 PM~°
"Dad, why is this taking so long?", Zoey asked as she was waiting for him to finish doing her hair as she asked him to do so about only 45 minutes ago.
"You're done, there you go", Leon told him as he placed the brush down, since there were times that his daughter specifically asked him to get her hair done, he had to learn how to style her naturally curly and beautiful hair.
"Thank you, dad", Zoey smiled brightly as she looked at herself in the mirror.
He gathered all of the hair products that were basically scattered around in her vanity, placing them back on the top of her closet in an organized manner. He looked back at his daughter as she was fascinated with the way she looked, really a cute, gentle little girl.
"Let's go outside, what do you think?", Leon asked her as he crouched down to look directly into her eyes.
"Let's go!", Zoey started to sprint towards the door in a hurry, he stood up before he yelled at her to come back.
"Zoey, get over here, put your shoes on!", she turned around before rushing back towards her bedroom as she sat down on her bed.
"You can't go outside without your shoes, you'll get hurt, my love", Leon explained to her daughter as he changed her pair of socks into a clean pair, he carefully placed her pink shoes into her feet before she was ready to take off.
"Now we can go, also be careful when you're running around, ok?", Leon told her as she got off while they left, closing the door. He held her hand gently when they walked down the hallways, they were heading down the stairs before a servant who was coming up the stairs stood up a few steps away from them, she lifted her head while he made eye contact with him.
"You have a visitor, Sir Cashmere. It's Mr. Klein", she said in a respectful manner while holding both of her hands together.
"Let him know I'm on my way. Lead him to my office", Leon replied to her casually before he continued going down the next floor before coincidentally he found Fionna, Zoey's personal babysitter.
"Fionna, take care of her for me. Also I'm warning you to not speak of any matter involving mature advances", Leon ordered her as she knew she would sometimes say things she wasn't supposed to say around her at times, so he gave her the first and final warning.
"Yes, Sir Cashmere", Fionna cleared her throat awkwardly before looking down at Zoey who's getting closer to her.
"I want to go outside", Zoey declared, Fionna smiled at her delightfully.
"Let us go then", she walked away with her to the huge backyard they have awaiting for them outside.
Leon turned around to look back at Noel who's been quiet as an owl, barely speaking a word.
"Everything's alright?", he asked as he looked over towards his bodyguard as they went moving up the stairs once more.
"I'm fine, Sir Cashmere", he replied to him casually before resorting to being silent.
They went all the way into his office, he took as he awaited his guest, Parker.
He wondered what would cause him to come over to his place even though they will get to meet each other afterwards during the so called "special" dinner.
"Leon, no time for fucking games...you're in danger", Parker came inside frantically while he closed the door behind, looking towards him with concern.
He knew something wasn't right...
"Talk to me", Leon told him as he was quite curious of what direction this will go, but unfortunately the aura he was receiving was that he might be doomed.
"They found you", Parker confessed right away, he could sense a hint of anger coming from him, but he didn't budge to focus on it.
"Who did?", Leon questioned him as he looked up and down towards Parker with interest.
"EXCEED, they know Marcello had an accomplice and it was you, and aside from that you know they are still on the hunt for you! Leon, I have told you to be careful every single goddamn time and you don't fucking listen!", his friend's emotions caught up to him, raising his voice angrily at him.
"They won't find me. They can't find me, so don't worry about it", Leon replied to him confidently, he wasn't worried due to knowing he could get away with everything, or so he thought.
"Leon, everybody knows. You know who told me this? Julian! He told me this shit, and now I'm fucking afraid that other bitches know it too! Come on, man! Have some fucking sense to your head", Parker continued, he felt being more enraged than ever.
"Parker, I know what I'm doing. No one will catch me, and I know it. If he were to hunt me down, he could've done that by now", Leon replied to him sternly, Parker sighed furiously while he glared at him intensively.
"I get it, you're too selfish to think being dead can only happen to the weak, but you know damn well it can happen to any of us. I'm telling you, you better get your shit together before he comes down over where you are because he'll kill you, and you know that's his goal right now. Leon, what you did is give him a real reason to actually kill you", Parker replied to him, he was being serious about this situation, but it seemed as his friend was taking it like some sort of joke.
"He can't kill me, the only person to kill me is nobody", Leon replied to him coldly, Parker was desperately trying to persuade him to step up and get somewhere safe to his well being, yet he wasn't looking how close danger was.
"Leon! Fucking listen to me! I need you to get out of Los Angeles before they take you-", Parker hollered at him but his concerns were dismissed as he got interrupted.
"Parker, don't test my authority! You can't tell me what to do with my life!You're younger than me for fuck's sake", Leon snapped at him in return as he got out of his seat, his eyes sending daggers towards him.
"Fine! I'll shut the fuck up because you I'm immature. Right, I fucking get it!", Parker turned his back on him while he stiffened his hand signaling him he was going to take his leave instead.
"You are immature. You always want it your way", Leon assured him angrily, Parker found himself quite dumbfounded, since when did he not take a look at himself?
"Man, be fucking for real", Parker scoffed at him, "I'm the one you come to when you want some closure, you can't just say I'm immature when you clearly run to me eventually", Parker replied to him in disbelief.
"You're the one who brought it up. I don't come for you for closure, you force me to open to you. That's different", Leon replied to him, he felt like he had to distance himself now that his friend is clearly using his weaknesses against him.
"Right...so how would you explain this? I'm warning to go somewhere safe, not just for yourself. Think about your daughter, where is she gonna go? What is she gonna do when her daddy is fucking dead and finds out her father was only rich because he was getting stacks from being a gang leader behind the scenes?", Parker targetted him, he crossed his arms while tilting slowly his head to the side.
"Don't you ever mention my daughter on your goddamn mouth!", Leon raised his voice while getting closer towards him.
"Leon, back the fuck up away from me...", Parker warned him roughly, he stepped back before his back reached the door.
"This is my final warning to you, don't tell me what to fucking do with my decisions when it comes down to business, understand?", Leon placed his hand on the door next to Parker's shoulder, leaning towards him while looking down at him coldly.
"Huh...right", Parker replied to him sarcastically.
"I could go if I listen to you, but I know how much power I am capable of, even if he is the most powerful mafia group in the world...no one will ever bring me down", Leon replied to him without doubt, he was really self- assured of himself.
"Now do you understand?", Leon asked him again, Parker had actually forgotten how dominant he could be.
He took a deep breath before exhaling profoundly while he stared back into his bright, blue eyes.
"Alright", Parker replied to him, he was still visibly ticked off by the man's ignorance, yet he at least tried to persuade him.
"Now don't come back for me for any bullshit like this again", he left him alone, steadily walking back to his seat.
"I'll see you in...45 minutes. I'll stay here actually, how about that?", Parker declared firmly while opening the door.
"Get out of my sight", Leon stated in a irritated manner.
"You know what? Fuck you too", Parker replied to him as he turned around before slamming the door shut violently, storming off.
"Is everything fine, Sir Cashmere?", Noel opened the door slightly as he peeked his head out while looking forward towards his direction.
"Everything's fine, Noel", Leon sighed deeply as he went out of the door, he wasn't expecting his day to get worse...
Leon pulled out his phone to give a phone call to Alvarez, he went downstairs as he was leaving to go over to what his family had in store for him.
"Alvarez, we're leaving, we're going to Adrik", Leon simply told him as he continued walking to go.
"Yes, Sir Cashmere", Alvarez replied to him before hanging up.
As they both trailed their way to the garage, he saw his black car, Alvarez rolled down the window before stimulateously waving at them.
Noel replied by waving back a little before going around and opening the car door for Leon on the passenger seat.
"After you, Sir Cashmere", he charmed at him politely, his boss gave a long stare which felt as if wanted to throw daggers towards him. He finally broke eye contact as he scoffed in disbelief while passing by, sitting himself down.
He wondered what his dear family wanted to say to what to him...but it was not definitely any sweet talk among them.
°~8:02 PM~°
They arrived towards the huge mansion he had called his home before, they went inside a garage as he parked it neatly, Alvarez decided to shut off the engine before looking back to gaze at Leon for a moment before he left.
"Enjoy your event, Sir Cashmere", Leon ignored his words of affirmation as he remained silent.
Noel got off quickly as he opened the door for his boss, he stood up as he stared back at the home where he never wished he would be.
"Are you ready, Sir Cashmere?", Noel queried, waiting for the order to proceed forward.
"Let's go", Leon started to walk towards the place with his bodyguard by his side.
Adrik's men seemed to be guarding every inch of the luxurious home, as they should.
"Sir Cashmere, welcome", he was greeted by a few guards along the way, he only coldly stared at them before looking away towards the entrance.
"Mr. Cashmere, your guest has arrived", one of the guards called through the coms, he confirmed entry to let the others open the door.
They opened the door wide as he got inside while he directly went where his grandfather was waiting for him.
He walked his way towards to a black door, he didn't think twice before the door swung open to have his aunts and cousins to stare at him directly as he stood firmly.
"добрый вечер(good evening)", Leon greeted as he stared back at them.
"Leon, sit down and take a seat...you're late", Adrik spoke up, he followed his orders as he passed to sit down next to one of his cousins, Yuri.
"Well now that everybody is here, we have finally come to terms that in this case we all know what we don't like in a person, to get caught into their status and abuse their power to smear the names of others. Right, Leon?", Adrik started to let his tongue lose, targeting him rudely.
Leon simply gazed back at him, he wasn't in the mood to respond to anything ridiculous.
"You have made a huge mistake, this mistake will cost not just your life, our entire family is at risk of danger. The cause? Leon decided to make an alliance without my consent with the Italians, knowing that us Russians don't get along with them. We don't", Adrik glanced everyone around the room, his glare deepened when he saw his grandson.
"Now, you also had created a huge scandal for your aunt over a mistake you did while you went away. Tell me, why do you always ruin everything for us?", Adrik asked him sarcastically, he wanted to go off and reprimand him.
Leon continued remaining silent, the rest of them were quietly eating their dinner plates as they saw chaos slowly unfold.
"Oh, no answer? Leon, I have told you I'm not going to help you when you need it, but that doesn't mean you have ruin the lives of others to fulfill your selflessness. Look at your aunt now, her dear company she's been working on for 15 years might collapse over a single lawsuit that's coming her way over a small thing you did", Adrik continued, "I wonder every single time I see you, why did I get such a burden? My daughter died and left us with you, we raised you but it was all for nothing. You're not grateful, Leon".
"You're not grateful enough to be hurting us, everyone knows your in danger. They're looking for you", Leon felt stunned for a moment, so everyone does know...
"And rumor has it that there is a traitor among us all. I know I'm not a traitor, but I know you are. You could easily tell them that you did it, simple as that", Adrik started accusing him, he knew his grandson hated getting the blame.
"I never did", Leon finally said something in a low voice.
"My reputation can't be ruined by something like you. I know you don't care since you never wanted to be a mafia leader, but if I have my reputation ruines by you in anyway, I will hurt you enough to the point you regret everything you have done", he warned him roughly, Adrik's voice grew more angrily.
"You hurt me? Nobody can hurt me. The people who think they can bring me down are delusional physcopaths", Leon replied to him as he placed his fist under his chin.
He noticed getting a long stare from Parker, he probably has catch the lie he recently stated, acting as if he didn't cry seemlessly the night before because of the death of a past lover.
"Huh? Look at you with your smart mouth", his grandfather continued being sarcastically bothersome, "Leon, don't test me. You don't have the authority to talk back to me when I'm talking to you!".
"You're the one with an attitude", Leon didn't back down to him, his cousin kept staring at him.
"Listen, I don't think that's a good idea", his cousin, Yuri, stepped in as he saw the commotion rise even more.
"You're scared? Oh come on, he's an old man who doesn't care for any of you. He only loves himself and his money", Leon shrugged him off completely, most of his family never had the audacity to go against Adrik's will, yet he would trample over them if he didn't get what he wanted.
"They should be scared. You don't know what I'm capable of!", Adrik lost his composure, his grandson also wasn't having it.
"You're capable of getting everything your way, but you put up an entire fit when you don't", Leon started to speak louder, he was definitely expecting this.
"You're the cause of the problem, now everybody is in danger because of you! I didn't raise you to be a fucking dumbass who does nothing but ruin everyone's lives", Adrik yelled out in anger as he rose up from his seat.
"You didn't raise me, Adrik! My aunt did, she raised me to be to where I am now! If I weren't here, your business would've collapse a long time ago", Leon yelled back at him as he also jumped out of his seat, audible gasps escaped from some of his family.
"Alright, Leon, I wanted to have a peaceful dinner, but with the tension you have going on, it's best for you to chill out, man", Parker blurted out in disappointment, he simply wanted to get along with everyone, it seemed that tonight was not the night.
"Leon, sit down", Anya also stepped in as she was silently watching the entire situation happen, she knew that it was enough.
"You heard them, calm down and don't talk back to me", Adrik warned him once more, he thought he had everything under his control, but was he wrong.
Leon gave him a long, cold death stare as if he wanted to commit murder, the aura around him rose in fear, as Yuri and his two other cousins, Yelena and Inessa, stared at him with compassion.
"Go fuck yourself!", Leon flipped him off, kicking the table causing it to shake abruptly.
"Watch out!", Sophya called out as the cups rattled and their plates shaked, she gave him a stern look.
"Leon, if you came here to being nuisance, then you better leave. I don't want you putting anymore disgusting ideas to my daughter now", she started blurting out her unnecessary comments, which is not even connected to the relaxed issue his grandfather even brought up.
"What is this? So everyone is against me now? Adrik, so you called me to get dragged by everyone here?", Leon was astonished in disbelief, everyone kept wanting to pick at him, he's not dealing with any further discussions.
"Leon, you have created all of this, we didn't. And if you're not following my orders, then leave!", his grandfather continued to yelled out angrily while he made his way to go towards him.
"I'll leave!", Leon replied to him frustratedly, Adrik suddenly grabbed him by the collar before giving a really harsh punch to the face.
He was going lunge himself at him once more at Leon, but he was stopped by Noel who got in the way of letting his boss get hurt even further.
"Please stay back", Noel pleaded respectfully, he placed himself in front of Leon as not let Adrik hurt him even further.
"Sir Cashmere, you may leave", Leon looked up to his bodyguard, he slowly stepped back as he felt blood dripping down from his nose.
"He won't leave", Anya stepped in,"Mr. Rodriguez, please let him discipline his grandson".
"My job as a bodyguard is to protect him, Ms. Cashmere", Noel refused, he placed a hand between them as a signal for stopping Adrik to step any closer.
"Let him. I can still give you orders since I'm the one who pays you, so please step away", Anya ordered him again, he felt quite puzzled...he's being payed for protecting his nephew from any harm, yet she still wants him to get hurt?
"Ms. Cashmere, this doesn't make sense, I'm supposed to-", Noel looked at her, she simply gazed back at him.
"If you don't step away, you won't get paid. So please step aside", she gave a final warning, she had threaten him to take his payment away because he was doing his job?!
"Noel, step aside", Leon commanded, he knew while Noel was being compassionate, he couldn't risk himself to lose the money he needs.
"You heard them,step aside...", Adrik repeated while crossing his arms once more, gazing back at his grandson.
Noel looked back at his boss once more, giving him a slightly worried look. Leon gave him a silent nod to assure him he'll be fine...or not.
Noel stepped away from Adrik to get out of his way, he rapidly walked up to him before he gripped his neck strongly with his hands, pinning him against the wall as to trying to strangle him.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait!", the guards outside of the room got in the way in effort to restrain him, but he continued to tightened more to the point he couldn't breath, he tried to push Adrik away by blowing his fists towards his face harshly.
Noel saw everything in defeat, he was threatened to not get his paycheck away, he wanted to help him but it seemed he was left with no choice.
The guards grabbed Adrik by his shoulders to get his away from his grandson, he slowly loosened his grip from one of his hands to ball up his fists, hitting Leon violently twice.
"Mr. Cashmere, let go!", Noel looked back at Anya who seemed to enjoy the scene very much, everyone in the table did. Except for Parker and Nico.
Nico has been awfully quiet due to his suspicious aspect about the unwelcoming presence of his grandfather.
After a few more seconds, Adrik was pushed back by the guards before restraining him completely.
"This is what happens when you disobey my orders", Adrik spoke up as he fixed his sleeves, they let him go swiftly. His entire family stared silently, not daring to speak a single word.
Leon coughed relentlessly, he gasped for air until he was able to calm himself down. He stopped leaning against the wall to meet his grandfather's gaze once more.
"Leon, come on...you didn't have to do this", Parker looked back at him, though they had a previous argument, he still understood why he's bothered by Adrik.
"This man is not who you think he is. He's a pain in the ass, that's what he is..", Leon shrugged his suit vest as he finally stormed off without another word.
"Leon!", Parker and Nico yelled out at the same time, the rest of them decided to look at each other as they were processed what just happened.
The both of them went out of their seats to go after them, Adrik felt astonished to have them still follow Leon's lead despite him being so selfish and cold.
"Look at the little rats behind him, they can never get enough of him", Sophya realized his son had left her completely.
What a disaster of a dinner night...