Chapter Thirty One

Kate returned by five pm, with clothings more tattered than what Nancy had described Keddy to be. She met and greeted Eleanor, and the smile she wore told me that she was successful.
That was good news. Sadly, she was about to meet with bad news. Vivian listened to a voice recording that I made from one of the times that she used to spill shit from her mouth.
And Vivian assured me that she was going to make Kate even more demoted.
When she came in, Vivian was smoking. It was the first time Vivian or any member of the Mafia sisters were smoking since I joined them. I was beginning to wonder if they did any other thing than press their phone and steal. And then Vivian had proven to be a true gangster and swallowed an entire packet of cigarettes in less than hour.
While she was blowing the smoke from the last one away, Kate returned. Opened the door without knocking and ambled into the living room with torn and dirty clothings.
She spent a few minutes with Eleanor who ran up to her as soon as the door had creaked open, hugging and kissing. That was nothing abnormal for females, so said the normal look on the faces of my other sisters. But for me? It felt wierd.
After which she paddled to where Vivian and I were seated, and genuflected. "Her royalty, I'm back. It was successful." A grin spread out on Vivian's face, a light nod followed, and then the frown I was waiting for. I had planted the frown.
"Tell me every thing that happened there." Kate was still standing. She seemed really tired, but Vivian hadn't offered her a place to sit. Kate scanned around for a place to sit. Finding none, she spoke on with her standing posture. "The instruction was to make the Sherlock Head Mafia Gangsters my friend, right boss?"
"Yes, that was my order. How did you do it in a day? A few hours infact. I'd like to know."
Kate swallowed, placed her hands on her hips and struggled to maintain her balance. "Cammie mentioned where she thought they might be, and when I got there, I met her father. He wasn't in a good mood when I came, and he even threatened to shoot me dead, but somehow, I managed to convince him that I meant good. We spoke at length, and to cut the story short, he promised to pick me up after tomorrow. He thinks I want to date him. You know how ladies offer their bodies to mafia gangsters, so that the gangsters protect them? Well he thinks that's the deal here. And he gave me some money for the road, took my mobile number and kissed me goodbye."
"So, you are friends with just one of them?"
"For a start, yes Lord."
"Hmmm." Vivian blew on the cigarette, the smoke from it filled the air. I found it uncomfortable, but I was going to have to adjust, and maybe start smoking too if that was what it took to be a mafia gangster, right?
"May I go now, lord?" Kate was really exhausted. Her impatient gestures suggested so.
"Katharine, I trusted you. I made you my right hand lady, I gave you my heart."
"You did lord!" Kate was lost, so was Eleanor and Nancy. I wasn't, I was enjoying the scene.
"You have been a thorn in our flesh. You seem very jealous of the young Cammie, am I wrong?"
"That's not true!" Her eyes widened in shock, a smirk was making it's way to my lips. But I couldn't afford to let them see me smiling, I swallowed it.
"Are you calling me a liar?" Vivian clenched her fist in anger, her voice bellowed, the smoke that she puffed from her cigar filled the air.
"No, no my queen."
"Kate, you are demoted to the position of the least sister in the gang." Kate opened her mouth to speak but Vivian hushed her. "Leave my presence now!"
Kate did as she was Instructed, Eleanor followed after her.
"That was a little too harsh." I whispered after they left.
"Oh please, Cammie. So what's next with the plan?" I didn't mean it when I said that she was a little harsh on Kate, I was glad that she had finally taught her a lesson.
"It's my turn now, Vivian."
"But I thought you said..." She wanted to remind me of the initial plan, but I already changed that in my head, I interrupted her.
"Let me do this. I'll finish it from here." The plan was to kill Pedro, and see Keddy. I was missing him so badly, and the fact that he was out searching for me was proof that he missed me too.
Another part of the plan that no one knew was that I was going to put Vivian's life at stake, and make her promise me her position before saving her.
I had everything planned out, it was working out just fine in my head.
"Are you sure?" Vivian didn't seem convinced yet.
"Trust me, her royalty." That would be the last time I would refer to her by a title that was meant to be mine. I was the queen of the Mafia gangsters and not her!
"Alright then. When do you leave?"
"I leave first thing tomorrow, queen. I will return quickly. When I call for backup, please send. When I ask you to come, please do. This is my first big operation, and this fight is between me and my father. Let me settle this score once and forever."
She smiled with satisfaction. "We'll help when you need us."
"Boss, now that Kate has been demoted, does that change the share of the profit?"
"Yes, completely. I'll get 30% you'll get 25% Eleanor and Nancy each get 20% and Kate gets 15%."
"That's very kind of you!" I wasn't going to do anything that would hurt Vivian, I was just going to be the leader of the gang.
"Here, have some of this." She strode to the refrigerator and retrieved an alcoholic drink. "You should start learning how to take this things, it's for your own good." What did smoking and drinking have to do with being a gangster?
Well, she was still my boss. I nodded, and poured myself a full cup. Then began to sip it slowly.
I regretted it almost immediately, when a text message came in from Keddy. "Hello, see me at the back of your house, now! Lots of love, Keddy."