49

Riona woke up the next morning stretching her body. She yawned as she opened her eyes, blinking it till it got adjusted to the light in the room. She could see that it was already morning.

“Black?” She called scratching her head. She stood up yawning once more as she made her way to the parlor.

“Black?” She called once more but there was no sign of him anywhere. And more, the suite was dead silent, no TV, no coffee machine turned on, everywhere was just quiet.

“Where the hell did you go to?” She pondered as she caught sight of a paper which laid on the TV stand.

She picked it up and saw it was a note from Black. It read

“Gone to meet some old friends, dial for room service if you are hungry and I also kept some aspirin next to the table. Take it and watch movies. I will be back soon then we can go for sightseeing. Love you ”

“Oh well, that explains his absence then.” Riona said dropping the paper back on the stand.
So, what movies should I get started with, she thought as she made her way to the couch.

She paused as she remembered what Farah told her, last night.

“What if Farah had made some kind of contact with him already and he had gone to see her? What if he was planning how to deal with her for lying to him? Her heart was racing. She needed to go see Casita.

She hurriedly dressed up and quickly made her way to Mrs Selena’s suite and knocked on the door.

“Come in.” She answered as Riona walked into the room and said,

“Good morning Mrs Selena, how are you doing?” She asked the older lady who was engrossed in the soap opera she was watching as she replied,

“Come on Riona, what did I say about calling me Mrs Selena, Call me mum sweetie. And I am doing quite well. How are you enjoying your honeymoon? How was the party last night?” She said as Riona sat down and replied,

“Sorry mum, I forgot. Everything is quite blissful, I am enjoying my honeymoon, and the ball was amazing, I had fun. My only regret is that Black is off again with his friends, we rarely spend quality time together, I know I shouldn’t complain but I had no other choice.” She said sighing as Mrs Selena shook her head,

“Oh dear, if only he knew that the honeymoon was for you and him to get together, do you need me to talk to him or something?” She asked as Riona shook her head and said,

“No not really. It is good. I actually came to talk to Casita, is she still in bed?” She asked glancing at the bedroom door when she replied.

“Actually Casita didn’t make it home last night, she must be with Nycole. Check their room.” She said as Riona nodded her head and said,

“Okay thanks. I will see you later then, I will leave you to continue watching your soap opera.” She said standing up as the older woman nodded her head and waved her off. Riona walked out of the room and made her way down the hall a bit, they had gotten room numerically so it was easier to trace them.

She got to Nycole’s room and knocked on the door but got no answer. Shrugging she entered the room and saw that it was empty, she proceeded to the room and knocked on the door before pushing it. But she shrieked when she saw what was going on. Immediately Casita and Nycole sat up as they used the duvets to cover themselves as Riona quickly swiveled around and said,

“I am so sorry, I didn’t see anything, I will wait outside.” Riona said in a haste and left the room as Casita and Nycole looked at each other before Casita blushed and dragged the duvet to the bathroom to freshen up while he quickly put on a short and top so that Riona wouldn’t see him naked this time around. Half an hour later, Casita and Riona were busy sipping coffee at the counter and discussed while Nycole was playing his game.

“I think you are over reacting, if Black found out about the real Farah then, it would have turn into a mess but you are right? Maybe he went to see her, or something. Have you called him yet?” She asked as Riona shook her head and said,

“I am scared, I don’t want to do that yet.” She said as Casita held her hand tight and squeezed it giving her a reassuring smile.


IN CALIFORNIA

Michael and Mikey were spending a passionate time in bed just laughing and talking as they had finished their sex. Their hands were entwined as they kept on making jokes and laughing when Mikey’s phone started to ring. They both sat up as Mikey disentangled himself from Michael and went to the table and picked his phone.

“Hit me.” He said immediately he connected the call.

“Ahh, amigo, what is it?” A voice said laughing.

“Mikey removed the phone from his ears and saw that it was an international call. He replaced it back to his ear and said.

“Black? Why are you….wait a minute. Who is this?

“Si, si, it is me, Monsieur Pierre from France. Ah you remember me not?” The voice asked with a bit of French.

“Pierre? Yes, how are you?” Michael said as he recalled him.

“Si, si, me…well I am fine and you?” Pierre said.

“Splendid, what brings you… well obviously you called for a reason right?”

“Indeed, I did, always straight to the point eh, that is what I like most about you, Americano. You do remember Bruno from our last encounter 10 years ago si?”

“Yes, I do, that bastard, I hope he is dead and rotting away for his sins.”

“I am afraid I bring you terrible news, but fear not, good news follows behind.” Pierre said sipping a glass of wine overlooking his yatch currently sailing.

“He is alive?” Mikey asked raising an eyebrow.

“Si, I am afraid so. But that brings the good news, he is alive and kicking and in…California, doing his dirty works as usual.”

“California?” Mikey asked making sure he heard what he had said the first time.

“Are you deaf or am I not coherent enough? He is in California, and I 100% presume so are you. Do you want me to connect the dots?” Pierre said before shouting in French to a crew man.

“Telling your crew that they are sons of bitches might not be a good idea, you do not know how to swim, my friend. They may throw you overboard.” Mikey said dropping the newspaper beside him.

“They dare not! Anyways back to what we were saying, about Bruno.” Pierre said sitting down.

“You want me to murder him.” Mikey stated bluntly over the phone without batting an eyelid. Michael looked at him as Mikey just shrugged and concentrated on the call. He was going to fill in Michael later.

“Straight to the point as usual. See it this way, he is my enemy, he defrauded me, and he is your enemy too, and also he is sleeping with underage children and extorting money from the weak. Surely he deserves to die, does he not?”

“He does, but what is in it for me, you called right? So you got to sweeten the pot a little bit.”

“Ahh, Mikey the money man, sure thing, I will tell you plainly what I want. A dead Bruno with evidence to prove it, then I will send you the sum of five million dollars. Half now, half later. What do you say about this eh?” He said.

“I like it, and I am in. I need some excitement. Where is his address?”

“I will send it to you later. Do not forget, I hate failures, I want a clean job.” Pierre said.

“Me too.”Mikey said cutting the call.

“Do you mind filling me in yet?” Michael asked as there was a beep in his phone and Mikey replied,

“I will fill you in later, right now, just help me find somewhere, use my laptop.” He said as he pointed at his laptop while Michael just shrugged and went to work after getting the address.

****
“Have you gotten anything yet?” Mikey asked as Michael shook his head.

“Nada, nothing, not a peek. I have sent out a drone to check if I can pick anything, but still nothing.” Michael said pushing the laptop away.

“Easy, that is mine, not yours. We need to find Bruno. I have a job, this night.” Mikey said sitting on the table beside him.

“So now you want to talk about it? Are you killing anyone bad? You do know you came out of the hospital like days ago right?” Michael asked raising an eyebrow.

“I know but I promise I will be careful, besides this man is a dangerous man, or have you forgotten the crimes he did?” Mikey asked as Derrick creased his forehead.

I haven’t forgotten but…?”

“But nothing. I was asked by Pierre to take care of this remember.Bruno the drunk psycho and mafia lord, always sleeping with underage girls and getting away with his crimes is in California with us. So I figured why not do the world a favor and remove one bad man from it.” Mikey said as he pulled the laptop towards him.

“Okay, I guess. What are you doing now? I already tried everything” He asked as Mikey typed something in the laptop.

“I realized something, I want to see if it will work. Seems that he is currently staying at this hotel, beside a renowned church. I bet you that he has some girls doing the dirty deed for him.”

“So what are you going to do? Will you march in there and kill the man in front of kids?”

“That would scar them for life. Pierre mentioned he always leave the hotel and comes back by ten, so I will strike them. It is not too far from here; it is a two-hour drive. I will be back here soon.” Mikey said.

“So now, I guess you will go home to get your things prepared, maybe do some practices. It has been long you killed someone now, your skills are a little rusty.” Michael said grinning.

“Don’t you dare mock me; I can take your ass down at any time.” Mikey said as he stood up and went to the window sill to watch the view. It was already getting to six.

“What are you thinking about? You look troubled and pensive.”Michael said noting the facial expression on his face.

“Well, I am just thinking, back then as a youth, I killed without blinking an eye, I killed whoever I thought deserves it without mercy, I never hesitated. Back there I was driven by rage and anger. But now, it is different, initially when I was given the job to infiltrate and get info from our enemy when I stumbled into Tiki. I never batted an eyelid until I saw how scared she looked, how she trembled and I just couldn’t show her that part of me ever again. Then you got shot and almost died because of my stupid mistake and I felt like I was dying if I had lost you. I realized that life indeed was precious and shouldn’t be wasted. And I don’t know if, I am doing the….” He was cut by Michael who held him by the shoulder and said.

“Those people deserved it back there, they were corrupted, and greedy, business demons who cared nothing about who suffered, so as long they got what they need. Tiki was a different case, and you saved her life and now she is happy. She has slowly begun to heal and that is all because of you and your big heart which made me love you, and now this Bruno, has done a lot of bad things and if nobody steps forward to stop him, he will just keep doing some more. This is justice.”

“Sure I guess, thanks Michael.” he said shaking him.

“Anytime, it is time for you to prepare and leave, remember it is a two-hour drive.”

“Yes, I know, already.” Mikey said going to pick his stuffs.

“Don’t worry, I will stay here and watch over things, I still got a few loose knots to tie up here. Will you see Tiki before you go?” Michael asked as Mikey sighed and nodded his head.