Chapter 55: I hope one day I can forgive you, mother."

A few days have passed in New York. Bella goes to Brooklyn, gathering the few most efficient and loyal subordinates who remained with her and who helped her maintain order in her side business:

“It’s good to have you back, Miss Han.”

“Thank you, Luke! Now that I’m here, I’m going to work hard to restore the Hahn family name, and I’m going to need help from your.” Bella looks at the seven men.

“We’re with you, boss, and we have news. Some suspicious men were seen near the building where you lived.”

“Johnny took a while to start moving against me.” Bella thought out loud, “Sean and Josiah, I want you to monitor these men and, at the right time, bring them both to me. We’ll get information from these unfortunates.” The subordinates agree.

“I also want to announce that we will have another means of transporting our “goods”. I’m going to meet the new members of our group now, the pilot and a co-pilot.”

“But what about the flight attendant?” Luke asks.

“Flight attendant?”

“Yes, the woman who is usually very pretty and serves us while we are flying.”

“Dude, if you are needy, look for a brothel and go for it. Don’t place expectations where there are none.” Charles reprimands the companion.

“Listen! There won’t be a flight attendant for the simple fact that, in the line of work I work in, discretion is the best thing to do. I don’t want a large team of employees, just the essentials, and you know that’s how I’ve always worked, Luke. I don’t understand you.”

“Sorry, Miss Hahn!”

“Okay, but let’s not let this happen again. Do you have any more questions?”

“Why didn’t you let any of us accompany you to Miami? You could have avoided what happened to you, don’t you think?” Hunter, with his serious manner, asked,.

"You're right. Maybe we could have avoided everything I went through with my son, but I didn't do it because I wanted to keep everything I've built up to now a secret. Johnny is articulate, very smart and intelligent, and I also got distracted and didn't realize the maneuvers he was doing. I didn't think he would go that far, kill my father and manipulate my brother. I underestimated him and paid the price. Anything else?"

"Where are Mackenzie and Miller?"

"This meeting ends here." Bella looks at Susan with an irritated expression and then leaves. As she walked to the exit, her subordinates stood up and, as she passed, bowed slightly as a sign of respect, staring at Luke for a few seconds before leaving." 

"Wow! Those green eyes are beautiful, but at the same time, they're scary when they want to be. Did I ask something I shouldn't have?" "Mackenzie and Miller went to Miami to rescue Mrs. Jimena because she was sold to a brothel." the driver/security guard quickly responded to his colleague before following Bella and Susan and Luke fell silent, realizing he had made a mistake.

In the car on the way home, Bella remained silent, looking out of the car, observing the buildings and people passing by.

“They found your mother, and she is safe and well out of Johnny’s sight.”

**In Miami…**

Mackenzie and Miller arrive at the nightclub, which was just one of the businesses that Johnny had recently become a partner in. They sit down and watch the movements of the place, which was packed with people that night. Some stages were strategically distributed around the place. The two subordinates did not know Bella's mother personally, but they had a photo and it was enough to recognize her. Miller was the first to spot her near the bar, giving his companion a tip. Jimena was with a young man who looked to be about 20 years old. She was drinking a whiskey without ice while letting the horny young man kiss her neck. The two approach:

“Excuse me! Mrs. Jimena Hahn?”

“I haven't heard that name in a while. What do you want? Did Johnny send you to kill me? Did he decide to have mercy on me?”

“Hey! I paid for an hour to be with her. You're getting in my way. Get out of here, or I'll call security.”

“Shut up, litle boy! Take this money and go buy some milk.” Mackenzie, the most irritated man of the pair, gives the boy $1,000 to leave.

Jimena looked at the two men standing in front of her, leaving the glass of drink on the counter. “You’re going to tell me who you are, or I’ll have to call security myself.”

“It doesn’t matter who we are. We have orders to rescue her and take her to a safe place so please come with us..” Miller extends his hand to Jimena, who looks around and stops her eyes at the bartender, who smiles and nods. And then Jimena makes the decision to go with the two men, but it wouldn’t be that easy, because all the women and men who worked in the nightclub were watched, not only by armed and strong men, but also by cameras. However, despite Bella's group of subordinates being small, they had many skills. Miller, for example, was not only an excellent marksman, but also a great hacker. Before even entering the nightclub, he had already hacked the security cameras, buying time for the rescue. Mackenzie, on the other hand, is a great observer and manipulator, and is also very good at martial arts. In addition, he had already bribed the security guard who was at the back door of the nightclub. With all these maneuvers, they managed to rescue their boss's mother, putting her in a car that was strategically parked nearby and taking her to the port where a medium-sized ship would take her wherever she wanted. And before Jimena got out of the car, Mackenzie handed her one cell phone.

“Mrs. Jimena? This is Susan speaking. This phone is for emergencies. The ship you're going to board will take you wherever you want to go, and they'll also give you five million dollars in cash to support yourself. I hope you're okay.”

“Mine daughter hasn't forgotten me after all. Despite everything, she rescued me, and I'm happy to know that she's okay and has started over again.” Jimena cries and then continues, “Could you tell Bella that I love her and that I'm grateful?”

“I can try.” Goodbye, Mrs. Hahn, take care.” Susan hangs up the phone.

Mackenzie puts a small suitcase with the money that Susan had said. Jimena thanks her, getting out of the car and boarding the ship that was waiting for her. Her destination is Bosa in Italy because it is a quiet city and she has very good memories of it from her childhood.

Returning to New York, Bella, upon hearing Susan's words, breaks her silence:

“I didn't ask you anything.”

“You didn't have to. Oh! Your mother asked me to thank you and said that she loves you,” Susan replied, looking affectionately at her boss, hearing her let out a sigh of relief at the same time that tears run down her face.

“I hope that one day I can forgive you, Mom.”