CHAPTER 42: MOTIVE

Nat's POV

"What?" I ask in shock.

Did she just say that I have to kill my boyfriend's uncle?

Not to forget the fact that I'm currently on a break with my boyfriend and Mario is in a coma?

Is she nuts?

Or have I finally gone insane?

It has got to be either of these two cause I for sure as hell don't believe the words she just said.

"You heard what I said," she says and gets back to her work.

Something's definitely wrong with her.

"But--"I try to reason out with her.

"Look, honey, I'm not as free as you are in life. I've got work to do. If you wanna be the leader you do this and if you don't then go because as I said I have work to do" she says.

Ouch, she could be less rude at least.

What's with the attitude anyway?

You can't expect a person to act all okay with killing someone, like these guys maybe well versed with it but I am really not.

I take this as my cue to leave.

I thought the only thing I'd have to worry about would be not relieving my true identity but certainly, that's not it.

As I'm about to reach my room my phone rings.

I take it out of my jeans' back pocket and see the name-

Sophie Albergo

Ugh,

Why god? Why?

Some personal vendetta?

Just for fun?

I hold the phone in my head and try to outweigh the pros and cons of picking up the phone.

Deciding to go for it, I pick up the phone.

I pick up the phone.

"Hey Natania"

I hate it when people call me by my full name.

"What?"

"Be nice cousin" she says and I scoff.

She sneers and says"I met Leo. He's hot!"

Hunh?

Oh, god.

"Excuse me? That's my boyfriend you're talking about!"

"Awe, did you forget the fact that you dumped him?"

"I did not,"

Get your facts correct.

God, she's annoying.

"You did hon. I know everything"

As if.

"How do you know?"

"Maybe Leonardo told me"

"He didn't"

"Oh Natania he did"

"Can you hang up the phone, please? I'm busy"

"Are you jealous?"

"Yes, omg. Kill me, "I reply sarcastically.

"Jealousy is a green-eyed monster," she says.

Apparently, sarcasm is something out of the understanding of her teeny-tiny brain.

"Shakespeare. Be original in life Sophie Albergo or if you prefer Hills"I say and end the call.

Wow.

That just happened.

She literally thought I would believe that.

She sure has a lot of brains.

And a lot of guts too.

What the hell is wrong with her?

Why in the world is she trying to act all superior by calling me and telling me tales about my boyfriend?

I stand outside my room and count to three in my head. It helps me calm down and I take a deep breathe and look at my phone. I switch it off and take another deep breathe before going inside my room.

I go inside my room and shut the door.

I turn around and see my mother in my room.

The sight of her makes me jump a little. She is pacing around the room angrily and huffing at the same time. She comes to a stop when she sees me and tries her best to smile but fails miserably.

"What's going on?" I ask her and she sighs and sits down on my bed in return.

"What are you doing here mom?"

"How did the meeting go?"

"I wouldn't call it a meeting," I scoff.

"Call it whatever but do the work she asked you to do"

"Even if I have to kill?"

"If that's what ends our doom, then yes," she says and walks out of the room.

What doom?

I almost try to stop her and ask her this question but then I think better off it. If there's one thing I have learnt over all these years, it's that sometimes its better being in the dark then facing the blinding light all by yourself.

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Leo's POV

"Nice to see you, Alejandro," I say and seize his neck.

I'm in Alejandro's room now and I have finally caught hold of him.

"Ow Ow" he whines in pain.

He winces as I lift him and apologizes over and over again.

His whining almost makes me feel sorry for him but I shake my head instead.

I can't let him walk out of it every goddamn time.

He should know better by now than to mess with me.

It will never end well.

"Where were you at our last meeting?"I say and lift his body by his neck.

"I h-had m-my check-ck up," he says while gasping for air.

"Basta," I say and let him go.

He drops down to the floor and gasps for air.

"I'm sorry," he says and stands up.

"You'd better be Alejandro Alfonsi," I say and cross my arms.

He bows his head and massages his neck.

"We need a game-changer"

"A what now?"

"Something that can turn the tables and with my girlfriend gone--"

"You had a girlfriend?"

"Can you not interrupt me? And yes I did. So as I was saying we need something big "

"You always say that. What do you exactly need?"

"You tell me," I say and smirk.

He knows what I'm talking about.

"The Albergo clan? They would never--"

"They would. I've heard they're getting a new leader. We'll make a deal with them."

"Will she make a deal?"

"Yes. She will"

"And how does this benefit us?" he asks.

Stupid Alejandro.

"They hate the Accardi's like us. They want revenge for shit the Accardis's did to them. We'll give them that revenge"

"FYI they hate us too"

"They don't now. The new leader won't"

"And what is in for us?"

"We'll get revenge to. The Albergo's don't act without a motive. We'll give them that motive. It's gonna be a win-win situation,"