Chapter 17: A Mothers Love & A Twist

Still in shock one hand holding the side of her face. Left her for a second lost for words at the seething woman in front of her. 'She literally slap me. In my face. Just right now. This woman wants to die. No Tess, reel that best in and back you cannot raise no hand to your probably future mother-in-law. Bite that crow and talk it out come on now use your words like a big girl. Oh shit she's just getting madder.' "Sean told me everything against his better judgement but he sang like a damn canary after a good three hour fight on why the hell my boy went to over the moon happy and engaged, to moping around in his home alone, to the finally step going all gong ho on some secret mission. Turns out it's all for his lying fiancé'. Now what the hell did you do to my baby boy?" Maddison was roaring at Tessenia.

Pushing the door open gesturing her to come in when she stayed frozen in the door way Tess got annoyed. "You want some answers or you want to stand in the door all day long, because Maddie you know I got other shit to do." Tessenia told her using her boss voice which only made Maddison want to smack her again. Pushing past her she turned as Tessenia gestured to the kitchen as she sat on the stool to the kitchen bar as Tessenia made tea just the way Maddison like it. "What did Sean tell you exactly so I can fill in the blanks." Sliding the cup over to Maddison who looked up to her trying to calm down. She really did love this poor young woman in front of her. Her heart bled for her past from whatever she knew but no one fucks with her family.

"That you lied about who you really are. Apparently your last name and other sorts." "Well that is not exactly a lie but it is actually the truth for the most part. My fathers mothers name is Moretti so it is a hyphened if you will in my name. My name is Tessenia Angel Alderman." Finally looking up saying her last name directly to Maddie's eyes as they widened. "You're the Dark Angel aren't you. That Beast everyone fears so much. OH MY GOD YOU"RE THE FUTURE DONNA AREN"T YOU?" Oh my God. Oh my God my son is in love with the mafia. My son is in love with a killer. You have killed so many people. HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO GAGE?! HE LOVES YOU! HE IS SUCH A SIMPLE SWEET MAN. He has a heart of GOLD; he wears it on his sleeves. You come along and just rip a chance out of a normal life for him. All his dreams don't those matter? How can he achieve them now? How can he have a stable life and family with constantly looking over his shoulder for danger. People running scared of him because of who you are. DID YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT HIM? While you calm to love him. All those times I let you in my home you had every opportunity to come clean. Just. How. WHY?!" Maddison was now looking at her hands on her hips, tears streaming down her face as she was ugly crying to the woman she trusted the most with her babies heart feeling like her own just got crushed.

"You have every right as a mother to be angry. I would be concerned if you weren't." "YOU"RE GOD DAMN RIGHT I DO!" "You want answers or you want to yell and Vent because we can do both." Tessenia told her opening her arms in the question to crossing them back. Maddison sat back down taking the tissues from her dabbing her eyes and make up. "If you know I'm the Donna to be you know than that everything I eve told you about my past is true. I never lied to you or your family. Everything Gage and I had or have is real. Minus the knowledge of my full name and other titles that go along with. You and I both know how your family stayed at the top of the food chain though don't we Maddie? So you know damn well I am not as big of a monster as you think. You also know damn well I would never let anything happen to you or your family. No one is dumb enough to ever get so far. As to get close to you and or your family."

"You know I'm a little insulted at you considering your family used to jobs for my grandparents. When Angelo took over he paid your family a very handsome sum and you have been living peacefully high on that hog on that very sum to this day to help you obtain a better life than most. Better than I started no doubt. If I'm correct it's the very same money that help you get started. That's the only reason you are in such a high place in society is no one else knows how your status and wealth actually got there; and they never will you still have Dons word on that. Yet you felt the need to come to my home and smack me in my face for being apart of the very thing that gave you and your family a life; does Gage know that? He knows Sean always knew about Angelo. What's holding you back from telling your son about your connections that go so much deeper and further than that f your husbands?"

Tears falling more on Maddison face. Taking a deep breath coming closer placing both hands on the opposite side of the counter in front of her. "Look Maddison. I am not trying to fight or argue or put you down about anything. You know deep down I'm not. You know damn well I am that girl you've been getting to know you know a side of me no one else besides my real family and Gage get to see. I also know you were disgusted you can say when you found out just how your family got so wealthy and that's the real reason you went off and busted your ass to be where you are at right now. It's amazing it is. TO be able to make enough to cut ties with your families wealth after making your own while still keeping your place in Bell Brooks highest of society without anyone raising any questions I'll never be able to do that given who I am."

Swallowing hard. "Given all that I've done and all I will always have to do to make sure innocent people around the world can sleep at night. The mafia is not what it used to be like before dad took over. In fact the way we running things is way better than any of your fake ass politician friends could ever do; AND WE"RE NOT EMBEZZLING from the common people. Who you think got affordable health care, housing, wages, lower taxes if your group of 'friends' had their way with the government than you best be ready to pay over $200 dollars for half a cart of food, and about nine dollars a gallon on gas. The streets would be so crowded with homeless families that a few new plagues would start and marshal law would over run this whole country to the ground in ashes. You know I'm right. It's the mafia running this world so people can actually have a chance at life."

"Yeah we deal guns, and drugs. The drugs we run are safe to use. People were using drugs on addicts as Guinea pigs you don't even want to know what kind of biological apocalypse could have happened had we not shut that shit down. What new diseases people would have caught. Hell we could all kill the human race by being infertile by now. People will always be on the look for drugs we can't change that; but what we can change is a safer way from them to be when they are consuming it. We even out here saving the junkies. Life is life and all life should be protected no matter how much one fucks theirs up."

"I know all that Tessenia. I understand that. Hell you know I've always even been a little grateful for it. Like how I give thanks to soldiers who have fallen to keep us safe. I am grateful. I just can't bring myself to be ok with my son being involved with all of this. He is not that kind of man. He does not have that kind of strength you have to live and be ok with what you have to do." "I know you are speaking from a broken-hearted mothers point of view. I need you to look outside of that and really look at Gage and everything he has done and everything who he is and ask yourself if he really can't do these things or do we just think he can't who he was is not who he is going to be. I have been struggling with this very thing myself. I did think about Gage this whole time. How do I tell him? Will he walk away from me? How could I bring him in this world? He isn't cut out for a life he deserves better than this." Tess choked out. "Than me. You know what though Maddison that's not our call to make."

Standing taller fixing herself, crossing her arms looking back getting serious with her. Standing tall and her ground. "You want to know what I did to your son. Someone who I thought of as a close friend, also someone who's jealous of Gage told him my whole life story from top to this very day. Not only did he tell him before I could oh no that wasn't enough for the Don of Russia he showed him pictures, and even videos of basically horrific things. Your son found out everything. Called me a selfish, hateful, lifeless, soulless monster and so many other bad things said so I told him to take time to think everything over. He took over a week I had Dre' go over while he was on the phone with me arguing with Sean who told him he knew everything and they argued and again hateful words left Gage's mouth."

"I hung up the phone and realize it was my own fault for fucking up so much with gage and holding so much back from him that I stopped contact with him. I knew right then that he didn't need me. I can't be with a man who is going to look at me with hate. I don't want to be with a man who at any given time can look me in the eyes with resentment. I made my peace with knowing we needed to go our separate ways especially after my father went to have a talk with him in the gym and he took back his Dons approval on Gages claim on me. Gage didn't even put up a fight or argument. So I accepted it I was just waiting for him to come end things with me personally. The only thing I want is for Gage to be safe, healthy and happy." Tessenia said wiping the tears from her eyes.

"I love you so much Tessenia honest to God I do. I know how hard it is to have to walk away from what you two have. I really believe you guys could have made the best in life together. I just don't see how though now with all this extra dangerous things. Thank you for being big enough to let my little boy live free." "I'm not done. Gage showed up here. As I told him the trust between is pretty much shaken to the core it's best if he just left us alone." "I'm so sorry love. It's for the best." Now that's your opinion. Gage told me no. He made it very clear he is not walking away from me without a fight. In fact he swore he would prove it to me that we can be together and it would be fine. We are separated but were still together."

"You can't be serious. You need to convince him he can't do this." "I can't do that." "Why the hell not aren't you supposed to be the most feared mafia woman on the planet?" "I am but I am not a Donna yet. Angelo is the Don. That's why Gage went to Angelo and demanded to prove himself to me and even Angelo. Angelo has put him through the four Don trails. Not only has he successfully completed three he's beaten my highest scores on everyone except the written tests. He went above my head legally in every type of world regular and underground. As long as he completes the last one while Angelo is still Don he's in. However he did not take in what that would mean if he beats my time and Angelo in the last trail he will have successfully become the Don of this country. Seeing as The King of kings is the only who has been strong enough to take it, no one else besides me has claim. If he beats my time and Angelo Gage will be the American Don. Unless he releases it to me."

"Gage doesn't have eto be active in the mafia world but after he beats the trails he will always be apart of it. There is nothing I can do. He never has to do a single thing. He actually can keep his place in the company and just be a regular hacker when we need him and it will all be legit and that is also the mafia way. He never even has to hold another gun or weapon a day in his life. If he gives me power. The second he beats Angelo he will be reigned in as the American Don. Once I get my Donna title next week he is allowed to give it to me should he so chooses the week after. He will have to be a mafia Don for at least two-three weeks no matter what based on the law of Angelo which will always be upheld as long as I live and breathe. Maddison there is nothing I can do and he did this to himself. He went out seeking this. Not me. I had about as much say in this as you do."

"You're saying he already did the three out of four so all he has to do now is the fight trail?" Tears falling down both of their faces. They know how hard it is hell Maddison even saw the video of Tessenia's trail no one thought she would live after he busted rips got to close to her lungs and heart. The hits to the head alone were dangerous. "When?" "Wednesday evening." "Will you be there?" "I have to be it. I'm the future Donna. I am what he men look up to for strength since it's a fight of higher ups only Dons are allowed to fight." "Who are they?" Madison was choking out the questions. "Nico from Germany another good friend. Dimitri the one who told him everything and… Angelo." Tessenia told her as Maddison heart stopped.

"Don Angelo, your father?" Tessa nodded as tears silently rolled down her their faces. Any chance old age caught up to him. I remember his fights. His against yours alone." Maddison held her head in her hands. Her hand covering her mouth as a heart breaking sob left her body. "There has to be something, anything that you can do. You are the most powerful person in this city, hell the world. You can do something!" Maddison was screaming at her in a begging pleading tone. A mother pleading for the life of her son. It killed Tess to hear and see this. Making her even angrier Maddison was connected to their world as a young girl she already knew the answer.

"That's right Maddie I am in the BUSINESS WORLD! I am not a Donna yet. I have no power here. Not in this. It's too late he can't back down now there will be horrible consequences if he pulls out now and you know it. All the Dons will use him as a punching bag and worse should he back out now. Should he try and fail that's one thing nothing happens other than licking his wounds. Should he coward away for any reason he will severely punished. You know that. There is nothing that I can do. I already have tried. I have scrolled through the Omerta word for word but it's solid. Gage has to fight. He has beaten my father many times sparring in the ring at the gym hopefully he can do so again. Angelo and Sean have been training him in this for a long time now I think they kind of saw this coming in ways I would never dream of. I am sorry Maddison there is nothing I can do." Tess told her in a defeated tone.

Even though Maddison knew she was right. She knew how much Tessenia loved her son. How much Gage would give for her. She could not bring herself to accept his as the fate of her son. Her only child. After working her ass off to get away, to keep her family away from this, just for her son to go running right back to the danger. The torture the killings. She knew he would be at the top of the social class which is what she always wanted for him, but not in this way. Anger and fear taking over her mind and body she walked right up to Tessenia and slammed her hand across her face again. "This is all because of you. Gage is throwing himself blindly in this because of you! You did this to him. Should anything happen to my boy I want you to know it is all on you. You might have well be giving him ever blow yourself Wednesday night. I am so disappointed in both of you right now I can't stand to see your face. I can't believe you lead him down this road. I can't believe you did this to him. I trusted you with my son and this is the life you give him. This is the effects of what your love has to offer."

"You need to be reminded of your place Mrs. Brooks. Your son is not your precious little boy right now. HE IS A GROWN ASS MAN WHO MADE HIS OWN CHOICES! WITHOUT THINKING OF HOW IT AFFECTED ANYONE ELSE! You want to blame someone so bad about how or why he is doing this you go take it up with him. For now you need to leave my house. I think we both said enough." Opening the door for Maddison. "Mrs. Brooks one other thing. I deserved the first two hits you served me today. I honestly did. Should you raise your hand against me again you may not get it back." Slamming the door in her face. Maddison shock rolled through her body. Never did she think they would be in this position. She was proud a little bit how much Tess held back from attacking the woman knowing it could not have been easy to. She was right about something though she needed to go to her son and get mad at the source.

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Gage was training with a few men at the gym like his friends Jaxon, Hunter, Lincoln, Kane, Tony, Eric. Even Nico and a few of his men. When he heard a door slam opened and heavy foot steps coming to him. Looking up he couldn't hold the shock in his face. "Ma what are." *Smack* "Ma what the hell?" *SMACK* She hit him so hard this time his face flew to the side. "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING YOU IDIOT?!" She roared as the other men backed up a little bit they weren't dumb enough to get in the middle with a mad mother. "The hell you going on about?" Gage was asking confused rubbing the side of his face.

"I talked to your father. Than I went over to your little ass girlfriends house and Tessa told me everything. DOWN. TO. THE. FUCKING. T! SO what the hell were you thinking. She gave you the out. Why the hell didn't you take it and go on living a normal life. What the hell are you trying to prove by doing all this. Do you have any idea what you signed yourself up for? Did you even think this through. What is all this for? HUH?! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU KNOW ABOUT LIVING THIS LIFE?! You think you can be a DON GAGE?! You can't do this. This life is not who you are. This is not what your father and I busted our asses for you to become. You are better than this. Tessenia agreed to that. Why are you doing this when she even told you, you deserved so much better than this. You go without speaking to her for a whole week making her and everyone else believed you didn't want this. This life pretty much disgusted you now you are running towards it with open arms. What the hell are bi polar now? WHY GAGE?!"

"Look I know how mad you must be and how confused you are. Mama listen though. I've done thought about this through a lot. Over and over in my head. I want to live my life with Tessenia I love her in ways I never believed possible. I can be me with her. I could never do that with all them tricks you tried to force on me. I chose this mom. No one forced me into this. No one was holding any gun to my head. In fact they all let me walk out a free man to be gone and done with all this. Clean slate like nothing ever happened. I can't live like that mama. These people have become my family. I trust them. They know how sorry I am and I should have never of said such mean horrible things to such a beautiful hearted person like her. I could live a million lifetimes and never deserve her forgiveness. I took all that trust and her heart and tossed aside like an asshole."

"You can't throw away your whole life away for dangerous you know nothing about. There are other woman out there you can build a beautiful life with Gage you don't need to do this FOR SOME WOMAN!" The men around her were growling loudly at this point. No one insults their Queen! "SHE is not SOME WOMAN, ma she is THE WOMAN! I will do every and anything to marry that one. She is MY WOMAN mom. This is the life I'm choosing any life that she has to lead I will be right there with her supporting her and being the man she needs me to be. A real man. A man she can be proud of. That I can be proud of. I will not be some damn pathetic fucking coward who threw away everything I never even knew I always wanted because I was to much of a chicken shit to reach out and take my chance. I can do this. I am not a scrawny little victim in high school any more mom. I got this. You need to come to terms with that. This is happening this is what I want and no matter how hard you or Tessa try this is going to happen."

"I will prove to her, to you and everyone else I got this. I am not who I was. I am so much more than that now mom. I got real friends, like brothers." Raising his hands to the guys standing behind him. "I got more positive influential male models. I got a better job. I am helping the world, changing the world for the better. AND FOR ONCE I know what it's like to have unconditional love from someone not blood related or because they have to. BUT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO because they have the biggest heart I've ever seen. Strength I never thought imaginable. Brains bigger and smarter than mine. With a quick-witted tongue that makes my days better for hearing. A smile that makes my heart stop and began. Mom I am finally living my life. You have to let me do that. This is what I want. I am sorry if that hurts you but that's how this goin be." Gage told her knowing it's probably hurting her to hear.

"I did not bust my ass to cut of ties with all this shit just for you to go running back to it for some damn piece of ASS! I refuse to allow you to do this. You have no idea what you're really doing!" "The hell you mean you cut ties with this?" Gage caught on quickly as her face fell. "Your grandparents did jobs for Angelo's Father. I found out later in my early teens college days so I busted my ass earned my own money and built a life for myself and I will not let you destroy your life and soul by running straight back to it. You don't have the heart to do the things they do Gage, you don't." "You have no idea what I am capable of mom. Look at me. I should be called the damn beast not Tess. I'm a fucking mountain with hardly any body fat. Do you honestly think I am scared of anything physical? The only thing I am scared of is losing Tessenia." Gage told her as the other men stood proud hearing those words leave his mouth. They knew it was going to be rocky but should he succeed he deserved to be by her side. Never seeing their friend so happy until she met Gage they would do anything to keep her happy.

Madison's face fell a little looking away from him quickly. "What did you say to her mom. When you went storming to her house?" Gage standing getting angry. "I may have slapped some common sense into her the same way I'm trying to do to you." She growled to him. "You hit my woman ma?" Gage asked angrily in surprise and hurt. "You did what?" "I know she didn't say what I heard." More comments like that were heard around the gym. "I had every right after everything she kept from not only you but from me as well. I welcomed her into my family, into my home and she lied about who she really was." "She never lied to you." "IT's the fucking same thing when you don't even tell your full name to someone you claim to love and also with holding back all of your titles. You even thought so yourself other wise you would have been crawling back to her on your hands knees with your tail tucked between your legs a lot faster than what you did!"

"Enough! I am doing everything I can to get the love of my life mom to trust me again. To let me back in her heart the way I need her to, the way she is in mine. I am trying to atone for what I put us through on my actions for what happened to us. TO what is happening to us. You go over and slap her blaming her for my choices she had no idea what I was doing. I am a grown man ma I am the only responsible for what I do, the choices I make. That's all on me. You got something to say, someone to be mad at it's me mom you come take it up with me not her. You can smack me around all you fucking want but don't you ever raise your hand to Tess again do you understand me. Do you honestly have a death wish knowing who she is. The fact that you're walking around is saying a great deal of her character because that is not tolerated you of all people should know that. "I am not scared of her. Look what she has you doing. I am scared of losing my son." Maddison told him loudly.

"I was ready to give you up to her. I love Tessenia I think the world of her. SHE LIED TO ME, TO YOU! I was ready to give you away to a woman who was worthy of you. I am not willing to lose my son in the process. My baby boy. My only child. You have such a big, good heart. You are so humble, kind. Wanting to help others you don't even think twice you give the shirt right off your back to who ever needs it. You think you can go untainted in this world. You think your humanity will be kept in place with the things you will have to do what will be expected of you. I will not lose my son to this way of life." Madison's tears were all over her face breaking every heart there. A broken mother wanting to keep protected her child's innocents even well after they are longer a child hit home with all of them. Whether they had a mother still or not.

"I know you are a man now. That doesn't mean you are no longer the very center of my whole world. You think that just because you grown and live on your own. You have all these things now living your life, that my life doesn't change with it? You think after all these years of busting my ass and taking care of you that all of that magically just stops? That worrying just stops well it don't!! If you think you can't pick up that phone when you need your father and I for any reason big or small no matter how old you are and we won't drop everything and come running to or for you than your full of shit because that never stops Gage. Love never stops. Being a parent never stops. It never gets easier. Its just as painful knowing your kids need you less and less and even more when they need you more when they are older. You make sacrifices for your children hoping they will come out ahead in life come out better than you did. Not to go running back to everything you fought so hard to save them from. I know you have a life now but you will always be mine. The main reason of my breathing is you. My baby!" Maddison was shaking at this point crying. "I can't lose my son."

"You don't have to mom. You're not losing me. I change every day. I am not the same person I am right now as I was yesterday. Change is inevitable no matter how big or how small. I will always be your baby mama I get that. You are not losing me. Just because I'm doing something you don't believe is right or good for me doesn't mean that it's not. Mama I know how hard you guys work for me. In the end though I'm the only one who knows what I really want and need. I am the only one who can make that choice mama not you. No matter how much you wish I do different you have no control or say in it. Did you ever think about what I truly want when you were out there making all those decisions for me. Did you ever see how truly unhappy I was in your way of life of your life style mom. I was miserable and dying from the inside out. You thought I would out grow that It's not who I am. I don't want to be that guy you want me to be. I want to be better. I finally feel like I am doing that. I just need you to support me mom. Even if you can't agree with it. I will always need you in my corner. I will never out grow you. I just need you to supportive in my life and not controlling my life without me my say or even me being happy in it. Can you do that mama?"

Nodding her head along. "It doesn't seem like you've given anyone any other choice now does it." She snapped at him knowing he can't back out of it now. "I can't stand proud of you for this yet. I am so disappointed in both of you." "That's ok mom. You don't have to like it. You just have to respect it. I love you. You know that don't you. I never did any of this to hurt you or any one else this is just something I have to do." "But you don't she was willing to let you go. She put herself to the side to let you be free like what real love does. You should have walked." "You're right ma I should have walked. I should have walked right tup to her and tell her how much she meant to me. How I can't live or breath without her. How I need her next to me every night and every morning. I should have walked straight to her and tell her I am here to stay. I should have showed her how amazing she is I should have walked a million times over mama. I was weak and didn't though which is why I am doing that now. I am walking to her in so many ways. I love you ma but this is how it is. It'll hurt like hell if you can't accept us but we can be fine without it." Gage told her flatly.

"I just need time. I will always be here for you. I can't be there to see it though." "I don't want you there mama. I can't hold you back and hold my own at the same time." Gage and the guys all laughed with him. Hugging him tight she kissed his forehead. *SMACK* She turned and walked out. "How much you want to bet her little visit just put you back another twenty steps with Tess?" Nico asked in his strong German accent. "What you mean?" Axel asked him confused. "My dear child mafia is all about family fist growing up it is how you say drilled in our heads." Looking to Tony who only nodded along with the rest of the men. "How good you think the flower will feel about your relationship knowing just how well she feel about her now. About this. You think you score some points oh no friends you got your work cut out for you now Mein Freund (my friend) . Rubbing his hands on his head hair and face Gage finally got it. "Shit."

Later that evening Tess had the crew with her as she went down to the special warehouse that held the special cells for the special guest. The Swedish family and their men. Now it was only the Don, his wife, and their daughter in this room. The other men were being interrogated in another room. Knowing the family couldn't get t them in retaliation most of them were spilling their whole life tory and what a story it was to be told. Most of the men's all added up even paper work did. It was very clear every one knew they would not be walking away from this. Not even breathing,

" Ah, Titta vem det är den underbara Callendar Clan. Hur mår du?" (Look who it is the lovely Callendar Clan. How are you?) "Jag kan lita på att du hade en bra resa på vägen hit? (I can trust you had a good journey on the way here). "Cut the crap Beast why have you drug us here?" Hugo asked her in his thick accent. "I believe you have been read your charges before you go there and you will do well to speak with more respect to my daughter before you lose your tongue much sooner than I had planned." Angelo spoke to him coming out of nowhere fear creeping into everyone in the room once that tone came out.

"I am a Don and she is not yet. I still demand some respect in my proper place." Hugo spoke loudly to Angelo. "You are not a Don anymore Hugo you have been dethroned and already replaced as we speak another has already taken over your home. The Callendar Familia is not more. You are the last ones still being able to breathe. Now can you think and tell me why that is Hugo? I can rest assure you that your men have." Angelo told him with a look that the devil himself shiver. "No so quiet how about you Annelisa?" Angelo walked over to Hugo's wife taking the scarf out of her mouth. "Tell be Annelisa why do you think you are here now?" Angelo asked her sweetly.

"Taking a deep breath looking at Hugo and her daughter. Knowing the end to this hoping to make it easier on their daughter torture she would cooperate. "Because Don Angelo you found the unmarked brothels and discovered the people that were being trafficked or sold." "Very good my dear. See behind every great man is an every smarter woman. Now dear Annelisa. Can you tell me why your husband had and did these horrible crimes against my laws?" " A man came to us and filled his head with nonsense and even though I told him not to listen to this man he did anyway. The man said you were to old and you were getting weak and soft and that your daughter needed a much firmer hand so to my knowledge he wished to be marry your daughter and take her titled. From what I hear of the other servants he was obsessed with her since they were in school. In love with her in very unhealthy ways." "She's lying to you Angelo that is not true." Hugo told him in an angry tone.

"I do not lie to you Angelo that is what I know and believe." "What part is not true in her story than Hugo help me out here. The man is not in love with your daughter he despises you and your laws and wanted to take you down he cares nothing for your daughter or her welfare. He came to me with the ideas of doing making the brothels long ago I've been doing this for years and you never caught on to the other things until someone somewhere slipped up." Hugo laughed in Angelo's face.

"Or maybe you just got to cocky. Tell me Mr. Callendar did it ever cross your mind that this man set you up? Make you do all these things making you believe you have followers from other families when in fact he was getting them for himself so he could have you go down for the crimes he himself was getting the money off of?" "He would not be stupid enough to betray me only a handful of people knew about it. He would not dare to cross me." Angelo and Tess both caught the daughters face as she turned away in shame.

"I think the person who was dumb enough to cross you is right here in this room." Angelo said with a smirk. "Tell me Anneline did the man ever approach you? Did you ever speak to this mystery man?" Anger was rolling off her. "Did this man make any special promises to you as well?" Tess asked batting her eyes to Anneline. Tess knew Anneline all too well and women just like her. Also knowing how much Anneline detested Tess as she wanted to rule everyone. "Wouldn't you like to know." Anneline growled to Tessa for her ears only. "Maybe I would or maybe I'll take dear ol mommies word and believe this strange man who is so in love with me is willing to take down your entire family to rule by myside. I mean I am much higher on the desire poll than you being Donna of Dons and all. Maybe I should reach out to this man and make all f his dreams come true. Wouldn't that just make his whole world complete?" Tessa told Angelo clapping her hands for the men to smile brightly at her.

"He would never want a piece of trash like you. He's going to take you down and all of this will be ours! He wants me. HE needs me NOT YOU!" "Aww is that what he told you when he convinced you to deceive your own family and get them caught?" Tessa asked her. "You get your family caught anonymously and he take the place of your family for you two to rule Sweden while you make plans to take our spot as well getting in our good graces? Don't you think that theory has been played out and failed a million times over?" Tessa tsked to her mockingly. "You are so stupid. You are to arrogant you think no one can touch you overlook the simplest things." Anneline laughed in her face.

"No you are too naïve to know when you are being used." Angelo laughed back at her. "Tell me young Anneline if this man was so in love with you why is he not here fighting for you? Why would he let you get taken so easy? Why has he not made any contact to spare you or work out a deal to spare your life?" If the plan was to rule together why isn't he fighting for you to be together. Let me tell you I didn't give the next in line the Don position I actually pulled someone else entirely so why hasn't your big sweetheart made any contact for you?" Angelo asked her. Leaving her feeling her heart in her throat.

"See maybe he was using her to get to Tess. It's the perfect set up he gets your dad to the work, he gets you to cut your family down and out, then he gets rid of all of you and takes your families place with the woman he really wanted its perfect." Jaxon told Angelo with a non emotion look on his face. "YOU"RE WRONG! HE LOVES ME! He would never go with such a disgusting American like you. Oh don't get me wrong he has plenty of plans for you but none of which would you be able to see coming." Anneline got a scarf shoved straight back into her mouth as she was going nuts trying to get out of her chains. Tio Eddie came up to Annelisa who was in shock like Hugo. Never seeing their daughter be so crazy.

"Annelisa have you ever seen this strange man?" "No, never heard his name nor his face." How is it you have heard the information you have heard you believe to be true?" "The servants of course when you need the right information you go to the help they always know everything. They talk to other men who hear things as well. You know I think I do remember his last name I think it was Da--… AHHH!!" Anneline managed to get one chains out of her arm shooting her mother six times. Three in the chest and three in the face. The men quick to get ahold of Anneline.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Hugo yelled to his daughter who managed to laugh like a manic as she couldn't stop. "He's already won. He will come for me. He will kill you all. HE'LL KILL YOU ALL!" *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* Everyone stopped to look at Tessenia her was still holding her gun out. Two shots in the heart and one in the head. A classic for her. "How as a Don do you not know what is happening in your own house?" Tio Eddie asked Hugo in shock. "I know exactly what was happening. You said you already promoted the next Don and it wasn't from the lines of those waiting." Hugo was laughing hard. "You will get nothing out of me I give my word as Don!" Still laughing. "Anneline was right he already has won." Angelo shot Hugo in the head.

Looking around the room in the study Tessenia was putting some books back from her fathers Library as other Dons were staying in town some came to the house for a home cooked meal as a kindness. They were to be escorted until they left the grounds. Trying to reach up to put a book back when a hand reached up and did it for her. Looking back quickly. "Sorry didn't mean to scare you." "It's fine. How are you Tobias?" "I feel special she knows my name." Tobias said sarcastically. "You know damn well I know you hell we've been to school together training academy together you're not hard to forget. Not many men can vomit in seeing blood for a year." She laughed.

"Hey I got over it real quick also I was anemic so yeah I believe you owe me an apology." He teased crossing his arms. "What do you want Dahlberg?" "I just wanted to check in with you. I heard you were in a complicated break up or something like that." "No nothing like that. We're fine." "That's why a huge as mountain dude is going through the trails in a God like speed?" "I don' think that has anything to do with your business." "I just worry about an ol friend that's all. I know how it feels to go through complicated relationships. My last chick was crazy like side ways psycho." "What happened to her?" "Well in simple terms she killed herself. She really had it coming she never thought things through. I wasn't even technically with her. We were just I don't even know I did try though at first but she was just so crazy. Possessive, obsessed and other things. She was never meant to take a place of a Donna though." Tobias shrugged crossing her arms leaning back on the edge of the table.

"I'm sorry to hear that." "Yeah I didn't believe she had the heart to go through this life and even though she was aware of most things it drove her mad. You know how this life can get into a simple persons mind psyche and all. I mean she used to wear her heart on her sleeve she may have been a little bitchy but she did have a good heart down deep inside. I hear your guy is kind of the same." "Something like that." "I also hear it was Dimitri who spilled your life story with some ol family videos." "You got a point your trying to make here or not." Tessenia snapped.

Standing straight up putting his hands in is pockets coming up to her. "My point is I know how it feels to be with someone who doesn't or shouldn't be in our world no matter how hard they tried to be. If you ever want to talk I am here for you. Maybe over burgers down at the diner or something. I get it Tess. I am here if you need me." Pushing a piece of stray hair behind her ear. "No pressure. No expectations." Walking out the door to his escort. 'These Don men be crazy. Is every single fuck going to come make a damn sneaky play. None of them even cross my mind. None of them are Gage. Gage is stronger than all that. He can make it. Maybe I should call him. Guessing how Maddison acted maybe I should just go home.' Looking down at the text message she just got. 'Please make sure you eat dinner. You got a meeting tomorrow please get some sleep. I love you.' Her heart smiled and she felt it. Taking a deep breath and sending a text back. 'I hope this is the right thing.'