Chapter Sixty-eight

Mikey could not believe his eyes, although Bella had not given him the details of what was going on between she and Mr Jay Martins, he could tell from the way she used to speak about him. So when he had seen Jay in the company of this lady, it was more than enough disappointment to him, he clicked some pictures which he was going to keep for future references. He had come out with his boss for lunch, he had contrary to his dad's warnings, secretly chased his music career. How could he not, music was his soul and that had been his mother's thing, he was going to live up her dreams. He had actually been worried about Bella and how she was taking her mother's illness news and decided to call her after his meeting to know how she was faring and when she was going to see her mother. The woman was gradually slipping away and he could see the importance of the reason she wanted to see her daughter. She felt she had hurt Bella and had not been there for her or something like that, Mikey also right now, was feeling the same tug of negligence. Bella had not called him, which was unlike her, he hoped she was okay. It was a few months left of her punishment, and he was hoping she would be able to let go of the son of a bitch. His boss was saying something, so he shifted his attention, although from time to time, he shifted his gaze to Jay, he could feel his knuckles whiten from how tight he clenched them. 

"Got a problem with the Mafia lord? ",his boss had asked him during their discussion session. He had actually been watching Mickey and observed his anger towards the man. Now as Mikey layed on his bed, he could vividly remember their discussion earlier, his boss had explained to him when he asked him innocently who Jay Martins was. He told him the man was not someone to be joked with as he was very dangerous. "He's just a business man ",Mikey had said innocently causing his boss to laugh, the man showed him a photograph of a man, the photo was taken sometime around the previous year and it was as bloody as hell. The guy in the photo was missing some fingers and looked seriously bruised, "This is my friend Shawn, he is a journalist and this happened to him when he tried to write something on Jay Martins, he lost everything and when I say everything, I mean everything ",he told Mikey. When Mikey asked why no one had reported to the police, his boss explained that even the police were scared of Jay Martins. He asked Mikey if he had any score to settle with the man, the boy answered negative and his last words to the boy in respect to that discussion was, "Whatever the problem you got with Jay Martins, forget it, he's the devil himself ". Mikey needed to get Bella out and he needed to think fast enough before things went sour. He could not really believe his ears although he was not surprised. At least that explained the excessive money and power he exhumed. He would not freak Bella out by telling her anything, all he was going to tell her would be when she comes home and he just could not wait. His phone rang and it was Bella, speak of devil, or rather angel, he thought as he took her call. "Mikey, I got something to tell you ",she started sounding as worried as anyone could be, Mikey was alarmed at her tone.