THE MARANZANOS
The Maranzanos – Episode 17&18
( For Her Sake… )
GENRE; Mafia/Dark Romance.
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“Please look at me!!! Father will punish me if you don’t. Please face me…I beg you” she cried pleadingly.
Franklin remained still, neither turning nor moving as she continued begging desperately behind him, her cries getting louder and louder every minute.
Who the hell makes their child beg a man to look at her n@kedn€ss? What kind of father makes his only daughter host a strip show for men?
If everything that’s happening right now will make sense, then it’d be that she was brought into this castle, she’s definitely not Sergio’s daughter, no one can tell him otherwise.
“Please… Look at me” Mia’s pleading voice came again, waking him up from his thoughts.
“I only have to tell Sergio that I enjoyed your show, right?” He said coolly, and she sniffed.
“What… what do you..mean?”
“Put on your clothes, I’m never gonna watch you no matter how much you beg, I’ll give Sergio a good report though” he replied, and she went silent.
She slowly put on her clothes, and he eventually turned back to her.
Her eyes are just as red as he could remember, full of pains just like his ken eyes, but the only difference is that his pains can only be seen by looking closely, but hers is written all over her expression, she’s like a sacrificial lamb, waiting to be slaughtered.
She came closer and held his hand surprisingly. His cold hands on her warm palms made him cringe a bit.
“You’ll really tell dad a good report?” She asked, and he removed his hand from her palm.
“Dad? I don’t think that title fits him” he said coldly and started leaving the palace.
“Wait for me please!” She started rushing after him, but her wounded foot sent pains to her skull, and she fell on her knees.
“Ouch!” She moaned loudly, and he stopped immediately, turning back slowly.
She tried standing up again, but she fell again, and her two foot began bleeding again.
She didn’t try to stand, so she crawled on her knees to him like a dog, and he sighed.
“Just call the maids to take you to your room”
“They might start maltreating me again when we get to my room” she muttered.
“The maids too?” He squeezed his face.
“Yes. Only headmaid Patricia and Romeo is nice to me” she replied, and he crouched beside her.
Before she knew it, he carried her in his arms , and she quickly held his shirt in front for balance, looking at his face shockingly.
“Just close your eyes and pretend like you’re unconscious” his deep voice spoke without looking at her, and she quickly obeyed.
“Your room?” He asked.
“The topmost floor. You can use the elevator at the hallway” she replied, and he walked out of the palace, carrying her in his arms.
The guards at the hallway looked surprised, but he wasn’t even looking sidewards till he got to the elevator and went in.
He punched in the 5th floor, and Mia opened her eyes immediately it started moving.
He still wasn’t looking at her, his face stayed up throughout the ride, and that got him thinking about what kind of person he is.
Does he really belong here? Was he forced? He doesn’t look like someone who can even kill a fly. His face and personality is cold, but at the same time, he looks too gentle.
“Don’t judge a book by its cover” he finally spoke up, and she quickly looked away from his face.
How did he even know she was staring?
The blood from her foot was still dripping as he stepped out of the elevator into her floor, He opened the door to her room and stepped into the beautiful space, dropping her gently on the bed.
“Is there a kit in here?” He asked, and she pointed at it.
He went for it on her table, there he saw numerous books about plastic surgery, piled on the table.
“I plan to become a plastic surgeon if father allows me, though I doubt if that’d be possible cos I haven’t stepped school” she said from the bed, and he went back to her.
He squatted in front of her and opened the kit, getting clamps and cotton to wipe the blood on her foot with.
Immediately he started wiping the blood, he squinted slightly.
Her blood is definitely different from any human blood. Instead of the normal water-like form, hers is slippery as f+k!
“My blood? It has always been like this since I grew up, it draws like gum” she said, and he looked up to catch her smiling lightly.
He returned his attention to her foot and wiped the blood eventually.
He brought out a bottle of blue liquid and looked up at her again.
“It’d hurt” he said, and she closed her eyes as he poured it at once.
She bit her lip so deep as it penetrated into the wound.
He tied it with a bandage afterwards, and he returned the kit.
Without another word, he started leaving the room
“Why did you help me?” She suddenly asked, and he stopped.
“You remind me of someone” he said.
“Who? Your ex girlfriend?” She asked, and he turned to her.
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“If I had a girlfriend your age, that’d be child abuse” he said expressionlessly.
“What!”
“On top of that, you’re short and weak, definitely not what I can tolerate” he continued, and her eyes widened again.
“You remind me of my junior sis” he said, and she blinked.
“Stay here till tommorow morning, I don’t think it’s advisable to walk with the foot” he said simply.
“Thanks…by the way” she muttered.
“You might just die in here at this rate, if you keep behaving stupid” he said and left.
A minute after he exited, Sofia came in, and Mia shifted back on her bed.
“What again? Y…you here to make me… suffer again?”
Sofia smiled and sat beside her in bed.
“He’s right. You might die here if you stay here stupidly, which is why I’ve come to show you a way out of this castle without using the gate” she whispered.
“A way out?” Mia replied curiously.
“The lake, there’s a door underwater” Sofia said.
“I don’t plan to escape this castle. I have nowhere to go anyways. I only want to go out and see how things are moving in the streets, then come back after some hours” Mia replied, and Sofia came closer.
“I know, which is why I’m telling you about the door under the lake, you can just go early tommorow morning and return before daybreak”
“Why are you telling me this?” Mia shifted back uncomfortably.
“Don’t ask why, just take my kindness” Sofia smiled.
****
SERGIO’S PALACE**
“Heard you carried her in your arms to her room, same arm you have a wound on?” Sergio said when Franklin came in.
He was standing by the mirror, his two arms crossed behind him .
“The strip show took long, and her foot was bleeding when she rounded up, she had fainted, so to repay the favor of her show, I took her up” he replied flatly, and Sergio faced him.
“I guess I didn’t tell you heartless is one of the most important traits here, especially when it comes to her. No mercy, you could have allowed her to bleed some blood before the maids would come for her”
“Is she really your daughter? Or something lower” Franklin replied with a quick glare.
“You came here to work for me, not to ask questions” Sergio replied, and he sighed.
Sergio came closer and held his shoulders.
“You have another mission to go with the others tommorow. R5 operation starts tommorow night, and you’d be leading them to the fumigation” he said.
“Fumigation?” Franklin squinted.
“Y’all are to eliminate a family of five and every other thing you see in the house. Even the mosquitoes can’t be spared” Sergio replied, and Franklin swallowed nothing.
“The full briefing will be given by Rocco tommorow morning, and about your sister’s brain surgery, you don’t have to worry. I’d personally supervise the doctor in the theater tommorow” Sergio smiled and patted his shoulder.
Franklin bowed slightly before walking out of the palace, and Sergio’s smile disappeared.
Doctor Luciano came out of the palace bar with a crooked smile on his face.
“He’s a smart one” he said.
“I know, and that’s why I’m gonna make fast use of him and dispose him as soon as possible. His type is dangerous to keep for long” Sergio replied.
****
Franklin pulled up his sleeve immediately he left the palace, and he sighed when he saw blood on his arm bandage.
It must have gotten scratched as a result of how he carried Mia earlier.
He covered the bandage and brought his gun out of his pocket, swaying it on his index finger as he walked down the hallway.
The time is exactly 2am right now. He should be thinking of going to his room to get some sleep before daybreak, but that’s the least of his concern right now.
This castle is twisted, and curiousness is getting the best of him.
He was still walking when the smell of cocaine suddenly hit his nose, and he stopped to look sidewards, only to see Aurora sitting on a balcony, sniffing cocaine alone.
The white substance is on her nose, staining it badly as she sniffed, hitting her head crazily with her palm.
It got to a point, and she started laughing like a mad woman, almost falling off the balcony.
Armani suddenly appeared and pulled her down from the balcony.
“Told you to stay in your room whenever you wanna sniff!” He shouted.
“And who told you my life rules are yours to make?” Aurora pushed him away and walked out of the balcony.
She bumped into Franklin, and their eyes met.
She gave him the middle finger before leaving completely.
“Don’t mind her, she’s a crazy junkie. I bet she’d go crazy if she doesn’t sniff a day” Armani said.
“Have you ever gone for fumigation?” Franklin asked straight.
“Wait…did boss brief you about tommorow’s mission already?” Armani asked.
“Just answer the question” Franklin said.
“I haven’t gone for fumigation before, it was Aurora who went, and that involved a family of three and their dog. She cleared them all” he replied.
“Why are we gonna fumigate the family of five tommorow?” Franklin asked.
“The father saw what he shouldn’t have seen, and he’s gonna be a witness in court for the case. The criminal hired this organization to clear all his family obviously” Armani explained.
“Witness assassination” Franklin muttered.
“Exactly” Armani replied.
*****
ROMEO’S PRIVATE HOUSE**
After getting his car parked, Romeo came out reeking of blood, blood of the two sluts he killed.
The pleading of the second one only made his blood boil more so he had killed her too, just the way he killed the first.
He won’t be going to the castle any moment from now.
He shut the car door and started walking to the door, but he suddenly stopped and walked back to the car.
“Stop fooling yourself, I know you’re in” he said, and the car trunk opened immediately.
Roselle came out, arranging her scattered hair with her fingers.
“I wasn’t expecting less from a mafia’s son” she said, and he came closer.
“You know my real identity?”
She smiled and touched his lips seductively.
“You’re not Pedro Messina, you’re Romeo Maranzano, one of Sergio’s triplets” she said, and he slapped her hand away.
“Your skin doesn’t seem to be in a good condition, did you got punished for bringing b+ches to the dinner?” She said, and he suddenly grabbed her by the neck, pushing her back violently to the car.
She gasped painfully, and her eyes turned red instantly.
“Rom…e..
“I got punished cos I rejected you, so you should have known better than following me here!” He seethed angrily.
“I…I… just…I just..I wanna help you cos I… like you!” She struggled to speak, and he let go of her.
She fell on the ground and started coughing.
“I don’t need your help, and the next time I set my eyes on you, I’mma kill you” he said meanly and walked in.
Roselle smiled as she continued coughing, holding her red neck.
“Wasn’t expecting you to be soft”
****
MARANZANOS CASTLE, 6AM**
Mia couldn’t sleep till now, so she was able to detect it immediately 6 fell on the dot.
Despite her bandaged foot, she left the room as casual as she always is, to avoid suspicions.
She guards didn’t stop her anyways, that won’t be her first time of going to the lake that early in the morning.
She got out eventually and rushed all the way to the lake.
Thanks to Franklin’s treatment last night, her foot is better, so she’s walking almost accurately. She’s a fast healer, and that’s a plus.
She got to the lake and stood beside it for a while, thinking about whether to jump or rethink.
Is there really anything to rethink? She has been camped here all her life, and this is her only chance to see what the world beyond this castle looks like since she might not be able to get out all her life.
She won’t continue being stupid like Franklin said, she’d take the chance and go. Before 7am, she’d be back like nothing happened.
She walked into the lake instead of jumping, and she dived inside, swimming to the underwater.
Immediately she did, Sofia appeared beside the lake with a satisfactory smile
“Can’t believe she fell for it. She even got stupider, is it because she didn’t go to school?” She smiled wider and left for Sergio’s palace.
Sergio was smoking his morning weed when she arrived and bowed in front of him.
“Boss, Mia is nowhere to be found in the castle” she reported, and he faced her.
“You should know better by now, that you’d lose your head if you make a false report”
“Boss!” A guard rushed in
“The opening alarm of the underwater secret door is beeping! Someone used the door!” He reported, and Sergio dropped his weed immediately, standing up.
“Make it clear!” He shouted.
“I think Mia escaped through the door!” Sofia said, and Sergio broke the table in front of him with a punch.
“You don’t have to worry, father. I’ll bring her back to you” Rocco came in.
“Get me Franklin!” Sergio ordered, ignoring him.
Both Sofia and the guard left.
Franklin rushed in almost immediately, and Rocco folded his fists jealously.
“You’re my most trusted here right now. Bring Mia back into this castle in an hour, and I want her two legs gone before you bring her back! Plant bullets in them! I’ll get her a wheelchair” Sergio ordered.
TBC.
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