CHAPTER FOUR

Michael's POV

I received a call from my boys that there was a person on the list that the body wasn't found amongst the ones we cleared. It's a lady. She was heading to Beninville. The boxes were hers. I laughed to myself. So, a mere girl could mess things up for me. I told my boys to find out everything about her. I wanted to call step dad and tell him about this but it might just get me into more trouble with him. So I decided to wait till I got my hands on the file.

I was outdoors so I decided to go for a drive. I took a drive to the college I work at then I drove round to pass a castle in the in country side. I have heard a lot about the castle. It provided jobs for the locals and it is a very big one. One can see it clearly from quite a distance. I heard the owner died recently and the new owner would be here soon. I got my informant in the castle and he told me the man who owned it was poisoned to death. I didn't want to get myself involve in their shit so I left the topic alone. But, I haven't been hearing from my informant recently. I turned around and drove to the castle. I met some guards at the main gate. I sized them up and I noticed they were not really good.

One of them moved closer to me. He looked more like a chef rather than a guard. "What are you here for?"

His voice sounded girlish and I wonder what the hell made them hired him.

"I need to see Mr. Ben. Tell him it's Michael." I replied him as politely as I could be.

"Mr. Ben doesn't work here anymore. He's got a family issue and had to leave."

"Oh! Okay. Have a nice day". I said slowly and I drove off.

Something was off though. Ben had mentioned it once before that he had no family. Why did he suddenly have a family issue? I decided to give him a call but his number wasn't going through. I called Diego instead and he picked up on first ring.

"Boss" He greeted immediately.

"I need you to find Ben for me. He doesn't work at the castle anymore."

"Okay boss. I will be on it."

"I will be expecting it." I ended the call and I drove back home. I was in my office when I got an email. It was the picture of the girl that supposedly went missing. Damn…she is beautiful. I was instantly attracted to her. I quickly pushed the thought out of my mind. I continued reading the mail and it turned out she is eighteen and was going to be attending the college I worked undercover. She is now also the legitimate owner of the castle. What the hell? I thought to myself. There was no way I could get rid of her now since this would be discovered by a lot of people. What a big mess it is. I decided to tell father about it. So I called him to tell him I would be visiting him at home that evening.

When I got there, my mom greeted me with a hug by the door which I returned earnestly. They were having an early dinner since I was over. I greeted step dad at the dining table before pulling a chair to seat. We had our meal in silence before father and I excused our selves since we had something to discuss. I pulled a seat out for him when we got to his study. He asked me to sit after taking his own seat.

"Have you gotten it?" he asked immediately with a frown on his face. The only person he smiled at is my mom. I have never seen him smile even at his own sons.

"No sir." I replied him in a calm manner.

"Then, why are you here? You should be working on it not playing around." He was almost yelling at this point.

"I have a report sir. The only missing person at the scene is the current owner of the Beninville castle. We haven't found out if she has the file but we are hoping she will. And to avoid any suspicion, we can't kill her. Or we can just put the blame on the castle keeper." My step dad sighed after hearing my words. Then, he made a decision.

"No. Don't kill her yet. Put a tab on her. The army would have discovered by now that we don't have that file. They will find her soon and she won't survive it then. Let them handle it. Then you will take it from them. Don't fail me this time." He concluded and poured me a glass of wine which I took from him politely. I have no problem with him as long as he took care of my mother well.

After finishing the glass of wine, I stood up and bowed my head slightly to let him know I was going now. He dismissed me with a wave and I left. When I got to the sitting room, I saw my mom sitting on the sofa with one of my step brothers. They smiled at me. He was two years younger than me. I told them I was leaving and Lucas asked me when I would be coming back to visit them and not to discuss things with dad. I smiled at him and ruffled his hair with my hand. He shook it off though. He is the second son of my step dad. The first son left with his mom but sometimes came to spend the weekend with them.

"You never come home unless you have something to discuss with your father. You know you can always spend the weekends too. He won't kill you." My mom said to me. Luca glanced at her with a look that said 'not all of us are lucky as you are.'

"Don't give me that look. Your father is a nice man. He is just too nice for being a mafia."

"We've heard you, mama. Michael, please try to come home once in a while. Your mom and I miss you."

"You can't be serious. There are a lot of people here, why would you miss me again? And before you say anything more, I will find time to come." I pecked my mom on the cheeks and patted Lucas on the back. I left quickly before they stop me with something else. When I got to my car, I got a text from Diego on the current location of Ben. It was still a little before 1900hours so I decided to check him out at this place. I drove off to the place. It was a local bar house that owned an inn. I met him drinking while checking out a lady's ass. I tapped him on the shoulder and he averted his gaze immediately to look at me. He was quite surprise when he saw me. I pulled a seat out for myself and sat beside him at the table. I signaled the bar tender to give me a bottle of beer.

"I didn't mean to leave without informing you. It happened suddenly that I couldn't even think properly about it." He said to me while sipping from his glass of tequila.

"You could have come find me. I could get you a job you know."

"Do you have a poultry farm? You know I can't be of much help with anything that isn't farming."

"Why were you laid off? I was told you had family issues to deal with."

He scoffed and laughed."I see that was the ridiculous story she made up. She is busy fixing her own people to the posts available. I knew her secret but she just couldn't kill me like she did that old man. I pity the new owner."

"What do you say if I get you back the post?" I asked him and he blinked at me.

"You are not joking. Are you?" he asked in an unpleasant manner.

"Do I make jokes? I need an informant in there and I need to get my own people in there especially beside that new owner. I want to know everything going on in that castle. Can you do that?" I asked him in my no nonsense tone. He eyes that was again beginning to wander after the big ass lady instantly focused on me again.

"I can sir. I will boss." He replied and I grinned at him. I stood up as I was done there already.

"And you need to find somewhere else to stay. You won't last long if you keep eyeing everything in a skirt with round asses." Then, I left and I called Diego.

"Find a way of getting Ben back in the castle. I need him there."

"Yes boss."