20

"Honey I'm home," Chanel sings as she enters their bedroom and it's empty.

She places her shopping bags down and looks around, he wasn't there.

"Babe?"

Nothing.

She takes her shoes off and gets her bedroom slippers and goes back downstairs to find Aunty Martha.

"Aunt Martha?"

"In here amore," she calls out from the kitchen, Chanel walks into the kitchen and smiles at Aunty Martha.

"Have you seen Vincent?"

She cuts the last piece of onion, "Yes he's in the basement with his boys."

"Oh, what are they doing?" She asks curiously.

"Discussing war tactics of course, ever since that ambush at the Fort, everyone has been on edge. They need to get back their stolen jewels."

"Jewels?"

Aunty Martha looks at Chanel and then she realises why Chanel was confused, she didn't know what was going.

"You don't know what Vincent does do you?"

Chanel shakes her head, "I thought he was some scary businessman who had a small illegal side business like money laundering but not jewels."

She laughs, "Oh no honey. He's a mafia boss, they steal jewels, sell drugs, and use successful businesses as a front. I'm surprised he didn't tell you. He did with his ex-Carmen."

Chanel frowns, "Does he not trust me?"

Aunty Martha puts the knife down, "Of course he does, he'll tell you in his own time."

Channel nods, "Okay. I'm going to go upstairs; I need to lay down."

"Alright dear."

Channel heads upstairs to the bedroom, closes the door and locks it. She pulls out her phone and calls the head office.

"Hello, can I speak to the HOD?"

She hears a beep on the other end of the call.

'Hello,' the man replies.

"Hello Sir, it's Juliet."

'Ah Juliet, I hope you have some good news for me,' he says.

"Yes, I do sir," she smiles, "He is smuggling illegally mined jewels and minerals."

'Good one Miss Jones, what else have you discovered?'

"They are currently plotting to go and attack the Russians when their next shipment arrives here in Italy before heading to the US," she explains, "But I'm not quite sure yet."

'Well, you've given us enough information. From here onwards keep contact at a minimum. We'll be handling it from here onwards, just make sure you keep him in Italy until after the attack.'

"Wait why?" she asks, "I thought arresting him in the US would have been easier?"

'Yes, it would but we are running out of time Juliet. We need to act fast,' he explains.

"Okay. Well, I guess this is goodbye for now."

'Yes. Goodbye Juliet.'

And he hangs up the phone, Chanel unlocks the door and walks back to the bed. What was she thinking? Tell the feds everything, selling him out like that. It was her job but now she was starting to regret the whole thing, she had fallen in love and so had her partner, Kat.

She had to call Kat, their plan wasn't going to work, so they must change it.

Down in the basement, the boys are preparing for war.

"Così abbiamo tutte le armi pronte, le automobili, gli uomini e il backup?" Vincent asks as he looked Gio, his head of security.

[Translation: So, do we have all the weapons

ready, cars, men and back up?]

"Sì Capo, tutti gli uomini sono stati assegnati, le partite, dobbiamo essere lì al dock venti minuette prima di dock," Gio explains.

[Translation: Yes boss, all men have been allocated their positions, we should be there at the dock twenty minutes before they dock]

"Excellent, Saranno in due giorni, quindi dobbiamo essere avvisi e pronti."

[Translation: They will be in two days, so we need to be alert and ready]

All the men nod and Vincent excuses them for the night, leaving him and Gio alone to talk.

"Boss, I need to ask you something," Gio says breaking from his native tongue.

"Shoot brother."

Gio sighs, "I've noticed something lately and I don't know if you've noticed too but I think the girls are hiding something from us."

Vincent raises an eyebrow, "Like what Gio?"

"I don't know but every time I ask Kat about her job, she doesn't give me a straight answer."

"Have you tried investigating her?"

Gio nods, "Yes and I found something suspicious. She has a connection to the FBI."

"FBI? What kind of connection?" Vincent presses.

Gio shakes his head, "That's what I don't understand Fratello, she somehow popped up in their database but there is no information on her on that database."

Vincent is suspicious, "Get Martin on it, I'm sure he can figure it out and as for Chanel, she's been by my side ever since she quit her job."

"I will get Martin on it but I'm telling you, boss, something ain't right and I intend to find out," Gio vows.

"I'm sure it's nothing serious" Vincent shrugs it off, "You're probably just stressed and in need of some good kitty."

Gio chuckles, "Maybe, it has been a while."

"Isn't Kat supposed to be arriving tonight?"

Gio cusses, "I almost forgot, I gotta go but I'll let you know what Martin finds out."

"No problem Gio."

And with that he leaves, Vincent knew exactly what Gio was talking about, he has done the same research with Chanel and her name popped up on the FBI database but with no information, so why would they be on the database if they had no criminal record, nor did they have any connections with the place? Vincent thought of every possible reason why her name would be on the database but none of them came to a proper conclusion.

He leaves the basement and goes upstairs and up to their bedroom where he finds her fast asleep on the bed, her curls covering her face, her plush lips slightly parted, her ass was slightly perked up, Vincent wanted to spank her so badly, but he knew that wasn't wise, so he restrains himself. Looking as innocent as always, Vincent couldn't help but wonder what secrets this vixen was hiding?