Chapter Five (part two)

Annabelle

The plan was simple my truck would leave first and i would leave second but as we went down the opposite side of the highway, we were in for a surprise Don Costa was not one to be foolish he was the one that taught me to always have a back plan. So it was no surprise to me when Don Costa had vans and even trucks waiting for us down the road, it was Reaper and I on his bike, Poison, Zed, Rex and few others who's names i did not get but all were equally ruggish, deadly and handsome.

Holding onto Reapers waist i looked ahead and exhaled three cars had closed off the entire road it did not scare me or even phase me if anything it pissed me off. Six years it took me to pay off my fathers buy out of the business, six years it took me to pay off the money he spent on our house, our allowance and our debit. Six years of my life did i dedicate to the man who helped keep my sister and i together from being taken away by child services or for them to at least never look away, the man who helped me pay my parents funeral the very man who helped me when i had no clue as what to do when i was just a kid myself.

********FLASHBACK TEN YEARS AGO********

I stood holding onto Rosie to my side, her tears staining my stomach as we watched the caskets lower into the ground, the rain had not stopped for three days yet we still managed to get our family to join us at the wake and funeral, the entire three days i never shed a tear my mind was more concerned on what was going to happen to us now. The state would take us away and no family member be it Mexican or Italian would take us in, half breeds, mixed children, ninos sucios, bazura, huerfanas, pandilleros. (dirty children, trash, orphans, gang members)

The family had tried keeping there voices hush but i could hear it all and even though i hated what they were saying it was all true, one of my Tias on my mothers side took Rosie as she cried and told me to say my good bye, I did not know that in the distance my fathers boss Don Costa was watching.

I stood in the rain not caring that i got wet and looked to the silver matching caskets that lay side by side, my hands shaking at my sides as a wave of anger hit me the day they had left i told them to stay home, i had told them to not drive because of the storm that was coming was ugly but they didn't listen they told me it was important.

They left and never came back that night, hours went by and when the knock on the door came and the blaring of red and blue lights showed i knew. I starred at the caskets and leaned down in a squat, my right hand grabbing the dirt and tossing it onto the caskets as i spoke in Italian.

"Dormi bene, presto o tardi ti rivedro." (Sleep well, soon or later i will see you again.)

The Don stood next to me as he watched me stand back up, he was not old in that time. He could not be more then in his mid 30s, his face was covered in thick shades, his nose was slightly pointy with a slight bump on the bridge of it, his hair was slicked back and a dark black. His jawline was strong and he had a small J like scar on his left cheek, a little bit of stubble was on his face from what looked like a five a clock shadow, he wore a long leather trench coat over a black tux, his hands were covered in black leather gloves, as he stood upright to his full height of 5'11 he was slightly built but not fully to wear he looked like a fitness fanatic.

"Le mie condoglianze." (My condolences)

"Thank you and thank you for coming."

"Your father was like a brother to me...if it was not for him i probably would not be alive at this moment."

I nodded my head as i exhaled before looking over my shoulder spotting what looked like guards standing a few feet away from us, there hands clasped in front of them i had read already my mothers diary to knew he was.

"Don Costa..." I said quietly, the name catching his attention for he gave a nod.

"I take it your not here for the pie at my Tias house?"

He shock his head in no as i turned to look at him not caring in the moment that i was speaking to some mafia boss. "We have no money, my uncles are already talking about selling the house, there is no money in the bank, my sister and i will be leaving with child services tomorrow so if its money you want your gonna have to wait till i am able to pay it off once i am stable but i highly doubt you will be accepting $400 dollar paychecks on a bi-weekly month to month basis so if you have any fucking ideas then by all means i am all ears?"

He starred at me and kept his jaw set as he then smirked. "Just like your father but beautiful like your mother...I have a way for you to pay those things off and a way for you an your sister to not loose your home. Your father was the same age when he started working in the business if not younger Bambina, so tell me are you willing to work with me."

I looked across the street to my sister Rosie crying as she was led into the car, my Tia shaking her head once she was inside the car and moving to the gossip circle that was making gestures and pointing towards where i stood but stopped once Don Costa turned to look there way. There faces pale as they tried making conversation else where or about something else as they walked away, that power this man gave off was felt all the way over there, that in fear they stopped talking and scattered like roaches when the light turns on.

"If you can keep my sister and i together and even our house from being sold off then i will do what i have to even if it means working for you...but only until everything i owe even my parents owed you is paid off."

Don Costa gave a giant smile and nodded. "Welcome to the famiglia."

Not even a week later the house was paid for and social services never showed up at my door, we had a nanny that was kind enough to take care of Rosie while i studied in a school here in California that was for powerful family's and even dangerous ones. Saints Academy was an amazing school and extremely expensive a place i did not last long in for the fights i got into. I was no sob or rich nor did i show off anything even when i could, the girls hated me because of my background being from a middle class family they could not believe how i managed to get here, the boys thought i was a easy lay just because they had money. They quickly learned that i didn't talk using my hands but my fists. It was then that the dean had me transferred to a school in Italy where the Don lived, i left the states and took my sister for a few years till i finished not only my school but the immense hard core training that followed. By 17 i had already done my first mission and soon after i did many more once i was pulled into the Venomous Five by Rolando who was a bit older then me and Jose but he took both of us for our skills and that is how i began paying back every single thing, down to the food i ate to Don Costa.

*********END OF FLASHBACK***********

Here i was running from the man that had gave me a out in my life, who helped me when i had no one to help me, who kept me and my sister together when if it had been others they would of separated us the first chance they got. I looked to SUVs and exhaled as i felt Reaper reverse the bike. This man who barely knew me was willing to risk not just his life but his clubs life to keep me safe, my group was willing to piss them off and die to make sure that i was what? Safe? Happy? In return i would give them what heartache, pain, blood, death. I stopped him as i placed the gun to Reapers side and felt him stiffen as he stopped moving the bike, leaning forward i kissed the side of his neck and whispered to him.

"I will be back...tell Jose to turn on the tracker."

I got off the bike placing the gun back as i looked to him my face blank.

"Unless you want your men to die i suggest you go back."

"Belle what the fuck are you doing? Get back on!" he growled angrily his eyes red with fury.

I shock my head in no and took a step towards the SUVs when i felt his hand grab onto my wrist, his eyes on mine as if searching for something.

"Baby girl....get back on."

Ignoring him i pulled my arm away from him as i shock my head and looked to him.

"This is my fucking mess creeper not yours, i done this shit for a long time and one thing i fucking learned is that i do not run from my fucking problems. You want to help me then make sure Rosie and Emily are safe with you guys but you let me handle this shit understood."

"If your ass is not back in two days Baby girl...i will personally drag your ass out of there understood?"

"Let me know when you get the girls secure and i promise i will be there."

Reaper nodded as i walked towards the SUVs the door opening for me by one of the body guards but of course they checked me. The one checking me had fun checking my hair, my ass, my legs and when his hands went up my stomach to grab onto my breasts, i quickly grabbed his left hands fingers and bent them backwards, the wet popping sound being heard as i shoved him backwards hearing his scream as he fell to his knees and held his hand.

"Bastardo." I said getting into the truck.

Reaper

The scream of the man was pleasing to my ears, he was not searching her but feeling her up and she noticed because judging by how he held his hand and screamed it looked like she broke his fingers. That earned a few laughs from the men except me and and Rex. The SUVs left and so did we, i called Jose and told him what happened and what Belle said for him to do. Hanging up we all rode to Twisters, my hands gripping onto the handle bars tightly our of anger and fucking worry. I shouldnt of let her go but she was right if i ran with her i would be putting all my men at risk along with innocents that had nothing to do with this but that was the mafia for you. They didnt give a fuck who they killed, who they used or how they got your ass to beg as long as they got there hands on you they could care less, but Belle being gone and having left like that didnt mean i didnt regret it or worried.

"Rosie is here so is Emily and her kid." Poison said his voice holding a annoyed tone to it.

"Where are they?"

"With Sammy shes thinking that maybe they should head with her since shes got no ties to us or our work only when we need a doc."

I nodded. "Alright the girls got a point make sure shes up and loaded and takes the back road from here...i want one of the guys to tail her."

"I will shes my little sister." Rex said.

"fine." I stormed away from them and headed to the shed, my hands shaking as i tossed the gun onto the work bench and growled as i punched the punching bag my anger getting to me, how the fuck could i just let her go? How would i know she would be safe or even alright?

"Hey, do not get that way Lukas."

I turned around and looked to Beth, once upon a time she would of been my old lady but she didn't want this life she wanted the white picket fence and two point kids something i could not give her, didn't mean she wasn't aware of what happened. She had her blonde hair tied back from her face, her blue eyes were shining as she looked to me wearing some sort of blue sun dress and sandals.

"Rex told me they took your girl, is she your old lady?"

"NO. She isnt Beth."

She let out a sigh and nodded.

"But you want her to be right?" she asked.

I couldnt answer her, i wanted Belle to be with me i did with every fucking thing in me i wanted her to be at my side and on my bike to be the one in my bed and to be known as my fucking woman. But i was just a fucking biker, a biker who even if i had money i didn't do the luxiours life style like the rest of those uppity assholes, I fucked, rode, fought and handled business if i had to ugly or not, i wasnt like the mafia i didnt parade around in fancy clothes or stylish cars. I was the complete opposite of it. I didnt realize that Beth was holding my face and had pressed her body into mine.

"Lukas." she said softly her eyes on mine, her hands moving into the sides of my head as she pulled me down towards her lips. The door opened and Jose walked in with Emily behind him. The anger was clear on his face but he said nothing as Emily stepped forward, her eyes on me and Beth who had now moved to grab my arm.

"Well, here i thought we were the snakes." She said looking to Beth but her eyes were focused on me.

"While your being a wanker just wanted to inform you that Belle called, not that it matters as of this moment...shes safe. I will leave you to get your bloody dick wet."

She grabbed Joses arm and pulled him backwards, slamming the door as she left. Fuck.