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Echoes of the Streets: A Gangster's Odyssey

This story looks into the life of Javier Manuel who's an henchman for one of the most powerful men in the world of crime. It looks and takes us into the various events that changed his life forever which includes the brutal murder of his parents, him getting forced into becoming a gang member after meeting with a guy named Luis, his arrest after a failed operation. It shows the readers his life in prison, how he got discovered by Roberto who was a mafia boss and was released, his relocation to America, his decision to become an henchman, his various struggles in the mafia, friends he made and getting the love of his life who was a journalist. He is faced with the dilemma of either continuing to hide his identity from her or just telling her about his involvement in the crimes she was fighting against. Will he have the courage to tell her about it or will he continue to lie? Enjoy and find out.

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The first

When Javier woke up, he went into the bathroom and freshened up; He then went into the sitting room and saw everyone smiling and talking in excited tones. He then heard Gabriel talking about the 20,000 pesos that they just made and he was bewildered at the mention of that amount made in just one night.

Luis then looked up at him and smiled at him and he just had a confused look on his face. Luis then calls him and asked him in front of the gang if he has made up his mind on the offer made to him. He immediately got quiet and started thinking again and he then said that he had made up his mind.

"So what is your decision Javier?" Hernandez asked as the others looked at him with the hopes that he had chosen to join them especially Gabriel.

"Well I have decided to accept your offer and I will join the gang." He said as the others were excited upon hearing those words.

"Are you sure about what you are about to do? Are you ready for the risk that comes with being associated with the fast life?" He asked him and he affirmed and immediately, everyone ran to him and started shaking his hand like he had just won an award.

"I'm happy that you agreed to join us ese; I thought you were going to leave us and don't worry we will teach you everything you need to know so that you will not be finessed or cheated by any fool." Gabriel said as he hugged him.

"This means that more money will be made; am I right or wrong?" Juan asked with a very loud voice and everyone affirmed. Soon Gabriel started teaching him about the prices of various drugs being sold and was given a dagger to protect himself so that he would be able to defend himself in situations where a fight will be needed. Luis then told him that he cannot be taken to sell drugs yet since he is new but will accompany them for the robbery operation that night. After everyone left, he just started playing video games and watching television throughout the day and when they finally came back, he got them the food he prepared and they all thanked him and ate the food before going to rest to prepare for the night operation.

By 10pm, he was woken by Fernando and was given an all-black outfit and black boots to wear for the robbery. He was also handed a gun to arm himself with. After he was done dressing, he went into the sitting room and the whole squad which were more than ten men were all standing. Luis then divided them into 4 groups of 3 individuals to rob different places. Javier was in a group with Luis and Juan and they were going to rob the house of a man named Ricardo Francisco who was a drug dealer in the area and covered it up with the opening of a big supermarket in town.

Immediately, everyone dispersed and he got on the motorcycle that Juan was riding and they started going towards the house. Throughout the ride, there was silence and the only sound was that of the engine of the motorcycles and after some minutes, they finally arrived at the house and they went towards the gate and made a call. Immediately, the gatekeeper opened the gate and let them into the house and he saw that the house was big and he wondered why he would build this type of house in this type of environment.

"Don't get distracted boys; This operation must be a success." Luis said as the gatekeeper led them to the house. They all put on their masks and everyone pulled out their guns when they got to the front door and the gatekeeper knocked on the door.

"Who is knocking on my door so late?" They heard a voice say from inside the house.

"I am the one boss, It's Moreno; I think you need to see something very important."

"Can't this thing wait a bit Moreno?" And the door opened and immediately, they all got into the sitting room and ordered him to go down which he immediately obeyed.

"Where is your fucking money you rat?" Luis said as he pointed his gun at him.

"I don't know man, maybe you can ask your mother's ass eh motherfucker?" And immediately, he shot his gun to a place close to Ricardo which made him flinch.

"I said where is the fucking money and I won't ask again!" He said with a very fierce tone.

"Alright I will bring the money for you street rats alright?" Javier was told to follow him to his room and he immediately obeyed. They went into his room which was the biggest bedroom he had ever seen in his entire life. Ricardo opened a cabinet in his room and started bringing out bundles of money and put it in the bag that he was given while Javier watched him but when he was done putting the money into the bag, he still put his hand in the cabinet and before he could grab him, Ricardo had already pulled out a gun and shot him on the left wrist. He immediately screamed out in pain and fell down to the ground groaning.

"You street rats don't know who I am and I will make an example of you and by the time...." And a loud gunshot was heard and he fell to the ground with a bullet in his chest.

"You have to be more careful and observant or you might die next time around. Let's take this money and get the hell outta here." He then turned around and saw Juan not looking too impressed and he was helped up and they got to the sitting room and saw Luis waiting for them and he also didn't look happy. They got out of the house immediately and got on their motorcycles and they zoomed away from that place.

"Do you know that your careless act almost made us to fail this operation?" Luis said with a loud voice as they were still on the road. He immediately apologized to him and soon no one was talking anymore till they got home and when they got home, they opened the bag and counted the money and this money was a total of 70,000 pesos and everyone's anger subsided.

"I think we have gotten good money today boys; We may need to lay low for a while because the man that we just robbed and killed was a very influential man and a lot of people will be after our asses but this money is enough to keep us low for some time." Luis said with a bit of fear evident in his voice. Javier was given some medication and his wrist was bandaged and the bone was broken and was told to go to sleep but when the other guys came back, Juan told them about what happened and every one of them kept making fun of him while he laughed to their jokes. To him, this was the only family that he had and he was enjoying being with them. Gabriel then brought some food to him which he was grateful for and just laid on the bed while he was being fed and the other guys called him a bouncing baby boy which made everyone to laugh including himself. Immediately after he finished eating, he went to sleep with every one calling him a bouncing baby boy.

Well Javier first operation went wrong.

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