Sophia

I turned to move to closet but he came out. I guess he closed that box and kept it back in the drawers. He reached his mini bar and made himself a drink. He took the bottle and moved towards the balcony and stood there with the support of the railing. I followed him and stood beside him facing him while he was looking outside. He drank his drink and said continuing

"It took me sixty seven days to gather my men and the right moment. Enzo and I continued working for Russo. It took only 67 days because it was Russo, like I told you Russo was weak, a drug addict and a manwhore and it takes a lot to rule mafia. Lot more than just a surname. Loyalty is the biggest thing in my world and Russo do not have that many allies in his cartel but he is a good negotiator hence a good businessman. People do not do business with him because they are scared of him or because they are loyal to him. They do business with him because they always get something out of the deal more than just money. Outside the cartel he has allies who I know are still helping him hide from me." He told continuing

"But didn't he create problems for you when you continued working for him?" I asked Don. "No, he couldn't because I was his strongest fighter and his best shooter. There was no one in his cartel that could defeat me in a fight or can hit a target quicker than me. Not once have I missed it and my reflexes were better than theirs. The only person who could defeat me in a fight or at least could give me reasonable fight is Enzo and he knew Enzo and I will never go against each other. He needed us for his security and to kill his enemies." I nodded in understanding. "Also once you are in the cartel there is no way out, except well you know until you get the 'sweet release of death'" he said with a bit of sarcasm. I couldn't say anything on this.

"You said you gather men against him. Who were these men? You say that loyalty is the biggest thing in your world. Weren't they scared of Don?" I asked him. "Yeah of course they were. But I didn't use them in the fight against him. I didn't need them. I and Enzo were enough. I needed them for the information about Russo's deals so that I could pick my moment. And I needed them to stand with me when I finish Russo and become Don because yes loyalty is the biggest thing in our world. But earning that loyalty is one thing and keeping that loyalty is another thing. The loyalty was earned by Frank Russo. Even Giovanni was smart enough to keep a few loyal men around. But Giovanni has lost many deals towards the end due to which lost a lot of his men. Devastated he gave reign to Russo before he was actually supposed to be retired. The loyalty that was earned by Frank was to be maintained by Russo, in which he failed, drastically. You do not get loyalty at gun point. He thought his power was enough to keep them around. But power is something that lure maximum danger of breech of that loyalty."

"How? Your men are scared of you. How power lure the danger of disloyalty." I asked confused. He smiled at me. "Because everyone wants that power. You have enemies when you are powerful because they want your power. That's why you need people, allies to stand by you. No king can keep a kingdom without an army. That is why loyalty is something that is kept in high regard. But like I said you have to earn it to keep it." He explained. "Hmmm " I said understanding and he continued "Sophia with power comes responsibility. If you want someone to stake their life for you, you have to give much more than salary to them. And if your men are standing with you because they are scared of you and not because they believe in you then they can be bought very easily. Sometimes with money other times with respect. No matter how small a man is everyone wants honest respect. Russo never cared enough about his men." He told. "But you do" I said knowing that he genuinely do. He smiled and continued "The fear of your boss is a different thing. I mean yes of course my men fear me because I am their boss plus with me I have quite evident anger issues" he said with a light chuckle. "But they do not fight for me because they are scared of me, they fight for me because they trust me." I agree to him. I have seen how much he take his men seriously and its quite explicit how much they admire him not just scared of him. "Right " I said softly understanding his point. He knows so much about being a leader. I was kind of admiring him myself. "So you said you didn't use them for fight, you are saying that you did it all alone by yourself. You alone finished Russo's cartel?" I asked a bit puzzled, how can one man stand against a whole cartel and yet won. "Why do you think they call me the ruthless monster, The Satan?" He said with a sarcastic chuckle. "It was my vengeance, justice for my sister. No one else should have done it. However, I was not alone." He said and I nodded still surprised thinking how did he pulled it off and what he means when he said he was not alone.

He kept his empty glass down and took a sip from the bottle and continued his story "I needed a chance now. One moment when they all are together. I could not go after them one by one I needed them together. Russo was expanding his business. And being his closest bodyguard Antonio gave us the much needed information. About the biggest deal he was about to make of drugs with the Mexican drug lord." "Which was Miguel?" I asked and he stopped his drink and gave me approval nod. "Ah-haa...looks like Donna do listen". He commented with a wink. "I do remember the things that cause my husband's brows furrowed." I said with a smug. "Uh-huh is that so?" He asked pulling me closer. "Yes" I said as I wrapped my hands around his neck and gave him a kiss. "Mmm...how will I continue the story when all I want to bend you over the railing and take you" he said in his husky voice as we broke the kiss. I blushed at his words and he laughed seeing me turning red. "You know you are so cute" he said pinching my nose. I punched him on the arm playfully "tell me more" "hmmm" he said and I squealed as he pick me up and sat me on the railing. I held his shoulders tightly. "Scared of falling Doll?" He commented "No. I know you won't let me fall" I said and he kissed my forehead as I felt him holding me from the waist. "What happened then?"

"This deal with Miguel was important to Russo because it will open doors for Mexico and Miguel will get his access in NYC. But Miguel do not have trust in a young boy hence he wanted Giovanni to administer the deal. To which he agreed. This was the biggest Russo was going to make hence it was done in old fashioned way. Russo wanted to make an impression of his power hence his whole entourage was there, yet the deal was kept secret. It was in one of the deserted Cabin of Russo Family. So Enzo and I planned to end him there.

"Damon, you there?" Enzo asked me over the ear piece that both of us have to communicate. "Yeah I am here. I am about twenty yards from the cabin. I will be next to you in five minutes." I replied to him over the earpiece in my ear. We were in the middle of the woods south from here. It was the border of the city on the opposite side. We arrived there at 4am, 20minutes before the meeting was supposed to start." "4am? The deal was so early?" I asked curious. "Yes 4am. This was the deal I like told you was to be kept secret even from the Cartel men, like us. Only Russo's immediate cartel, his closest men and Giovani were involved in this. Such shady deals are generally done before the sunrise. It ensures lesser leak of information" he explained. "hmmm" I nodded getting the hang of the fact that Sophia this is real killing you are hearing about.

"When I reached to him, Enzo went up to his spot that was up a small terrain that was covered with nothing but trees. It was perfect place for a snipper to hide with a great view of targets. He gave me a signal as he saw the Ford trucks coming up and I surrounded the cabin and took my position. The moments these people entered and the cabin we heard the Chopper landing. The chopper dropped off Miguel and flew back. Miguel came with four men. Sad that they have to be the collateral damage in the crossfire, I thought. Ten minutes post the meeting started I gave Enzo the signal to get ready and went out to the back of the cabin cutting the wires of the phones and the power. This is the only part where I took Ric's help. My genius brother set up the program to block all cell phone signals in the vicinity. Which was brilliant because they couldn't make a call for back up. After around 5 more minutes one of the guy came out. Zeke, Russo's right hand and I am sure he must be the one to rape my sister first. He came out to check on power just as we planned he would. I knew Russo well, I know his every move, plan, behavior, schedule. All this time when I was getting ready I kept close eye on even in the smallest instinct of Russo. I knew he will send Zeke to check this. He came up from my right and when I laid my eyes on him a sudden rush of adrenaline ran through my whole body and I loved it. Zeke opened his mouth and I stabbed him in the mouth with my knife, cutting his yelp short. When he fell to the ground with his hand on his mouth I walked around him and stood above his head. All I could see was Laeila and I pulled my right arm and stabbed him one final time directly into his heart. I stared into the eyes of the dying prick and a smirk came as I could see Laeila's smile as that pathetic bastard took his last breath. "Fucking brilliant Damon!" Enzo's voice from the earpiece got my attention and I stood up pulling the knife out of him and pushing the corpse down with my leg.

I walked around the cabin slightly bending down when I passed a small window. I could hear laughter and smell the smoke of cigars. I drew in a breath and once again nodded at Enzo to let him know I am going in. I slipped pass the corner and busted through the door, slitting the man's throat who was guarding the door when I entered. I then ran into a man came with Miguel. He had a eye patch and a bit bulky than us. He pulled out his gun but I was quicker to stab him in the eyes before he could use it. I put his gun in his mouth to muffle his scream. I kicked back and heard the sound of guy's knee breaking that was about to stab me in the back. I turned around and swiftly bend down, plunging my knife onto the guy's skull, kicking my legs up and did a handstand over his dead body, landing in a hunched down position and pulled the knife from my boot with my left hand and sliced another asshole, hitting him in the thigh and stood up, leaving him there to bleed out." "Um- I have a question" I said interrupting him. "Shoot" he said telling me to ask away. "Why Knife? I saw you use gun more, then why you were killing with knife?" I asked and he smirked "Two reasons. One - we only had one snipper with the silencer mode and I couldn't risk the attention from the gunshot. Second - there is another level of satisfaction when you stab and the blood ooze out. The pain I can give with my knife is much more than my bullet. I wasn't intending to give them an easy death." That shut me up and he continued the story strolling in the balcony.

"I calmly walked to the door that was closed at the end of the hall. I knew they were all inside." "Weren't you scared even a little? I mean you were seriously outnumbered." I asked amazed at him "I would be lying if I say I wasn't. Yes behind that door were still 22 men or maybe more and I was alone with two knifes and one gun and a snipper at the hill terrain outside. Hell I was scared but my focus was not my fear. The only thing I could hear were Laeila's screams. I listened to that tape every night on repeat mode. Every fucking night." I saw his knuckles turning white as his grip hardened on the railing and his jaw muscle clenched. "Those screams, her face was the only thing I could hear or see and that vanished my fear. When I left home that day I was prepared to die but not before I kill Russo." I can understand what he went through, but listening to that tape every night, that might have affected him worse than all. I mean I couldn't hear it once and he listened it for 67 nights. I felt a pang in my heart on the pain he went through. "Timing and speed was our key" he said continuing his story.

"Enzo and I had to act at the same time that was our only leverage. "Now" I said to Enzo through the earpiece and kicked the door down. I threw my two knifes killing the two of them right in their chest and Enzo at the same time fired. His bullets broke the mirror of the window and killed four before they could duck down. "What the hell is going on?" asked Miguel. "If I were you I would stay out of it. Its between me and him" I replied him pointing towards Russo. His guards tried to surround me with guns but Enzo didn't give them the break. The moment they held up their gun he killed them from outside. They were not able to locate him. "If you want I would even let you go unscathed . Trust me I don't believe in killing without a reason but I don't care about collateral damage too. So make your choice Amigo" I told Miguel stressing on the word Amigo which means friend in Mexican. "Giovani, what the hell is this? We are here for a deal not to die." Miguel said to Giovani. "Nothing its just a dog got crazy." Giovani responded him coming towards me."And what we do when the dog get crazy we shoot him." he said coming closer to me trying to scare me away. I smirked and said "That's what I am going to do." I said as I shot him before he could. "DAD!" Russo jumped on seeing the lifeless body of Giovani fall down. "Oh My God! You killed him. What are you? Why are you here?" asked the confused Miguel. "Miguel, no one and I mean no one will leave this cabin alive today. If you want, leave now or you will be lying next to him." I warned him. I saw him trying to call someone but like I told cellphones were barred. "Listen I am here only for business. Just let me go Don" He called me Don. I don't know why maybe because I killed Giovani and for Miguel it was Giovani who was the Don. That was the first time anyone called me Don. I nodded at him and he rushed out signaling his men to follow. "Are you crazy Caprio? I am the fucking Don. You bloody bastard, you eat on the pieces of bread I throw and you have the audacity to stand with your gun pointed at me." he said as he lunged towards me. I ducked and kicked him in the stomach making him fall. I kept my foot on his chest "You are not the Don, you are the fucking shithead who laid a hand on my sister" I bend down and pulled him up and started punching him. I was a better fighter than him so I know in physical combat he couldn't defeat me. But seeing him the rush, the pain of Laeila came back like a meteor and I kept on hitting him. Laeila's scream took me in a trance and that was my mistake. For a moment it was just Russo for me. I forgot the others and one of them stabbed me in the back with my knife on my right shoulder blade. Though Enzo's bullet killed him before he could stab me again but my fall gave Russo a moment to rolled under the table. "Russo come out I am not done with you bastard." I said getting up holding my wound with one hand. "You are doing a mistake Caprio, leave and I will spare you." he said from somewhere behind the cupboards. "Yeah, you will? Well I won't" I said as I punched one of them who tried to hit me. My obstacle was I couldn't distance myself from the door much. I couldn't let them sneak out else I would have dragged Russo from behind the furniture where he was hiding. I gave my signal to Enzo for him to come inside. He jumped down from there and came running inside the cabin. Once he is at door I went towards Russo."

"I shot a bullet at the cupboard behind which he was hiding, the cupboard fell down and I could see him but then one of those deranged men came in between kicked the gun out of my hand. He indulged me in the combat and so was Enzo. They were coming up at him too, though he was shooting but they were shooting too. That was another mistake I did that I fought him. I should have snapped his neck but I did not want an easy death for any of them. I already gave Giovani an easy death only because he was not one of the rapist of my sister."

"The one thing I wasn't prepared was the gun shot from outside the door. That gunshot made Enzo's gun fall. Then I killed the man fighting me finally by snapping his neck and picked up my gun pointing towards the person who shot Enzo. That took me by surprise I never had expected Russo's sister to be there. Cora."

"His sister? He had a sister?" I asked surprised. "You imagined a family with all men. How? Of course there were women in his family." He said with a light chuckle pointing at my stupidity. "How can a man who himself is a brother can do this to someone's sister?" I said with disgust lacing my tone. "You think Marc did not had a mother, a sister, a friend?" He said pointing the fact that my rapist was not an incarnation, he too was a human came to life from a woman's womb yet these degraded souls do not have any humanity, compassion or respect. I shook my head and he continued