The Mafia's past sin

en

ed of gasoli

ehouse, adrenaline flooding my veins as the distant so

wn, one that could finally c

than the unfolding chaos around me. I was trying

fuck." I kept mutte

hn a colleague of mine's voice

. I've got movements on the inside. There i

Marcus Hale. "Hold position. I repeat, do not engage

it was war. The Moretti cartel is meeting with a mystery buyer tonight. What was to be expected? But

l, Cruz. No hero sh

la

ide of the warehouse. Broken glasses crunched beneat

churned and my nerves were a mess. I hadn't trained for this level of car

was knee-d

filled with the stench of gunpowder. Bodies lay scat

thumped violently in my chest and my br

of gunfire crack thr

gainst my ribs and adrenaline coursed through me. Two

sil

re smoke covered the air and a trail of blood smeared on

ght my eye behind a stack

! Show me your hands!" I yelled fier

se. Just a wet,

he corner and froze in

with blood, was a man in a torn black s

ied strands of his dark hair, with

world cracked in half. A gasp escap

uldn'

k, i

n Mor

ned of. This wasn't the infamous mafia bos

climb trees with me. The boy who once kissed me under a th

I could stop myself, my fin

I swore to take down and put behind bars. But the man in fron

e storm-gray color that haunted my childhood

ely trying to s

m abruptly, tucking my gun back

oing to let you die." I whispered, tea

ullet hadn't gon

d stared at m

o..

t talk. Save

screaming at me to call fo

ie. Not like this. Mafia boss or not, sworn enemy or not, fragme

pain. I glanced around, just to make sure. No cameras, no backup. J

ou out of here

*************

hour

linic reeked of b

irst assignment when I joined the team. He begged me not to report this pla

hile now due to personal reasons. I got a call that the shipping would be happening sooner than expected an

were soaked with Adrian's blood. The metallic smell of blood filled my nose and I could nearly taste

closer, brushing a strand of hair from Adrian's foreh

tter life." I whispered sadly.

. But he stirred, ever so sli

d. I waited. I lo

kiss, the night he left, the note that never cam

off unknowingly. By the time I was jolted awake by the clank

d was

ywhere on the floor. A broken

e. Just li

ish

y bed, still in my clothes soaked

. Don't know if he saw m

oretti w

g the man I once loved... and taki

to my car, my phone vibrated. One new messag

d last night. You m

d and my heart s

me. Fuckkk!!! I s