Chapter 2
Meet the members of De Luca family.
Don Leonardo_The father and the patriarch-immediate Mafia leader in Italy, he is currently 62 years old.
Bianchi De Luca_The wife of the patriarch, currently 50 years old.
Alessandro De Luca_The adopted son and the favorite of the patriarch, he's currently 29 years old.
Gabriel De Luca_Thr first child, he's currently 36 years old.
Corenzo De Luca_The second child, he's currently 34 years old.
Adriana De Luca_ The third child, she's currently 32 years old.
Francesca De Luca_ The fourth child, she's currently 30 years old.
All the children of Don Leonardo are all skilled fighter together with the adopted son, Alessandro.
Alessandro is the best fighter among them and that makes him the favorite of Don Leonardo. He is the youngest of all and also the rising star in Italy underworld.
He's a charismatic, calculating and ruthless, young man.
Been the favorite of Leonardo made him to become the enemy of Gabriel De Luca the first child of Don Leonardo.
Gabriel De Luca is a cruel and cunny young man. All he cares about was become the next patriarch_ Mafia leader in Italy after the death of his father and he hates Alessandro because he was his father favorite.
Corenzo and Adriana the second and third children of De Luca family also hate Alessandro but they always pretend to like him in the presence of their father.
Bianchi De Luca, the wife of the patriarch- was also a green snake under the green grass in the family.
Only Francesca the last child of De Luca family love Alessandro and cares about him. She was Alessandro closest confidant.
Don Leonardo De Luca, the current Mafia leader has remained on the sick bed for one year now. Life was gradually leaving him and he decided to summon all the members of the family to a general breakfast.
He knew he no longer has a long time to live and he wanted to settle the long time enmity between his children.
The grand dining hall at Villa De Luca was set for a lavish breakfast. The long, polished mahogany table was beautifully arranged with fine bone china, crystal glasses, and plates.
A stunning floral arrangement adorned the center of the table, surrounded by candles. The breakfast spread included an assortment of fresh fruits, cheeses, cured meats, freshly baked pastries, and Italian delicacies.
Don Leonardo De Luca, the patriarch, sat at the head of the table, flanked by his wife, Bianchi, and their children, Alessandro, Gabriel, Corenzo, Adriana and Francesca. Other family members and associates filled the remaining seats.
Soft classical music played softly in the background, and the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and baked goods filled the air. However, tension and anticipation hung beneath the surface as family members wondered why Don Leonardo had summoned them after a year of illness.
As they waited for the patriarch to speak, the room fell silent, with all eyes fixed on Don Leonardo.
Don Leonardo cleared his throat, before speaking"I know you all are suprised and wonder why I called this meeting. The reason for this meeting is to let peace reign among you all. The enmity between the children must come to an end. I want peace in this family, is that clear"he said, his voice commanding attention.
"Yes Don"they all replied, bowing their heads.
"Gabriel!!!"Don Leonardo called.
"Yes father"Gabriel replied, bowing his head.
"Can you tell me the reason why you withdrawal three bullion naira from the family poultry business account"Don Leonardo said
Apart from been a Mafia family, Don Leonardo has a lot of business;
The family poultry business together with farming, different types of multi-millionaire companies, a lot of malls that also belong to the family.
That makes De Luca family one of the richest in the world. People from far and near always visit the estate to borrow a huge amount of money and uses someone for collateral for the money they borrowed.
Once the person isn't able to pay back the money, the collateral will be converted to a servant who will work in the estate or in the family farm or poultry.
This made the De Luca family to have over ten thousands of servant.
Gabriel was in charge of the family poultry and farming business. He swallowed hard, before replying
"I used it for my upkeep, Father"
"What sort of useless upkeep, every month I pay you three million, so why are you still withdrawaling money from the poultry business account"Don Leonardo said, his voice raising.
"I'm sorry father"Gabriel replied, his voice barely above a whisper.
"Refund the money before next week or I suspend your activities in the poultry business"Don Leonardo said
"But father, I already apologized"Gabriel replied
"That's not enough, we can all eat"Don Leonardo said.
"What do you always treat me like this dad, is it because am not your favorite"Gabriel replied, already close to tears.
"You can say whatever all I know is that you must refund the money"Don Leonardo said.
"Sometimes I wonder if you're my father"Gabriel replied bursting into tears and everyone eyes widened in shock.
Don Leonardo kept mute, his eyes blazing with anger.
"I'm done here, I already lost my appetite"Gabriel said, walking out of the dinning room.
"Is anyone interested in walking out too"Don Leonardo replied, staring at everyone that was seated in the dinning room.
Everyone kept mute, eating their food slowly.
★12PM~~DON LEONARDO PRIVATE OFFICE★
Don Leonardo sat down on the couch in his office, he gently sipped his tea, his eyes locked onto the newspaper he was reading.
Just then, Don Leonardo special consigliere_ counselor walked into the office.
"Good day, Don"Federico, the consigliere said, bowing his head.
"How may I help you, Federico"Don Leonardo replied
"The hospital test results has been delivered, here is it"Federico said, handing the test result to Don Leonardo
Don Leonardo eyes widened in shock as he saw the result, a drop of tears falling from his eyes
"I can't believe this, so I just have one Month to live"He said, his voice trembling.
"I was shocked when I saw that too, Don"Federico replied.
"Make sure, no one knows about the test results"Don Leonardo said
"Okay, Don"Federico replied
"I need to write the will now"Don Leonardo said and Federico sighed heavily
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Alessandro walked out of the dinning room, he met Cristiano, his personal assistant
"Good day, boss"Cristiano said as he and Alessandro walked out of his mansion.
"What is on my to do list for today"Alessandro asked
"You'll be traveling to China to meet with the Overlord"Cristiano replied.
"What!!! I thought it was Gabriel that was traveling"Alessandro said.
"The Don changed his mind"Cristiano replied
"What about the car that will get taking me to the airport"Alessandro said.
"Everything is set for you trip"Cristiano replied.
★1:30PM~~~TENNIS COURTS★
Gabriel stormed into the tennis court where he met Corenzo and Adriana playing tennis.
His eyes was blazing with annoyance and he paced to and fro in the tennis court.
"What is the problem, Gabriel"Corenzo asked
"You look restless"Adriana replied.
"Dad cancelled my visit to China and replaced it with Alessandro"Gabriel said.
"What!!"Corenzo and Adriana exclaimed
"For real, I dunno why dad is treating me this way, I'm his first child for crying out loud"Gabriel said.
"You're his first child but not his favorite"Corenzo replied.
"What do you mean"Gabriel said.
"Isn't it obvious that father like Alessandro"Adriana replied
"Shit!! I fuckin hate that dude"Gabriel said.
"Same here"Corenzo replied
"I will d
o all my best to get that bastard out of this family, not like he's our blood"Adriana said.
"You know what, we need to act fast, I can't stand the situation of losing the post of the next patiarch"Gabriel replied.
"I have a plan, come here"Adriana said as she whispered something to Corenzo and Gabriel ears.