Chapter 2: Sacrifice

Family Business

Chapter 1

I'm on my way to my brother's office to report about my…failure. Every second job in the past six months was disturbed through an asshole that didn't even tried to contact me.

Who does he think I am? A stupid amateur? I'm one of the best hitmen and no one is as good as me when it comes to be a sniper.

I'm one of the three who leads Shin Makoku!

I am responsible for our casinos and the contract murder. It's just a matter of time before I will find out who he is and then…

I open the office door and enter. My brother Gwendal telephones and waves to me to sit down.

"I told you again that we won't elongate the stuff. They can do that on their own but our name will not get dirtied in any way! Do you understand me Darcascos? …I thought so too."

He rings off and opens the cravat of his new designer zoot suit. My oldest brother cares for the drug and black market.

"So how was your job?" he asks and lights up a cigarette. He offers me one but I decline. It's not my brand. I prefer Lucky Strike. You know nomen est omen.

"The one shithead I told you before appeared again."

"So…"

"His bullet hit the man before mine." He breaths out the smoke.

"It's alright. It was only a minor politician. The next one is one the other hand too important to fail." Gwendal gives me a portfolio with my next target. In general he's the one who organizes everything for us so we can concentrate completely on our tasks.

The door behind me opens and little big brother enters.

"Hello Wolf and Gwendal." He smiles and tousles through my hair and wants an update of our current affairs.

He nods. "I know the Daikenjas are a pain in the ass. Since their organization got bigger and bigger in the last ten years they are trying to ruin us."

"No wonder." I admit. "We still are the most powerful association since Shinou killed our enemy fifteen years ago, before he died. Everyone who wants to be the top has to get along with us before they can get the big deals. The others wouldn't give them an indent before they know we allow it or we are defeated. Till then they have to be loyal."

"That's true." Conrad answers "But it seems the second case could happen faster than expected."

Shocked I turn my head in the direction of Gwendal.

"Why?"

"Our turnover decreased in the last months especially since on of the Daikenjas always kills our most important customers and entices them away."

"Why didn't you tell me that before?" I demand.

"It wouldn't be good for your concentration. You would have been to tense to get your jobs done. The rivalry was disturbing but now we can not let you stay in the dark."

These terrible news, explained by Conrad, doesn't seem too bad when you just react to his immediate presence but he can manipulate you like no other. That's the reason why he works together with politicians and Co. He represents our interests at the stock exchange and brings us connections and assets. With his smile he can persuade everyone to do what he wants.

Blackmail and the other stuff is his domain. Our mother controls most of the brothels and in connection with my casinos we often work together. Most people want at least a good fuck after they won a seemingly nice sum. Even when in the end they lost more then they gained. The adrenalin high demands an outlet...well, and we are here to please our customer.

Speaking of the devil she enters the room in a black showy dress. It has a plunging neckline and a high slit up the side. One could say she gets to old to for that with three grown-up sons but she can wear it and little quarrels with the nature are fought with poison. Once a year a bit botox on the forehead…

Her motto: React before you have need to do so.

"Oh, all my beautiful boys are together. How could a mother resist?" She chokes us with her breasts and finally let us alive.

"Oh Wolf I've heard about what you are going to do. I'm so proud of you, I know you can do that." She smiles at me, even when it seems that she forces herself to do so.

"I'm going to do what exactly?" With a puzzled look I turn to my brother.

Gwendal sighs and starts the explanation.

"We have our backs up against a wall. We are rightful but no longer absolute. Our enemy is also powerful but hasn't got the network we do. As a consequence we have to bring our families in connection with each other. We need a resemblance of stability. That's the rather easy part since both are family businesses."

"What kind of connection?" I ask suspiciously.

"A marriage." The room is in remarkable silence during I try to grasp my mind around the problem at hand.

"NO! You got to be kidding! We won't ever lose to any of our enemies. We don't need a marriage!", I scream.

It seems they expected my reaction since no one tries to stop my rambling and want me to cool off. They let me rant about it and yell till I'm calm enough to listen.

"What do you want form me exactly?" This time Conrad speaks up.

"As the youngest you have to marry and help us to get information about their organization. When we know enough you have to kill…You know what to do."

"I got it. Have you already spoken to them?", I wonder loudly and rub my forehead.

"They are waiting below us to be honest.", Conrad says.

"Now?" I choke on my own spit. That is just to fast. I need some time to get ready. I need time to think about everything.

"We don't have time to lose. We talked about the drug deal with Mr. Salvador a few weeks ago, do you remember?", Gwendal reminds me.

"Yeah? What about it?" I get irritated.

"We got a double booking. Both we and the Daikenjas got the deal. Only who gets the delivery Monday night to his storehouse will be paid. The others will have to give the other half of their contacts. That should have settled our vendetta since it is a matter of honor and without honour no one would make a contract to you."

"And what is the problem? And don't speak as if I were a little child. I know the basics since I could walk properly."

"The problem is" Conrad takes over "that we kind of lost the package and the Daikenjas did the same."

"Huh? How could that happen?"
"For the reason we are still searching" mother explains.

"So both families decided to tie our families together before both of us get smashed and we definitely would have a bunch of corpses to get rid of. Even our own lives would be at stake" she goes on.

"So you are trying to gather the missing drugs on our own with our drug stock and theirs."

"Exactly" comes it unison.

"We even buy us a day with the fast marriage. We told him about the special occasion and can concentrate on the wedding, so we got time till Tuesday because we have to communicate between both groups" Gwendal closes this topic.

"What's her age?"

"Same as yours."

At least she isn't an old bimbo. I sigh annoyed. I know it's the best for our family and I can do that but I dreamed I could marry out of love. Stupid me. I'm in the Mafia. How could I have at least normal love life? For any of my love interests it would be to dangerous to be with me.

Maybe I'll have some fun.

It's a pity I have to kill her.