Chapter 10: A Hospital Visit
Richie exited his car with Felix. The three gangsters walked inside the hospital and rushed to the emergency waiting room. Mario's crew was already there, in the waiting room. His crew consisted of Bobby Chiodo, Dino Abrizzi, Rafael Calluzo, and Valentino Cratano.
"How's Mario doing?" Richie asked.
"Better, he's been asking to see you." Bobby replied.
"Alright I'll go talk to him. Felix, wait here." Richie responded.
Richie walked down the hallway some and turned into Mario's room.
"Hey Mario, how you doing?" Richie questioned.
"I feel like sht. I wanted to see you because I wanted to know if anyone has caught them fcks that did this to me." Mario whispered as he pressed the button in his hand for more morphine.
"Nobody has yet. But we're all working on it." Richie answered.
"Alright well get the fck out of here, and send Bobby in." Mario said in a louder voice.
"HEY! I understand you're in a lot of pain, but that is no reason to act like an asshole to me. When you were brought in two days ago, who paid your medical bill? ME! Who gave you blood when you needed a blood transfusion? ME! Now I've done a lot for you and I don't appreciate this attitude you're taking with me." Richie responded angrily.
"Fck you, you fcking piece of sht." Mario replied.
"Fck me? Alright, fine then." Richie replied calmly.
He walked over to the door and closed it. Then Richie grabbed a pillow out from under Mario's head, and pushed it down tightly on top of Mario's face. Mario began to lose air fast as Richie strangled him with the pillow. Mario tried to fight back, but he was too weak. Suddenly, Rafael opened the door and came into the room.
"What the fck?" Rafael said as he saw Richie attempting to strangle Mario.
Rafael ran towards Richie to stop him. Richie let go of the pillow and grabbed the IV pole. He swung it at Rafael, and hit him in the face. Rafael fell to the floor like a ton of bricks. Richie continued beating Rafael with the IV pole, and with every swing he used more force. Richie continued the beating with a smirk on his face and a crazed look in his eyes. Finally he finished beating Rafael, after he cracked Rafael's skull open. Brains poured through the head wounds, onto the floor. Richie was breathing heavily and turned his attention back to Mario. Mario was laying there begging for his life through each gasp for air.
"Mario you've pissed too many people off." Richie said softly before he grabbed the pillow again.
He put it over Mario's face again and finished strangling him. Mario took one last gasp for air and then died. Richie smiled at his handy work and walked out of the room. He walked all the way back to the waiting room and smiled to Bobby.
"It's done, you're the new Capo. Take care of the mess." Richie said calmly. Then he turned to Felix, "Let's go."
Felix and Richie walked out of the hospital and got back inside their mafia sentinel.
"Where do you want to go now?" Felix asked as he inserted the key into the slot and turned the car on.
"Let's go by my bakery, I need to take care of a few things." Richie answered as he fastened his seat belt.