Main pov
[Three days after in a warehouse]
Walter placed some documents on my desk as I picked it up. The documents had several time intervals marked with each person's name beside it with the activity concerning the person.
"All their statements have been noted with most of them have solid alibi. I still can't believe that it can be one of our own who would do such a deplorable thing, tch!", Walter cursed with a grimace.
"I find hard to believe just as much as you Walter but the ring says otherwise", I stated as I held the ring in my left hand. It was this ring that lead towards all the suspicions and it was the only lead that they had.
We could not just go around checking for a person who might not have the ring as they could probably escape when threatened. I checked the ring for legitimacy and it did turned out to be one from our family.
' Next time I should mark all the rings with specific markings so I can single out the person easily', I thought with a sigh before going through the documents.
"Hmmm... Walter wasn't it Marco who had a shift for patrolling around the Harbour area on that day . Then why does he have an alibi stating that he was at the bar?", I asked.
"I asked him the same thing, but he told me that Draco took over his shift and he gave it to him because he was exhausted... don't tell me... Is the person we are looking for Draco.", Walter stated with sweat forming on his forehead.
I furrowed my brows as I recalled a conversation between me and Draco a few months back.
[Few months back]
" Boss why don't we branch out our businesses to other areas, we are already strong enough to give other families competition" Draco exclaimed with an excited expression.
"Because the other families are willing to harm women and children. We won't ever stoop to their level", I replied as I smoked my cigar and continued cleaning my personal baseball bat.
"But Boss think of all the money that we could make, with the strength and loyalty that our family has we would surely become stronger than them!", Draco tried to convince me further.
"No, and this is my final say in this we never mess with the innocent and we never will. Now, if you excuse me I have a play to catch", I replied as I placed the baseball bat into the glass case with the rest of my collection.
"Aye... Aye... Boss", Draco said dejectedly and turned around to leave.
I stopped him before he could leave and said "Hey, hey now no need to be so down. Tell you what you can accompany me to the game next week", I grinned. Draco smirked as nodded.
[Present]
"Where is Draco right now?", I asked. "He should probably be at the club as usual" Walter replied with a calm demeanor having already steadied his resolve.
"Let's go give him a visit", I stated and got out of the chair.
[At the club]
I entered the club as usual through the vip entrance. It was packed as usual with people looking for fun after a long and tedious week and young teens in their rebellious phase who managed to sneak in through certain methods .
'I have to have talk with the owner later on about their lax security', I thought as I scanned the crowd for Draco.
After a while of searching I saw him at the bar counter talking to some teenage girl who had probably lied to get in the club. The girl looked a bit uncomfortable but Draco kept on babbling with her.
He tried to hold her hand but before he could accomplish it my voiced reached him "Oi, Draco".
He stiffened up before turning towards me and stammering "B-Boss.. What are you doing here?" he asked with a bit of nervousness as he scratched his head.
I looked at the girl and motioned her to leave. She nervously stood up before thanking me and leaving.
Now that we had this place for ourselves I sat down as I pushed the ring towards Draco and said " it seems to me that you have lost your ring".
"Oh, so it was with you, I thought I had lost it", Draco scratched his head as he took back the ring.
I sighed still not wanting to believe it, but the truth being right before me made it difficult to do so. "I found it at the Harbour" I stated as I got up.
"The Harbour... WAIT! BOS-", before he could finish his sentence I socked him in the jaw and knocked him out.
The people dancing in the club slowly came to a halt. "Clear this area" I commanded. The people without wasting a moment started leaving. The authorities were called right after and took Draco away.
"Walter did I do the right thing?" I asked Walter who was right beside me." I'm surprised you didn't kill him Vlad, and beside he broke the law and harmed civilians, kids. He deserves what's coming for him", Walter replied with no hesitation.
I sighed before smiling, "I can always trust you to ease my mind, now let's go we have a wedding to plan", I said before walking back to the car.
Several weeks later
"I do" as I said those words my eyes laid on the most beautiful person before me. Maria had worn a beautiful white gown that had supposedly been passed down the generations in her family. Her bright blue eyes shone brighter than ever as her smile might my heart beat faster.
" You may now kiss the bride" said the wedding officiant with joy.
I stared into her eyes lovingly before I got closer and held her chin. She closed her eyes to gesture giving me permission before I sealed her lips with mine as the audience which was made up mostly of family members cheered in joy.
The wedding ceremony ended soon and the celebration began. We received several gifts from our guest which didn't affect me in the least but I none the less maintained a thankful appearance. The most fun moment from the wedding was when Maria threw the bouquet way to high and it hit Walter in the face.
After a long day at the reception we reached our room at the villa.
"Oouu...look Sarah from down the street gave us feathery hand cuffs and a mouth gag...", Maria exclaimed as she went through all the gifts.
' I already have a lot of gag equipments though' I thought as I started taking off my suit.
"What's this?, it seems your uncle Nero gave us a baby stroller, thinking pretty ahead now isn't he?", she chuckled as she unwrapped a rectangular box.
I smiled at her before hugging her from the behind, lifting her and placing her on the bed " Well we shouldn't disappoint him now should we " I said with a grin.
She rolled her eyes before stating" we already had a long day at the reception how do you still have energy...wait don't answer that I forgot that my darling was a renowned crime lord " she smiled before widening her eyes as she realized her mistake in choosing the right words.
She immediately ran away from the bed and into the bathroom locking herself in before I could grab her," Not today Satan! You aren't tearing off this dress, besides I need to freshen up first" she shouted from the inside.
I chuckled at her antics before managing to take off my suit and also going through the gifts. ' Huh? what's this? A gift from Jesse' I thought and smirked as I unwrapped the gift. 'a comic?', I thought as I gazed upon some three or four comic before me " One piece?", I chuckled to myself as I remembered Jesse always used to talking about it, something about being peak fiction.
I started reading a bit as I waited for Maria. The world described in it was like no other, a world full of mysteries and pirates.
I had already finish the first copy before a voice called out from behind me " I didn't let you have me immediately so you became a nerd in such a short moment, *sigh * men", she said with a hint of sarcasm.
I turned back to see Maria in a red lingerie, showing off all of her curves and birth marks all over her body for my eyes to enjoy.
I smiled as I was approaching her " They do say that nerds are the best kissers" I said while putting my arms around her hips.
"let's test that shall we" she said seductively as she put her arms around my neck.
I smirked before closing the distance between us further and stealing her lips as went into a wrestling match with our tongues.
[Two years later in a hospital]
Walter pov
It was an hectic day today, Vlad left early after informing me that he would be at the hospital. 'It seems I'm gonna be an uncle soon', I thought as I got a bit anxious and excited at the same time.
Walking back and forth in the halls of the hospital which was filled with men in black suits, the doctors were giving us a weird stare but I just ignored them.
Jesse came upto me and placed his hand on my shoulder before telling me " Yo chill out, it's all going to be ok.", I knew he was always the most composed amongst all the members.
"Ah, sorry that you have to see this side of me Jesse", I said before taking a deep breath.
"Sooooo how's the thing going on with that haunted looking house" Jesse said trying to change the topic to work to distract me.
"It's going fine, we managed to find a buyer and after a bit of bargaining managed to get him to but it at a price higher than market value" I said with a bit of recalling.
After Vlad got married, as he promised he left the life of crime and joined the real-estate business, while he also bought a security firm and made all the boys it's employees. For the past two years we had not been committing any crimes, although some of the boys seemed unhappy to leave the life of crime but they soon adjusted and now seemed even more happier.
"Oh I just remembered, I just bought the lasted release of Jojo maybe we can read it together", Jesse said with a hint of excitement.
I sighed as I thought back to how Jesse has introduced our Boss to the world of "anime" or something and Vlad became obsessed.
"If I start reading those comics and watching cartoons like you people there will be no one to look over the businesses" I said with a hint of playfulness.
Jesse huffed as he said "Oi! I'm not slacking off as often as before. And I've already told you before IT'S NOT A CARTOO-", he couldn't finish his words as he was pulled by his ear by some old african lady in a nurse dress.
"How many times have I told you guys, no shouting in the hallway. You people have already crowded it up like you own the place, what do you guys think, this is some park that you can just stroll in whenever you like?", she kept on scolding Jesse, who just silently listened, as I watched in amusement.
Jesse always had a soft spot for older people and would always respect them.
Before I could enjoy the show further the door to the room where the delivery was taking place opened. I turned back to see a muscular man with a squared jaw and jet black hair coming out with a gloomy expression, " Vlad... I - " I muttered fearing the worst.
Vlad looked all around before smirking and exclaiming "I'M A DAD!!". I sighed in relief as all the boys cheered "YEAH!!!!"
"QUIET!!!", the old nurse shouted at the boys. The men didn't want to mess with the angry old lady thus they cheered softly ".. yeah!!...".
I chuckled at their antics before looking at Vlad, I had never seen him so happy before, not even on the day of his wedding.
Main pov
'I can't believe it, I'm a dad!', I thought with excitement. I was even happy to see the boys excited, I saw that Walter and Jesse were also smiling.
"Now now calm down boys, we will have time to celebrate later on", I chuckled before heading back to see Maria.
Heading inside I saw a sight that I would hold close to my heart forever. Maria who looked exhausted after hours of struggle was holding our little bundle of joy in her arms with love and care that should have made me jealous but it didn't.
" I think I've decided on a name for him", Maria said with a smile. I went closer so that I could hug both the mother and our child. I enveloped them in my warmth as Maria decided the name "he'll be our little Damian".
"Damian... I love it", I declared with joy before kissing both the mother and the child, "i swear i just saw the kid smiling", Maria said with a chuckle. I smiled as I looked at Damian and promised myself ' I will protect your smile with everything I've got'.
Then everything went dark as distorted visions filled my sight.
I was lying on the ground with blood seeping out of my body. Pain radiated from my abdomen. As anger filled my veins at the sight before me, a ten year old kid was being held by his collar with a gun pointed at his head. " Any last words, Vlad? Before I blow your son's head off", exclaimed the main with a psychotic laughter. "Let... Damian go, Draco... Your problem is with me", I said with deep breaths as I started feeling a bit dizzy due to blood loss. " No! Dad don't!" Damian said through sobs.
"Hehehe... No can do, say goodbye", a gun shot rang in the air.
The pain in my head worsened.
[Somewhere at the sea]
"DAMIAN!!!", I shouted as I jolted out of the bed. Sweat trickling all over my body, I took deep breaths as I scanned my surroundings, I was in a room with scent of medical practice, with bandages covering my body.
I held my head as the pain subsided slowly 'tch! What was that' and before I could think further the door to my room opened as I saw a worried blond girls face.
' Maria?... No Stella?...' she didn't let me think further as she came over and hugged me with a tight grip and refused to let go as she sobbed.
" I thought you wouldn't wake up" , Stella cried " I was so worried".
I didn't know what was going on right now but just returned the gesture as I hugged her back.
" I'm alright now, don't worry" I said trying to ease her mind.
' I don't know who I am right now but all I know is that I'll protect you no matter what' that was the only thought going through my mind as I held Stella and let her cry on my shoulders.
