NOVEL WEB Chapter 122: War.
"War…?" Hector asked as he just looked at James, who still had that look in his eyes.
Around them, everyone just stayed silent as they heard it too. Some of the men still screamed on the ground, the blood was still there and it was just the beginning of it.
Hector twitched a little but he wasn't worried, no, he was actually excited. He thought James would play it safe, get to the other house, and stay silent, but his eyes were telling another story.
A mafia war that would be the bloodiest in the country's history. That's what he saw.
He slowly stepped toward James, his eyes now directly on his finger, as he reached for James's hand, to the finger, that the signet ring was there. He pulled his hand to his mouth, and kissed the ring. Then looked up slowly into James's unwavering eyes.
There was silence, the only sound was still the screams but nothing more. Just the breath, the shock that what happened, disbelief because that kiss not just meant the loyalty that can never be broken, that kiss meant he was ready to die for James.
"Kill them all." Hector said, letting James's hand go and looking toward the guards, "Gear up!" He shouted to them like it was a calling for the troops and that's exactly how it played out.
Without hesitation, all the guards there started to gear up with everything they had, but it wasn't just them, all the group leaders called up their men, ordering them to get ready a war had begun. It was a chain reaction, everyone told another to get ready, the word went so fast that even those who were just dealers in the family, couriers, everyone got their hands on weapons they could find.
The Bellini family got ready within ten minutes.
And while they got ready, another word came, that the robbery was ongoing.
It was none other than Dani that called Hector, that something is up, he can't reach his guys who went guarding the money, then it became more clear when Fredrick called him from the bank, that something terrible happened.
"What?!" Hector shouted into the phone.
"There is no money in the truck, they robbed the bank!" Fredrick shouted while from the background just more shouts came, the whole bank was panicking. "One of our trucks left the garage after your money transport, and it wasn't on any paper, but the camera picked it up and they switched the boxes!" He shouted once again, his voice now not just worried about the money but his own life, knowing well whose money it was.
Hector stayed silent for a moment, thinking about how the fuck this could happen, there was nobody who knew about the money transport only him, Dani, and James.
"I have a fucking man here who told that the truck carrying your money is going to be robbed! His name is Richie Agustin, he just told me he knew about the whole thing!" He shouted once again.
Yes, Richie got so stressed, that he told the director about the whole thing. He didn't want Oli to die, but with it, he just killed himself, as Hector just hung up the call and turned toward one of the guards.
"Gery, go to the bank and get every info out of the guy called Richie. If it's done, kill him!" He shouted to him, and Gery, with hesitation, with two other guards, sprinted to the cars. "James!" Hector shouted his name as he went upstairs and he found him just getting his suit up, like it wasn't urgent in his movement, just like a simple day.
"Hector." He said as he tied his tie up. "There was no signal nor Wi-Fi in the house, but now everything seems fine…" He said, looking at him. "Isn't that strange that now everything works?"
"…A jammer…" Hector said, looking to the ground. It all made sense.
The reason why Dani wasn't able to reach the guy was because they jammed their radio frequency, and not just that, but the house too.
But how and who?
The house, it was clear the jammer was on the motors that the attackers came with. But the robbery? How could they jam it? They needed to be there or at least close to work. But the most important question was, who was behind the whole swapping of the boxes and stealing the money, or was it all connected if yes who was behind it?
"Hector, get a man you trust." James said as he opened a drawer and pulled out his gun, putting it into the holster on his hip.
Hector didn't ask more questions, he just ran out of the house toward Zette, one of the oldest members of the bodyguard unit, but he had the most experience of all of them. He only shouted to him, calling him into the house, and he did run in, then up to James.
"This is Zette, he was in the Special Airborne unit back in the day." He said to James. "I trust him."
James turned and looked at Zette, who was making eye contact with James, his eyes only telling how confident he was.
"Are you loyal, Zette?" He asked him, making a step toward him and placing his hand on his shoulder.
"Never been this loyal in my life, sir." Zette said his eyes never left James.
"Then you are going to take my mother and Charlotte with you and fly out of the country as fast as possible." James said then looked at Hector. "Which country is the best to send them?"
Hector quickly started thinking, but the most safe option, which was Helios, wasn't good, because they needed clearance first and a long talk with the director, so the second safest option was Maraci.
"It would be Maraci, far west. It's the safest country in the world." He said, but the worry was in him.
It's a safe country for a reason, and the reason is that they don't give a fuck about human rights. If they catch somebody taking part in a crime, they execute them without a court date. If you stole something that values more than 10 thousand dollars, they will execute you.
The most criticized country because of its rules. No mafia, no gangs, even corruption is little.
"Then go there, with a private plane. Do it as quickly as possible." James said, pulling out a duffle bag with money. "There is a company called FlyHigh, go there." He said, giving it to the guard.
"Understood, sir." Zette said and turned to leave the room, but James pulled him back.
"Listen to me." He hugged him, talking directly into his ears. "Put them into a car, and don't listen to my mother, okay?" James said his grip tightening around Zette and he exactly understood what he meant.
"Yes sir." He said, then James let go of him and he walked out.
Maybe a minute later, they could hear the screams.
It was his mother Erika screaming for James as the guards dragged her to the cars. She was shouting at the top of her lungs for James, asking what was happening, telling them to let her go.
But Zette didn't listen, nor the other guards, and shoved her into the car where it could be heard how she was banging the windows.
Charlotte was the same, except she was just screaming as one of the guards grabbed her and put her into another car. She was actually fighting back, hitting the guard in the head with her little arms, shouting for her dad.
But they weren't heard by him, even though their voices were crystal clear with fear and worry. James needed to be strong, but it still hit him as his tears just flowed from his eyes without even noticing it. He was angry, he was furious about the fact they attacked him, in his own house, that Charlotte could be dead today, that his mother was outside doing her flowers, she could be dead as well.
Yeah, they have attacked the family house and with it the person he treasures the most, his family, he would have killed everybody for them, but before that what was the most important thing to him is to not let the emotion take control.
He needed them to fly out of the country to reach a safe place. He had to think quickly and clearly about what to do next, even though he had already decided that the war would rage on
He buttoned up his suit and took another look in the mirror and then went down to the kitchen and grabbed the satellite phone from the counter that her mom cleaned up. He then went back to his office and opened the safe, pulling out a dossier, with names and numbers.
He put the number in and called.
"Hello, who am I talking to?" A woman's voice came.
"Linda, this is James Bellini, I have a little problem."