Chapter 451 WINNER 2
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He couldn't afford to lose the only thing that mattered to him, his family is worth more than anything in the world.
He ran towards a building, one that seemed like a small pharmacy but beneath it is a large Mafia organization. The pharmacy is just a cover for the devious acts that goes on in there. Moses has been in the business long enough to know the difference between normal and dangerous things.
These days people use the littlest things as a salon for their works. They smuggle drugs and even perform illegal surgeries thereby killing innocent girls who are insecure about their appearances.
Two men stood by the entrance of the building, their weapons were with them for any threats. Not like anyone would do anything, but they had to be on alert at all times.
He stepped inside the pharmacy, darting his gaze around as if searching for something or someone. The disdainful gazes of the people in there didn't go unnoticed. His appearance seemed very much displeasing to the eyes.
Most of them passed their fingers across their nose, others blocked it entirely from his smell. Yes he was stinking. He lives in the slums and bath just once in a month so it's normal if he smells but he's used to his smell now.
"What drugs do you want sir?" The girl at the counter asked. "I want to see your boss Giuliani Bernardo." He said cutting to the chase. He didn't have time to beat around the bush, he had to get things done and quickly. The girl stared at him wide-eyed, not everyone knew their boss's real name.
Who is this man? She thought.
"Hold on, I'll put you through right away." She said pressing their emergency button only for the men outside to step in. Before Moses got aware of his surroundings he fell unconscious.
After a few hours, he finally woke up in a strange place, tied to a chair. He tried moving his arms and legs but the more he moved the more the ropes used to tie him tore deep into his flesh.
"Ah... ahh." He groaned deep in his throat panting heavily, his eyes suddenly turned wet with tears. Moses didn't have the strength for torture, if anyone cared they would know he hasn't had a thing to eat for a week now cause he desperately wanted to provide for his family. His wife and unborn child.
He raised his face slowly to see a familiar figure standing before him. Giuliani Bernardo.
The most righteous woman in Los Angeles, the people's favorite. It was amusing how this woman, the most dangerous woman in the entire city turns out to be the most loved. Her cold gaze held his, she was still as beautiful as always with barely any wrinkle on her face.
His ex lover.
A woman that commands power, a woman that shakes the nation with mere words and makes men of the highest-status bow to her.
It turns out he wasn't wrong after all, this little pharmacy for the people is a disguised drug organization. She gives them free medication to buy their love and protection. What a smart woman.
"What do you want Moses?" Giuliani asked. Who would believe she would see this man again? Only that this time his appearance is disgusting and the stench from him makes her want to throw up. At this point, she cannot possibly let anyone know they were a thing before. It is truly embarrassing.
"Help... I need help." She snickered at his words.
"Well, well, well. My dear Moses wants help. This is impossible to believe." She purred with gritted teeth.
In the next second, Moses couldn't feel his cheek anymore as he spat out blood from his mouth.
Flapping her wrist back and forth Guiliana picked a kerchief to clean stains of dirt from her hands. She could torture him all she wants, but he would love to save his family first.
"Please Liana, my wife is dying I need money to save her and our child." Moses pleaded. He knew more than anyone her action is as a result of their past together, the horrible way he abandoned her and his child before. He wanted to make up for his actions, but it got so unfortunate that he fell in love with another woman.
It's funny to Giuliani that this heartless man would care so much about such but abandoned her when she needed him the most. If only he knew the damage his ignorance cost her.
He's the reason she became a monster, the very reason she despise men. The reason she was still hurting to this day. The reason her child and womb is gone. He's the last person she wanted to see, the last person she wanted to speak to.
She could feel her blood boil thinking of the past again. The past she had buried long ago.
"How dare you come here Moses? I should kill you." Liana brought out a gun from her purse to point at the man before her.
"Why should I help you?" She couldn't stop the streak of tears that fell from the corners of her eyes. He has been the worst human she's ever seen.
"Please you have to, you're the only person that can help me. You can kill me later but not my innocent unborn child, don't let our past affect my child, she's innocent and knows nothing." He cried and Liana smiled bitterly.
She could kill this man right now but looking at him, he looks dead already. Giving him an easy death is not what she's known for, he would hurt him in the place where it hurts the most. She'll make him cry just as he made her.
In just that second, her eyes flickered malevolently as if coming up with a devious idea. "A child?"
"Yes, my wife is heavily pregnant and in labor. But the doctors wouldn't attend to her until I'm able to pay half the bill." He explained.
Liana was silent for the longest moment as her calculative gaze faced the floor. "I could change my mind if you're willing to comply and accept my demands." She suddenly said with a smile staring at the man before her.
Moses frowned at her words, he didn't like where this was going, but he was desperate. All he wanted was to save his family. "I will do anything you ask." He said.
"Alright then, I'll give you an offer of ten million dollars if you give me your child...
"That is outrageous, posteriors, barbaric!! Moses screamed with range to earn a punch from one of the men standing there. He spat out blood moving his shifted chin back to place.
"It's the least I can do for you, I know you don't want to see your family dead." She giggled.
"Take me instead and leave my family out of this." Moses grumbled.
"Oh come-on now Moses, stop acting like a child. You'd have other children, all I need is your first child." Giuliani smiled sweetly. "Ten million dollars will be all yours dear, you don't want to reject this." She coaxed him some more.
"I'm sorry, my child is not for sale. Let's leave my family out of this, give me time and I'll pay you back."
"But you brought your family into this, I didn't. Besides, how would you pay such money when you cannot afford a hundred dollars? Don't forget the lord's are no longer on your side anymore. Nothing is in your favour anymore." She went on to say, "And what makes you think I would let you find a way to repay me and not cause more troubles?" Her tiny devious voice rang in his ears annoying him the more. Moses gritted his teeth.
"Are you threatening me?" He asked. "No, no, nothing like that. I'm only stating facts. I'm evil Moses you seem to have forgotten."
Moses was silent for a moment, weighing the pros and cons. He didn't plan to stay this long in here, his wife was in dire need of a doctor, and no one was willing to work on her till he has settled atleast half of the bill. Maybe if he takes the money he could pay her bill and gather more money and power to steal his child back again. He thought.
"Okay, I accept the deal." He said to see the grin on Giuliani's face. "It is settled then, bring in the document." She ordered her men and they brought a long file.
