Dante Lorenzo

"You are telling me a whole week has gone and you haven't been able to find a single woman? Are you trying to tell me that she is smarter than you all put together? You incompetent fools," Dante said as he threw everything in front of him on the floor. One single woman and his idiot men couldn't find her, he'll have to take matters into his own hands.

"Bring me every footage you got from the hotel and get your incompetent selves out of my face," he said in anger, he couldn't believe he always thought he had the best men, but right now he was rethinking that belief, he gave them a week, and they couldn't give him any reasonable information, all they could tell him was that they haven't been able to recognize the face, what a waste.

All the footages were brought to me and I settled in my office to watch them carefully, I had a glass of whiskey in my hand as I focus on the screen, the first footage was just a short clip of her turning her face but revealed nothing as her face was covered, the second clip showed her back with her hair flying but she didn't turn, there was something different from this clip and the first one, in the first one she had her hair tied and.....damn it, how couldn't they notice this, even the smallest of detail was important and they didn't notice, she had a change of clothes which meant there were more footages this idiot didn't uncover, bunch of fools.

I clenched my fist in anger, how is it that they've been looking at this footage for a whole week and didn't notice this? She even had time to change and they didn't catch her.

Gulping more of my drink down I stood up and left my office, as I got into my room I found Victoria sitting on my bed dressed almost half naked, just the right person I wanted to see, note the sarcasm, she walked up to me with an extra sway to her hips.

Victoria and I don't have any serious relationship going on, we just have our usual flint and nothing more, but she always acts like she was my girlfriend or something, she reached where I was standing and she brought her hand up to me giving me a seductive smile, " Let me relieve you of your stress" she whispered in my ear, and I let her.

When I woke up, Victoria was not in bed, not like I expected her to be, she knew better than to have me wake up to her sleeping on my bed, I don't cuddle and I'm anything but sweet and caring, no woman is allowed to sleep in my bed.

Getting up from the bed, I picked my boxers from the floor as I put it on and make my way to the bathroom,

I washed myself clean from any trace of Victoria on my body, when I was done with my shower I went into my closet as I got dressed and made my way out of the room to my office.

On my way I called for my men to be there before me, just as expected when I got there, they were already there and I could see fear in their eyes, I fed off it, they should be scared, after all, I pay them to work but I end up doing the work by myself, I didn't waste time as I immediately got straight to the point.

"Check that clip and tell me what you missed, you have one minute to do that, or I'll blow your head," I said as I pulled out my gun pointing to David the assholes I put in charge of tracking, I saw him visibly gulp as he carefully examined the footage, I didn't care if he felt under pressure, after all, he wasted a whole week and still did nothing, the others watched as they found it hard to even blink, the gun could be turned to anyone in the room.

"Your time is up," I said to him as I gesture for him to speak with my gun still pointed at him, "Don I think she" ...he stammered, "fucking speak up and don't waste my time,"

..." she had something different on in the two footages, which means she removed her cover on her face and there's a possibility the security camera around the vicinity would have a capture of her face,"

" Oh finally, someone is thinking, so your brain works faster with a gun pointed on you, how fantastic, so now what should you do next, hmm?" I asked..

"Find the missing footage,"...

"Well get going before I change my mind and blow your head," They immediately bowed their head in respect as they quickly made their way out of the room, lazy assholes.

I  took my car key as I walked out of the house, I got into my car and drove away.

Reaching my destination, I got out of my car and entered my club, one of the many I owned.

"Where is Hector? send him to my office now," I  told one of my men.

"Yes Don," came his simple reply. I made my way to my office as I settled behind my desk and started going through documents, checking the ones that needed my signature and those that needed changes done on them.

"You sent for me Don," came the voice of Hector.

Hector is the man I put in charge of running this particular club and so far he has been doing his work, not that I was going to tell him that. Well, he didn't just control the club, he also was in charge of the underground division that only a few people that come into the club knew about.

"Do you have the girl?" I asked as I  finally looked up from the papers I  was working on,...."yes boss," came Hector's reply,

"I want her brother to pay back for every damage he has caused otherwise she remains my prisoner and if he tries anything funny, kill her, do you understand me?" I asked,

"Hundred percent," Hector answers.

"You may leave, make sure nothing goes wrong," I said.

I watched as Hector walked out of my office, my rival thought he could get away with what he did, after all the loss he caused me, he thought everything was fine, he could hide all his darkest secrets as much as he wanted, anyone could and if I still wanted to find out, I would.

It wasn't hard to find out he has a sister who is unknown to the world, it is not something uncommon, basically every mafia hides their family, family is always seen as a weakness, if he doesn't pay me for burning half of my goods, I will never let his sister go, it's a simple deal.

I continue my work checking  necessary documents making adjustments and reviewing them, I wasn't just a mafia Don, I had other businesses to take care of that didn't involve the mafia, hotels, clubs, and other establishments.

I was still lost in my work when my phone rang, I picked up the phone without even looking at the caller as I waited for whoever was on the other end to say whatever they had to say, I didn't have the time.

"Don, we found her," came the voice from the other end, and I don't think I've heard any news as good as this since the week began, 'she was found' I chanted this over and over in my head, how I couldn't wait to have my hands on her, the way I'll torture her till she regrets why she was born, death would be too much of a mercy for her, it would be too easy.

I couldn't focus on my work so I stood up and left the club after telling Hector to send the remaining work to my house office, I got into my car and made my way back home.

I parked my car as I made my way into my house and straight to my office, my men were already there just as expected.

I got settled on my chair as I spoke, "show me," the screen was immediately turned on as it played a video of a girl who seems to be walking casually towards somewhere, if you didn't look closely you would never notice the hurry in her steps like she was in a hurry to go somewhere and at the same time like she was just taking a casual walk in the park.

Her face could not be seen as her back was to us, I watched as she got to her car, and that was when she turned her face, she opened the door and got into the car driving away.

The video was paused as I turned to David in question, but my question was answered as he took the video back to when she turned, he zoomed the video to reveal her face more, the video showed her face, and now as he zoomed the picture I could make out her face, he didn't end there, as I watched him click on something as the screen started scanning the picture revealing different faces, looking for the one that matches hers, I watched as photos of different girls were revealed until it finally stopped on one, the name read;

Cara Elena Santiago.

Bingo.

There you are honey, you know I've missed you, I've been looking all over for you, I was worried someone else might have taken my right of killing you, I can't wait to meet you, I thought darkly to myself.

If she wasn't the most hated woman in my life, I'd say she was beautiful, and those brown eyes I remember staring at me as if looking through me, those eyes are going to be pleading for me to end her life very soon.

I was interrupted out of my thought  by one of my men as he said,...."One of our men was in contact with her that night, she had claimed to be a guest who didn't know the whole hotel was booked for the event, so he had let her go,"

"What did you just say?" I asked him, is he trying to tell me that someone saw her leaving and bought her bullshit story when we were on a hunt for Marcus shooter and it could have been anyone......"Who was it?" I asked.

One of my men who I always thought was one of the strongest came forward, it seems like she always targeted the strongest men, before any of them could blink, I shot him on the shoulder, I didn't want to hear any sorry, that should teach him a lesson for next time. The whole room became quiet as I glared at him.

I turned my attention back to  David as I asked "What else did you find about her?"

"She ran off to London on the night of the incident, stayed at a cheap hotel, that is where our record of her stops" he said and I clenched my fist in anger and  disappointment.

"I want you to bring me every information on her, and I'm giving you by the end of tomorrow to get that done, or else none of you would like what I'll do to you." I said, they knew better than to disappoint me again because that's all they've been doing for the past few days.

I stood up and stormed out of the room, I needed to get in contact with the secret team I had in London, they'll be able to help me faster.

I needed to find that woman as soon as possible or I won't rest, I wanted to watch her every move, like a hawk, at night and during the day, I want to watch her, what she is up to, she doesn't have to know I'm there, I'll be like a predator watching his prey, and when she least expect, I'll bounce.

I'll be her worst nightmare.

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