Secrets of the mafia

16. chapter

Luca's pov:

We stopped the cars not far away from Aleciano's warehouse. I told our men to hide all over the place and make sure no one can see them.

"I don't see any men or security system. Are you sure we're at the right place?" Johnny whispered beside me. "There's only one way to find out." I grabbed Johnny's arm and dragged him with me towards the front door of the old building. I slightly pushed the door open, the smell of rotten walls and blood hit me immediately.

There were three hallways. I looked around, but there really wasn't anyone. I waved my hand for the others to go in, then I walked in myself.

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We searched the rooms, but there was no one in here. I was about to give up when someone said into the earpieces that they found something. "What? Where?" I replied. "There's a kid in one of the rooms at the end of the main corridor." Why would they leave a kid here?

"Lia?" Johnny said, getting my attention, as we walked into a room. "Johnny? Oh, thank God. I thought I'd be stuck here forever."  The girl cried out. Johnny ran up to her and hugged her.

"We're going home now, okay?" Johnny said rubbing her back while she cried in his embrace. Am I invisible?

"Alright." I sighed. "Bring her to the cars Johnny." He looked up at me. "You aren't coming?" He asked and picked up Lia bridal style. "I have to check on something, I'll be out in a minute!" I ran out of the room, and went to find the kid the man was talking about. 

I saw someone standing  in the  main corridor so I walked up towards him. "It's in here." He opened a door and I walked in.

There really was a kid there. The little girl was sitting on the floor. "Hi." I said softly. She looked up with tears in her eyes. "I'm Luca. What's your name?" I walked closer, she hugged her legs. Maybe she doesn't speak English.

"Mi capisci?" (Do you understand me?) I asked in Italian and she nodded. "Chi sei? Dov'è la mia mamma?" (Who are you? Where is my mom?) She cried out. "Luca?" Johnny asked into the earpiece. "Yeah?" "Luca, you have to get out from there. Now!"

I didn't think about my next moves. I quickly picked up the kid and rushed out. I ran down the stairs and when I got outside I slowed down. I stopped and released the breath I didn't know I was holding.

"So... Why was I supposed to come out?" I asked into the earpiece. "Beca-" Johnny didn't get to finish his sentence, because the building behind me exploded and it threw me away into the woods with the little girl in my arms. We landed hard and soon everything went black.

Johnny's pov:

"Go into the car Lia!" I yelled at my sister. She was asking a lot of questions and we didn't have time for that. "What's going on? Where is Roxy?" I pushed her into the car. "She's isn't here." I said and shut the car door. I nodded for the driver to take her home.

I stood there looking at the moving vehicle until it disappeared into the woods. I turned around and took a few steps back towards the warehouse to go and find Luca, when I heard someone screaming.  
I turned to the direction where I heard the horrible sound coming from. There was one of our men running in my direction. "What the hell's going on?!" I screamed at the young man. "Boss." He sighed when he stopped in front of me. "Boss, there-." He gulped. "God dammit, tell me what's going on!" I grabbed him by the collar. "I-It's a trap, boss. The-There's a bomb. I-It'll e-explode." Oh no.

I let him go. "Luca?" I asked into my earpiece and started taking steps back. I wasn't close to the building, but just in case. "Yes?" I heard my best friend say. "Luca, you have to get out from there. Now!" I panicked. I had no idea what to do.