EGO & VENGEANCE

Chapter 17

Mateo

"You got an assignment" Dad walks into my room with a file.

"Michael Finn" I read out, as I open the file "what'd he do?"

"He killed one of our best men, the family requests that we handle it. And now he's selling information from the company."

"I see, I'll take care of it"

"Also- he's a pedophile. Sick fuck deserves to die anyway" Dad says leaving the room.

Disgusting. My chest tightens.

I read the rest of the file to find his address, and grab my gear. I change into my usual fit when on these assignments. Black hood, black cap, black mask.

Before heading downstairs I check on mum, who's healed from her injuries. Thank god.

"Hey mum, how you feeling?" I ask, looking down to her on the bed.

"I'm fine honey, just got a bit of a headache" she smiles softly, sits up on the bed.

I look at her stitch scars on her lip and cheek, my chest rises and falls. She didn't deserve what happened to her. At all.

"Me and dad are going to take care of him, so you can feel safe again. I promise"

"Mateo, you can't keep getting yourself into trouble" she reaches out and grabs my hand. "I'm fine, really"

"Mum- he beat you almost to death. Even if I hold back, do you think dad will too?" I frown at her weak expression.

She stays quiet, her light brown eyes staying on mine, then shakes her head and sighs.

"I don't want to be the cause of you two getting into potential danger. Dylan is more dangerous than you think son. A lot more" she says seriously.

"Yeah well- I bet he has nothing on dad. That man would kill and mutilate anyone who hurts you, mum"

"Believe me- I know. He's a bit of a drama queen, your father" she pouts her lips forward.

I laugh, and she smiles adoringly.

"Just be careful okay?" Mum says taking my hand in both of hers.

"don't worry mum" I lift her hand and peck a kiss "I will."

She smiles dearly as I leave the room. Me and dad are still trying to find out where Dillon and Justin are, they've been off the map for a while now.

We don't know where they are or what their plan is, but we will continue to figure it out. For mums sake.

Until then I'm just going to continue releasing my anger and frustration through slitting throats and putting bullet holes in skulls. It's therapeutic, almost.

Sick isn't it. But I'm conditioned to kill, I thrive on it.

I head out the house and stop in my tracks when I see my bike in front. Kelani had taken it for some sort of emergency, I guess she returned it.

Everyone was confused at the way she took off earlier. She didn't say much. Haley and Samantha took the opportunity to call her "a weird bitch", which pissed me off but I walked away.

I throw my leg over the bike, turn it on, and punch in the address in the GPS.

Before I start driving, I connect my Bluetooth and play my Spotify playlist. 'Go Crazy' by Chris Brown and Young Thug plays in my helmet.

The adrenaline of speeding off onto the highways is the best way to start off my assignments.

The targets house isn't far so I get there in a matter of minutes given the speed I was going.