The Mafia Queen (Raquel Rodriguez x OC)

Chapter 1

"Hello?" Violetta answered her phone, looking out the car window to the tall buildings flying past her. 

There was a muffled voice from the other end. Violetta's face suddenly turned stormy as she clenched her phone tightly. 

Damian Priest looked back through the rearview mirror seeing his boss's face change. Rhea Ripley and Dexter Lumis simply raised an eyebrow. 

"Is she alright?" Violetta asked. 

There was a response though no one could hear clearly. 

"I'm on my way." Violetta hung up the phone and made eye contact with Damian, "Take me to the Regal Casino." 

"Flair's side of town?" Damian questioned for confirmation. 

"There was a shooting." Violetta stated calmly. 

Rhea and Dexter both tensed, their hands subtly reaching for their guns. 

"Are there any injures?" Rhea asked. 

"Flair's been shot. McIntyre apprehended the shooters." Violetta relayed to her security. 

"Flair won't go down easily." Dexter spoke, easing the tension. 

"Of course not. She's pissed." Violetta smirked, knowing Charlotte put up a hell of a fight. 

10 minutes later, Damian pulled the car into valet at the casino. Dexter and Rhea both got out first before Rhea offered a hand to help Violetta out. The brunette took Rhea's hand before walking into the casino. 

Sure enough, the place was almost empty as the guests had most likely ran once the shooting started. Thankfully most of her clientele belonged to other families or were celebrities so she didn't have to worry about the press or the cops. 

Cora Jade and Indi Hartwell stepped into line and walked with Violetta to give her the rundown. 

"McIntyre apprehended Gargano and LeRae from McMahon's gang." Cora informed. 

"Anyone else?" Violetta asked getting a head shake from Indi. 

"No. Balor and Rollins have scouted the entire building." Indi said. 

"How's Flair?" Violetta entered the main floor where the incident happened. 

"She's still kicking. Nothing too major, just a bullet wound to the abdomen. Went straight out the back." Cora stated, leading the boss to where the blonde was sitting. 

"Hey boss." Charlotte smirked, wincing slightly. 

Violetta knelt down, pushing a strand of Charlotte's hair behind her ear, "Heard you had some fun without me." 

Charlotte laughed but stopped as the movement hurt, "You didn't miss anything. It was pretty boring." 

Violetta examined Charlotte's wound and was relieved knowing that it wasn't fatal. The blonde would be back on her feet in no time. 

"Alert Dr. Stratus and have Damian get Charlotte back to my place. Dex, go with them." Violetta ordered. 

Dexter immediately called the doctor and carried Charlotte out of the casino. 

"Ripley, go interrogate our guests." The Aussie smirked and cracked her knuckles, "With pleasure boss." 

Cora and Indi were starting to clean up the mess so they could reopen as soon as possible. 

"Boss!" Violetta turned to see Dominik running towards her. 

She raised an eyebrow as Dominik lifted up a diamond watch. Violetta took the watch noticing it was too small to fit Charlotte's wrist and no one else in her family would wear diamonds. Violetta sighed knowing exactly who it belonged to. 

"Get Rodriguez down here asap." Dominik pulled out his phone and called her immediately. 

The woman arrived in about 5 minutes. 

"What happened here?" Raquel asked in surprise. 

"A shooting. Charlotte got tapped but she'll live and Rhea is currently interrogating our guests." Violetta said. 

"Jesus. In just the span of half an hour?" 

"At least we know who called the hit." Violetta tossed the watch to Raquel who caught it with one hand. 

"For real?" Raquel raised an eyebrow in disbelief. 

"Would anyone else wear a watch like that?" Violetta said. 

"Besides our girl, nope. You want a hit out on her?" Raquel asked. 

Violetta shook her head, "No. Carmella is a lot of things but being thorough isn't it. The woman bit off more than she can chew." 

"So she was after the money and wanted to take out Charlotte. Sent her lackeys in to do the hit while she stole the money. Didn't realize Charlotte wouldn't go down easily. She panicked, took the money, and fled leaving her watch behind." Raquel summarized, which is exactly what happened. 

"See this is why I love you." Violetta laughed, getting a wink from Raquel. 

Rhea returned 15 minutes later, "They wouldn't give boss. I did make them pass out though." 

"No need," Raquel held up the watch, "We found the culprit." 

"Awww not the blonde bitch. She makes this shit too easy." Rhea complained. 

"Rollins!" Violetta called. The man in question appeared by her side. 

Raquel handed him the watch which he took, "Find her and bring her to me." Violetta ordered. 

Seth nodded and disappeared. 

"Rodriguez, I trust you can take care of this?" Violetta motioned to the casino while walking backwards. 

"You already know mi amor." Raquel waved the woman off. 

"Cora, Indi. Stay and help with the clean up." 

"Understood boss!" Indi gave a thumbs up while Cora nodded. 

"Mysterio! Tell McIntyre I want LeRae and Gargano escorted to my place." 

"You got it!" Dominik shouted. 

"I love these guys." Violetta smirked, turning around and walking out with Rhea. 

"They love you." Rhea responded. 

"Dexter said you needed a ride boss?" Ricochet questioned, sitting in the driver's seat. 

"Right on time Ricochet." Violetta smiled. Rhea opened the car door and let Violetta in first before following in after her. 

"Dr. Stratus arrived while you were out. She couldn't reach you and was wondering what you needed her for." Ricochet informed. 

"Didn't Charlotte arrive at the house?" Violetta asked, confused. 

"No? Was she supposed to?" Ricochet questioned, also confused. 

"Fucking hell." Rhea cursed. 

"Where. The. Fuck. Is. She."