IceyHot (Season 1)

Chapter 8

Kai

I started my morning with the usual routine I had while I was at the police academy. I went out for a run. Even though I was an inhumane and had a natural advantage where my physique was concerned, I still went out for that run regardless.
I needed it to clear my head. I was in enemy territory and shared a roof with the same man who abducted my brother and caused the death of my father. A day ago I found out bay he had children and adopted three of them out of the goodness of his heart.
It made me sick that man so despicable had a soul. Four people that he could call his own children.
Mariano's reign of terror had such a large influence, that a whole section of Adana got cut off and belonged to him now. He was an evil person and I hated his guts. I hated how everything about his life just looked so Damn perfect and how he was the happiest man on the planet.
How could I bat an eye knowing all this and having to go on another day looking at his hateful guts. Living here was something I had to endure. Going out for some fresh air really helped. I didn't even know for how long I've been running till I came back to the mansion nearly drenched in my own sweat.
I probably ran for two hours.
As soon as I made it to my room, I hopped into the shower. After showering I stepped out the stall and grabbed a towel, wrapping it around my waist before walking out the bathroom to put on some clothes.
I halted when I found Isabelle there. She was standing on the other side of the room facing out the window.
This woman. When would she stop walking into my room like that?
'I should have a "NO UNAUTHORISED ENTRY" board put up on my door. Hopefully then you'll learn how to knock.'
The woman seemed startled by the sound of my voice and quickly turned around looking at me. 'G-Good morning,' she said and widened her eyes before she looked at my chest and then down. 'What happened to your clothes?'
I held the towel to stop it from falling down my waist. 'I just came out the shower. I was about to put on some clothes till I found you in my room.' I sighed and walked to my duffel bag for some clean clothes. I didn't have a lot of clothes, only a few things I had in my car trunk. All my other stuff was back at home.
'I just came to check if your wounds are fully healed. I can see that they are.' She folded her arms looking away.
I glanced at her again and spotting her stealing a look at my body again. Her cheeks tinted red.
'Are you sure that's the only reason you came?' I asked, deciding to wait with the clothes.
Isabelle looked at me and that cold look appeared on her face again. 'Yes, it is the only reason I came. Also, Mario asked for you to meet him in the garden to play some mini golf.' Her heels clicked as she walked to the door. 'That would be all and then she left.'
Wow, I really could not understand this chic. Just last night we had a decent conversation and now we were back to square one again. Seeing her lace bra sticking out from under her top didn't exactly help my problem down below.
Focus, Kai. Now is not the time for pointless distractions.
I checked on my phone for any missed calls from the chief before I got dressed and headed out to look for Mario.
On my way there, a hand suddenly grabbed me and I got shoved against the wall in the staircase. It was Richard.
'Can I help you, Ricky?' I would ask him, smiling cockily. I knew since the moment I got here, this guy had a problem with me.
'You may have fooled everyone, but you haven't fooled me. Andrews!' He said through gritted teeth. For a guy who didn't talk much, he surely had a temper and even hearing the sound of his voice gave me slight chills. There was something different about this guy from the rest. I was starting to see why Mariano made him his righthand.
Him not trusting me was going to cause problems.
I still kept my calm though. Maybe he was like this with every newbie who had the honour of being welcomed by the big boss into the family.
'I don't know what you're on about, Ricky, but you've got the wrong guy.'
Richard growled pressing his forward against my chest, the force growing till it felt like he was about to crush my chest. 'Like I said, I am not fooled by you. I know you're the mole.'
What!
'Kai.' Mario appeared. 'There you are. What's taking you so long. I was thinking you and I might hang out and play some mini golf.' He then saw Richard and looked at the two of us. 'Is everything alright?'
I was staring at Richard the whole time, waiting for his response. After what he just said to me, for a moment I didn't know what to say or how to react. Did he really know? Was I not careful enough?
No, that couldn't be the case. If he knew then I'd be dead by now. He was just being suspicious or he would've already told Mariano about me. This only meant that they knew someone from the inside ratted them out to the police and Richard thought it was me. At the same time I couldn't help but wonder if this person could really be my brother.
'Hello?' Mario spoke again and then pulled Richard away. 'As usual, the big guy is acting all tough and protective. Get a grip Richard. Make yourself useful and try hiring goons that actually know how to do their jobs. I get that the trash you sent last time were just legs and eggs, meant to be deadweight you could use just to free me...but god, it was embarrassing to hear their screams while the police were shooting holes into them!'
Richard glared up at Mario and shoved his hand off him. 'Speak for yourself. You're the one who ended up locked in jail in anyway. As the righthand man, I just thought why would we waste our best men, saving trash like you.'
The tension in the air thickened. Mario and Richard spent the next five minutes shooting daggers at each other with their eyes only to get interrupted by his phone buzzing. Mario's phone buzzed too and then mine.
'What's this?' I asked seeing a message pop up on my screen containing a black book emoji.
'My dear old dad just summoned his kids,' said Mario before he watched Richard walk off. 'Was he messing with you? You should let me know, because if he did, I would fuck him up!'
I looked at Richard seeing him disappear around a corner before turning back to Mario. 'He's a pretty intense guy, but don't worry about it. I'm not scared of him.'
'I hate that guy's guts. He thinks just because he is one of my father's favourites, he gets to do whatever he wants.'
'Aren't you one of his favourites?' I asked Mario as he began walking to Mariano's office.
'I'm barely on his two twenty favourite people. If you think Richard is the star of the house then you clearly haven't met, the wolf.'
'Your other brother?'
'He's the one. He's the family's bread winner and the reason I get constantly reminded of how useless I am.'
So, it turned out Mario and Mariano didn't have such a good relationship afterall. Something I could exploit somehow.
'Anyway, let's go see what the old man wants. It must be this job he wants to send us on and it must be big.'