Seraphina

Chapter 3 - A 'Normal' Day p2

After finishing up with my lawyers and financial advisors I had everything set.

My family talked about faking my death in order to keep me safe from the dangers of their world, and most of all the German mafia. However I knew the German mafia and others were listening in to their conversation, in the bugged living room, which meant they would know to still come after me.

The Italian mafia had rats. A lot of them. Early this morning I had informed my friend and hacker 'shadow' to send me a list of all of the possible snakes, suspects and moles.

My phone had just pinged, now at 9am, with the list of people I had to watch out for when enacting my plan. And the list of people I would kill for betraying my family. Although I don't really consider them much of one anymore, I still will not allow any harm to come their way on my account.

They were stupid, for not realising their rat situation sooner and for coming up with the worst plan in history to keep me and their reputation 'safe' by ignoring me. (Cue biggest eye roll ever). I still don't know which one was the main factor influencing their decisions, but I'm guessing its the latter.

The only person I may slightly miss was Ciro, because even though all of them ignored me, and he acted as though he did too, he was really the most caring person out of all of them. Leaving me cooked meals with sticky notes underneath them, or randomly finding a bag of sweets in my room with a 'hope you forgive me one day - love from C' sticky note.

I was shocked at grandfather's betrayal, but thinking back to yesterday I believe the old man has a plan of his own up his sleeves, he wasn't as dumb as his son was.

Anyways, first and second step complete: Deal with legal work and find the rats. Next step, plan my 'death'. Not the fake death my family had planned out for me, the 'death' I would fake when the Germans eventually try to kill me tomorrow when I reach the English Mafia. My uncles mafia. So technically I'm using their own plan against them.

With this plan, everything had to be perfect, Everybody needed to believe in my death, no witnesses. Only Shadow would know of my plans for obvious reasons of course, Zander and Anna could not find out, about anything.

(Imagine the language they speak to each other in is Russian. But everywhere else is Italian as they are in Italy):::

I sent shadow a text. "Its time"

My phone pinged "On it."

The plan was now set in motion for the next few days. Now to go and see what grandfather had planned. I headed out of the small coffee shop I own after saying bye to Maria, the nice old lady I hired to manage the place in my absence.

To keep my matters private I would have any business or work meetings there including those with my lawyers and financial advisors. It was inconspicuous, and had a main entrance, back entrance, a terrace on the roof, as well as a tunnel built in below. I was prepared for anything, and it helped when nobody knew it was I who owned it.

Heading out of the shop I got into a taxi and directed it to my grandads main office, knowing he would be working today. Slipping out of the taxi I thanked the driver and tipped them generously before heading into the building and making my way towards the private elevator used only for family.

"Excuse you ma'am only family's allowed in that elevator" a screechy voice spoke from behind me. Not even bothering to turn around as I heard the clicking of heels coming towards me I took my Id out in two fingers waving it to my side for her to see.

"Good thing I'm just that then." I heard her heels stop in sudden movements as I slightly looked to the side at her, still not turning fully, while tapping my foot against the floor as I waited for the elevator, clearly not wanting another disturbance from the person next to me.