There was nothing but a remarkable silence that faltered in the dark and dimly lit room. Only a few people were gathered in that room, all sitting at a round table in the middle of the room. Their facial expressions were unreadable, yet one could say that they feared it.
No one dared to make a move out of fear that she would harm them. Who was she? Because his presence was so daunting for them. A man with a sturdy appearance who decided that he had enough spoke, "Damn woman. I'm not letting a woman walk on me." He screamed as he reached the gun in his pocket before THUD. That man was now lying in a pool of blood on the floor, two holes in his body to his head and to his heart. "Does anyone else want to face their disappearance now?" She had finally spoken since she entered the room. The woman everyone feared, Belladonna Astonatti. Daughter of Don Astonatti, who ran a drug trade and other illegal deals.
Yet. They feared her, Belladonna was the one who ran all the drug business, and by the word of the lord, she was the embodiment of the devil. Sly, malevolent and utterly cruel if you happen to be on his way to his goal. Being with Belladonna, she will always have her way.
"N- No mom." The few remaining men all said in a trembling tone, tired of their choice of speech. Fear, if they said something wrong, they would end up dying. "I'll let you go in a couple of conditions. Break these, and I'll make sure that you end up hanging in broad daylight like Mussolini." He warned them, in such a warm and gentle tone he was a little paternalizing to listen to.
1. "The whole meeting from beginning to end remains between everyone. I hear a person outside of you talking about this, I'm taking your life."
2. "My company takes 80% of your profits from selling the drug."
3. "Finally, if I find out a slight plan to stop my company's production, I will make sure not a single person from each of your families involved will not live to see the next hour."
"I make myself clear?" Belladonna's tone was condescending and slightly hauntingly ethereal. They all agreed and signed an NDA before being stripped of their weapons and escorted out of the room to go about their day as if that meeting had never happened. "Rosa, you can tell Don that I cleared the competition out, and it's smooth sailing from here." Belladonna informed her before lighting her cigarette and watching the beautiful sunny blue sky fade into the dimming night.
