SHOW ME HOW

Chapter 7

Lorenzo's POV

"Who the fuck is Eli?" I mumbled under my breath, slamming the car door as I climbed into the passenger seat. My frustration was at an all-time high and I cannot for the life of me understand why that conversation would wind me up so bad.

My cousin, Luis, who was driving, gave me a questioning look "who?" he asked, glancing briefly in my direction before focusing his attention back on the road.

"Nothing" I annoyingly responded, preventing him from starting a conversation I was in no mood of having.

"Suit yourself" he added, before ignoring me as he drove in silence.

Luis's phone rang and I could see on the display in the car that it was my dad calling him.

"Uncle Juan?" he answered, through the Bluetooth.

"What is taking you so long?" Dad asked, as Luis and I gave each other a brief knowing glance, before he answered my dad.

"On our way to your house, Uncle Juan"

"Did you complete the rounds as I asked?" my dad grumbled from the other side.

"Yes, we should be there in 10 to do the drop"

"Good, where's your cousin?" dad asked, referring to me. We are not on speaking terms, or more like, he's not on speaking terms with me because of the other night when I got stabbed.

"He's in the car with me" Luis answered, because lying to the devil won't help us.

"Mhmm ask him to come to my office when you get here. Antonio is waiting for you in the basement to do the tally, so hurry up".

"On it" Luis answered, before ending the call.

"Ooh! You're still in deep shit" he mocked me "your dad sure knows how to keep a grudge" he added.

"Don't remind me" I sighed, closing my eyes while rubbing the stabbing pain in my forehead that has been torturing me ever since hearing the phone conversation Devin had with the Eli guy.

My phone dinged with a message from Lolla 'are you coming over tonight?' she asked, and I decided to ignore her. I'm glad we don't attend the same school, so I don't have to deal with her clingy ass every day. We not even in a relationship to begin with.

Once we reached home, I entered through the front door and made my way towards my dad's office to get this shit over and done with.

"Goodluck" Luis wished me, as him and rest of the guys that were following in the vehicles behind us headed in the direction of the basement.

"Yeah, thanks"

I gave one knock, and our family fixer and home manager opened the door, giving me a small smile. He was sporting a grey suit with sleeked back hair and shiny black formal shoes. He has been with our family for as long as I can remember and oversees basically everything that pertain to the personal needs and image of our household.

"Come in Mr. De Soto" he said, holding the door open for me to walk through, before walking out and going on his way.

"Lorenzo, Mano. My name is Lorenzo" I stated, to his disappearing figure as he paid my request no mind.

"Sit down, you're wasting my time" Dad angrily ordered, reminding me that I still had him to deal with.

He sat back in his chair, impatiently tapping with his pointer finger on his desk, glaring at me. I got settled in the chair in front of him, staring at the corner of his desk that suddenly looked very interesting.