The Thief(Complete) (Sample)

XXI.

I met up with Benito, we were taking the private jet to Miami. We have meetings at the private estate in Miami from time to time so we can run numbers or check on different family matters, etc..

He sat across from me as a few of our other men were scattered around the jet, he had a smile on his face and rightfully so.

"Whats got you happy?" I asked and he sips his gin then smiled again.

"We're having a baby, I'm gonna be a dad!"

"Congratulazioni e auguri!" I lifted my glass.

"I love your sister, she's everything to me and I can't wait to make her proud!"

"She's already proud of you, this is just the beginning for you guy!" I expressed and he stands up, I stand up and we give each other a brotherly hug. I gave him a pat on the back then pointed at him with a smile.

"Now you gotta tell my dad you knocked his daughter up!" I laughed sarcastically and his face turns red.

"Shit.. He's gonna kill me, I won't be able to see our child be born!" He starts to panic and I smirked.

"You could just say, Mr. Bellucci, I'm married to your daughter and I love her. There's isn't shit you can do about it!" I suggested and he shrugs.

"Why won't you do that tho?" He reverses it on me and I rolled my eyes.

"This isn't about my love life, this is about yours and my sisters!"

"I'll let your mom handle it, I'm sure he knows already but he just hasn't said anything yet. Why don't you just tell him that you're dating someone else and you really like the person!" He suggested as we sit back down.

"If only it were that easy for me, I wanna protect Marnie from the Florentino's and whatever other family that are aligned with them. The public already knows about the breakup with me and Serina since then I've been keeping my current status private but I can't, I'm falling for Marnie.. I've been around town with her a lot and I'm really affectionate with her in public too so I'm sure someone's gonna let the news out and I don't care but I also don't want anyone to harm her. "

"Well you don't have anything to worry about with our family, we move when you do and it's never gonna change. " he reassured me as I nodded my head.

"Polly asked me to help her with getting important things for Marnie, I did a little digging.." I sipped my gin as did Ben.

"What did you come up with?" He asked me, I got up and walked over to the table then picked up the envelope and walked back over towards him.

"This.." I shake the envelope, he reaches for it then opens it and skims it like I did and hands it back. I sat back down on the couch then sighed.

"Have you looked in there?"

"I haven't sat down and really went through all of it yet but I want to before I give this to Marnie. I found this in her dads house then I overheard them talking about her mom and a reward, there was literally nothing of Marnie in that house. This and this—" I take the picture of Marnie from my pocket and show him.

"Were in places that you would have to really know what to spot out of the ordinary. " I explained and he takes the picture of Marnie from me.

"He mentioned that her mom hasn't seen her since she was 4, me and you were like what 7 when there was this tristate area search for a young child.." I continued and he nods his head in agreement.

"I don't remember the case too well but I remember them saying it was the daughter of a well known prominent Jeweler! Why?" He asked.

"Marnie told me that she had a nightmare and I don't think it was really a nightmare, I wanna piece this together but I don't wanna startle Marnie.."