AMORE

Two faced

Lorenzo looked from a distance as Lee stepped out of his jet. Many men surrounded his like dogs and one even held his coat. He radiated ignorance and the mere sight of his made Lorenzo clench his knuckles tightly. He breathed in deeply, catching the attention of the others that were also looking at the sight. Diego, scar, Marco and Lina were alert and their eyes were trained on the slightest movement made by Lorenzo. He looked evil and not like the man who was a love-struck puppy in front of Bella.

While the tension was thick in that hiding room, outside was the exact opposite. Khalid tried to ease the atmosphere and appear normal.

"LEE MY MAN" He said rather loudly as a greeting.

"KHALID" Lee answered with the same enthusiasm. From a distance stood a shocked Lorenzo, who wondered how Khalid could muster up so much excitement for the man who had a hand in his parents' murder. He himself could never do that.

The rest of the boys outside were going on with their daily lives even though their heart were hammering. They had never ever been a part of the mafia life and this was a new concept for them. all they knew was to sell and buy weapons and the work after that was done by Khalid who met the clients. To make everything appear normal, they shrugged of Lees appearance and pretended as if they didn't know about him.

"We have to talk kid. In private" Lee talked lower this time and his face was passive. Khalid nodded and lead them into the house where Ali and Bella were watching tv, just like planned. Lee entered with some men behind him while others remained outside. Lorenzo cussed and banged the wall in anticipation as he saw the Chinese mafia disappear into the house where his amore was. Scar held on to him quickly and muttered a low "fratello", to which Lorenzo sighed.

As Bellas gaze met with the unfamiliar and older mans gaze, she shifted is her place. Ali nodded as a greeting to which Lee smiled. However, his smile was only given to Bella as his eyes raked her figure up and down.

"Isabella" Khalid spoke up with anger lingering in his sentence; "Go to your room"

Her brother didn't have to say more because just as the words came out of his mouth, Bella ran off to her room. Just like she had been asked to by Lorenzo, she sent a message to him telling him that she was fine. He breathed out in relief and heard Diego laugh in the background.

"You are officially whipped. Smiling at your phone like a maniac" he said before bursting into fits of giggles with Marco following the lead.

"Shut up. I am not smiling" Lorenzo defended himself even though he knew that Diego was right. He wasn't going to let the boys taunt her.

"With the way you two stare at each other, I am shocked you don't have babies on the way" Marco joined in on the fun and laughed louder when Lina pushed him lightly to defend Lorenzo.

"Trust me, I am too" Lorenzo muttered and chuckled at the face Diego made of pure disgust.

"I am about to puke honestly. You are not supposed to answer like that. You are supposed to be embarrassed" he exclaimed and made a gagging noise.

"Guys" Scar cut of the banter in the room with his serious approach; "Lee is out"

All heads whipped to the window from where they saw Khalid shouting out orders to Ismail. What the boys didn't know was the awkward conversation in the living room.

"I need your help to defeat the Italian mafia kid. They have fucked with my family" Lee had uttered and laughed his chilling and evil laughter. He knew himself that he wasn't doing anything for Lina, but for himself. Lee wanted to be the biggest mafia leader and he would get what he had wanted. He had never accepted defeat. His plans were set in his mind. He would defeat the Italians and then force the beautiful Isabella to marriage. The Iranians would bow down to him and serve him like a king. According to him the timing of everything was correct. He had built the torture cells where he would humiliate and beat people to death. Now the people would be exchanged with the Italians.

"The Italians?! As in the Morettis? That...that is okay Lee, but my men can only help with weapons" Khalid answered as if he was oblivious to everything.

Lee sighed loudly and ran his hand through his hair; "Yes the fucking Morettis, Khalid. Who else is there" he spat and took a pause to throw profanities at his men for no reason. "Listen, aren't we friends? We have been working together for a long time and you are the only one I trust. I need both your weapons and you to accompany me" he whispered and leaned forward.

Khalid felt sick to his stomach and wanted nothing more than to slap that smirk off his face. The only thing that replayed in his brain was the video of Nguyen confessing their motive of wanting his sister. with that in mind, he nodded and this time his heart didn't hammer. He wasn't even nervous. He knew that what he was doing was for a bigger purpose. This was the man who had destroyed the lives of many, and he knew that the only thing that would make this better would be his death.

"Well, then we better get going" Khalid clapped his hands and took long strides towards the door. Lee followed silently after and heard as the boy shouted orders to Ismail.

"LOAD THE WEAPONS" his order was given once and just like Lee predicted, the men followed and did the job effortlessly. He furrowed his brows and looked at his own men, comparing their gangs. He scoffed at them and looked at them with disgust before marching over to Khalid who was talking to Ismail.

"You will accompany us in our jet" Lee stated and waved his men off. They almost ran off to the way that led to the jet.

Khalid shook his head, surprising Lee. "You will accompany us Lee. We will have to load your jet with the weapons" he reasoned, to which Ismail followed up. "He is right. The Iranians are very fond of our Khalid so you will be safer with him"

The men agreed to that and it wasn't after long that they sent off one jet after another. Ismail shouted at the men and divided the Iranians and Chinese men almost equally in every jet. Everyone started noticing that Adam was nowhere to be found and even though Khalid didn't let anyone notice, he was worried. He had an odd feeling about this and the courage he had built inside was slowly falling apart. Khalid and Adam had always done the jobs together and now when they were going into the biggest job in their life, he was nowhere to be found.

When all the jets were sent off, Khalid and Lee entered the last one. Ismail bid them farewell in English before returning his gaze to Khalid. "Be omide didar" he muttered and smiled his way. Hope to see you soon. Khalid didn't waste a second before answering him; "Mibinamet". I'll see you. The correction of the farewell made Ismail smile in relief and he nodded as he went out.

One by one, every jet took off. Even Lorenzo and the gang ran and were quick to take off. This was the moment. It was all happening. While some of the crew was midair in the jets, Bella, Ali and Ismail stood outside and looked at the last jet take off, the one with her Renzo. Bella clutched Alis hand and he rubbed her back as a sign of comfort.

They had all craned their necks to see the jets, but their gaze was shifted quickly when the sound of a car nearing snapped them out of their trace. They looked as a frantic Jasmine stumbled out of the poor parked car.

"WHERE ARE THEY?!" she screamed at them, but before Ismail could answer, she yelled something that made their heart drop.

"LEE KNOWS ABOUT THE PLAN. HE KNOWS EVERYTHING"