The True Mafia Heir

Chapter 34

9 ½ years later

Damien's POV

"Marcus! Marcus!" I yell out to him; I approach his office door and go in without knocking. I see he's in there with several others, one of which is my other son Alexander.

"Father, we're in the middle of something at the moment, can this wait please?" Marcus says in his business tone.

"No, it cannot!" I yell at him

"Watch how you speak to me, you may be my father, but I am still head of this mafia!" he yells back at me.

I take a breath, he is right of course, I must respectful at all times, especially in front of other mafia members. "I'm sorry Marcus, but this is important."

He sighs, "ok men, give me a minute, we'll finish this up soon." Everyone except Alexander leaves the room. "Now, what is so important father?"

"You have been having me followed."

Alexander shakes his head, "I told you not to big brother."

Marcus looks at me, "you have been going 'away' every week for nearly the past 2 years, every fortnight for the three years before that and every month for the 5 years before that, you never tell me where you are going, you never take mother with you, and recently you have been coming back with bruises. I have a right to know what you're up to."

"No, you do not have the right to know. What I do in my retirement has nothing to do with you. I have served this mafia for long enough and now that you are in charge I am no longer in service, so what I do with my time is up to me."

Alexander looks at me, "are you cheating on mother?"

"How dare you!" I yell before I punch him in the jaw. "I would never cheat on your mother. Trust me when I say, you can't possibly know what I have been doing. The guard you sent after me today is now in the hospital wing with a gunshot wound, I am here to warn you that if you try to follow me again, I will be shooting to kill. This is not a joke; do you understand me?"

Marcus and Alexander both looked at me, "You shot a man to avoid telling us what you're doing?"

I sigh, this was getting difficult. "Listen, I have lived my whole life for the mafia, I have done everything that was expected of me, I raised my heir and his second in command, we now have over 2 million members throughout the country, I have never given anyone a reason to believe I would do something that wasn't in the best interest of this mafia. Right now, what I need for you to do is trust me and not follow me anymore. Please don't make this any harder than it needs to be."

Marcus thought about this for a moment before replying, "You're right father, I have always trusted you and I will continue to do so. If, however, I find you're doing something that shouldn't be happening I will shoot you myself. Do we have an understanding?"

I nod my head, "Ofcourse." I walk back out of the office and pick up my phone. I have a phonecall to make.

I dialed her number and she picked up almost immediately.

"Hello Damien, what's happening?"

"Hi sweetie, how's Marcus Jnr. doing?"

"Good, he's just doing his homework after the hand to hand combat training you did with him today. What are you calling for?"

"Well, we have a little bit of a problem. Marcus decided to send a guard after me today. Don't worry, I shot him and he didn't get anywhere near Marcus Jnr. I have spoken to Marcus and Alexander about sending someone to spy on me, and I don't think they'll try it again, but I thought I should tell you what happened."