Kudos of Mafia

'IX'

It was the moment of despair that struck Senor in a way he could never imagine. Senor never saw this was coming to his patio of life. The clouds that were wandering over the head of Senor finally drizzled in the form of rain. After the rain, the sky seeks a royal blue color but opposite to this Senor still had the scattered clouds over his head.

Senor couldn't sleep till late that night. He traveled in a time capsule curated by himself imagining what would the present be like if he hadn't made those choices with a heavy price, a price even to lose the hope he had in God.

The next morning Senor woke up late. The radiance in the man's face had fallen into a never-ending spiral hole in the middle of the ocean. The motion his body was used to was in a halt. He pulled his chest up in the air against the gravity that was pulling him down. He lifted his crooked leg out of the coverings landing on the ground. He still couldn't make sense to all of what happened but it was his fate he couldn't spare even if he wanted.

Senor went to his grocery shop late than usual. While heading to his grocery, Senor felt the town wasn't fully over with what happened last time. The streets of the town were not functioning at full capacity as it used to, meaning there was a wide range of space between the people roaming in the street which used to be of few inches.

When Senor reached his grocery, all of his employees seemed busy handling the customers. Initially, Senor had a downfall in his business when he launched his grocery, leaving his previous work. The grocery struggled while to appear in limelight but the business escalated once Senor knew how to deal with people visiting his grocery.

 When Senor appeared in the grocery every other employee greeted Senor, "Good morning, sir!"

Senor simply nodded his head in reply which was unlike him. Employees were baffled by such gestures of Senor. Senor never disappointed them like this before. He was a man of his words and always treated his employees in the best manner. His ability to deliver gratitude made everyone respect Senor.

But this time it was odd of Senor to act like that.

After the weird interaction with employees. Senor pushed himself into his office which was beside the counter. He requested the guy in the counter to not let anyone disturb him in the office. Senor longed for an utter silence in his life for a moment. He already had embraced loneliness in these fifteen years but now it didn't seem enough to overwhelm his condition to worst. He suffocated in living and realizing the reality he never dreamed of. Senor, as always started diving into his thoughts but this time he had answers, answers he couldn't ignore;

"What choices do I even have left now? I made every slice of it that mattered. I played all of my cards and now I have lost. But I can't deny either the fact that I yearned for her future to be decorated with fairy lights, tiny candles, and red ribbons. And I guess she is living that future to her fullest. Isn't life full of surprises? I mean I can relate it to my bones but I never thought something would be this pathetic. It feels like I have lost a part of me that as never within my reach. Don't know what future hold me for now but I have quarreled with my past for enough and now god have shown me the true lights I shall follow."

In all these hassles ongoing in his life, he was completely unaware of the rumors and the woman with the red scarf. He was in the grief of a mental crisis.

The day was nearly going to shut down. The sun was about to bid goodbye to all the ones who enjoyed its radiance throughout the day. Senor also departed his way to home. The sun was approaching near the horizon but at the same time moon was emerging from the horizon. It was a moment to adore all those broken-hearted people like Senor.

Senor made it to home and as always Bruno opened the door but this Senor just responded with a smile entering his bedroom

"Excuse me, sir!", Bruno came into the room with curious eyes and lethargic moments of his feet.

"Yes, Bruno!"

"May I point out something I wanted to know."

"Yes, please."

"I was dusting the bookshelves in the afternoon and I happen to find a photo from one of the books when it fell to the ground. Talking about the photo.", Bruno, taking the photo out of his pocket," Isn't it Salvo who you are hugging in this photo? Wasn't he sentenced to death?"

"Bruno, how many times have I said you to stay away from my personal matter.", enraged Senor, "There is nothing to be surprised about. He was my friend."

Bruno was left speechless. He left the photo in the desk and headed out of the room.

Senor calmed down after a while and felt ashamed of his behavior. Among all of this, he had a flashback of encounter with a woman with the red scarf, ultimately leading to Red Mafia.