Kudos of Mafia

'XV'

"Alberto?", Senor exclaimed in the utmost surprise he faced after an errand of his abandoned life.

"How you happen to be here? I mean you were in America, weren't you?", Senor stuttered in his fluency, struggling to fight back the reality he knew that moment he saw him with that girl. "What is this Alberto? Did I miss something or was I asleep? Do rectify my innocence!"

"Hold your nerves, Senor!", Agatha intruded the disorientation Senor was going through."We will clear you everything, take it easy for now."

Senor blacked out by this time. The reality was in front of him in the harshest ways. Apart from all the hailstones that were showering over Senor, Alberto was the sharpest one. Senor started shivering and his face turned into reddish-brown like of deserted willow tree in the dense jungle. He had two branches in life that supported him. But one of the branches, being her wife left him and now the remaining branch, his friend Alberto seemed to be a wicked branch that was showing the fake support in the absence of another branch. Senor indulged in this loneliness of being apart from his loved ones.

Alberto reached out to Senor in one of the business seminars where they both got to know each other. They shared common interests and likes and above all, 'golf' played a pivotal role in bringing them together. Aside from their common interest, Alberto was the supplier of fish throughout the Sicily and Senor had found the man he could trust with his business. Alberto was like that Genie who would come out of his lamp whenever Senor, 'the Aladdin' would rub the lamp.

After Agatha abandoned Senor, Alberto also happens to magnify his distance with Senor, shifting to America. Senor caged himself in his own agony after all these events were introduced to him. Though Alberto escaped from the life of Senor, the bond they shared, was kept breathable with the help of the letter Alberto used to dispatch Senor during the time of Christmas. After all these many years Senor happens to find his Genie but in the most unexpected time with the unexpected person.

The air in the hall was heating up along with the anxious smell. The breathing also felt uneasy with all these encounters. Christie baffled seeing the unknown face and the questions.

"Christie!", Agatha tried to dodge the probable questions that were being cooked in her mind. "You can go upstairs and learn the violin we bought for you. I am sure my girl doesn't wanna let her friends down, back in America."

"But, who is this mama?", Christie couldn't stop herself from pointing her fingers at Senor."An old friend of mine came to see us while we are here.", Agatha replied with a weight that clenched her heart.

Senor couldn't compose himself anymore. His eyes landed over Christie's which were a lot like Agatha. It was like yesterday when Senor and Agatha saw a dream to give birth to a little angel and now it was a reality for Senor to see Christie as an angel but he had no right to be called her father. In fact, he was never going to be called her father. She will acknowledge him as a friend of her mother but the fact being the reverse. He was the man who dreamt of a girl like her with her mother. The unprecedented nightmare came into existence.

Christie went upstairs hopping like a small grasshopper completely unknown to the heat advancing in the very hall.

Alberto came and sat aside Agatha.

"Please, sit down Senor.", Alberto requested moving cushion to side. Senor sat back to the couch.

"I know it might come to you as an act of treason by me but trust me, my friend.", Alberto continued softening his gaze towards Senor." It all happened with no intentions. I wanted to share it with you, time and again but Agatha stopped me. We got into this situation where we had to give it a new start. I would never be a traitor in your life. It all happened."