My Mafia Madness 8

NOTE: This is book 8 in the “My Mafia Madness” Series. Please make sure you read books 1 - 7 before beginning this one.

Alexa sat in her chair staring across the room at Matteo as he worked busily on his laptop.

She knew that there would more than likely be henchmen standing guard just outside of the room at either door, so making a run for it wouldn’t be a smart idea.

Still, she needed to find a way to get to her best friend Willow and baby Chelsea, to help them escape this terrible place.

After all, Matteo was only holding them captive as leverage over her and it wasn’t fair to either of them.

But how would she manage to escape?

And even more importantly, how would she manage to find Willow and her baby in such a large and unknown place?

Several thoughts circulated within her mind as she came up with them, one by one.

Yet none of them were a sure thing, which would put everyone’s life in danger.

“Deep in thought, I see.” Matteo suddenly cut through the eerie silence between them as he looked up from his laptop to meet her gaze from across the room.

“If you’re worried about your friend and her child, all you have to do is behave and they’ll be fine. No harm will come to them.”

“And how am I supposed to trust you?” Alexa countered.

“You’re not.” Matteo surprised her with his response.

“Whether you believe me or not won’t change anything. Your friend is only in danger if you misbehave. So, play nice.”

Alexa thought for a moment and came up with an idea.

“I need to use the restroom.” she announced, sitting upright.

Matteo rose from his seat and crossed the room to come and stand right before her.

“Stand up and come with me.” he commanded her.

“Again, try anything foolish and it’s your friend who will pay the price.”

“I understand.” she replied, standing and then following along after him through one of the doorways.

They walked down several corridors, each dimly lit and with several henchmen standing on guard throughout.

Getting out of here wasn’t going to be easy.

Stopping before a final doorway, Matteo held out his hand gesturing towards it as he spoke.

“The restroom. Do your thing and come straight out afterwards.” he commanded.

“Karl here will escort you back to the office when you’re done.”

With that he left a large bulky man standing guard by the restroom door while Alexa eyed him and entered the restroom, closing the door behind herself.

This was the only way that she could be alone and unseen, but after a quick examination of the restroom, she soon discovered that there was no window or way to get out.

Instead deciding to use the restroom, Alexa came back out and washed her hands, looking at herself in the mirror as she did so.

Her eye makeup was slightly smudged underneath both eyes and her lipstick had begun to fade over time.

Her dress looked as if it had been through hell, all stained and torn.

How was she going to deal with being held as Matteo’s captive after what had happened to her last time?

And would he try something like that again?

Forcing himself on her?

She would fight with everything she had this time…

Matteo wouldn’t know what hit him!

As tears threatened to form, Alexa wiped them away with both her hands, sniffing confidently and forcing herself to push the thought out of mind.

She couldn’t let them see her like this.

‘Knock-knock!’

“Hey in there…” Karl called out from where he stood outside the restroom.

“You almost done?”

Alexa turned to face the door as she called out her response.

“Relax already, I’m done.”

With that she marched her way out of the restroom and came face to face with the giant Karl.

“Come on, the boss wants you back in his office.” Karl ordered with his arm outstretched for her to begin walking.

Taking the lead, Alexa made her way back towards the office as instructed, with Karl walking along beside her the entire way.

The Hilton Hotel was buzzing with guests and visitors moving about when a black SUV suddenly pulled up and the backseat door opened.

Out hopped Willow holding onto her baby, right before the car door was then closed behind her and the SUV sped off into the night.

Quickly darting into the hotel and making her way over towards the reception desk, Willow skidded to a halt right in front of it while still managing to juggle her baby in her arms.

“Hello ma’am and welcome to the Hilton Hotel.” the receptionist spoke with a smile.

“Listen, this is urgent. I need to make a phone call. Is there anyway I can? It’s seriously urgent, please?”

“Is everything… alright ma’am?” the receptionist caught onto Willow’s obvious concern while holding a baby and frowned.

“Do you want me to call the police-”

“-No! No police, please. I just need to call my partner. My phone was stollen from me just now. I’ve got to call my partner to come pick us up, that’s all.” Willow cut in with the believable story.

“Oh, I see.” the receptionist replied.

“Here, you can use this phone, dear.”

Handing Willow a phone, the receptionist gave her a small smile before moving aside to serve the next person waiting in the cue.

And Willow quickly dialled Roberto’s phone number, holding the receiver up to her ear and waiting for him to pick up.

Her heart was thudding so heavily within her chest as she waited and listened to the ringing sounding over and over.

“Come on baby, pick up the phone…” she whispered to herself.

“Hello?” he finally answered.

“Baby, it’s me, Willow…” she spoke as tears began forming in her eyes.

She was so grateful to have been set free and that both her child and her were safe and sound.

“Willow!” Roberto sounded as if he could scream out in joy at any second as he then fumbled with the phone, apparently having shaky hands after hearing her voice.

“Cutie, is it really you? Tell me where you are? Where’s Chelsea? Are you alright?”

With the barrage of questions, Willow was having trouble trying to get a word in edgewise.

He then began calling out to the others, informing them of the good news that they hadn’t seen coming.

“Roberto, stop! You need to listen to me! I’m at the Hilton Hotel. Chelsea’s with me, we’re both fine. They let us go for some reason.” she explained.

“She’s at the Hilton Hotel…” he paused, realising something strange.

“Wait, they just let you go? Why? What about Alexa, is she there with you as well?”

Willow’s expression fell as she spoke next.

“No… Lex isn’t with me. I think they still have her.” she reported sadly.

“I see…” Roberto replied.

“Shit… Dante’s not going to like this.”

“I know.” Willow agreed.

“Neither do I. Do you have any leads on where they are yet?”

“Not as of yet. Just an area that they could possibly be in. Dante’s gone out to look at a warehouse after Matteo called him-”

“-What? Why on earth would he do something like that?” Willow cut in.

“It’s obviously a trap!”

“We didn’t have any other choice-” he explained.

“-Call him, Roberto! Call him now and warn him not to go there! You have to, now before it’s too late!” Willow warned.