Devil's Snare by Sruthionyx (top 100 books to read .txt) 📕

Victor was in the office attending to his business when he received a call. He looked at the caller ID, it said “Scum of the earth”.

Vitor annoyingly picked up the phone and asked, “The fuck do you want now?”

The man on the other side of the call laughed “Now, is that any way to greet your father, Figlio?” asked the man.

Victor was angry and said, “you are no father of mine, you died the day you abandoned my mama and my sister for that whore, and it’s better you stay away from us, you broke mama’s heart, and she hasn’t been the same ever since”. Victor’s eyes were ready to tear up.

Hearing this, the man without an ounce of emotion said: “be careful how you talk to me boy, I can bring you and your brother to your knees and can make you both lick my feet if I wish”.

Victor threw his coffee cup on the wall shattering it “you can’t do jack squat, these businesses my brother and I built are from the ground and you fucking have zero right to do anything about that, it is our hard work and commitment and don’t forget that we have a stronger position in both the worlds”.

“You can sulk all you want son but do remember I still have American and Italian mafia in my hands, and I can hurt your precious mother and sister if I want to, you do know that I can do whatever I want if I wished right? don’t let it come to that. I know you are not impulsive, but your brother is. I know you are not stupid, and you won’t let any harm come to them, but remember I still call the shots”. Vittorio said in a threatening tone.

“I have no time to waste if you have something to tell me. Tell me, otherwise, I am hanging up”. Vic said hating the mere existence of his sperm donor.

“I called to tell you to ask Rafael to get married. It is about time for him, and he lost his mind and hurt Sadie. The poor woman was terrified for her life, your brother needs to get his affairs in order Son, listen to me and get married to her to secure our business further, besides her father is a major drug supplier for our business, and pissing him off won’t do any good”, said Vittorio.

Though Victor hated to agree to his father’s words, he was somewhat right. Making enemies in the mafia business is never good.

“I cannot tell Rafa whom to marry, it’s up to him to do whatever he wants. Besides, what makes you think that he will listen to me?” asked Vic.

“Oh! He will listen to you son. After all, he is your dear brother, right? You were the one that bought him into this business and contributed to the blood bath that he commits. He will always listen to you and looks up to you.  You both think that you are nothing like me son, but let me tell you, you both are like me in more ways than you know”, said Vittorio knowing he hit a nerve.

“We are nothing like you”, Victor said shouting at his phone. We would never abandon our family or the woman we love”. Vittorio chuckled knowing he got his son all angry and irritated. The man was a demon in human skin, he is a womanizer and held many whore houses and businesses, he married Vic and Rafa’s mother, but he was never faithful to her and left her for another woman leaving his family behind. This broke his mother’s heart, and the woman lost her mind ever since. She is very fragile and the men in that family are very protective of their women making sure they never get hurt. Vic is a one-woman man and would never cheat on Maya after seeing his mother’s mental state.

“I will talk to him, but if he says no, I am not asking him twice”, said Vic not wanting to prolong the conversation further with this despicable man.

After hanging up, Victor’s thoughts went to the first time when his mother was begging his father not to leave them. Vic and Rafa were young, but they were old enough to understand what was going on and why their mother is begging their father not to leave them.

Vic and Rafa suffered a lot due to the lack of a father figure in their life. They stayed in Italy for a while after that and Victor being the mastermind stayed in touch with his father. He made his father believe that he still loved him and wanted to stay in touch with him until he can be strong enough to escape from his father’s clutches. He knows his sperm donor holds power in Italy and to survive they needed support, even though they hated to be with their father, it was the only way they could keep his family alive. Rafael aware of this never questioned his brother and always loved him except for that one fateful night.

Vittorio having no sons from the woman he left their mother for, decided to show Victor the ropes of his business and Mafia world. Both Victor and Rafael slowly started to take Vittorio’s clients and established themselves as business magnets and mafia dons. When they were capable, they moved from Italy and set foot in America, and in time they took over the American mafia and have been strong ever since. But the brothers are not fools, they know that their father still holds power in the mafia in both America and Italy. The man still had loyal supporters that can do anything for him. He has a political hold in Italy and some in America too, strong enough to bend the governments to his will. Vic and Rafael had been long planning to kill their father, but his existence could hurt their mother and sister and he will always be a danger to them. They wanted to kill him but were waiting for the right opportunity to strike, unplanned murders could lead to more problematic circumstances. Victor thought this marriage might be the right time to do it.