THE MAFIAN'S BLACK DIAMOND

more confused she got about the incident that had h

it for a while and go visit her un

d in front of a rundown apartment building and pressed her index finger to the bell on the smashed box Marked ‘Diamante.’ She lo

ew by heart to be her uncle’s yel

he animosity dripping from her uncle’s tone,

, what you doing her

unded and Mackenzi

ed with the tightest pair of boxers. At the end of the

not warned you not to come on here? Your father would

a. Besides, father is in pris

his nose bridge, “Ma

mon Uncle Lucca, I am not a little kid anymore... you always push me away every time, like I do not mean anyth

princess. Come on in. You kn

ir as she settled with a small secret smi

control, she took in the utter mess her Uncle’s one-roomed apartment was in. The pillow cases were strewn about and every corner wa

my new aunt?” Mack asked trying to hide

woman and her uncle had been doing here before she interrupted them and it made her stomach queasy. Mack noticed that the lady stood still with her clothes under her armpits and heels on one hand as she looked furtively around the unkempt room. Macken

er out of his apartment as he slammed the door loudly behind him. Mackenzie could hear the wom

e took a long sniff. Mack just rolled her eyes as she gingerly sat on the edge of his bed trying to avoid making much con

as he savored the hig

ll I am done with what I cam

Mackie, I

nd cleared her throat,

because he started yelling, ‘what the fuck Mackie, why would yo

hink you are over reacting

eyes at her, “

want to offend her uncle by telling him

nly g

box from you.” Her voice was

s his eyes darted unfo

out, Uncle Lucca. Your brother

anymore!” He sn

’t wanna use his words exactly so uncle Lucca, just ha

ained

t sleazy drug addicted motherfucker to give my box back or I wo

kin was tingling with nervous tension. And then her uncle threw his head

m. He didn’t close the door and Mack watched as he pressed a palm against the tiled wall and a tile that had

e tile back in place. He stopped in front of Mackenzie and shoved the

Mackenzie, “I think for the firs

re you

ght of her words as she said them s

just as Mackenzie was trying to put a name on it, it vanished an

d it on, tuning up the volume, a cue for Mackenzie to take her l

the newsflash on the television and her mouth s

building and she stood up from the bed to grab the remote control and her fingers flew over

rtive so the government has issued out a bounty of two hundred thousand Euros to whoever can bring him to justice. Warnings from the Fe

t Black diamond drug cartel is the biggest drug supplier in the whole of Italy and even internationally, Alessandro who is bel

el Tommaso last seen at the Nostra sup

uddenly kicked off the television from the table it was

he fired at him at the same ti

aly now, Mackenzie.”

at

ce you stubborn girl

then…” Mack started to say but her

hat motherfucker I re

e called softly, “

around her upper arms tightly and they f

a... You should get some rest af

… if that is what you mean

to sleep. I’d come check on you some other time.” To soothe him, she hugged him till the taut

ought was i

ho had helped her that day in prison an