Chapter 124 - One Hundred And Twenty-four.

"..broken ribs.."

"Yes..that Al.."

"Drugs found in.. blood.."

"Cleansing system..."

Alexis's eyes fluttered. They opened and closed according to their wish. They were trying their best to stay open but without any strength, it was difficult for them to do so. She was drained.

Alexis wanted to hear more. There were more people here now and she wanted to know what was happening. Why were they here? What were they doing?

She was catching words. But her mind was not catching them, it could not figure out what words were being thrown around. She tried to talk. Opening her mouth she muttered the words out, she didn't wait for someone to understand or to catch onto them. She just wanted to talk and tell them what had happened.

She kept on muttering, her eyes were trying to stay open with as much as they could but she knew that they would fall shut eventually. She had no strength. Was she even talking or was it her lips moving in a slow-motion?

With a heavy sigh, the remaining strength being used, she fell asleep.

But this time she was not expecting anything, especially not waking up.

She wanted nothing anymore.

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Angelo stood outside the operation theatre. The doors were closed. He knew that the doctors were trying their best to know what had happened. They were going to make sure that his wife was all patched up.

He took a seat on the waiting chairs kept outside of the operation theatre. No one of his family was informed. He had kept this under the wraps. His mother would know and so with his father but they would know this after Alexis would have been taken home. Before then nobody was going to be informed about her whereabouts. Just like everyone else, they were told that she was on a vacation as he was occupying new territories and broadening his business.

For a week or two, they all had been busy and no one had noticed Alexis's absence because she was not involved in the business. For them, she was at home, safe and sound but Angelo new where she truly was and in what conditions but it was alright. Everything would work out in the end like it was supposed to.

"How is she", he asked the doctor who had come out.

"Broken bones, assaulted and traumatized from all of that," to which Angela nodded and then looked up for strength.

"Call me as soon as she wakes up." He said and left.

He left but not before leaving people behind. Agatha was there and so was Liam and a few guards. He had made sure that no one breathes a word about regarding this matter. Andrew was driving to the headquarters office organisation. He had traitors to take care of and he had to make sure that he had set his dominance in Chicago.

"What does it look like," as soon as he entered, he asked the man he had left responsible. "are there acting as we want them to?"

Adriano nodded. "yes sir. They are killing their own thinking that they are traitors."

Angelo continued, "And our spies, what about them?"

"They have been communicating now Everyone is doubting the second in commands family. There would be some time but we are sure that he would be executed as well." He reported.

Angelo scoffed loudly. That was exactly what he wanted. He wanted the organisation to kill its own members and when it was at its weakest, he would strike. His men were ready for the attack and there was not much time left before they had to it carry out.

Chicago organisation was almost at its edge of destruction and the irony of it all was they lead their destruction themselves. It all had been planned out perfectly. Every member was under severe scrutiny and the boss could not trust anyone because the second in command was busted with the contact information of many other enemy organisations.

That was the best thing about criminal family organisations. You could never be too careful and as a matter of fact, they had not been careful.

"What comes next, boss, what do we prepare?"

"The next," Angelo said thoughtfully, "the next is wait. Wait for them to reach the peak and then strike. After that, it's a smooth slope make sure that we have a firm footing there which we would have to shift to Chicago."

Adriano nodded, "I should start looking for apartment buildings then."

Angelo glanced at him, "remember to do it discreetly. They should not know about any such purchases. Buy one building and start buying apartments around it so that we all are in the same area yet scattered."

"Under a false name?" The captain asked.

"Yes, they should not know that we are moving in or it won't take them a lot of time to figure out that we are behind the game."

Adriano laughed softly. "but for that, they would have to realise that is. They know that this is just traitors coming out in the open."

"Yes but not for long," they passed through the door of the weaponry and Angelo stopped there. He had to know if any more were needed.

"Mario," Angelo called the man out. As soon as Mario stepped out and nodded at Angelo with respect shining in his eyes and he started to question him.

"Are any more weapons needed? How is the supply going on, are the feds still on The docks?"

Mario was prepared to answer every question, "weapons are being distributed equally and with the at most caution. The feds are no longer surrounding the docks. They have changed their location to Chicago with the number of dead bodies found there and you can order the next batch in a week or two we will be needing it after the attack."

Patting his hand on Mario's shoulder, Angelo nodded at the given information, "alright come to me if you need more or for any other requirement."

Angelo walked to his office after the confrontation with Mario. He had lots of work today and Alexis in the hospital was a relief because no one would ever think that she was hidden there.

Then he died a number on his phone. It was time for war.

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At times my autocorrect corrects 'Angelo' for 'Anegles'.

The irony.