Charlatan Union

Chapter 95

Aleksandr took his glass from Siddharth. The man gulped his scotch in one go, letting out a groan before exhaling his breath. The man looked at Chaya who smiled and nod her head.

Chara gripped Preethi and Raghav's hand as she eyed the man intently, sitting at the edge of the seat.

" 26 years ago, Adriano and I stepped into this business. Our father was considered to be one of the major Don in Italian Mafia...Our mother was from Romania, this infact is her ancestral property. My grandfather knew the Duke of Romania and in exchange to establish his business here, there was a marriage pact. However our parents hard got along, Padre has his share of mistress and mafia women in the base while mother holed away in this fortress." Aleksandr said with a chuckle.

" Aleksandr was not suppose to inherit this business. Our eldest brother Mateo was incharge of the business as he learnt from Padre himself while our sister and us of course stayed with maman and Padre visits occasionally," Adriano said and sipped his drink.

" Mateo was injured while trying to safe Padre. It was a civil gang war and the police...the bastards made us fight each other and then eliminate the wounded among us," Adriano spat, clenching his fist around the glass.

" What does that have to do with Chara's mother ?" Raghav asked causing Adriano to shake his head while Aleksandr exhaled his breath.

" You will know soon. As Adriano said, Mateo and father were injured and they cuperated here while we began avenging them. Family is who we choose and who choosed to serve us...that was Padre's motto. Adriano and I went to Italy. We used mama's wealth and began procuring legal business and under that guise, the black market of mafia dealings continued. Padre succumbed into his injuries and he became bed ridden while Mateo's injury made him a recluse. That was the time where Mateo went berserk, he was the rightful leader and his mind and assistant poisoned him against me," Aleksandr said, closing his eyes as he exhaled his breath.

Chara licked her lower lips as she eyed the man who smiled softly and kissed his other daugther who went over and comforted him.

" Mateo began asserting himself in the mafia dealings, like my shadow...I was the front face of the mafia while Aleksandr the front face of our normal dealings. We were a puppet while he pulled the strings. We deal in drugs, weapons and embezzlement but he wanted to trade in something else." Adriano said glancing at Preethi whose eyes went wide.

" Flesh trade," Preethi whispered out loud while Ashok leaned agaisnt the counter, his mind placing all the informations together.

" During Padre's time, the mafia doesn't mix with prostitution...we only serve to protect them and their establishment. They pay us money if they set their house in our jurisdiction. Mateo however got it into his head that the mafia needs to take over the control...Sighs flesh trade is a large money making business si...Prostitution and organ trading," Adriano said.

" We were against it but Mateo was adamant...He said we will bring revolution here, a wider choices...exotic, that was his words right ?" Adriano said with a snort as he looked at Aleksandr.

" Exotic indeed, looks at my gems," Aleksandr said caressing Chaya's cheek with a small smile.

" No! Your...Omg!" Preethi said as she stood up abruptly looking at Adriano before glancing at Chara and then looking straight at Aleksandr.

Siddharth smirked as he gulped his whiskey while Ashok's eyes widened in realisation. Raghav and Chara frowned as they watched Preethi.

" Preethi sit down," Raghav began when Preethi shook her head.

" Wait Raghav! No...so that's the woman you stopped from branding the mafia tattoo...Chara's mother ? She was supposed to be in the flesh trade ?" Preethi said as she stared at Aleksandr and Adriano.