E.X.O.D.U.S (A Mafia Tale)✔️

18

I stayed at the back seat while Dutch continued to drive the car towards our destination

"Last I heard he lived around here. I really hope he is here" Dutch mumbled taking a sharp right turn. Hope?

"We have to give it a shot" I said mostly to myself than him "How old should he be? I hope he is still up for war?"

"Hm.. probably 40, or more" he said with a shrug

Finally, we arrived at a neighborhood. It was deserted and dirty. There were no cars passing the street and all the houses except one were incomplete

"Emilia said he was a general, how come he lives here?" I asked as we stepped out of the car looking around with my disapproving eyes

"He was stripped of everything Elizabeth" he replied in a duh tone

"No, no don't call me that" I said. No one calls me that except him and it felt weird hearing someone else call me that

"Oh, I am sorry. " He quickly apologized

I nodded "It's okay"

We walked over to the only completed house on the street and knocked on the gate. A few seconds later, a housekeeper opened the gate

"Hello, are you lost?" She asked her eyes alternating between Dutch and I. She looked too masculine for a man but she had beautiful eyes and a sharp nose.

"No, we are here to see Maxim" I said watching her face. Her eyes widened slightly before she relaxed

"I don't know who that is, excuse me" she said trying to close the gate

"No no no, please tell him that we have what he needs" Dutch said holding the gate with his hands

"What? What do you have?" She asked still looking at us with suspicions laced in her eyes

"Just tell him it's concerning the gangs and illegal activities. We have information"  I said picking my words carefully

She nodded before she raised her hand to her hair and took off her wig, and I was faced with a man!!! A man!!

"Wait, what?" Dutch choked looking at me in shock

"Come in" she..sorry, he said his masculine voice surfacing. Are you sure we can trust this guy?

Dutch walked in and I followed while Maxim locked his gate.

"Who are you people?" He asked when we all sat at his porch

"I am Liz and he's Dutch" I explained "I understand that you were once hunting down the bad citizens of Russia"

He nodded taking a sip of his wine "Yes, I was but I was ordered to stop"

Dutch downed his own wine in a go "exactly and that's why we are here"

He looked at me "Okay..."

"I was taken from Ireland when I was 13 years old and sailed on a ship called D'ETAT. The Russians that kidnapped me gave me over to ..."

Maxim stood up "You both should come with me" he said cutting me off

We followed behind him as he led us into his house. Nature like... It wasn't white, not that I am complaining but white was a beautiful color, no?

We walked into a room and he switched on the light. Different newspapers, articles, headers and all were pinned to the wall and different colors of thin thread were passed over each drawing