Betraying Giovanni

Chapter Twenty - Three: Mafia Lovers

Tonight, was the night and Chanel along with her best friend Kat were patiently waiting for their men to leave. Sitting on the patio by the pool enjoying glasses of wine, while they talked about clothes and other female stuff.

"Ladies, we have a mission to attend to, we won't be back till morning," Gio says putting on his leather gloves.

Kat looks up at him and stands up, "Come back home to me baby."

And she gives him a deep passionate kiss, "I will bambino, and promise you'll behave?"

"I won't make a promise that I won't keep," she giggles, Gio playfully squeezes her ass and gives her another kiss before walking back into the house.

Vincent then walks out, "Chanel, come here amore."

She stands up and walks to him.

"I love you," he says taking her hands into his, giving them a gentle kiss, " More than you can imagine."

Chanel is tearful, "I love you too."

Vincent places his hand behind her neck, pushing her head so he can kiss her forehead, "I'll be back tomorrow morning."

"I'll wait for you," she says.

Lies!

He kisses her one more time before walking back into the house, Chanel turns around to face Kat and wipes her tears away.

"I know this tough babe, but you need to be strong, our mission still isn't over, and we have to figure out a way out of this."

Chanel nods, "I know, I think we should just call the Agency and tell them everything."

Kat shakes her head, "No we'll get fired and they'll go to jail. Do you really want that?"

Kat frowns, "Of course not."

"Good."

They sit quietly as they listen to the cars as they live on the premises. Both women look at each other, they were second-guessing themselves, could they really betray the men they loved, if they did, they would become criminals, and fugitives and that's both what they wanted, not at all.

"We have to hand them over, " Kat blurts out.

Chanel's eyes widen, "What are you crazy?"

"We don't have a choice, Julie."

That was the first time Kat was out of character.

"Sshhh, don't say it out loud," Chanel whispers harshly.

Kat rolls her eyes, "I'm sorry but we have to hand them over, I don't want to go to jail or spend the rest of my life on the run."

She made a valid point.

Chanel sighs, "Okay fine, what do you suggest we do?"

Kat goes on to explain their first plan, call the Italian Federal Police and have them on standby and then they do the crackdown and take them in.

"Sounds simple enough."

Kay nods, "We know damn well that they won't stay in jail for long and they will come back for us we just have to make sure during that time, we've resigned from the FBI and we have other jobs outside of the FBI."

Chanel hums in agreement.

"Let's go get ready."

They both leave the pool area and walk back into the house, rushing upstairs to their room. They get dressed, both tying their hair into a ponytail and no makeup, they step outside of their room and leave the house, fully armed and ready.

They get into the car; Kat pulls out her phone and laptop and starts communicating with the Italian Police.

Chanel was left to drive, she was nervous, to say the least, she was about to betray the man she loved and have him arrested and for what reason because it was her job and she had to do her job.

They drive to the harbour, and they see their cars parked not far from the dock.

"Kat, we can't do this."

"Look, I know this is hard, but we worked too damn hard to give up now. After this, we can resign and walk away from all this."

"I know."

They silently wait for the police to arrive and after 10 minutes they arrive, and they park their SUVs beside their car. They both step out of the car and wait for everyone to get out of their cars.

A tall muscular man steps out of the car, he was bold, with caramel skin, and he was wearing a black t-shirt and military pants with black combat boots.

"Hello, my name is Johnson, I'll be leading this raid today, this is a stealth mission, meaning we cannot be seen or heard," he explains, "Everyone should have their weapons on hand and have back up, we will move in teams of three, so make sure that you stick together."

Everybody teams up and Chanel and Kat team up with Johnson.

"Right, now let's go, remember, don't be seen and don't be heard" he repeats, and they make their way down to the dock. They quietly make their way to the tanks, hiding behind them and around them, Chanel spots Vincent standing near the dock with Gio, the ship they were waiting for was going to be opened within the next 10 minutes.

"When did they say they were opening the ship?" Johnson asks.

"In a few minutes, there is a meeting happening in there," Kat replies.

Johnson raises his hand to give a signal.

"It's about to go down," he whispers and both women nod.

They anxiously waited for the doors to open, everything was moving in slow motion for Chanel, the waiting seemed ten times longer, her heart rate was picking up and so was her breathing. She feels a hand on her shoulder, she turns around to find Kat, who gives her a warm smile.

"Everything is going to be okay, " she whispers.

This was the ultimate betrayal, how is everything going to be okay, after this?

She takes a deep breath before letting it out, then she hears the doors open, she looks ahead and the door is lowering.

This is it, Chanel, this is now or never, this is your do-or-die moment.

Seconds later the first gunshot is fired.

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