Killer Queen

Chapter 10

When I wake up Ciero is still sitting on the couch watching movies, he looks at me and I see the deep circles under his eyes
"bed now" I order him
"but" he begins but stopping realizing it's no use to argue and he huffs off to bed
I go to my apartement before I go to the hotel so I can change into different clothes.

When I get to the hotel I look at the bulletin board where all the new contracts for this week are, my heart stops when I look at the list

1. Tom Hardy
2. Marco Rossi
3. Anna Rigio
4. Albert Loughty
5. Sierra Marn
6. Weston James
7. Alice Bambino
8. Sven Ricci
9. Holly Main

There's only nine names on the list this week but I think Al's name is number four on the list. I take the list from off of the bulletin board and go back to my apartement and text Al a picture of the list and he replies with a single word
"fuck"
"what did you do" I ask
"It's complicated"
"well I would assume so seeing as someone wants you dead for it. So what did you do"
"when we met on the train and I was going to a family reunion" he begins and I nod "I still went and the reunion was at my brothers house and I might have stolen his wifes rings to sell them so I could get back at him for all the horrible things he did to me over the years and I guess he figured out it was me so he's trying to kill me"
"he's going after you for a couple of rings?"
"they were expensive rings"
"how expensive" I ask
"I took seven of them and got almost twenty grand for selling them"
"holy shit, how rich is your brother"
"doctor rich"
"is he a doctor"
"a super obnoxious one"
"damn"
"so what're you going to do"
"I'll think about it but lay low for the time being"
"obviously"
"I'll text you when I figure something out" I say turning my phone off.

I spend the rest of the day trying to figure out a plan for Al maybe if he just leaves or I take the contract and fake his muder, that would work! if I just get a vile of his blood not killing him but then he just has to leave Rome and maybe Italy
I call Al and tell him my plan
"that actually might work, but where would I go" he asks
"anywhere but Italy, you could go to north america, africa, south america almost anywhere in europe"
"it is a pretty good plan but we need to think about execution, when, where and how"
"I think I've got that covered let's meet somewhere"
"Ight, where" he says
"in the woods there's a clearing in the woods, bring some paper"
"okay" he says "see you in twenty"
I hang up and go as fast as I can to make sure if Ciero is still in the cave or if his car is still there and sure enough when I get there and go downstairs Ciero is still sleeping like a baby, I leave him there and decide to wake him after I deal with the Al situation.

I meet up with Al in the clearing like I said and he brought the paper and pens like I had told him so I start writing out my plan.
"where would you want to go most" I ask Al
"I don't know"
"you better decide soon because you can go anywhere in the world"
"I still have some time to figure it out"
"not to long" I say "unless you want to get killed"
"well I don't want that" he says jokingly
"I feel like Canada would be a good fit for you, how much do you mind the cold?"
"I'm ok with it I guess, and your right Canada was one of the places I was thinking about more"
"so should we buy you a oneway ticket to Canada?" I ask
"let's do it"
"you will be a Canadian soon so I will help you study for the next week"
"wait" he says "study for what?"
"your Canadian citizenship, you need to know various things about Canada just like any other citizenship tests. you do them in every country"
"oh" he says surprised "well at least I'll have help"
"I'll print off a list of whats probably going to be on the test"
"thanks"
"I'm gonna go now, see you later" I say walking towards the cave.

I open the door and walk down to the room Ciero's sleeping in
"get up" I say
he grunts and rolls over trying to ignore me, I go over to where the kitchen is and grab a large metal pot and a laddle,
"get up" I say again but he just grunts again "ok you give me no choice" I say banging the bottom of the pot with the laddle above his head.
he reaches to grab a pillow but I yank it away before he can continuing to bang the pot until he finaly gets up.
"you can't sleep all day or your sleep schedule will get fucked up permentently" I tell him
"fine, I'm gonna go have a shower"
"and I'll be gone when you get out" I reply