Chapter 8

• “What’s up cousin bro? I thought you don’t stay here anymore?”
• Luciano heard Macko call and cursed under his breath, he didn’t even know his useless cousin was still in the mansion, even though he just arrived the night before because he had something important to discuss with his grandfather, he wasn’t about to tell Macko that.
• “And you still stay here?”
• He said in a bored voice.
• “Laughable, you never change, this is why you are going to lose everything to me, you keep acting like you are all knowing and the boss when you are just a pawn that Don uses to get his dirty jobs done,”
• Mako said. Luciano couldn’t even take the man seriously when he was here trying to make him mad and all he succeeded to do was show just how stupid he was.
• “This is my problem with you, you act like everyone is below you and forget you are nothing without the family bane, if don decides to push you off, you do realize that you will be nothing right? Stop trying to act like you are a boss when you are nothing,”
• Macko let out.
• “As much as I don’t wanna break it to you, you leave me with no choice, let’s do a little rewind here Macko, aside from this family, I own my own flourishing hotel business, not to mention the casino or the transport service that is in my name, all built by me, let’s talk about you then? All you have going for you is that stupid real estate business that your dad gave to you that barely feeds you, you shouldn’t be speaking on me, worry about yourself,”
• Luciano fired at him, he hated showing off but the idiot was getting on his nerve by making it seem as if he was nothing without the family, heck, he got his first billion from his own company at the young age of twenty-three, no one speaks on him, his family name was important to him which is why he is still here.
• “Keep lying to yourself, we both know everything you have is sponsored, anyway, watch me take it all from you!”
• Macko said and walked away, Luciano shook his head, if Macko was his only problem then it would have been so easy to brush off, but he had bigger issues to deal with right now and one of them include an old nosy man who doesn’t know when to keep quiet, Luciano stood up and walked towards the main house, he needed to talk about it with his grandfather before he makes a decision.
• He met his grandfather with Macko, honestly didn’t want to have the conversation with Macko around but it was obvious that his grandfather wanted to get what he wanted, and putting Macko everywhere was his strategy to get that.
• “Don? I have something to discuss with you that I won’t want a third ear to hear, so if you don’t mind,”
• He said but his grandfather shook his head.
• “I am not going to listen to anything you have to say so long as it is not about the marriage,”
• “Don! This is important,”
• He let out in anger.
• “Don’t you dare raise your voice at me, just because you think you have power now doesn’t mean I can’t strip you of it, remember who the boss is here,”
• His grandfather fired back and Luciano bit hard on his tongue to prevent him from saying something bad, if they were really gonna talk about it, he did more for the family name than all the other generations of Dons before him.
• “As much as you won’t want to listen, Don, I am saying that this is important for the family, it is huge, you can’t say you don’t want to hear it,”
• Luciano tried again in a calmer voice.
• “Listen Mishka, the only thing I want to hear from that mouth of yours is that you are ready to take a bride, nothing else you say would make sense to me.”
• His grandfather responded, Luciano could feel Macko laughing silently and he so wanted to punch his face.
• “I am afraid that I can’t do that,”
• He responded.
• “What’s so hard in it? Even Macko was able to get a woman, how hard do you think it is to wife someone?”
• Don asked.
• “It is a matter of choice Don, this has nothing to do with if I can wife a woman or not, it's all about what I choose and I choose not to,”
• He responded, hating that he has to talk about this instead of the major threat that the family was already facing.
• “Mishka, get married and get serious if not, Macko here will be the head of this family, I can’t have a scarecrow lead my family,”
• His grandfather said. It pissed Luciano off that despite how hard he worked and how deserving of the title he was and what he has done for this family, all he takes his grandfather to want to deny him of what is rightfully his, is because he doesn’t want to keep one pussy, it was such a lousy thing to even think about, calling him a scarecrow cuz of a damn woman? No woman was worth calling his name for.
• “Don? You can’t make me do what I don’t want, you aren’t even in the best position to tell me about marriage since you failed at it,”
• Luciano fired at his grandfather, the man was unbelievably stubborn.
• “I never said you should be good at it, I said get married and if you are not going to do as I say, then don’t expect me to Favour you either, I am not giving away my castle to an irresponsible man,”
• His grandfather responded making his blood boil, how could he talk about being irresponsible when the most irresponsible person in their whole family was the one he planned on giving the family name and legacy to?
• He was a fool and Luciano wouldn’t hesitate to show him just how foolish Macko was, but his grandfather was making him out to be the perfect heir and Luciano hated it, he hated to be in a compromised position, hated that what he wanted wasn’t what his grandfather had in mind.
• All he wanted was to keep building the family name and putting their landmark there forever, not to be subjected to a marital facade that was all fake and unreal, he could get whatever woman he wants and he lose interest so quickly that he knew better than to punish both himself and said woman because he knew he would never be faithful to anyone, heck he couldn’t even be faithful to himself.
• “Mishka, if you would just do as I say, then we won’t be having these long talks, how hard is it to do the right thing?”
• “Getting married is not a right thing, it is pure nonsense,”
• He responded.
• “That nonsense makes you a responsible man, no one will take a man who can’t even keep a woman seriously, and no one would want you to be their boss if you are going to not be able to control a woman, I am not going to take you seriously and no one here will,”
• His grandfather said in a firm voice.
• Luciano let out a loud sigh, knowing that arguing with his grandfather won’t work and that his time spent trying to convince his grandfather that marriage wasn’t such a great thing and it was all a scam, and trying to make him change his decision was useless. ‘Fine,’ He signed, “I don’t care what you do, if you decide to give up our family name to this loser, then do it, I don’t care,”
• “Watch your words cousin, I won’t let you insult me,”
• Macko said and Luciano looked straight into his eyes, trying to express everything he couldn’t put into words.
• “I said what I said and I will say it again, you are a loser and you don’t even have the right to be here if Don wasn’t trying to use you to get to me,”
• Luciano fired at him, he could feel Macko boiling up with anger but they both knew Macko won’t stand a chance with him, he never had and he never will, even Macko knows why his grandfather was doing this.
• “I don’t want you both fighting, Mishka, I am giving you a month to get a woman or I am going to change my heir,”
• His grandfather said in a dismissing voice and got up and walked out, Luciano sat there feeling angry, all this will end if he just break out from this family, maybe he should do that, but he knew damn well that if he decides to break out, of course, a lot of people will come with him but also a lot will turn against him and he didn’t want to start a war, especially not with his family. What’s more? He would never be satisfied and fulfilled if the legacy of his family is passed to a loser like Macko who is sure to bring it down to nothing, even though he didn’t like or welcome the thought of being married, a little idea formed in his head and it revolves around a certain damsel…