On the outskirts of Palermo, Sicily, by the seaside, there was a luxurious villa where a man in his forties, with black hair, black eyes, yet a nose even larger and more prominent than those of the French, was lounging.
This middle-aged man was a typical Sicilian Italian, and he was currently the second-in-command of the Mattio Family, Amore.
He was comfortably lying on a wicker chair, crossing his legs, smoking a cigar.
The bigwigs of the Mafia Organization loved cigars; this was the finest, imported from Cuba, very aromatic and spicy, each one could be smoked for two or three hours.
In those two or three hours, he would simply let himself think quietly about what to do next.
His gaze was fixed on the beautiful scenery of the diterranean Sea in the distance.
It could be said that for over twenty years, he followed Mattio, always fighting for the family, rising to beco the second-in-command, and then watching Mattio ascend to beco the Godfather of the Mafia.
However, he didn’t follow Mattio to enjoy that glory but stayed with the Mattio Family.
Perhaps it was precisely because of Mattio’s departure that his ambition and greed started to slowly grow.
Moreover, with Miss Helena not interfering with the family’s affairs, he was able to expand significantly, placing most of his confidants and family mbers within the family.
Previously, most of the core mbers of the Mattio Family, including administrators, were all Mattio family mbers, but now over two-thirds belonged to his family mbers.
Amore believed that the Mattio Family would soon beco the Amore Family.
In this lifeti, he had no chance to ascend to the top, but he hoped to beco one of the most powerful among the eleven mbers of the Committee.
Of course, the main thing now was to beco the head of the family, only by truly becoming the head could he accomplish his goal.
While Amore was enjoying the taste of the cigar, a young man in a black suit approached and said, "Boss, there’s still no news about Miss Helena?"
Helena mysteriously disappeared over a month ago.
So people said she took a ship to leave for Sardinia, or even to France, while others thought she left Sicily for Paris or other places.
However, Amore’s investigations and those of the Sirio Family showed no news of Helena leaving Sicily; she should still be on the island.
Sicily is so large, but her exact whereabouts remained unclear after more than a month of searching.
Originally, for over twenty years following Mattio, Amore knew very well all the hideouts on Mattio’s stronghold in Sicily, mainly to evade the governnt officials, including police personnel, as well as escape assassination by enemies.
However, all those places had been checked, but there was no sign of Helena, not even her maid and those two bodyguards.
It was as if these people had vanished.
Could they have really left Sicily in advance?
But now Mattio had been injured and placed under house arrest by the other ten mbers of the Committee in an underground chamber to recover, and Amore was aware of this.
Now, within the Mafia, so families hoped for Mattio’s death, others hoped he stayed alive, and so wanted him to disappear quickly.
So, Mattio had not died yet only because these families couldn’t confirm whether he was alive or dead.
Of course, the most crucial issue was that the successor as the next Godfather hadn’t been confird yet.
Besides, Mafia organizations in other countries also recognized Mattio’s status as the Godfather on the surface, so if Mattio suddenly died, other international Mafia organizations might co over to find out what happened.
Although Mafia organizations elsewhere also had their own Godfathers.
Amore took a deep puff of the cigar, flicked the ash into an ashtray, and said, "Helena must be found as soon as possible; this matter cannot drag on, I need to resolve the family’s internal conflicts quickly."
After the young man in the suit left, Amore took out his Nokia phone, made several calls, then left the rest of the unfinished cigar aside and walked along the seaside in the courtyard.
He understood that all this wealth and luxury initially ca from Mattio.
However, Amore felt this was not given by Mattio, but sothing he earned through his own efforts, even though this villa was a gift from Mattio.
Amore also knew he developed ambition and greed after seeing Mattio sitting alone as the Godfather, that feeling of being under one person but above thousands was what he pursued all his life.
Amore knew that a man cannot lack power, wealth, or beautiful won, and he believed that he would, in the future, be like Mattio, or even stronger than him.
Thus, Amore realized he was like a drawn bow with no turning back once the arrow shot forward.
He wouldn’t let Helena die; instead, he would use the family’s honor to force Helena to marry the eldest son of the Sirio Family, creating a marriage alliance between these two families, thus securing a place in the Committee.
Furthermore, the eldest son of the Sirio Family had a great chance of becoming the next Godfather, without a doubt, a marriage alliance between the two families was the best result.
As for Mattio, a playboy, although capable, at so unknown point Amore began to disdain this family head, and perhaps it was from that mont that Amore started nurturing thoughts of betrayal, ambition, and greed.
He felt if Mattio could beco the Godfather, since Mattio had relied on him to accomplish many tasks, he was more capable than Mattio, and even if he couldn’t reach the pinnacle in the Mafia Organization, why couldn’t he replace the Mattio Family with the Amore Family, or beco one of the eleven Committee mbers?
"The road can only continue," Amore said softly as he gazed at the distant diterranean Sea, "Mattio, it’s not that I have wronged you, but that you have lost to yourself and ."
His gaze grew more determined and appeared even more sinister.
Leaving the seaside, he got into an Alfa Roo.
In Sicily, even Italy, Mafia mbers’ favorite car was the Alfa Roo.
He intended to drive away from the villa to handle his affairs.
Just after Amore departed, a servant inside the villa took out a phone and said, "Amore just drove away from the villa."
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