The next days was the most brutal and fucked up experience Jas had ever endured.
The after effects of the drug were so bad that he lay in bed for two straight days, doing nothing. He didn't even want to turn to his other side because everything hurt, and he was scared he would throw up.
Hector, on the other hand, was only out of it for half a day, maybe because he had already done White Magic and Greenweed before. Of course, separately. But maybe his body already knew what was coming.
That was exactly why Jas, who was practically dying from the after effects, let Hector handle whatever needed to be done on his own.
So, basically, for a day, Hector beca the boss.
To the others, they just said Jas had caught so nasty virus or sothing. They believed it, or at least his mother and Charlotte did who was crying beside his bed all day, convinced he was going to die. Which, honestly, just annoyed him more. But this is what happens when you have a daughter.
"Are you really sure about this?" Hector asked, staring at Jas, who looked like soone in the half-stage of turning into a zombie.
His eyes were bloodshot, his face pale, and he had literally no strength in his body.
"Yeah…"
"But it ans they might believe that—"
"Hector…" Jas slowly tilted his head to the side. "Just fucking go and do what you need to do."
Hector kept staring at him, still unable to believe it. He was excited but also felt the weight. He was the underboss, but he had never stepped into Jas' place, even when he was in coma, Hector just stopped everything waiting for him to get well.
But now, Hector Bellini, the underboss of the Bellini family, beca the acting boss.
For a day.
And for so reason, he felt like a fucking intern. His whole body was shaking like it was his first day on the job.
Maybe it was because of the misconception people had about his role.
To most, the underboss of the family ant they were just one step away from becoming the boss. The one who would take over if sothing big happened. The one who would inherit the family.
The underboss handled the business the boss ordered him to.
Well, that part was kind of true because Jas almost always told Hector about his plans and what the next step would be.
But even if Jas called Hector the underboss, it never really felt that way.
Hector's role in the family felt more like an operative leader. He is the one handling the trafficking, the production, the trading, and, most importantly, the money.
The money laundering, the transfers through shell companies, the offshore bank accounts, hundreds of millions, sotis billions, went through Hector. Through his n. Through his associates.
And this was exactly why Jas wanted a clearer hierarchy, because everything was so mixed up in bullshit.
At the top stands Jas as the family boss. That is clear to everybody.
What isn't clear was where his mother stood.
She clearly enjoys the money, even if she never admits it. She is living her best life, even if her son died. But her position in the family?
That is a mystery to many. So they just started calling her The Mother. A simple yet powerful na, Mother of the Bellini Family.
So there is Jas at the top. And maybe, beside him, his mother.. But without any official criminal connection.
Below Jas cos Hector, the underboss of the family. Outsiders, even the agencies, might assu that Bella and Ferucci are directly under Jas. But no. Before them, there are others.
These people don't outrank Bella and Ferucci. They never could. But they work for Hector, and they are so of the closest players to the family.
They are the ones who handle the money, count the money, and launder the money. And when there is too much cash, they convert it into assets. Houses, gold, cars… anything money could buy.
This is the secret Jas didn't know about.
He actually has a luxury car garage with 34 cars sitting in a hangar, just because they needed to spend the money.
There are twenty people working on this, day and night. They are nicknad 'The Bankers'. It might seem like a small number for handling that much cash, but every single one of them has the right connections to make it work.
They are among the most valuable mbers of the family, because without them, none of this would be possible. After Hector and the Bankers, cos Bella and Ferucci.
Bella's the one going after reporters, making sure every piece of news about the Bellini family that leaks out gets buried.
Ferucci? He doesn't really care about any of that. He barely cares about his own n. The whole "bossing people around" thing isn't for him. He just likes to cause pain. He's the personal interrogator.
And beyond them, there are smaller group leaders.
With all of this in mind, it's safe to say that Jas, as the boss, never really does much. Everything is done by the people under him.
The only thing he ever does is make the plans, which he shares with Hector. After hearing them, Hector does his best to carry them out with the people under him, making sure things happen exactly how Jas wants.
This is exactly why he tells Hector to redo the whole hierarchy, because, to so, it might seem like Jas is just a puppet and Hector's the one actually pulling the strings. Of course, if anyone ever said that, or even started gossiping about it, they wouldn't live more than a few hours.
Because nobody questions Jas.
Not out of fear, but out of respect.
In their eyes, whether it's the Bankers, the last soldier, or so low level worker in the jungle, Jas is soone deeply embedded in their lives. In their hearts. They owe him everything. Because he gives them sothing they can hold on to. The work. The money that cos with it.
But most of all, safety.
They know that if anything happens, Jas will be there.
And it beca even clearer after the attack on him.
The bodyguards who died?
Their families got a huge sum of money. Even their funerals were paid for by Jas. Because that's what it ans to be under him.
Jas wants to be like Lauci Gabbin. He wants people to love him, not just out of fear, but genuinely love him. But it already happened when he stepped into this world.
The mont people started to follow him, they did it out of respect and love because he wasn't like the other mafia bosses.
He isn't the one shouting orders at them like dogs. He isn't the one who'll kill them for making even the smallest mistake. He isn't the one who pays lower wages than a legitimate job.
No, Jas Bellini is different from them. He pays good money, even for the lowest person. Even the workers respect him. The ones that work with deadly chemicals, they do the job because they get good money, and they know that Jas respects them, just like they respect him.
This is how the tale of Jas Bellini began.
That's why the word spread like wildfire in the underworld. That's why people ca to work for him, for the money and the respect they got for what they did.
And this is exactly why nobody ever dares to betray him.
Because Jas gives them sothing. Not just money, not just safety, but a place where they belong. This is the difference.
Other mafia bosses see their n as disposable. But Jas? Jas makes them feel irreplaceable. They carry his na, respect him, and trust him.
Because Jas Bellini didn't just build a mafia family...he built a kingdom.
And in his kingdom, betrayal is an impossibility. No one can turn their back on Jas, because doing so ans turning their back on everything they've built, everything they've earned.
Jas Bellini has created sothing no one can easily destroy, a loyalty so deep, so unshakable that questioning it is a sin.
This is about creating a legacy. And legacy, Jas knows, isn't sothing you build with blood and bones alone, it's sothing you build with respect, with trust, and with the understanding that no matter where soone cos from, no matter their past, they can always find a place in his kingdom.
And in that kingdom, loyalty is worth more than money.
This is what Jas Bellini built, this is how the hierarchy works.
But most importantly, this is why Hector is freaking out. Not because he's scared, but because now he understands what it ans to be at the top, what it ans to have so many people's faith and loyalty, that even a misstep, a miscalculation, can cause sothing big.
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