Kapitel 29: Stay away
Paolo sat down at the head of the table glowering at the both of them, at least someone else was not happy with how close the both of them were sitting, Camilla thought to herself. She looked around, Ferrante hadn't arrived yet, she was eager to see how the poison was working.
"Ferrante isn't here yet, was he informed about the meeting?" Antonio asked.
"Yes, I called him, his wife picked it up and assured me that he would be here" Paolo replied.
"Silvana?" Dante asked.
"Yes, Silvana, unless he has another wife, I am not aware of" Paolo replied sarcastically.
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Camilla looked between the two of them, they were both angry, she hoped they wouldn't fight.
"I am just saying that it's highly unusual for Ferrante to give Silvana his personal line to pick up his phone calls" Dante said.
"So are you trying to say that i am lying?" Paolo asked.
"Boys, enough arguments, let's wait five more minutes, if Ferrante isn't here, we start the meeting without him, okay?" Paula said.
"Okay" they both replied.
Camilla rolled her eyes as Paula played peacemaker, she was willing to bet that Paula was partially responsible for the deterioration of the friendship between Dante and Paolo.
The door opened and Ferrante entered inside the room accompanied by Silvana. Camilla took one look at Ferrante and knew the poison was working. He looked drained and tired, they were dark circles underneath his eyes.
"Ferrante, are you okay?" Antonio asked.
"Yes, just tired, that's all" Ferrante replied as Silvana helped him get into his seat and sat down beside him.
"You shouldn't have come if you were sick" Dante told him.
"It's okay, Silvana here will help me out today and subsequently she will be replacing me in the other meetings" Ferrante replied.
The rest of the heads looked at each other in surprise.
"Uhm, are you sure?" Antonio asked.
"Yes, I am sure, or is there a problem?" he asked them.
"No, not at all, there is no problem" Antonio replied.
"Let the meeting start" Paolo said in an attempt to diffuse the emotion in the room.
"So what is the reason for this meeting?" Ferrante asked.
"It has been quite some time since we sent Valerie to the Vitale family and since then we have heard nothing from him" Paolo started.
"He is still alive, we are monitoring his signal" Dante said.
"Yes, his signal shows he is alive but it doesn't tell us about what state he is, if he is injured or imprisoned" Antonio said.
"My warehouse was attacked some days ago and I have no idea who did it, the only people who knows about this warehouse are members of the alliance, and Valerie happens to be one of the people who knows about this warehouse" Paolo said.
"So what are you insinuating? That my brother is responsible for the burning of your warehouse" Dante asked.
"Yes, it's what I am insinuating? Who knows what information he has given out to that Vitale family?" Paolo answered.
"Shut your mouth, Valerie would never do that, unlike you, he respects the alliance" Dante replied.
"The Vitale family burned down my secret warehouse and Valerie who knows about this warehouse is currently with them. What else do you expect me to think?"
"What if it's someone else using the name of the Vitale family so they could frame my brother" Dante countered.
The room was filled with tension at this point. Paolo and Dante were glaring at each other with deep hatred.
"Paolo enough! Accusing Dante without evidence like this isn't right" Paula said as she tried to mediate peace between the both of them.
"Leave his side immediately and come here, he can't be trusted" Paolo said as he glared at Dante.
"I guess between the both of us, we both know who can't be trusted, who is the real betrayer here" Dante said as he glared back at Paolo.
"Enough, the both of you. Quarelling like this won't help matters" Antonio said.
"He started it by accusing my brother falsely" Dante said as he pointed at Paolo.
"Paolo should have worded his accusations better but Dante you have to admit that there is an iota of truth in his accusations, your brother is part of us and he knows about our secret warehouses, business, armouries and all the rest. If more attack keep happening by the Vitale family then we will have to assume that Valerie is the one giving out this information" Antonio said.
"But why would Valerie do that? Valerie would never betray the alliance" Dante replied.
"Well he might not be doing it out of his freewill, he might be tortured or coerced to do so. Eventually we will have to confront them ourselves if this go on. But for now there will be no fighting or quarelling among us" Antonio told them.
"Yes Antonio" they replied.
The meeting went on as they discussed other matters, Dante was furious. He had never been this furious in a while. How dare they? How dare they accuse Valerie of betrayal. Valerie had voluntarily gone to the enemy's camp for them and this was the thanks he got from them.
His fists was shaking in rage as he glared at Paolo, that bastard! that slimey pathetic bastard had dared to accuse his brother of betrayal.
He felt someone grab his hand from behind and squeeze it reassuringly. He looked back and it was Camilla. He let her hold his hand, he feared that if she let go, he would do something he would regret.
The meeting ended and Dante stood up immediately so he could leave, he couldn't stand to be around this people anymore.
"Dante, let's talk privately" Antonio told him.
Dante reluctantly went to meet him after telling Camilla and Geremia to wait in the car for him.
Camilla and Geremia went out to wait by the car for Dante.
"Camilla, I will be back with the car just wait here for me and don't get into any trouble." Geremia told her and went to bring the car.
As Camilla was standing waiting for Geremia, Silvana approached her.
"Hey" she whispered conspiratorially.
"Hi" Camilla whispered back. The two of them looked at each other and then burst into laughter.
They hushed their laughter quickly before they attracted attention to themselves.
"So, how is it?" Camilla asked Silvana.
"I did as you said, at first he started having nightmares and then he started hallucinating and seeing things that aren't there. We called the doctor, the doctor examined him and said nothing was wrong, he just needed rest. I have been by his side since then comforting him and playing the role of a dutiful wife, I have also been whispering thoughts to him in his vulnerable state, soon I will turn him against his mother and my son will be brought back." Silvana revealed.
"You know when you had misgivings about this plan at the beginning, I thought you would never go through with it, now you are doing quite well, don't you feel guilty anymore?" Camilla asked.
"I used to feel guilty but not anymore, I suffered abuse and neglect from Ferrante, whatever he is getting now, he deserves it" Silvana said.
"Well keep it up but remember not to arouse suspicion, okay?"
"Okay" Silvana replied.
They heard a flowery laughter and turned to see that it was Dante and Paula.
"Is it just me or is her laughter aggravating?" Camilla asked Silvana.
"You dont hold much affection for her, do you?" Silvana asked.
"Hell no, I just met her and she already annoys me." Camilla replied.
"That wouldn't be your jealousy speaking now, would it?"
"Jealous? I am not jealous at all" Camilla said.
"I think you are" Silvana insisted.
"I am not" Camilla said.
Dante was walking towards them after freeing himself of Paula.
"Hello ladies" he said as he gave Camilla an unimpressed look.
"Hello, I was just taking my leave" Silvana said as she left immediately.
Geremia came back and Dante faced him.
"Where are you coming from?" he asked.
"I went to get the car and the team" Geremia replied.
"Why didn't you take her with you?" he point at Camilla.
"I didn't see the need of letting her walk when she could just wait here for me" Geremia replied.
"Well, maybe the fact that she is a trouble magnet is enough need to have let her walk with you" Dante said, he entered the car and slammed the door hard.
Geremia looked at her in confusion, "what did you do now?" he asked her.
"nothing" she replied innocently.
"hmmm, I don't believe you, get in the car now" he told her.
She nodded and entered the car, it was a quiet car ride back to the house. Camilla knew that Dante was boiling with anger and he was just waiting to erupt. She made up her mind to stay far away from him while he was in this mood.
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