บท 24: Motive
The party was going on in full swing when Ferrante entered. Camilla heaved a big sigh of relief when she saw that Silvana was with him.
She waited until Ferrante was engaged in conversation with Dante and the others and then she beckoned to Silvana.
Silvana walked up to her and the two retreated to a hidden corner.
"You got my message." Camilla said excitedly.
"Yes, I did. I was shocked when my maid told me, how were you able to send it?" Silvana asked.
"Your maid is a close friend to madame, the head maid here so I told her to pass the message on to her." Camilla explained.
"and you are sure that Dante won't know about it?" Camilla asked her.
"I am sure, I helped the madame so she is my ally now, she owes me so she is going to keep her mouth shut."
"Okay, so where is it? Where you able to make it?" Silvana asked her.
"of course." Camilla said with a wink as she brought out two bottles from in between her cleavage and handed it to Silvana.
"So what do they do?" Silvana asked.
"the white bottle contains the poison, the black contains the antidote. You are to take the antidote always since you share meals with him, a little drop of the poison or antidote daily is enough." Camilla instructed her.
"Okay, what does the poison do exactly, will it kill him? Disable him or maim him?" Silvana asked.
"it will drive him mad slowly, he will see hallucinations of his greatest fears. It will slowly rot his brain." Camilla said passively.
"Isn't that too much? He is the father of my child after all." Silvana said.
Camilla looked at her like she was stupid.
"What child? The same child he told that you were dead? Look, aren't you tired of living like this?" Camilla asked her.
"I am tired, it's just that after you explained the effects, I can't help but feel pity for him."
"He is a cruel man, he doesn't deserve your pity, now are you going to do this or not?" Camilla asked.
Silvana thought about her life with Ferrante, how he bullied and treated her like an object. How he took her child away and told her child that she was dead. She looked up at Camilla, determination shone in her eyes. She was ready to fight for her freedom.
"I wish you luck, now once he starts misbehaving because of the poison. Make sure you slowly take charge of the household. Let the men see you as the rational smart one they can rely on. Do you understand?" Camilla asked her. Silvana nodded in response.
"Are you afraid?" Camilla asked her.
"A bit." Silvana admitted.
"Everything will be okay, if you have any questions, tell your maid to contact madame okay?"
"Okay. Can I ask you a question?" Silvana asked.
"Sure, go ahead." Camilla replied.
"I know that you said that you were doing all this to help me but I know that isn't your only motive, do you mind telling me your real motive in all this?" she asked Camilla.
"what do you mean by my real motive?" Camilla asked her.
"Okay, I will explain it to you. I know you feel sorry for me and you want to help me but I also know that isn't all that you want so please tell me, if we are to do this, we can't hide things from each other." Silvana told her.
"Okay, I will tell you. I do have another motive and I swear I was going to tell you about it later when we had warmed up to each other"
"So what is it?" Silvana asked.
"I want revenge, revenge for my family and myself. I want to end Sebastiáno and kill him"
"and how do I come into this plan?" Silvana asked.
"If you succeed and take over Ferrante's family, i was hoping we would become allies and you would help me" Camilla said.
"And what if I refuse to help you?" Silvana asked.
"I would expose you to the other mafia leaders" Camilla said.
"And what would be your proof? You said the poison is undetectable or did you lie about that?" Camilla asked.
"I didn't lie, it is undetectable. Normal autopsies won't detect it if I tell them where to look, they would find out" Camilla said.
"Does Dante have any idea how ruthless you are?" Silvana asked.
"No, and I would like it to remain such. The more he thinks I am harmless, the better for me. Now that you know everything, will you still continue?" Camilla asked her.
Silvana looked out at the party, "Do you know why Ferrante allowed me come to the party?" she asked Camilla.
"no, I am assuming that you asked nicely" Camilla replied.
Silvana laughed loudly at this. "no, I didn't. I winked and smiled at a male guard this morning in his presence. He got so jealous and demanded I would follow him everywhere he goes. This was after a round of beating of course" she removed the shawl around her shoulders to show Camilla the bruises.
"Did he do anything to the guard?" she asked.
"Nope" Silvana answered.
She looked at Camilla, "Now, do you think I would think twice about such a plan anymore, hell no! We are so going on with this" she told her.
Camilla smiled, "Let's go sneak some glasses of alcohol and toast to our alliance" she told Silvana.
The two of stepped out, snagged a glass of alcohol and stood in the corner silently sipping the alcohol.
"Isn't that Sebastiáno?" Silvana asked as she looked in the direction of a man and a young woman who had just entered the party.
Camilla followed the direction Silvana was looking at and to her surprise and shock, it was indeed Sebastiáno and that bad mouthed daughter of his, Carolina.
"What are they doing here?" She asked in anger.
"They were probably invited, they are part of the mafias in town after all" Silvana answered.
"I hate them so much" Camilla seethed in anger.
"Okay, you need to calm down, you can't make a scene here" Silvana told her.
Maria came to meet Camilla. "Hey, Dante needs you. Good day Mrs Ferrante" she said.
"a good day to you as well" Silvana replied Maria.
"What does he need my help for?" Camilla asked.
"work, you remember that you are his secretary right?" Maria asked her.
"fine, I will be on my way" Camilla said, she turned to Silvana.
"I will soon be back, okay?"
"Okay" Silvana replied.
She walked away with Maria, "is there a reason you are hanging out with Ferrante's wife?" she asked Silvana.
"She is a guest Maria, I was just making sure she was comfortable" Camilla replied.
"Silvana isn't the right choice of a friend Camilla, your situations are too similar for both of you to be of any help to each other and Ferrante is cruel and won't tolerate it" Maria told her.
"I was just being a good host" Camilla replied as they stopped in front of Dante. He was sitting at a table with other men.
He beckoned her to come closer to him, when she moved closer, he pulled her to sit on his lap.
He kissed her cheek and then he moved his lips to her and began to whisper.
"Go to my study, open my computer, the password is DNEUSO, copy the file on the Vilokovs to the tablet and bring it to me. Then look at the wine bar in the study and get me the whiskey bottle with the diamond encrusted cover, understood?"
"Yes, but why are you trusting me with your computer password?" she asked him also in a whisper.
"Do I have any reason not to, besides you wouldn't be able to access the sensitive information on it" he whispered back.
"I saw Sebastiáno here, did you invite him?" she asked.
"No,i didn't. But he must have been invited by another person. If he gives you trouble, let me know, okay?"
"Okay" she replied.
"Now be a good girl and go do what I asked you to" he told her.
She smiled and stood up and went to do as he said. On her way as she was coming back from the study, she ran into Carolina, she was with other ladies who were from minor mafia families.
"If it isn't Dante's pet." she said with a malicious sneer on her face.
Camilla tried to ignore her but she kept blocking her way.
"What do you want Carolina?" she asked.
"Hey, hey, hold it right there. Miss Caruso to you. We aren't equals. I am the daughter of Sebastiáno Caruso, heiress to the Caruso mafia family. You are just a mere object" Carolina told her, the other ladies with her laughed mockingly.
Camilla laughed, a mocking laughter that made Carolina's blood boil in anger.
"Trash will always be trash, heiresses to mafia family do not introduce themselves to others to incite fear or respect, it's already inbred in them. They walk into a room and everyone feels their presence. They don't even have to wear expensive clothes or jewelleries that are out of fashion. I won't expect you to understand how it works, you are just a gutter rat that climbed out from the gutter and wants to dine with royalty" she told Silvana.
Carolina was so angry that she tried to slap Camilla. Before the slap could land, someone held her hand.
Camilla looked and saw it was Geremia, "Go, on and deliver what Dante told you to bring" he told her.
She nodded and walked away while the other ladies hurried away quietly.
"Let me go" Carolina struggled with Geremia. He didn't answer her but continued to hold her firmly.
"Let me go right now, you dirty uncultured animal" she said.
Geremia pulled her along with him to the passage way and pinned her to the wall.
"your mouth seems like it could use a good washing, don't you think?" he asked her.
"if you don't Let me go, my father will..."
"Your father will what?" he interrupted her.
"he is the lowest mafia head in here, I could do anything to you right now and no one would say anything. But you touch one strand of hair on Camilla's head and I would personally make sure it is the last thing you ever do, got it?" he asked her.
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