The Bounty

Chapter 7

Chapter seven:Death to traitors

The Next Day

I woke up early the next morning,i did my morning routines before heading to "Puebla flowers Diseno"which was owned by Leonard Armani an old friend of mine.After driving for an hour,i finally arrived.I looked at the door sign it read 'Closed' but i still entered because i knew that he would be inside.I began to walk around,trying to figure out where he might be.After walking for a while,i finally found him seated at the ventilation room.

As i walked a few steps closer to him,he stopped trimming the flowers but he still didn't look up instead,he began to organize the flowers as if he didn't know i was standing in front of him.

"Leornado,i need your help".I said finally breaking the silence.

"Jay Wilson,the man with no boundaries,it is good to see you after so many years".Leonardo replied still organizing the flowers and ignoring my request.

"Leonardo,i really need your help".i said repeating myself.

"Am sorry about the death of your wife and daughter,i hope you received the condolences flowers i sent to your home".Leonardo replied as he began to wrap the flowers in a bouquet.

"Leonardo".I called his name again,but this time more loudly this time he did not say anything else to me until he was done wrapping and decorating the flowers,then finally,he looked up and gazed at me intensely for a few minutes before he finally spoke.

"So what brings you here so early in the morning". Leonardo finally asked.

"I came because i need protection".I said.

"What type of protection". Leonardo asked again.

"Weapons,lots of them".i replied.

"Sorry to disappoint you,but there are no weapons available right now".Leonardo replied.

"Look,if its about the money,i can afford to pay,i just badly need those weapons".i said.

"Its not about the money,a few days ago,some men came here,they had a lot of cash,i didn't know who they were or where they came from,but they bought all the weapons i had in store and now,am left with nothing.Leonardo replied.

"Damn it".I said cursing under my breath.

"Thanks anyway".I said as i turned to leave.

"Wait".Leonardo called after me.

"I may not have the weapons you need right now,but i assure you that they will be arriving in a few weeks or months time depending on how the security is.But for now,i got a little something for you,just wait".He said as he took the bouquet of flowers he had wrapped earlier and left the ventilation room.

Few minutes later,he returned still holding the bouquet of flowers,then he handed it over to me,i looked intensely at the flower for a while,then i turned my gaze back to him.

"What exactly am i supposed to do with this".I asked with a puzzled look on my face.

"Don't look at the surface,but what is hidden inside".He said in a riddle.

I looked at the flower again,but this tome with more focus,at that moment,i saw something hidden inside it,and to my greatest surprise it was a gun,but not just any ordinary gun,it was the one i used to kill back when i worked for Vandel.

"The day you decided to quit the business,you gave me that gun and told me to do whatever i wanted with it,so i decided to keep it cause i had a hunch that you might need it one day and i was right."Leonardo said.

"Thanks for this.......but do you seriously have no plans of going up against vandel even after all he did to you".I asked.

"Am a business man Jay,things like bloodshed and power tussel isn't for people like me.Leonardo replied as he returned back to his original position,arranging flowers as i turned to leave.

"A free advice to you,stay away from trouble now that you still can,or else one day,you're gonna end up with a bounty hanging over your head".Leornado said before i finally left the store,he was always so mysterious i thought to myself as i entered my car and drove off to

to settle the score with fabio.

After driving for hours,i finally arrived at his house,i got down from my car and headed straight to the front door,i tried unlocking it,but it didn't open,i guess Fabio wasn't home ,that was why the door was locked.I tried looking for another entrance into the house,fortunately for me,one of the windows wasn't locked,using that,i entered quietly into the house.With my gun held firmly in my hands,i began to check the rooms one after the other to make sure that there was no one in the house after i was done searching,i didn't find anyone.I began searching the house for anything that might be useful to me.At the end of my search,i found some pack of cocaine and heroine in his drawer,four loaded guns,a ledger,a map and bundles of money stacked in piles all hidden under his bed.

Later that evening

I could hear the sound of a car parked in front of the house,i spied through one of the curtains,it was fabio,he had finally arrived and the best part it was there was no one with him and he wasn't drunk.He unlocked the front door and entered the house.He turned on the lights and turned towards the direction i was seated.As soon as he saw me,he attempted to take out his gun,but before he could,i had already pointed mine at him.

"Try taking out that gun and i will make sure that's the last thing you do,now put your hands where i can see them".i ordered.He raised up his hands slowly and i took his gun from where he had kept it and removed the bullets.

"Now,step away from the door".I ordered again and he did so slowly.

"What do you want from me".Fabio managed to say.

"After so many years,is this how you say hello to an old collegue of yours......but anyway,i didn't come here for that,i came because i need information about vandel new business."I replied.

"No way........i can't give you any information,if Vandel finds out that I've been talking to you,he's gonna kill me.Fabio said.

"In case you didn't notice,since the day you started stealing from Vandel,you were already a dead man,so it's best you start talking or i will be forced to do this the hard way".I said aiming the gun at his head.

"Please......please don't kill me,I'll talk".Fabio replied in fear,he took a deep breathe and started talking.

"Ever since Vandel returned to El Paso,he has become more powerful and influential,but what you don't know is that he didn't come back alone,he brought the three Rodriguez brothers along with him".Fabio said.

"Rodriguez brothers as in; Don Mateo,Don Alfonso and Don Theodore".i asked.

"Yes"Fabio replied.I've heard a lot about the trio,its said that they are one of the most vicious drug lords that dominate the international black markets when it comes to drug trade,but why exactly did vandel bring them to El Paso".I asked.

"As i said earlier,for expansion,he wants to put the three bothers in charge of running his drug syndicate.Don Alfonso will be in charge of buying the raw materials for the production of drugs from the supplier.Don Theodore will be in charge of manufacturing the drugs and Don Mateo will be in charge of the distribution of drugs both within and outside El Paso.

By forming an alliance with them,Vandel now has access to the international black market, Which gives him the opportunity to launder money in a larger scale.Fabio said.

"And how does he intend to launder the money".I asked.

"Through the connections of the trio, he is able to but he owns shares in legitimate enterprises and launder money undetected,not only that,another way he launders money is by converting them to commodities,that way,he can smuggle the as goods into the country and later converting them back to money,this would help to ensure the easy movement of money both within and outside El Paso,and once the laundromat business is fully stabilized,the business will expand more to dealing with weapons and that is how it will keep expanding around the world not only in El Paso."Fabio said.

"You bunch of sick bastards,how much lives will you destroy ? Just to satisfy your endless greed for money and power,will it ever stop".I asked filled with a lot of anger,but fabio didn't reply.

"The weapons, were you the one's who bought them all ?I asked.

"Yes".He replied.

"Why"?

"We need the weapons for protection and to keep the other cartels in check".He replied.

"Bastards like you deserve to die a miserable death,but i won't kill you today because i know that sooner or later,you're going to meet your end".I said as i carried the ledger and map before finally leaving the house,i entered my car and drove off.

........ Later that night.........

Vandel's hideout

"Boss.......boss,i have something important to tell you".Fabio said almost out of breath as he had driven all the way from his house to the hideout to inform Vandel about Jay's plans.

"I thought that i might have to wait till the day dawn or maybe i might have to send someone over to your house to drag you here instead."Vandel said as he continued cleaning his gun.

"Boss,you have to hear me out,this is.........

Bang!Bang!Bang!

Vandel fired three shots to fabio's chest and he dropped dead.

"Let this serve as a warning to anyone who think that they can betray or steal from me behind my back............death to traitors".Vandel said as he began to rain bullets in the air.

"Death to traitors.......death to traitors".The rest of his men began to chant.

{Thanks for reading this chapter.}