Chapter 55: There are many empty rooms
Garreth had asked for the most expensive yacht, Amanda could find; being the show off that he is. A
luxury yacht isn''t just a mode of transportation but rather a symbol of wealth and status that can only be
afforded by wealthy billionaires all around. Ofcourse the most luxurious yachts feature certain chattels
such as movie helipads, a retractable roof, theaters, deck rails, stare case, anchor, multiple swimming
pools, sauna''s, hot tubs, suites with reception rooms, bathrooms, dressings rooms, balconies attached
to them and of-course magnificently huge g great hall for events such as these-
When Garreth said the biggest yacht, he certainly wasn''t joking. The Lady Moura (yacht) had cost
Garreth approximately $256 Million. It could host up to 155 guests along with 70 crew members.
Garreth nned to invite as many people as he could. The more the people, the more distracted they
would be of any tragedy that would ur.
It had been a lot of hard work for Amanda, she had asked for Spencer and Ignacio''s help... with
nning. For general work they took some of their man from the underground business toe help
with the set ups. Garreth arthy always went all out when nning such huge events. Only because
he wasn''t the one making sure that the deco that he desired had been done and the types of chairs he
requested had been brought in. This would be an easy event if it was at any ce like the Ritz Carlton
hotel. But no this was a yacht and it was twice as hard. Getting the man to move everything from the
harbor to the yacht.
De was defeated as she saw Andre walk in extravagantlyte, one hand around her waist and the
other in his pocket. His blonde hair was gently slicked back. She viciously stared at his hand that was
on her small curvy waist, she wasn''t wearing any underwear. De gushed with disgust. Yes her dress
was elegant but it was just showing so much skin.. just too much. De felt foiled. This girl looked
certainly younger, she watched as Andre walked around with a look of disdain on his face. He had an ''I
don''t care'' look on his face as he shrugged at everything that she said. Sometimes she seductively
whispered things in his ear.
De felt her skin tingle with jealousy. Looking down at the ring that rested on her finger.
She sighed.
"Babe, this is Nichs Passos—" Spencer broke De away from her jealous thoughts. "He was well
amodating when I went to Portugal."
"Beautiful." Nichsplimented in a deep Portuguese ent. De gave the man who looked
roundabout Spencer''s age a small smile. She had never met him. He had not met her ever since he
had to return to Portugal. Nichs regretted not putting much effort in courting McCarthy''s daughter.
She was a true beauty. The way her naturally longshes fluttered. Her pouty lips grazed with red
lipstick. The way her pearly white skin took the spotlight from any feature on her body whenever she
smiled.
"Spencer!!" Someone''s voice roared from behind them. A fifty piece orchestra band was ying, it was
distracting when engaging in conversations. Garreth has told the captain who was leading the yacht to
at-least sail a few yards fifty yards away from the harbor. Once all the guests had settled in, no one
could tell that it was moving. There was a lot of chatter.. but to Garreth''s disappointment. Marc didn''t
show up. He was d because he really didn''t want to pursue the deed that he had nned on doing.
Spencer was his main target now.
"Lucio!" Spencer greeted giving Lucio a firm manly hug. Nichs couldn''t stop himself from rolling his
brown eyes. Lucio flickered his eyes to Nichs and immediately cringed. "I''m so sorry. I heard about
your father.." Spencer gave his condolences but Lucio shrugged.
"Atleast I get to be Don now unlike other people..?who''re almost thirty and still Capo''s"?Lucio said
confidently. "Oh I didn''t see you there... Passos. Didn''t think you of all people would get an invite."
Lucio extended sarcastically in his Italian ent.
Nichs only clicked his tongue walking away from the scene. Nichs knew that if he didn''t leave the
spot, someone would die. He had never hated someone as much as he did Lucio and he didn''t even
understand why. Ofcourse the Portuguese and Italian mafia had never came face to face and they
were far from being fond with each other for many generations, they hadn''t.
"Coward.." Lucio muttered before turning to De who had her eye on Andre. Spencer had introduced
the two then immediately left to attend to Garreth''s many requests. That left De with Lucio..
"You miss him huh?" Lucio said in a deep Italian ent.
"Yes." De surprised herself by admitting it. Lucio took the flute of his wine in one go as he signaled
for one of the servers attention.
"Why aren''t you with him then?" Lucio asked with a shrug as if it was the easiest thing possible.
"It''s not that easy—" De said in a low tone.
"It''s easy.. there are many empty rooms on this yacht and lucky you they happen to be suites and they
happen to have a bed. Take your husband and show him what he is missing out on." Lucio said bluntly
popping an olive into his mouth. De was shocked, this man was soid back and calm. Spencer had
told her that she needed to learn about the underworld and he had pin pointed all the important mafia
heirs from different parts of the world and Lucio Bongiorni was that of the Italian.
"I don''t think-" Lucio immediately cut De off.
"Sure his date is hot, sexy and I would love to take her to bed tonight especially since she isn''t wearing
any underwear but trust me.. when I say his eyes are only trained on you." Lucio chuckled. "Right now,
he is deadly jealous because he thinks I''m one of your conquests."
For the first time that night, De smiled.
"You know I''m Spencer''s fiancée.." She said thinking he didn''t know but he only shrugged.
"If you think Mafia marriages are anything normal then I''m sorry to disappoint you. My mother had a
lover and my father fucked anything that had a hole in between but when they came home. We would
be a happy family." Lucio said as if reminiscing.
"What?" De was surprised by his yet again bluntness.
"You heard what I said. Point is you''re going to marry Spencer and having fucking kids if you want to
but don''t except him to be faithful. You might as well keep your ex-husband around well behind closed
doors because that''s how it all works."
"I don''t want such a life.." De muttered defensively. She didn''t think she would get married to
Spencer, someone would serve her. If no one did then she would just have to do it herself.
"You''re so innocent, I don''t know if I should feel sorry for you or might as well take advantage of you."
They were interrupted by a young man.
"Hi Lucio." He said in a somewhat attractive voice.
Lucio immediately rolled his eyes.
"Schürmann.." He repliedzily.
"I didn''t think we would be seeing each other again.. since you didn''t attend my twenty-fifth birthday
party in Cologne."
De was amused by their conversation. She didn''t mind the fact that this man hadn''t even nced at
her as he greeted Lucio who seemed grievously annoyed.
"My father died, if you missed the memo. Even if he hadn''t, I wouldn''t have attended your pathetic
excuse for a party."
De felt bad for him.
"I know you hate me now ever since.." Schürmann paused. "Ever since I came out of the closet but we
used to be close. The three of us Nicho as well as you and I. We attended these events and got
ustomed to seeing each other at all those times. Whatever happened I hope we can all be friends
again and I''m sorry about your father. Although anyone who knows you well enough would say you
don''t care.."
Lucio''s demeanor softened slightly.
"Kay.." Lucio finally said his name. "We were kids back then. We were only friends because we
understood how it felt to be a Mafia heir and the expectations. We''re not kids anymore so don''t expect
anything from me. Things change, people move on."
There was brief silence.
De pretended to be on her phone. Well she actually was as she looked at the picture the babysitter
had sent her. It seemed Leo was already sleeping. Looking at the photo on her phone, she felt nothing
but love and adoration for her little boy who slept peacefully. The only heartbreaking emotion was that
she shared him with Andre. Even more, he looked more like Andre; his father.
"I''m taking Italian sses.." Kay Schürmann said trying to somewhat make a conversation with Lucio.
"Don''t expect me to take German sses, I would never getid. No thanks!" Lucio said bluntly.
"Liar! You have just always been a slow learner so you''re afraid.." Kay giggled but Lucio had on a
straight face.
"We''re not friends!" Lucio said sternly walking away, that only Kay Schürmann with De.
"So rude!" Kay finally said expecting a response from De but she just acted indifferent.
"Just because he is Don, he thinks he has made it in life."
On the other side.
Garreth was happy and sad at the same time. You know when you go all out for someone and they
don''t show up so everything automatically feels like a waste of time and boredom all the way. He spoke
to multiple guests here and there mainly his very good alliances, the likes of Nikita Shatov and Oskar
Borgstr?m. He had ofcourse told one of his men to always always no matter what he on De''s guard.
He could tell that his daughter was very unhappy even from a mile away. She kept looking at him,
flickering her eyes back and fourth between Andre and his new conquest. It was in this moment that
Garreth realized there was no better man for his daughter. Has he had his faults, yes he made
mistakes but his daughter still loved him even though she would never ever admit it.
Jeanine walked over to Garreth breaking him away from his thoughts. Garreth was standing near the
railing deck, just watch the beautiful building lighting from afar. The way it was dead quiet fifty yards
away from the maind. The water around them was steady or maybe it was because the yacht was
far too big and you couldn''t really tell.
"Are you alright?" She asked.
"Why wouldn''t I be?" Garreth took a shot of his whiskey in one goal. He didn''t want to get entirely
drunk.
"Marc isn''t here right?" Jeanine said knowingly.
"I don''t care and it''s none of your business." Garreth bit back.
"I just want to thank you for not doing what you said you would." She said quickly.
Garreth scoffed not saying anything.
"Ben divorced me.. he took the first ne to Lyon. He said he needs a break and when hees back
we will settle everything with thewyers."
Again Garreth scoffed. "Oh I''m sorry, I''m such a bad actor. Is this the part where I feel sorry for you?"
Jeanine shook her head. "No, I''m just telling you."
"Well, hate to break it to you Jen. But you see my beautiful daughter over there.. she had to go through
that all while pregnant by your son.." Garreth cynically chuckled. "She survived. If she could do it while
pregnant and have absolutely no dime to her name. You can do it too because your sons are grown
ass men and you have a lot of asserts to your name."
Jeanine felt horrible. She looked at De who was now walking around with Spencer. She smiled here
and there but it didn''t reach her eyes. Then looked at her son who couldn''t stop looking at De even
from afar. She should have been happy that he had finally gave Marcelle a chance but Jeanine knew
that''s not what his son wanted. Like Luc had said she had never asked him what he wanted maybe he
should start now if it''s not toote.
"You''re really going to let her get married to him..?" Jeanine said softly.
Garreth was silent, he didn''t n on telling her anything.
"Can we just do them both a favor because this is torture.." Jeanine added.
"They will find their way back to each other eventually. I mean your son just can''t get away from my
daughter. I know she is a gem but—"
"What do you mean?" Jeanine asked.
"He literally can''t stay away from my daughter just a week back. He was in her bed." Garreth told her
what her what Alfredo had said was the cause of all the ruckus that happened with Spencer.
"What?" Jeanine said a bit surprised but happy. She was happy because not all hope was lost.
"He slept with my daughter, okay?!"
Jeanine smiled.
"Well that''s a good thing. It means they''re still attracted to each other right?" Jeanine pushed.
"Whatever!" Garreth replied.
"Jenny!!" Gloria interrupted.
"One minute—" Jeanine said as she walked over to her best friend.
"I heard about Benjamin from Danny.. you know Andre told him." Gloria said trying not to seem like a
gossip.
"Ofcourse.." Jeanine scoffed looking to see Andre talking to his best friend Danny and his pregnant
wife. It was really showing now.
"I''m sorry I have been so busy.. I just can''t wait for my grandchild. It''s a little girl.." Gloria said excited.
Jeanine felt sad, she literally never had that. She never got to be excited about De being pregnant or
seeing her son excited about being a first time father. In fact Andre never got to do or see that or have
that experience for six years. She hoped if only De would get pregnant again so her son could have
that experience but it looked unlikely to happen anytime soon since another man had imed her.
"Oh congrats Gloria.." Jeanine replied.
"How un-thoughtful of me.." Gloria said as she saw where Jeanine''s eyes were looking.
Daniel told Andre that him and Amber were having a little girl. Andre was happy for his friend but
seeing his happiness and excitement hurt.
"She has became all types of annoyingtely. I''m just d we''re over the morning sickness period."
Danny told Andre.
It was unfortunate for Andre because most of the things that Danny said all sounded gibberish. He
didn''t know much about morning sickness or trimester what-
De went through it alone.
"Woah, I''m really happy for you. So when is the big day?" Andre asked.?
On the other hand.
De had introduced Spencer to Amber. She felt a feeling of sadness from all the reminders that Amber
brought. De was at such a low point in her life that, going to the doctor was a luxury. Not once did
she see the doctor until the very due date. She had no idea she was having a boy.. it was all just a
surprise for her. Sometimes she med herself for theplications that happened at the birth of Leo.
It was because she never got checked up. It was a hard decision, it was either she worked enough
money to survive, eat and take care of her pregnant self or she went to the doctor just this once and
would be left with no preparations for the baby or money for rent and such necessities.
"Danny is excited. I was hurt when both you and Andre didn''t show up for the baby shower.."
De remembered that was the day, he had relentlessly made her release twice on the kitchen counter.
She cried right after for being too weak that''s why she decided again the party. De was simply too
overwhelmed with Amber''s pregnancy stories. She excused herself, she roamed around the halls and
the deck railing of? the beautiful yacht. When she found an empty suite in the Far East corner from the
dining hall. She slumped on the huge king sized bed and let out a whimper of pain and sorrow.
It was just much for her.
Andre had taken this opportunity to ask one of the crew members where she had went and followed
her there. On his way there he had gotten lost and heard moans and groans from another suite. The
name Alfredo was being repeated over and over. Andre cringed as he looked for the deck suite #56. He
couldn''t take the silence between them. He didn''t care if she was engaged—
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