The old bus depot smelled like oil and wet concrete.
Wind pushed loose paper across the floor. Broken lights flickered like they were tired of trying.
Stivvo walked in first.
Dark blue jacket. Blue sneakers. Scar catching the light. twenty men behind him, all gripping metal pipes and metal bats like school bullies.
Jack was already there.
Leaning against a pillar. Hands in his pockets. Relaxed.
Stivvo looked around. "This the best place you could find Jacky boy?"
Jack glanced up at the ceiling. "Nah. I wanted somewhere romantic. Candles were sold out."
One of Stivvo's men scoffed. he's just playing with us boss.
Stivvo stepped closer. "You think this is funny?"
Jack smiled. "Depends. You look worried?"
Stivvo's jaw tightened. "Talk jack."
Jack nodded. "Alright. Simple deal. You give me your territory and maybe you I might forgive you for what you did to my boys."
Silence. fell in the place like water in a pot
Then Stivvo laughed breaking the cold silence in the room. it was Loud and Ugly.
"You serious?" he said. "You walk into my area and demand my area?"
Jack shrugged. "I thought I'd start small. You look like a guy who hates paperwork."
Stivvo stepped closer, eyes burning. "You think you're clever?"
Jack tilted his head. "I mean… I'm still alive. So yeah. A little."
and don't forget "am richer than you and your pops would ever be in seven decades"
and don't forget ."Broke gangsters have no place in this error".
One of Stivvo's men raised his baton.
Jack glanced at it. "That thing doesn't work in this error , you broke ass gangster, But I know it's just for decoration?"
Stivvo raised a hand. and His men froze.
"You lost two kids on my block," Stivvo said coldly. "That's on you and I don't care if you lose two more."
Jack nodded slowly. "Yeah. And now you're about to lose everything. Funny, But this is just how power works."
Stivvo leaned in, voice low. "You don't scare me boy."
Jack grinned. "Good. you wont even need to fear because there is plenty of fear waiting for you in hell."
He stepped forward, close enough to smell sweat and salty smoke on Stivvo's jacket.
"I'm not here to scare you," Jack said. "I'm here to replace you. stivvo"
Stivvo's smile vanished.
"You done talking?" he asked. in aloud tone
Jack tapped his chin. "One more thing. When this is over, try not to haunt me. I don't sleep well."
Stivvo lifted two fingers to signal for is men to attack.
Jack sighed. "Ah. Violence. how Classic."
That was when jacks people pulled out guns and opened fire on jack and his men.
It happened Too fast. and after a minute of body shooting, stivvo was lying on the ground tweaking and taking his last breaths in a pool of blood he was gurgling with blood in his throat. and eventually stopped shaking.
Stanley dropped to his knees. "jack and his men didn't shoot him because they had a purpose for Stanley ".
Crying. Shaking. Mucus running down his face as he begged without words.
Jack crouched in front of him.
"Relax kid, your brother crossed the line " Jack said casually. "You're alive. Worst part's the trauma."
Stanley nodded wildly.
Jack stood, adjusting his jacket. "you are coming with us."
.Jack then got his phone and called a certain number, the people around him only heard , twenty five, okay. then he ordered his people to put all the bodies in the boot of their vehicles which had a well laid polyethene bags to prevent blood spilling on the road. then drove far from the location and reached the city outskirts, then bought five huge dogs and poisoned them. then pulled up at some random location and dug a long hole of a bout thirteen feet under, put all the twenty five bodies, then they poured twenty litres of concentrated hydrochloric acid on all the bodies which released a disgusting smell. which made them cough , after that they poured sand on the bodies while stamping the sand in order to create a natural compact earth pressure on the hole up to four feet, then buried the five dogs on top of the bodies then finished it with sand and then burned the polythene bags, after that, they sat on their vehicles and drove back home with the kidnapped person. "Stanley"
The area went silent again. when they left.
looking Like nothing had ever happened.