Heart Darkness
Chapter 44 Finding Aruhi & Shooting Targets....

"ARUHI?! ARUHI?! ... WHERE ARE YOU, SWEETHEART? COME OUTSIDE!"

A quiet week broke apart in a quiet morning by the thunderous sound of Sunny Diomanta barging into the Durante Pavilion. The frightened Maribel tried to drive away at the door of the house but was pushed rough until Maribel was dragged a few steps.

Elgio and Abner who are discussing sales segmentation and achievement targets, sharpen the senses. Elgio looked at the gadget in front of him and from CCTV was seen Sunny Diomanta standing haughty in the middle of the living room. His fur coat fluttered. That woman was very attractive if only not to act like a demonic incarnation.

"Your love is coming, Abner!" elgio did not like it.

Abner knitted his brows, "Former lover ..You don't provoke emotions."

"Take it Abner! I'm not going to peek" said Elgio shrugging his shoulders, losing interest in arguing.

He thought of Marya who was undergoing therapy in the Western Pavilion. Wanted to quickly finish the job and follow the girl there. Aruhi's revenge on her mother was destroyed without a trace just by hearing the news, "Mother Dying". Elgio was sure, if he did not hold back, the girl would run out to see her mother without a second thought. Without thinking about the risks and possibilities, another meaning of those messages.

Elgio is looking for the deadliest way to destroy Diomanta. He wants to encourage them to commit crimes so openly that they are easily detained by the authorities and he does not need to dirty his hands. He is excited when Elgio forbids Marya to take revenge but imagines Marya might leave him and go to his mother, making Elgio lose his grip.

"I'm sick of that family. Let's close the war, Abner. Prepare the files, I'll kick them behind bars."

"Alright, but don't be rash. You know, we're dealing with a mafia kingpin who doesn't have rules to kill people. They even have corrupt people in government. I'll study the situation and we'll take action. But not now Elgio," replied Abner reminded Elgio firmly because the young man was still very unstable when dealing with emotions especially concerning Aruhi.

"ARUHI???!!!" sunny shouted louder.

"Go Abner before our ear drums are broken by his voice."

Elgio spoke without turning his face away from the file he was studying. Marya's condition recovered well after a week of psychotherapy, but Marya was not ready to see Sunny or Salsa. Elgio was worried they were instigating his lover.

While Abner had trouble sending spies to Diomanta Pavilion, so, they were still doubtful about Salsa's true condition. That woman might be real dying, I don't know.

"Aruhi, my ponaan, he's here right?" attack Sunny when he sees Abner coming down the stairs.

Abner looked at Sunny with a flat expression.

"When has Aruhi become your ponaan? Aren't you ashamed to break into someone else's residence and make a scene?" sahut Abner's.

"Mr Abner, I have great respect for you, but now tell me ... where is Aruhi? I know he's here."

Sunny and that extremely unfriendly stubborn face spoke in a thin and pushy tone.

"Go Sunny! You disturb the peace of others."

Abner breathed a rough breath. He nearly gets stuck on Sunny on a blind date and nearly ends up in love one night.

"We need to talk!" break Sunny.

"Nothing you and I need to talk about."

"Mr Abner, my brother is dying and he may not have much time. He is waiting for his daughter. I know that Aruhi is here, and he says he's marrying Elgio Durante."

Sunny lowered her voice looking very desperate. Abner stared cynically at him before a long clack. He doesn't trust Sunny by a nail.

"People who don't know you will think I'm the villain here. I am the official guardian of Aruhi and we do not allow Aruhi to go to her mother who abandoned her. You can go!"

Abner turned and looked at the watch, 30 minutes away they were going to the lab.

"No!" sunny exclaimed moving towards the stairs quickly. High heels ticking on the floor of the house. "I have to meet him, because my brother is dying and wants to beg Aruhi for mercy. Can you be kind to us? I'm not kidding."

Sunny holds Abner's wrist, forcing the man to turn to her. Abner shook his head to look at Sunny's behavior, it just doesn't make sense.

"Do you think it makes sense. First, Diomanta abandoned the girl, leaving her when she was a toddler. Second, Diomanta refused to acknowledge his existence and hunted as if Aruhi was a gazelle. Third, Diomanta killed his father cruelly and now Diomanta wants Aruhi for a penance of guilt?" Abner jerked his hand until Sunny's grip slipped off. He's bluffing his teeth. "You are inhumane. His mother's bad treatment is remembered until this moment. Go, before I get very rude."

They looked at him and Abner was really angry. The man's face stiffened.

"Let Aruhi decide."

"My decision is Aruhi's decision. Go and don't show up in front of me. I'm so sick of dealing with you."

Sunny brushed his fur coat. He fastened his jaw until Abner could see his jaw bones harden.

"Well, if that's what you want. You're making me take a tough action."

Sunny spoke before turning away while Abner shrugged his shoulders indifferently. He has prepared to face Salsa and Sunny despite his life stakes. He will protect Durante until the last blood. Abner smiled proudly as he interpreted himself to be a knight from the time of the Baheula with steel clothes and a drawn sword in hand, riding a horse and protecting his king.

"You look happy" Elgio said, shattering Abner's happy smile.

"Yes, I'm happy to protect you, Elgio Durante."

"Oh I think you're happy to have met him."

Abner wanted to pound Elgio's head with a cupcake, instead of asking for a distraction.

"You don't want to see Miss Marya?"

"No."

"Rubber too. If you leave, you might ruin our long working day."

Elgio stopped working he leaned on the chair looking for comfort.

"Is Enya okay?"

Abner winked, "Yes. I let her take over Dream Fashion. If we burden Miss Reinha with responsibility then she will think a thousand times before acting recklessly. Cleaning service wasn't a good idea, so I put him in the highest seat."

"You're totally reliable. What about Lucky?"

Abner looked at Elgio, thinking of an answer. Should he tell this grumpy boy about Lucky and Miss Reinha. They seem to be getting closer. If he tells Elgio, it is certain that their work schedule will be chaotic next week. Abner has received information that for a week Lucky was not in Faith Hills but that the man was nowhere to be seen at all wandering around Miss Reinha. Could Lucky be receiving a "Kiss of Death"?

"Abner?"

"He's dying Elgio."

"We need to buy a new black suit. May there be a funeral in the near future," welcome Elgio pleased.

"We're going straight to the airport. I have to go to the Capital to meet someone."

Salsa is getting withering more and more. He just wants Aruh. Plus Arumi's annoying behavior, Salsa is increasingly confined to the desire to ask for forgiveness from Aruhi.

There is another way that Abner Luiz releases Aruhi and his tough negotiations with Abner force him to choose this course of action.

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Far away in the Capital ....

Lucky Luciano, dressed in an all-black hat that is also black, stands on the luxury suit window glass on one floor of a hotel building. He monitored the situation of the Civic Center which seemed empty using surveillance binoculars. He's ready for action.

"Francis, bring the 'blind' here" he said in a commanding tone and sounded very cold.

Francis quickly held something in his hand, an object called a 'blind' by Lucky Luciano. The man then pushed the table towards the glass, stretched the bag containing 'blinds' and removed the 'blinds' from the storage bag. Tinkering with the object, assembling it into one-unity. He stroked the object before it tasted full of feeling.

The legs of the stand were displayed on the table and he put the object on it. The object intended is a long-barreled weapon, Sako TRG 42 colored dessert tan whose muzzle is then directed across the street. He leaned his body forward, like the position of a sniper while stalking, aiming at the building which seemed very clear in its contents. He observed the surroundings, adjusting the zoom accuracy on the sniper rifle's telescope.

"Will Rocco visit the building, Boss?" francis asked in astonishment as he shifted the gadget in his hand to find out the position of Rocco Anthony. He then shriveled confused when GPS trackers pointed to the exact location of Rocco Anthony, outside the radius even very far.

"Do you know the exact location? Work harder, Francis. Do you want me to be shot dead secretly?" lucky said with his distinctive voice.

"It's not so, Boss. Rocco is undetected at the Civic Center at this time. He was in his home with his son and grandson. I'll double-check."

Lucky performs target acquisition, detection and location identification even though the target has not been spotted. He began detailing to allow the use of accurate and lethal firing means.

"Perfect conditions for long-distance shooting, no wind, moderate weather, clear visibility. It took two shots to hit the target successfully."

He used target range estimates to stalk the transparent-glazed fifth-floor building using a high-accuracy, barrel-length telescope. He rotates the zoom in - out on the weapon.

The first floor is deserted. Not much activity, only some employees are busy preparing products, some issue banners, some people with notes around the display. Some tellers share palette make up, they dress up. Customers started to arrive. The upper-class women of their fashionable and glamorous appearance, there was also an old man holding a very young woman, perhaps her infidelity; entering the building.

"Unrecognizable targets" he whispered to himself. "Where are you? Where are you? Show me yourself!" He's getting nervous.

It sharpens the vision. His pupils look exactly like eagles when they stalk fish on the surface of the water in documentary films about animals. Lucky lifts the telescope to the second floor. Some employees were busy with mannequins, drapping cloth on mannequins, dressing the statue and arranging to the front of the outlet to be seen from the outside. He turned to the third floor, re-observing and curling a smile.

"Target locked .. got you, "he whispered sumringah. "Good morning, my angel."

In the muzzle of the telescope, stood the girl he loved very much, wearing a white blouse top combined with an outer blue dongker blazer with a white color highlight and blue dongker pants that match the color of the blazer. The girl curled her hair around the head, pulling some strands to look natural and wearing formal shoes; heels were black. It's stunning, the perfect image of The Real Executive Woman rather than a third-rate teenage girl.

"So pretty ...."

Reinha Durante looked at herself in front of the mirror. She rubs lip balm on her lips, wears eyeliner and re-applies red lip cream. As if unsure of his appearance, he re-patched himself in front of the mirror, sprayed perfume on the joints of the hands and inhaled. He puffed his cheeks and exhaled slowly, detected very nervous. He went back to the mirror and tilted his head. Hurry up to dismantle her hair and re-bind it. Seeing that it might be too tidy, he darkened once more before a small nod. His gaze descended to the chest, he glanced out of the room before his hands quickly arranged cup bras and puffed up the chest. Lucky Luciano grinned.

"Whatis that? What is he doing?" Lucky moved away from the telescope, folding his forehead. Then back to staking. "You like dressing up to meet someone special at heart?" he said he didn't like it.

A young girl came in, talked to Reinha and let Reinha out of the room. It looks like Reinha's assistant. His lips read, though,

"Miss, the meeting is about to begin. Please go to the meeting room. Everyone has gathered."

"All right." Reinha sighed and took a step full of confidence.

Soon Reinha was seen climbing the stairs next to her room and going to the fourth floor.

"Well, we will see .. Who will you meet?" Lucky palpitates to see the very beautiful Reinha, shining like a moon on a full night. It was so heart-wrenching. Valerie who is famous for being very arstitic is unable to defeat the soft aura of dynamic Reinha Durante. Regardless, Reinha Durante's haughty and forthright attitude managed to get Lucky to his knees. No one like Reinha Durante.

"Should I break the glass to tell him I'm here?" He speaks for himself.

Lucky's attitude pushed Francis away toward the window, following him on a stakeout though it was unclear what he was seeing. Francis just took a look at his stupid-looking master. Her master aimed a weapon at the Dream Fashion Outlet, at Princess Durante. He questioned Lucky's sanity?

"Em, so ... My girl dressed up to attract the attention of another man?" He asked the gun. "Can you detect his pulse? Was it as irregular as when I hugged her on the bus? Your report I'm waiting for."

A man stood up as Reinha walked in. Lucky recognizes him, the handsome and wealthy young CEO, Giuseppe Gustav, creator of the Flamingo Shopping app. They shook hands and Giuseppe was blatantly fascinated by Reinha Durante. He shook Reinha's hand for a long time and smiled with admiration.

"Should I shoot him in the head? No no no, I just broke his hand."

They sat down and Reinha opened the laptop. He threw a sweet smile at Gustav and the curtains of the room suddenly closed.

"What???!!! Why is the curtain closed?" Lucky swore an upset.

"They're starting a presentation, boss. That's what happened in the meeting room" Francis said, unable to hold back his amusement but unable to grin, fearing that Lucky would hole his head.

A waiter pushed the trolley full of food and bowed in salute.

"Your breakfast is ready, Boss. Do you have breakfast first or ... ?!"

You're gonna aim for the curtain until it comes off? he continued in his heart. His boss had completely exited the arena.

"My breakfast is too much, Francis. Some people out there lack food, but you're trying to stuff tons of calories into my stomach?"

Lucky said to his adjutant. He threw a hilarious hat.

"Alright, the waiter will throw away the - "

"You're insensitive, Francis," cut Lucky quick. "The 2 o'clock move of Dream Fashion, a man dragging his feet in hunger. Bring him proper food and clothing. Meet Augusto, tell him, don't let a stranger near Miss Reinha."

"Good, Boss."

"If he doesn't act as a bodyguard, I'm gonna blow his head out of here."

Francis bowed before exiting Lucky's suit room.

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Sorry yes, while waiting for Aruhi therapy, Author wrote a story about Lucky.

After writing the chapter on therapy and I read it again, not so, so I decided to release the chapter in the draft.

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