Chapter 14
"Good morning, Khun Kinn, I brought your breakfast. May I enter?" Arm asked as he opened the door to Kinn's bedroom. His boss told him to come and so he did. Arm went as slowly as possible since it tends to be really embarrassing seeing your boss naked with his lover, needless to say, that strategy never worked. He left the silver tray on the table near the window, he turned and bow.
"Arm, there is something you have to do. Call the head of the Yakuza in the city and tell him that we are ready to deliver the package, let them choose where and when. Please, don't make it too obvious to Marco, I don't want a scene in the hall, clear?" Kinn said with a strangely calm tone.
"Yes sir, I'll get to work immediately" Arm replied and went back to his office. He got the phone number of the Yakuza chief's secretary from a ticket left after the recent meeting. The secretary picked up immediately but replied that she had to inform her boss and that she could give the response in an hour. Arm got out of the office soon after that and went to his private room.
Pol was on the sofa, watching videos on the tv and laughing at the funny scenes, then he heard the noise of the door opening, he turned and saw Arm standing at the entrance, he looked sad, almost depressed. Pol switched it off immediately and walked to Arm. "What happened? Why do you look like this?" he asked. At first Arm didn't reply, he just closed the door and walked to the sofa, he sat down and drank some water.
"So, are you going to tell me what's wrong or I just have to stay here and look at your pretty face?" Pol asked.
"It is just... the Yakuza asked Kinn to surrender Marco to them, he accepted and asked me to inform them about his decision. It isn't the first time this family kills someone but... I don't know, it is just me probably. I feel so wrong about all this plan, I'm sure the Yakuza won't stop no matter what we give, but I'm not the one in charge, right?" Arm explained.
"I understand, however I'm afraid there isn't much I can say to make you feel better about this. Try to avoid the funeral face if you have to meet Marco today or he will understand what's going on and act accordingly" Pol replied.
"You're right. I should go now, the Yakuza will soon answer and I need to be ready to organize the meeting" Arm said, then he got up and left the room. When he reached the office he noticed a red light on the screen of his computer, he sat down immediately and put on his headphones and pushed the button to start the transcription of the phone call.
"Shit, I can't understand a word..." Arm remarked as he realized that Marco was talking in Italian with the other man at the phone. He quickly copied the transcription and pasted it on an automatic translator, he printed the result and ran away.
"Khun Kinn!" he shouted as he reached Kinn's apartment. Kinn slowly walked to the door and looked at him surprised as he saw Arm so concerned. "What happened?" the boss asked, Arm gave him the sheet and explained: "Apparently Marco called the head of his bodyguards, they spoke Italian and I don't know how accurate this translation can be...".
"... Icarus is about to fall... " Kinn read out loud.
"Is it a code? What should we do, sir?" Arm asked preoccupied. Kinn shook his head and turned to him: "Arm, I think he realized that we are going to give the Yakuza what they want, however we don't know what this code could mean so we had to continue with our plan, what did the secretary say?"
"They will soon send a response"
"Good, in the meanwhile try to control Marco and look for more hints..."
The hours passed quickly, Arm got the details from the Yakuza, they would meet at 11pm in an abandoned pub near the river, the only dangerous part was that the chief of the clan wanted to meet Kinn, refusing wasn't an option at all.
Arm took his jacket and walked to Marco's room, followed by four bodyguards, just in case the guest didn't want to leave. He opened the door, the Italian guy was still awake, wearing a tuxedo after an elegant dinner in the restaurant on top of the building.
"Sir, you must come with us, now" Arm said with a resolute and serious voice. Marco turned to him and nodded with a smile on his face.
"Well, I don't have a choice, do I?"
"No sir" Arm replied. Marco nodded again and followed him downstairs, he saw Kinn and Porsche chatting near the car that was meant to take him to the Yakuza. Everyone got on the car and they left the building.
"Sir, there are workers on the street, we can't continue on the planned path, orders?" the driver asked as he saw the barriers on the road. Kinn ordered him to turn left. They ended up turning a few times, eventually they reached a dead end. The driver tried to go backward but soon a van arrived, there was no way for that car to get out of it. Most of the bodyguards got out of the car, they tried to take their guns but they all fell unconscious onto the ground after they got hit by sleep darts. Before Kinn could even realize what was going on, Marco got off the car and walked to the van.
"Get out, Kinn, I didn't kill your men, why should I kill you?" the Italian guy said giggling. Kinn, Porsche and Arm got out slowly.
"Let me guess... Icarus is about to fall... right?" Kinn said.
"Exactly, Kinn. Don't tell me that you really believed I was going to let you return me to the Yakuza"
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