The Mafia's Asmara Cage

SASM - Maximo World

On a cold morning, a woman appeared to come to Maximo's residence. The tall woman wearing the thick coat was greeted by the guards. He showed her something in his hand that allowed her to enter easily.

“Good morning, sir,” greet the woman, upon arriving before Paul.

“Good morning. Login.” Paul smiled happily at the woman standing before him. The woman was Alicia, she had recovered after receiving intensive treatment at one of the hospitals.

“Thank you. How is Mr Maximo?” Since that incident, Alicia decided to devote herself to Maximo. He agreed with Samantha's opinion some time ago that Maximo is not what Wilson told me. Of course, that man was a huge liar in Alicia's eyes.

“He is in miss Samantha's room.” It was only Paul's answer that followed a faint smile full of worry. It was definitely because the condition of the man was not fine. The old man invited Alicia to sit on a chair facing the park, he was about to take the woman to breakfast together.

“Is he still hallucinating?”

“Yes. Her whole world is still just Miss Samantha. It's hard to introduce him to reality.” Paul sat down with Alicia. “Please for breakfast first. In a few hours it is likely that the great lord is down and we should be prepared for him.” Paul exhaled his coarse breath while shaking his head. It's heavy on the load.

“Thank you,” Alicia just according. she took a cup of bread that had been prepared by Nora.

“Nora, you did not prepare cereal?” Paul asked the woman who was pouring tea for Alicia.

“What today even the big master will have breakfast with cereal again?” nora's face turned anxious. Every day Maximo only breakfast cereal, it was never finished. At lunch and dinner, the man ate only apples. His sturdy body slowly began to shrink. As his grief gnawed at Maximo's body from within.

“Provide it. The big master would want to have breakfast with the shadow of Miss Samantha on his mind.” Paul knew exactly what Maximo was doing all the time.

“Good.” Nora prepared a box of cereal and vanilla milk her master liked. Samantha and Maximo used to enjoy it every time they had breakfast. Maximo will happily feed his woman. His face was full of love and happiness, much different from Maximo who was currently filled with sorrow and suffering.

The sound of lazy steps, heard down the stairs. A man bare-chested and wearing only a black outer walked up to them.

“Good morning, mr.” Paul, Nora and Alicia compactly welcome the figure of Maximo. As usual, the man looked messy and the smell of the drink was clearly smelled from his approaching body.

Maximo did not chim in, he immediately sat in his place. Sipping the mineral water then spilling the cereal in his bowl and watering it with vanilla milk. He did not say much, his mind began to link to the figure of Samantha who seemed to sit beside him and look at him.

“Max, bribe me. I'm so hungry.” Maximo's hallucinations are back. Every time the effects of alcoholic beverages are lost, the shadow of Samantha will appear later.

The man smiled slightly, his hands raised as if rubbing someone's head. Alicia who saw it immediately turned to Paul and Paul just nodded. He did not dare to comment because it was wrong, the weapon on his desk would speak.

Maximo also feeds Samantha who is in her imaginary world. The cereal and milk were falling on the floor, but for Maximo, Samantha was enjoying it.

“Where are you going today?” ask the man.

Maximo's gaze immediately turned to Alicia because she was disturbed. The sharp look that made Alicia creep. The girl was considered presumptuous because she had dared to pause the conversation with the shadow of Samantha.

“He's bothering us Max. Just kill it!” Sometimes Samantha's shadow is indeed very provocative, such as Maximo's pent-up desire to kill anyone who disturbs her and Samantha.

Quickly, Maximo took his gun and pointed it at Alicia.

“Master, this is Miss Alicia.” Paul immediately held the weapon. He knew exactly that Maximo was starting to feel disturbed. “She's a friend of miss Samantha,” added the man quickly. He did not want Maximo to suddenly shoot the girl trembling beside him.

“Mo-please excuse me sir, I came to greet you and miss Samantha.” Alicia had to lie. His body was already trembling, he was not ready if suddenly Maximo shot him on the spot.

Maximo's hand slowly descended limply. He turned to the shadow beside him, “Is he really your best friend?” ask her to Samantha's shadow. In Maximo's mind the shadow was nodded.

“But again me, Max,” pinta the girl while supporting her chin with her right hand and looking at Maximo lovingly. The look that always makes Maximo's eyes red and wet.

The man returned to the shadow of Samantha. Paul and Alicia were silent. It seems like Alicia has to start following Maximo's world which only contains this Samantha.

Letting Maximo enjoy his breakfast with Samantha's shadow, Nora decides to go to Samantha's room. He had to clean the room. Starting from sweeping and clenching also sucked the dust in the room. Replacing the blanket, opening the curtains also removes sheets and pillowcases.

This room is too stuffy because the windows are always closed. Nora opened the window glass so that fresh air could enter this room and replace the smell of alcoholic beverages that are so pungent.

Nora watched Samantha's dresser, where the woman put some makeup tools. Everything is neatly lined up there. One lipstick looks broken, probably because Maximo used to write love words in the mirror.

"I love you too much, Sam. Until you left, my whole life went and died. My sky collapsed until I could only complain in agitation."

Just this time Nora saw Maximo writing loving words that made her chest tight. Nora believes that this writing was made when Maximo was half drunk, because only when half drunk did the man realize that Samantha was no longer there.

Nora decided not to delete the writing. He let it be an inscription of Maximo's love for Samantha. All he did now was replace the broken lipstick with a new lipstick stored in the drawer.

“What is this thing?” Nora looked at the thing she accidentally found in the drawer. The object is flat like a phone, but the screen is smaller. In the upper corner there was like a constantly flashing light giving alternating red and yellow signals. Nora turned on her screen and it looked like a tool to track something.

“Is this Miss Samantha's? Is he still wearing a tracker?” Nora asked herself. But only a moment he noticed, the screen was off, it seemed like the yellow light was an indication that the battery of this object was weak.

Without waiting for long, Nora immediately left her job. He ran to get to Maximo and showed him this flat object. Can this thing give you a clue?

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