Fanta was new to the city of New York. He had heard a lot about this majestic city from his friends so he decided he will go to New York and make something of himself. When he arrived in New York life was not easy, the weather was cold and the people even colder. Fanta survived doing odd jobs for very rich people who did not want to get their own hands dirty. He cleaned houses, took care of pets, worked as a cleaner in a restaurant and much more.

There were occasions when Fanta couldn’t find any odd job to do and so he would have to sleep out in the streets on an empty stomach. Life was hard but Fanta knew it was hard for most. Fanta never lost hope and kept working whatever job he could find. One day while working as a cleaner in a small restaurant Fanta saw a car come and stop at the front of the restaurant. Fanta was curious as the restaurant was not yet open. He tried to ignore the fact and kept cleaning the floor. Soon Fanta heard the car doors open and the owner of the restaurant got out along with a man Fanta didn’t know. They both came inside and sat on a table. The owner called out for the table to be cleaned so Fanta ran over and cleaned it with a cloth. The owner shouted at Fanta to call out the waitress quickly. Fanta told the man the waitress has not yet arrived as the restaurant doesn’t open for at least one more hour.

“I guess you’ll have to be the waiter too then. Now go back and serve us some wine and bring out the best steak. Tell the chef the Don is here.” the owner yelled.

Upon hearing about a Don Fanta fumbled and ran back to the kitchen and told the chef what was happening. The chef hurriedly but carefully started preparing the steak while Fanta grabbed the best wine they had and took it to the table. When Fanta approached the table, he noticed that his boss’s hand was stuck on table with a knife and the Don was holding on to the knife and wiggling it a little occasionally. At first, Fanta thought maybe the owner has not paid the protection money but then he realized if that were the case the Don wouldn’t have come themselves.

Fanta put the wine on the table, poured Don a glass and stood afar looking at everything. He could not hear much as they were talking slowly. Suddenly Fanta heard a loud crash sound and looked outside. Someone had crashed into Don’s car and his bodyguards leaped in to protect the Don. From the other car emerged five men and they immediately started shooting inside at Don. His bodyguards returned fire while Fanta ducked for cover behind a table.

The Don took out his gun and started shooting back at the guys, hitting one of them in the eye and another in the leg, while a bullet also hit the Don in the leg. Fanta jumped towards Don and saw his boss dead from a stray bullet to the chest. The Don leaned on Fanta and they both went to the back of the building into the kitchen. While Fanta was not able to think clearly the Don asked him to remain calm. Saying this the Don handed Fanta a gun and told him to shoot anyone who comes in through the kitchen door as he started to tear down a piece of cloth and tie it on his bullet wound to stop the bleeding.

Fanta took the gun and nervously pointed it at the door. The chef was terrified and confused but still working on the steak. Once Don had tied the cloth and was ready to make a move, he asked Fanta to come with him out the back. While going out the Don took the steak from the chef, put it in a bag and handed it to Fanta. They both went towards the back door. The Don checked the door to see if someone was out there waiting for him. Once he confirmed it was safe, he asked Fanta to come out with him and they both stood on the street.  Fanta asked Don in which direction they will go and the Don told Fanta they are going to circle and go back to the front of the restaurant. And so, they did.

They moved quickly and soon found themselves in the front of the restaurant. Don leaned in and checked indoors. Apparently, the guys had assumed Don fled and were trying to clean up the place so as not to leave any signs which can later be used to identify them. The three remaining guys were arguing as to what needed to be done about the guy who was shot in the leg as he had lost too much blood already and was lying unconscious on the floor. One of the Don’s bodyguards was dead while the other was lying on the floor wounded. The four men definitely planned to murder him but they were more concerned about their own guy at this time. Suddenly Don came out from behind the wall and stood in front of the broken glass door of the restaurant. The men were so involved in their argument they did not even notice anything. Don took out another pistol and with a pistol in either hand started shooting at the remaining four guys. They were taken by surprise and all of them died in the shootout.

After killing all the guys, the Don walked up to his bodyguard and told him to get the car ready. He could barely walk, so Fanta helped him up and took him to the car. The Don stood over the dead bodies of the men and exclaimed

“Now that’s how you carry out an ambush”

He spit on one of the dead guys and turned around. He found the wounded guy still breathing but barely conscious. He lifted his head up and asked who hired him to carry out the hit. The guy mumbled something but it was unintelligible. Visibly irate, Don took his gun and poked it in his wounded leg, the guy screamed in pain.

“I asked, who hired you to carry out the damn hit on me.” The Don said.

The guy said a name which was not audible to Fanta from afar. Fanta helped the bodyguard into the car and stood there watching Don torture the guy for the info.

Once the Don had his answer he stood up and looked at the guy. The Don shot the man in the face thrice before his gun was empty. Then he walked towards the car and looked at Fanta. Fanta opened the car door and the Don got in the car while Fanta stood there in shock.

“Do you expect me to drive myself too” the Don shouted.

Frightened Fanta quickly jumped into the car and started driving. He did not even know where they were going but he was too afraid to ask for a destination.

After driving for only about a minute the Don told Fanta where to go and Fanta started driving towards his destination. The whole ride was quiet and once they reached the destination Fanta quickly got out of the vehicle and rushed to open the door for the Don. Soon people came rushing out of the building and surrounded the Don. There was a lot of murmuring and talking and the crowd went inside the building with the Don. Fanta stood there puzzled and confused. Suddenly he saw two people coming out the building and towards Fanta. One of the guys got inside the car and drove away with the bodyguard in it, while the other guy invited Fanta inside the building.

Fanta was taken to a nice room and told to rest. He went inside, took his shoes off and laid on the bed. It was a very soft bed, one which Fanta had never experienced before. Fanta didn’t even know when he drifted to sleep. His sleep was interrupted by a loud knock on the door. He quickly got up and opened the door. It was a man with a table full of food. Fanta was famished and he had never eaten such fancy food. Fanta asked the man if all the food was for him and the man confirmed. Fanta was happy and soon as the man left, he started eating the food.

Once Fanta finished his food, he wanted to go out for a walk but as he tried to leave, he found there was a man standing outside his door waiting for him. The man told Fanta to follow him to meet the Don. They both went to a huge hall and Fanta sat there waiting for an hour. While waiting Fanta heard a lot of screaming and shouting noises from the room where he was supposed to meet the Don. Fanta was scared but he couldn’t leave no matter how much he wanted to.

Suddenly the doors to the room opened and 2 people dragged out a dead body. Fanta didn’t know the man and he was too afraid to look at it for too long. Soon Fanta was called in the room, so he stood up and started walking slowly towards the room. Fanta was not afraid for his life but he was afraid of doing something that might offend the Don. When he went inside the Don looked at him and said,

“I see you’re out of a job, so you will work as my driver.”

Fanta in a very low and shaky voice asked

“When do I start Don?”

“Right fucking now.” The Don shouted while pouring himself a drink, without even looking at Fanta.

Fanta felt a cold chill run down his spine and stood there frozen before being snapped back to reality by one of the bodyguards.

On his way out, Fanta mumbled in a trembling voice

“Yes Don”