By the vehemence in his voice, I believe him. “We can both agree on that. Just so you know, I’m going to kill them both when I find them,” I vow.
“How about we both take turns fucking them up? She’s my sister and your ‘wife,’” he says, using air quotes that make me want to punch him in the face. “So, I think that gives us both equal rights to fuck with them.”
“I’ll think about it, you fucking pain in the ass! But just so you know, my wife or child isn’t going anywhere with you,” I grunt.
“You got my freaking sister pregnant!” he yells.
“She’s my wife, asshole! What the fuck do you think people do when they’re married? And just so you know I’ll kill you if you try to take her away from me,” I threaten the ass.
“Trust me, she’ll hate you if you kill me since I’m back from the dead and all,” the asshole smirks. “By the way, I have a list of properties I know my father has and also the ones Salvatore doestoo, because the two of them are literal idiots. And you know… information is always valuable.”
“Hmm. You might turn out to be useful after all,” I grunt.
He hands Xander a piece of paper listing properties and their locations. I look at the time and see it's already midnight. She’s been gone for about eight hours already, and it feels like a lifetime.
Xander instantly pulls up all the building and property records to see what’s what. The commercial properties are out. There are too many eyes around those areas.
“Check to see if any of those properties are anywhere outside the city. I would think they’d need privacy since they know my men would be combing the streets here looking for her,” I tell Xander.
“Oh, good thinking, boss,” he replies as his fingers begin to fly over the keyboard.
“Bernardo has two, north and south of the city, and Salvatore has two, west and east.”
“Check to see if there are any CCTV cameras and footage around those properties,” I instruct.
I’m on pins and needles as he begins to do his hacking shit. A moment later, four monitors display footage from four different locations, and he begins fast-forwarding through footage from a couple of hours ago.
“There!” I snap, pointing to the screen, and we watch as the men who took her take her into one of the properties. “Who does that one belong to?”
“Salvatore,” Xander says.
“Let’s go get my fucking wife back,” I tell them and walk out the door.
My men are all gathered in one of the rooms, and they all snap to attention when I walk in with Luca, Aldo, and Xander following behind me.
I can see that many of them are sporting a look of surprise when they catch sight of Luca. No one besides my father, Aldo, and Xander knows that Luca and I have done a lot of business together—and well, my wife too, since I told her about it.
“We have a location on my wife. I need you all to get ready,” I instruct them.
“Yes, boss!” is chorused around the room.
“How far are we from Salvatore’s place?” I ask Xander.
“An hour away,” he responds.
“Okay. We’re driving, and I want us to get there in half an hour or less,” I say to my men before turning to Aldo. “I also need the helicopter, but we need to go in quietly first so they don’t hear us coming. I don’t want them to panic and kill my wife or hurt her. So, you’ll fly there and land a mile or two away, and as soon as we breach the property, I’ll let you know so you can get there as fast as you can.”
“Got it,” everyone says.
“I’m on it,” Aldo confirms.
“It’s a pretty lonely stretch of area, but there are three houses there. Their men are in the outer two, and Salvatore and Bernardo are with her in the middle one, from what I saw on the feed,” Xander mentions.
“Alright, everyone, head out. Xander is sending you the location,” I tell them, and they all grab their weapons. “Make sure all of you have a suppressor on your rifles. We’re going to try and do this as quietly as possible.”
Luca and I arm ourselves and walk out the door, leaving Xander behind so he can keep an eye on things and keep giving us information.
We get into the back of the SUV and we’re off. My guys take my word to heart because we’re speeding down the streets. Thank God it’s so late, so there wasn’t much traffic on the road. They really speed things up when we’re driving out of the city.
