“He’s on a call in his office; I texted. What should I do?”
“Fuck.” I jumped off the tractor and signaled to the landscaper to continue mowing. “Let him through.”
Raff spoke into his earpiece, and I watched the gate open and the SUV drive up. What did this douchefucker want now?
I wiped the sweat that was dripping into my eyes away and met the vehicle at the front. Two men exited before Benito, who was grinning at me.
“Is money so tight, you need to cut the grass yourself?”
“I like staying physical,” I responded flatly.
“I see.”
“Why are you here?”
“I wanted to speak with Gideon and I suppose you.”
“Mhm, well, Gideon is a busy man. You can’t just pop in anytime you want to.”
“Now, that’s not very neighborly.” The grin remained on his face.
“From my understanding, you don’t have a home anymore?”
He snorted. “I’ll rebuild, I suppose. Either way, the plot of land is mine.” His smile dropped. “Can’t get rid of me that easily.”
“Unfortunate,” I deadpanned.
The door opened, and Gideon strode out. The clear disdain he had for Benito was apparent, and I was sure he didn’t care to hide it.
“Why are you on my property?”
“Ah, there you are. Not so busy after all.” That shitty smirk was back on his face again.
“You have two minutes, Calvern.”
“Perhaps we could go inside, have a seat, a drink…I am rather parched.”
“Tick-fucking-tock,” Gideon growled.
“Fine, fine. As you know, my newly purchased home was the victim of a gas leak.”
“I’d heard.”
Benito laughed softly. “Right. Unfortunately, I won’t be moving in as planned, but I explained to Pennsylvania here that since I purchased the land as well, I will rebuild.”
“All news you could have sent to me in an email, Calvern.”
“Well, thing is. I’ll likely be moving into the governor’s mansion after I win the election, and I do still own my current house. I really wanted to stop by out of respect, because it will be quite noisy over there, and I guess offer a pre-apology.”
Gideon didn’t say a word. He glared at Benito so hard, I thought the man would combust.
“Get off my property, Calvern.”
Benito took a step closer to Gideon. Raff, Danny, Alex, and I stepped up as did Calvern’s men.
“I know you were behind this, Hendrix. You don’t realize how big of a mistake it was that you destroyed my home, but you will.” He glanced at me. “I will make you feel every speck of my anger.”
“Don’t threaten me, Benny-boy, or you’ll taste my claws.”
