“Look, what happened to Amy is unfortunate, and I can likely fix it. I’m just not sure I can by elections, and I need all my manpower focused on Benito.”
“Babe, if you can prove that someone on Benito’s team not only orchestrated the car accident, but also set up the commissioner, Benito may not make it to elections.”
He pursed his lips. “Good point.” He gave me a quick kiss. “You’re so smart.”
“Mmhmm.”
“Let’s shower and go to bed. I’m sure it’ll take some time for Toni to arrange to pick up the guy.”
I raised my brows. “Just shower?”
“And things.”
“Ha. No things. Matteo is still up, and I will not be the reason he has nightmares.”
“He’s lived here before while we were definitely doing…things.”
I put my water down and stood. “Maybe little things.”
He beamed. “Nothing little about you, baby.”
“I’d tell you to behave, but where’s the fun in that?” I pulled him up when he offered me his hand. “Wash my back, and I’ll wash yours.”
“Oh, I’m gonna wash your front too.”
We cackled all the way to the bedroom, only stopping to peek in on the kids. The twins were out, Matteo online with headphones on. We were good and had plenty of time for things.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
Gideon
Elijah Madison,thirty-three years old, blond hair, blue eyes, had worked with the Calvern family for over a decade. According to the information Toni was able to obtain, he’d been heavily involved in Benito’s campaign. He also was the one who’d arranged for Ricky to get in the car that had crashed into my SUV, hurting my nephew. That was the main reason he was currently strapped to a chair, naked, in one of my crates.
I leaned against the metal wall and glared at him. He was still out cold. Toni had managed to come behind him in a parking garage and sedate him while Danny and Alex helped.
“A man like Elijah will be missed,” Danny said.
“I don’t give a fuck.” I turned my gaze to him. “Benito gave the order, but this guy is the one that made it happen. We get everything we can out of him.”
“Then what?”
“Danny, are you having some sort of self-discovery? Have you found God or something?” I pushed off the wall and took a few steps, advancing in on him.
“No, Boss.”
“He’s just doing his job. He keeps you safe, and sometimes that’s even from yourself,” Alex defended.
“If you two want to leave, go ahead.”
“Boss, we just wanted to make sure you were seeing this from all sides. Benito won’t take too kindly to this. You saw what happened when Nathanial betrayed him.”
“If I do nothing, he will see me as nothing and trample all over me.”
They both nodded.
“Boss needs to bite back, or Benito will eat him alive.” Toni moved to a metal cart. “I’m waking him up—he’s taking too long.”
I gave Alex and Danny one more look before turning toward Elijah. Toni placed some smelling salts under his nose, and he jerked awake.
