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“I think we should speak to Mimi’s dad,” Gabe suggests. It makes logical sense to speak to him first. The guy might not have been in my good books because he didn’t want me with his daughter but I can’t hold it against him. I also can’t bring this to him yet.
“I think we should leave him out of it for a little while. He’s already worried for Mimi.” I know Mimi told Gabe her mother’s death was a suicide. Not sure if he explained that part to Vincent. It’s a secret but now’s not the time for secrets. “He believes his wife killed herself. He blames himself for it. We tell him there’s this, he’ll go crazy and do something stupid. I know him. He can’t take on the Fontaines, and now’s not the time for us to worry over shit like that if we can find another way.”
Vincent agrees. “We need to find those files. They may be the thing that gives us some advantage. I think we split up. You two look into it. Me and the others will continue searching for this elusive underground facility. I’m thinking of getting someone with more hacking abilities who can track them down. I don’t think we’re going to find them the way we’re looking.”
“Cool we can do that,” I answer and Gabe nods.
What we need is a gun with a bullet big enough to take these fuckers out for good. This could be it.
Chapter Thirty-Six
Salvatore
There’s a guy Claudius uses.
A P.I.
The kind that’s off the records because of the way he works. He’s always able to find something, an ex-military man who goes by the name of Gibbs.
I called Claudius earlier and gave him the extra information I had.
Prior to calling I did a little digging around and spoke to Mimi when she woke up.
She filled me in on everything she knew. Right from the last sighting of William Russo to what she’d found out last night from Porter.
I searched online and found that the last place William was seen was at a press conference the week Evangeline Cipriani was murdered.
Nothing about him since.
I wished I had been more involved on this from the start. I think seeing that William had practically disappeared the same week as Mimi’s mom died would have raised my suspicion. Under normal circumstances I would have looked into it straight away, but my mind was split between everything else that was happening.
Mimi and I are sitting in the conservatory away from everyone. We’ve been talking and researching for hours. I’ve been trying to see what I could find on William and there really is nothing. The files I’m looking at are stuff we can access from our cop associates who are more like feds. They can get dirt on anyone. Anyone at all, but I don’t see shit about him. There’s nothing. No change of address yet his house states that he sold it. No listing of him anywhere. The only people I’ve seen like this are those under witness protection or something like that.
Or dead.
Dead in the sense that they disappear, except he’s not even listed as missing. Although listing him as such would draw attention.
I do my best not to show any of my suspicions to Mimi.
While that spark I love is still in her eyes, she looks pale and drained. It’s too much for her.
“The key is Adrian …” she states, running a hand over her hair. “Salvatore you should have seen how Porter switched up on me when I mentioned Adrian’s name.”
“I can just imagine. I figure we do need to focus on him. It’s just that he’s even harder to find than our friend William.” Adrian with no last name.
It’s like trying to pick a needle out of an ocean.
“Mimi….” I straighten up and reach across the table for her hand. “I want you to allow me to handle this. It’s too much. You may come across more that’s going to take its toll on you.”
She shakes her head at me. “I need the truth. I need to do this. I won’t rest until this is all solved. You know it’s that thing where you just have to push yourself, doesn’t matter what happens. I want to know what happened to my mother and be kept in the loop of whatever you find out.”
I understand. However that part of me that wants to protect her is on high alert. It comes out all the more the next evening when Gibbs comes by.
It’s really late, bordering on ten, but I wanted to see him and hear what he found.
The minute I look at his face I know whatever he’s about to tell me isn’t going to be good. I’ve never met him before but I know from the look in his eyes when he casts a cautious glance at Mimi. She was right by my side when I got the door.
“Baby, why don’t you go lie down and I’ll come up to you in a little while,” I suggest.
