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My knuckles turnedwhite as I gripped the steering wheel, my foot pressing the accelerator to the floor.
He said to let him take care of it.
I didn’t like the sound of that.
There was no way in hell I was going to let anything happen to her.
The guys I had tailing Annabelle told me when the police swarmed in and made dead sure to tell me that the captain's ass was there in all his glory as well.
I knew exactly what he planned to do.
I couldn’t put anyone else at risk or in the middle. I wasn’t going to bring my family into the fire with me. I paid a lot of money for police protection; I wasn’t about to ruin it all if this all went south.
I kept dialing his number.
“Pick up, you bastard,” I grumbled as the line continued going to voicemail.
The engine roared in response, propelling my car forward with reckless abandon. The weight of the situation pressed heavily upon me, knowing that Anna's life hung in the balance.
I called again, only this time, he picked up. “What!?” Captain Russo said angrily into the receiver. “I said to let me handle this!”
I heard Annabelle’s scream and felt a lump form in my throat. “Let her go!” I demanded.
“What?!” Captain Russo shouted. I could understand the confusion.
“Let her go!” I repeated. “Now!”
“I can’t do that now, Luca!” He shouted. “She knows too much!” And with that, the line went dead.
“Fuck!” I hissed.
The van seemed to mock me. With each passing second, it seemed like the barrier between me and the woman I loved grew larger. I could feel my heart race.
I had to get to her.
I had to stop him.
I knew all too well what he meant by “take care of it.”
He was going to kill her.
And if I was a betting man, he wasn’t the only one in that van.
She was outnumbered.
As I punched the gas to the floor, the city lights blurred into streaks of color.
My focus was on one thing only.
Reaching Annabelle.
I dialed the captain's number again, desperation evident in my voice.
“Stop fucking calling me, Luca!” he demanded.
“Pull over, you son of a bitch!" I yelled into the phone, my words full of fury. "You're not getting away with this! I’ll have you fucking killed!”
The captain's response was as defiant as I had expected. He laughed, a chilling sound that sent shivers down my spine. “You’re not thinking rationally,” he shot. “She is going to ruin youandme. We agreed to do whatever it takes.”
