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“You sure? You know this is dangerous,” I told him.
“Fuck, I’ve done worse, and I’ll do anything for family,” he said. He patted me on the back. “Ari and Lucy are my nieces.”
We both looked over at Roman.
“I’m not expecting anything,” I told him.
“You think I’m sitting this out?” he asked me.
“Well, I know you probably don’t want to ruin your business with Tony.”
“Fuck Tony. He took my nieces. As soon as he did that, he was dead to me. I don’t intend to work with him ever again.”
“Ok,” I said.
“Besides, I was already planning on going legit after Dad died. I’m tired of dealing with people like Tony.”
I took Roman’s hand in mine and shook it, patting him on the shoulder at the same time. “Thanks, man. I always knew you had it in you to do the right thing.”
“So we’re going to break into Tony’s mansion, kidnap the girls, and get the hell out of there?” Dante asked.
“That’s the plan.”
Bella looked at me, and I already knew from the expression on her face that she thought she was going with us. I just looked her in the eye and shook my head.
“I’m going, Gabe. They are my daughters too.”
“Can you guys give me a sec?” I looked at my brothers and Ava.
“Of course,” Roman said, as he motioned for the others to get in his car, leaving just Bella and me alone in the parking lot.
“Gabe, you’re not going to talk me out of this. I need to do this,” she said.
“And I need you to go home and make sure our boys are also taken care of,” I replied.
She opened her mouth to argue, but then closed it as if she had to think about what I said. So I continued. “What my brothers and I are about to do, we’re trained for that sort of shit. We’ve been doing this kind of thing since we were old enough to walk. We know what we’re doing.”
“I can be quiet too,” she said, crossing her arms in front of herself defiantly. “I know how to be sneaky.”
“It’s not just that, Bella. These guys are dangerous, and they will exploit any weaknesses we have. And you, Bella, you’re my weakness… if something were to happen to you, or if your life was at stake, I would throw myself in front of a bullet to save you, and that’s not what our girls need. Our girls need me to be on my toes, my only focus on them.”
Her arms relaxed and fell to her side, so I took both of her hands in mine.
“And if, God forbid, things go to shit, I need you on the outside to still fight for our babies, Bella. Our boys and our girls. They need you.”
Tears welled up in her eyes.
“They need you too,” she said.
“And that’s why I’m going to do everything in my power to not get killed. Which will be easier if I only have to worry about myself until I get to the girls. I know Roman and Dante can take care of themselves, and they know what they’re getting into—if something were to happen to them, that’s just what they signed up for. But you, Bella… fuck, if I lost you, I don’t know how I could ever live with myself. And as strong and fearless as you are, you just had four babies less than two months ago. You’re still healing and you need to let your body recuperate fully.”
Bella’s face fell with resignation. She let out a ragged breath. “I know you’re right, but I can’t lose you, Gabe. I can’t lose you or our girls.”
“Let me do this. I promise you, I will do my best to make sure that all of us come back unharmed, so we can be a family.”
Bella stared up at me with pleading eyes.
“I trust no one else with our kids. No one else.”
