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Even from here, I can hear her screechy voice faintly.
“You have something of mine. So, I’m listening.”
Frankie taps his fingers on his thigh, his face expressionless. My hands instinctively wrap around my throat. God, I can’t breathe.
“Hmm. What makes you think I’d do that? You have Luca, now I run the city, so I get to decide what happens next. You’ve done me a favor, really.” He glances at me and shakes his head.
“And why would I want to work with you? You have my fucking niece. Although, I did enjoy cutting your brother’s dick off.”
I gasp. Keller and Grayson laugh up front. Frankie brings his finger to his lips. I gulp, backing away to the other side of the car until my back hits the door.
Frankie takes the phone away from his ear and rolls his eyes at Maria’s screaming.
“Have you quite finished, Maria? I get it–you’re trying to impress Daddy. Now release Eva back to me, we have a deal. We don’t even need to let your father know about the mess you’ve caused here. Why isn’t he here, anyway?”
What about Luca? The only thing calming my nerves is the calmness from Keller and Grayson. If they believed anything Frankie was saying, they wouldn’t hesitate to kill Frankie, especially Grayson.
“Interesting. It will take quite a while for him to bring his army over from Italy. He’s left you here to die, Maria.”
He cuts the call.
I can’t take much more of this. I run my hands through my hair, I just want him back.
Frankie holds up his cell, watching the screen. “We should have his location in, five, four, three—”
His phone pings.
“Gotcha.”
Ringing fills the car speakers.
Another husky voice comes through the speaker. “I’ve programmed the location into your truck navigation, Grayson. Everyone is on their way now. They’ve been briefed to clear the building for your arrival to get you safely to Luca. Depending on how many men, you may have to join the fight. It’s a big unit, so I’m expecting a small army to greet you.”
“Don’t worry, Enzo, we have that covered. Truck is loaded,” Grayson says.
My palms start to sweat. “We need to get Rosa back to the safehouse, is it on the way? We can divert,” Keller says, looking to Grayson.
“No time. We protect her with our lives. This truck is armored.” Frankie shrugs off his navy jacket and his white shirt follows. He unfastens his black vest at the shoulder and sides.
He shoves it onto my lap and redresses. I stare down at the bulletproof vest.
“You need that more than me! You’re walking into a war zone, Uncle Frankie!” Panic rises. He’s my last remaining family member, and I just got him back. If I lose him, I won’t have anyone. Tears start to run down my face.
His voice is calm as he pats my knee. “I don’t need it. I failed you once, never again. Now put it on.”
We park down a side street, still in broad daylight. “Keller, protect her. Enzo is sending more men as back up. Just stay here; don’t move unless you have to.”
Grayson and Frankie jump out of the car and open up the trunk, arming themselves with guns, knives, and grenades as I watch on in horror.
I pull my legs up to my chest and hug them tight.
Keller turns around to look at me. “Rosa, this will be over soon. Just hold in there for him.”
Of all the things I’ve endured in my life, this moment right here is the worst. There is nothing I can do to save the man who gave me the world. Soon, I could lose everything that has ever mattered to me. I won’t survive that.
I refuse to live without him.
The trunk slams shut. My phone starts ringing in my purse on the floor. I rifle through it and my heart stops when Eva’s name flashes up on the screen.
