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I want Vincent’s attention. I want to know that heknowsI would never betray him. I want,need, that reassurance.
“I want everyone to be activated in this search.” Enzo stands. “Leo, send it down the line. Forward the picture of Trixie, and I’ll send you one of Gabriella. Get it to every capo and their soldiers. They’re to pull in every favor they know. Find this bitch. Dead or alive. I don’t give a shit. But if a hair on Gabriella’s head is missing, I’ll kill anyone responsible. Am I clear?”
Leo nods, pulling out his phone.
“How the fuck are you gonna explain Gabriella?” Vincent snarls. “We’ll save her only to force her straight into a family fucking grave.”
Enzo’s eyes narrow. “I meant what I fucking said. Anyone threatens her, and I’ll rip them limb from fucking limb.”
Vincent steps closer. “Why?”
Enzo smirks. “Don’t ask me questions you don’t want answers to.”
“Vincent,” I call out.
“Go back to the fucking room, Bianca.”
“I’m gonna stay right here.”
He whirls on me. “Why don’t you follow my fucking demands? I need to know you’re fucking safe. I can’t concentrate on saving her if I’m worried about you too,” he bellows.
“Being down here instead of the bedroom doesn’t diminish my safety,” I placate. “I love Gabriella. I want to be useful, and I don’t want to be alone.”
Vincent’s eyes soften.
Leo ignores us all. “Dante checked Tony’s place, and Cosimo turned over Trixie’s apartment. No sign of her or Gabbi.”
“Has someone checked the salon or the club? She had friends in both places. She might reach out. The girls need to know she’s not to be trusted,” I murmur.
“You heard her, Rossi.” Enzo keeps his eyes trained on me. “Your father knows we’re searching for Trixie. He fucks enough whores to know their weaknesses, slit their Achilles, make someone talk.”
My lips twist in distaste.
“Yes, boss.” Tony leaves without another word.
“You don’t think she’ll hurt her, do you?” I turn to Vincent. “She’s a police officer. She swore an oath to serve and protect. Why hurt an innocent girl?”
Vincent doesn’t answer, but Enzo does.
“When you corner a wild animal, Bianca, they panic. They’ll do anything to protect themselves. Even hurt the innocent.”
Tears well in my eyes, but I refuse to let Enzo see them.
“I should be doing something,” Vincent growls, pacing back and forth.
“What could you do, Necktie? We wouldn’t even know whose throat you could sever.”
Vincent’s gaze slices toward me, but I keep my face passive.
“Fucking dumb bitch,” Leo barks, a loud laugh transforming his face and grabbing everyone’s attention. “Delaney has reached out to an agent in her unit.”
twenty-four
GABRIELLA
She paces back and forth, thumb of one hand caught between her teeth, the other hand gripping her gun in unrestrained panic.
I’m so mad I didn’t place her face the day she accosted Bianca on the street. Granted, she’s changed her appearance a lot since I last saw her.
