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Chapter 17
It’s been quite a number of days since Detective Montello contacted Neo about his brother’s death to the point where Neo almost forgot that the detective even existed. He’d been so focused on his thinking that Eunice was behind the murder that he hadn’t much cared what the detective discovered. Now that he’d taken care of Eunice, having denied having any part in Giannino’s demise, he was ready to find those responsible … without the help of the police.
The morning after the operation he sent the investigators on an urgent mission. What Neo already knew was that his brother’s return from Jamaica was premature and that he had a secret lifestyle that he was either ashamed, or afraid to let his family know about. Now that Neo started to put the pieces of the puzzle together, the gay club near to where Nino was killed was now a point of interest.
With the focus now only on this mission, the team returned with new information in less than twenty-four hours. A group of Mexicans who owned a mechanic shop were the culprits. It was discovered that harassing the gays who frequented the area was a common occurrence by these guys.
By the following night, Neo and his men moved out to confront the villains. Bigots who murder people and believe they were doing the world a favor always yap about what they’ve done. Neo found this particularly amusing.
These petty villains didn’t know what was coming to them as Neo and a small team entered the garage where these men hang out, his sheathed sword in hand. Neo was at the head with Marco, Frankie and Neeky falling in step behind him. The other team members were outside keeping watch as this was near the entertainment center where a lot of traffic happened at this time of night. It wasn’t far from where Nino was killed.
“Hey, can I help you?” one with a goatee and a tattoo over his eye greeted.
Four others were there, two tinkering with a car engine while the other two leaned on a dirty wall drinking beer. Neo looked around at the crew at their grimy hands and clothes. These motherfucking lowlifes dared touched his brother?
“I’m here to collect a debt,” Neo said. “Who’s Jose?”
From the intel that Neo gathered, Jose was the gang leader, and based on descriptions, the one who greeted him was Jose’s younger brother Diego. The other three were supposed to be Pablo, Juan and Luis.
A head popped up from where the two fixing the engine. “I’m Jose. Do I know you?”
“I see you’re all here,” Neo ignored his question and pointed at each one of them. “Juan, Pablo, Luis and Diego… am I right?”
“You di polizia?” Jose asked.
Someone closed the garage door while Frankie, Marco and Neeky spread out. “When I’m done with you, you’ll wish we were the polizia.”
Neo could see the light bulb going off in all their heads as realization took effect. Diego backed away while Jose picked up a giant wrench and the others armed themselves with pipes and steel rods. Diego disappeared behind a large cabinet and came back with a handgun which he aimed at Neo. Frankie shot him clean between the eyes while Neeky took on two of the others. Neo and Jose faced off.
“Don’t kill them, I want to deal with them all myself!” Neo instructed, unsheathing his sword.
“What the fuck man?” Jose backed up. “Who are you people and what d’you want?”
“I told you, I’m here to collect for the life of Doctor Giannino DeLuca. You’ve heard the name DeLuca before, right?”
“Si, Senor,” Jose replied in his native language. “But I don’t know a Gi…” he stumbled on the name.
“Of course you do, you murdered him three weeks ago just up the street!” Neo offered. “The guy you beat to death?” Jose’s face went white as his eye gorged. “You didn’t know you were messing with a DeLuca, did you, and a frigging doctor at that.”
“Please, you already shot my brother, we can…”
“I’m not done talking, you imbecile!” Neo advanced. “You murdered the kindest, most generous human being on the planet. You know he gave up the opportunity to work at the most prestigious hospital in the country to serve with Doctors Without Borders? You killed him all because you didn’t like who he fucked?”
“Senor, I didn’t know the dude was a DeLuca.”
One diagonal swing of the sword sliced through Jose’s chest opening it up to reveal its throbbing heart. The blade was so sharp that it sliced through bone and sinews. Jose fell to his knees with a howl of pain and Neo finished him off with another slash across the chest. He slumped to the ground as his body jerked and spasmed, his blood spreading quickly across the greasy floor.
Neo went through and finished the other three. He was pissed he didn’t get to whack Diego as well, but he was happy the job was done. Since coming into his own, Neo had one rule about missions. Finish quickly and never leave a trace, unlike his parents who liked to torture their enemies by wounding them and leaving them to die a slow excruciating death. Neo wasn’t taking any chances by having his enemies survive, or leaving evidence behind. With this new rule, the cleaning crew would always be in operation and tonight was not any different.
They headed back, Neo feeling a great sense of satisfaction that he’d taken care of two missions without his father’s guidance. He’d always thought that when he took over, his father would be there to tell him what to do until he could manage on his own. To be honest, Nazario Neo DeLuca was damn proud of himself.
Something about defeating his enemies energized him to the point where he wanted to fuck. He’d heard stories about his parents and how they used to act like animals after a mission. Neo knew then and there that he wasn’t much different. If the other guys weren’t around, he would have fucked Neeky right there on the floor in Jose’s blood.
“Fuck,” he swore under his breath. “That’s nasty.”
“What’s nasty,” Neeky leaned over and whispered.
He knew she deliberately did this so she would arouse him. He leaned over and whispered back. “I wanted to fuck you in Jose’s blood.”
“Why didn’t you?”
“Raincheck?”
She kissed his cheek and whispered, “Definitely raincheck, you nasty perv.”
“In the meantime, meet me by the pool after we get back.”
