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“Keep beating them up,” I mutter.
Right now, I’m not a Don. I’m just one man looking for his woman and willing to do anything to find her. Carlo walks over and places a hand on my shoulder.
“I know,fratello. We’ll find her.”
“You keep saying that, but we have no clues. And we’re not any closer to finding fucking Richardson either.”
I think back to my conversation with the man. Something had seemed off. He claimed to have been trying to destroy us due to orders from the higher-ups, but I made some calls and found out the Bureau has no interest in us. Which means Richardson’s getting his orders from somewhere else. But I can’t for the life of me figure out where.
My phone rings and I pull it out quickly. My eyes narrow when I see Romano’s name.
“This is a bad time,” I say, answering the call.
The man chuckles. “I’m sure you won’t be saying that in a few seconds.”
My teeth grind together. “You have Daniella.”
Carlo’s eyes widen when he hears that. Romano sounds fucking pleased.
“Ding, ding, ding,” he says. “You always were a smart kid, Christian. Yes, I have your fiancée.”
My chest constricts. “What do you want from me?”
There’s some rustling on the other line before he speaks.
“You probably haven’t heard this, but my business is going through a particularly hard time right now. Cash flow is shit, drug deals aren’t coming through, I lost a pretty big shipment, and none of my casinos are bringing in any money either.”
“Sounds tough,” I say dryly.
“It really is, Little D’Angelo. So here’s the thing. I need money and I need lots of it. If you want your fiancée returned to you alive, you’ll bring it to the warehouse near the Glenwood power plant. And you’ll come alone.”
My fingers clutch the phone so hard it might actually break. “I want to talk to her,” I say. “Give Daniella the phone.”
“I’m afraid she’s otherwise occupied.”
And that’s when I explode. “Listen, you motherfucker, if you don’t put her on the phone right now, I swear I’ll hunt down every single fucking person you’ve ever cared about and I’ll put a bullet through their heads. And if you’ve done anything to hurt her, I’ll kill you slowly and in a way that’ll make you regret the day you ever touched my woman.”
He chuckles. “Well damn, I almost got chills. You’re so much like your father, you know that?”
“Let me talk to her,” I say through gritted teeth.
“Fine,” he says. “Hey sweetheart, your boyfriend’s looking for you.”
The next moment, her sweet voice is in my ears.
“Christian?” she asks softly. Relief nearly knocks me off my feet.
“Hey, baby. Are you okay? Are you hurt?” I question.
“Well my arms and legs are tied and I really need to pee, but otherwise I’m good.”
Even in danger she can’t help being a smartass. My mouth twitches.
“I’m coming for you,tesoro,” I say fiercely.
“I know you are. Please hurry,” she whispers those last two words, the only indication that she’s scared out of her mind right now.
She’s trying so hard to be strong when she shouldn’t have to be. Fury works its way through every part of me.
