I saw the car drop back but couldn't make out much of anything through the slightly tinted windows. Zane gave Alec the signal and he started maneuvering through traffic. All of this was done in a way that she wouldn't catch on to the fact that we were being followed. I relaxed once I caught Alec's nod in the rearview letting me know that he'd lost them. Now my mind was stuck on who the fuck that could've been. She was half asleep in my arms and didn't notice a thing, or so I thought. As soon as we were alone in our room she dropped all pretense of tiredness. "Did you know you have triads in your place?" Say what now?"What do you mean?""You do know what a triad is right, Peter Gotti?" Now even I know what that insult meant."Yes smart ass, I do, but how do you know they were in my place?" I couldn't help but think of the conversation I'd had at the meet a few days ago. "I saw them, their damn tats stand out like a beacon." She shook her head and pulled her clot
The fucking agent was surrounded by too many suits for me to get to him now, so it looks like I'll have to come back later and take care of it. No one followed us from the house so I was thinking they didn't know where my place was. I was feeling like an idiot for not seeing that this man was more of a danger than I first thought. Never underestimate the power of greed. I'd paid this asshole over the years to look the other way. I'm sure I've paid him more than the government in the three years I'd been dealing with his dumb ass. The thing is, he knows me, knows what a colossal fucking mistake it is to cross me, so the triads must've offered him something that was worth him risking his damn life over. My phone rang cutting off my train of thought. "Why is your wife calling me, what's wrong with your phone bro?" I didn't stop to think that something might be wrong and that's why my little sister was calling me instead of her husband. "What's up Anna, you three need
The OBGY what the fuck marched into the room giving out orders. She wanted me to leave, I told her to get fucked. "Michelle, this is my son and his fiancée, it's best if you just proceed." She looked like she wanted to argue, but my 'don't fuck with me look soon had her backing down. She muttered some shit about not being able to do her job properly yadda-yadda-yadda, but that shit fell on deaf ears. She did her thing and looked like she knew what she was talking about. "Who is she?" I whispered the question to dad as we watched her handle Mouth and her shit. If I was bad, Mouth was worst, she gave that poor woman so much lip that I was beginning to feel guilty for giving her shit when she first came in. Mouth isn't exactly the most genteel patient if you know what I mean. "Arianna quit acting like a brat and let the woman do her job.""She's poking me, that shit hurts." Mouth looked like she was out for blood. I better warn her off before we find the good doctor
"Never mind that now son. It's a good thing I didn't leave. We're here to help. We know these men better than you do; we've known them for years. Don't think that because some of the old dons are gone that they're not still in this thing. They're still instructing the young and they have their own way of dealing with something like this. We three can beat them at their own game." "I don't know Poppy..." "Look, you're legit now. We did a good job of getting rid of anything that could come back to trip us up and my friend here did the same. We made a promise to each other years ago as young men. Things didn't quite work out like we'd planned, but providence brought our families together nonetheless and at a time when we could even contemplate a move like this. Time was you even thought of pulling out you'd be dead before the thought had a chance to form." The other two nodded their heads in unison. "Together you two wield a lot of power, that power might have come fr
The conversation got lighter after that, after they all agreed to let me handle it for now. I had no doubt that if this shit didn't work they'd ignore me and do what the fuck they wanted to anyway. No respect. Mouth was way too happy go lucky but I didn't see how she could get up to shit here so I left it alone. I went into my office to make some calls. We were down to two days before our trip to Chicago and I needed to have all my shit together. I was finally able to reach Agent Kowalski and set up a meet. I knew he was the connecting thread, the one that needed to be burned. "Tomorrow, my place in the city." I hung up the phone feeling better before returning to the others. "You, bed, now!" The doc had ordered her to rest and to call if she felt even a pinch in her side. She had the good sense to take her ass to bed while I grilled the other three to figure out what the hell they were up to, and what part she played in it. I didn't hang around the kitchen too lon
"Mouth, you don't need to be there. I don't want you involved." I checked my piece and clipped it to my side, the heavy weight like a part of me after carrying it for so long. I doubt that I'd stop carrying anytime soon, legit or not. "I'm coming with you. Who knows what Junior and I would get up to here on our own." She was holding me hostage with the kid. If she wasn't who she is that shit wouldn't carry any weight, but she'd proven time and again that she could get into trouble even with her team three feet away. Maybe it was best I keep her with me. "Fine, but you don't say shit to this asshole. You just sit and listen. And Mouth, we're just going to talk." Maybe you'll learn something. Like there're other ways to deal with a motherfucker than taking off his head. I checked her over before we headed out the door. The meet was in thirty minutes. "Hey!" She took umbrage to me patting her down. I knew she couldn't hide her 'toy' but Mouth is innovative, she'd use
I didn't quite get the scene when I walked in. She was sitting in my seat behind the desk but they weren't talking. If he'd said some shit to hurt her feelings I'd end his ass right here. Then it registered. The coffee cup was on the floor and Kowalski was halfway there. "Mouth, I said talk to him not off him, the fuck did you do?" I think she poisoned him the way he was just slumped over. I left the fucking room for less than three minutes. I knew she was up to some fuck when she pulled the Martha Stewart act, but fuck. And what the fuck kinda agent was he that he was drinking coffee and shit from someone he was investigating? "You said he wasn't gonna stop, that he had a hard-on for you. We have to be legit by the time junior comes, it's a win-win, I don't see the problem Don Julio." She didn't even break a sweat and my fucking ears were ringing. "Swear to fuck I don't know how Chicago survived your murdering ass long enough to become the cesspit that it is toda
I pretended an interest in the buttons on his shirt when I felt his glare. "Arianna.""Yes.""We've been all through this until I'm blue in the face. Since you refuse to listen, why don't you tell me what all you have planned?" I'm not sure I trusted his easy capitulation but I allowed him to drag me over to the bed where he sat with me on his lap. "Well, according to Poppy he knew there was going to be trouble from certain factions. He's been covering you even when you thought he was gone. He didn't interfere, but he kept an eye on things so you didn't get in over your head. When dad showed up and Poppy came back on the scene they wanted to help as you may recall, but you wanted nothing to do with them for whatever reason." I ignored the look he gave me and carried on. "The long and short of it is, you're focused on going legit, my dad's already done that for the most part so it stands to reason that he might have some ideas on how to achieve that. From seeing w