Page 59 of Mob Princess

I shrugged. “All you’ll owe me is the actual verdict, and whoever it is that staged this to look like an accident.”

He nodded slowly. “And if someone who staged the accident is one of my men?”

“Then, I guess your department isn’t as ‘dirty cop free’ as you think.”

He pinched the bridge of his nose. “All right. Yes. Okay. I’ll re-open the case.”

I nodded. “Wonderful. All of my contact information is at the back of that folder. I want to be kept up to date as quickly as you have new information. Understood?”

“Yeah, yeah. I got it.”

I stood to my feet. “And Chief?”

“Yeah?”

“I want this done right. The woman who’s paying for this is a good woman. I want to give her closure.”

“You have my word she’ll get it.”

I turned toward his office door. “I sincerely hope you’re right.”

I made my way out into the hallway and headed back for the front doors of the precinct. Even though the officer behind the plexiglass stared at me from the front desk as if I’d grown a fourth head, I nodded my appreciation to him anyway. No use in coming off like a dick since we had enough of those in town. However, the second I walked to my town car, I saw a very familiar figure leaning against it.

And the sight of Pava made me sick.

He grinned. “Israel. Fancy meeting you here.”

I swallowed down the urge to put a bullet in his head as I approached. “Pava. I didn’t realize we were on a first-name basis.”

He chuckled. “Cute.”

I drew in a deep breath. “Did you come here with a threat? Or a punch? Or more snipers? Because it really is growing old, and I have a date to keep.”

“Just came here with a warning, that’s all.”

I opened the door of my car. “Then, spit it out so I can go on about my business.”

He stared me down. “You keep that woman of yours in check. You hear me?”

I smirked. “You mean, the woman you raised and claimed to love? That woman?”

He growled. “Keep her in her place, or war is coming. A war unlike anything your family has ever seen.”

I looked over at him, leveling him with a heated stare. “War was inevitable after what you did. After what you’ve already done. And I promise you; you will pay heavily for it. You and your family.”

He snorted. “Are you really still upset over the fact that you married Bonnie and not my daughter? Are we really stuck on that?”

“It’s cute you think I’m even mentioning that in the first place.”

His face fell. “Well, if you don’t want to keep her on a leash, then why don’t I extend the idea of a peace offering?”

“In exchange for…?”

“Two hours alone with Bonnie.”

What is wrong with this man?“You’re delusional.”

I tried to get into my car, but h slammed the door closed before I could. “You listen to me and you listen good. Whatever I want I get. That’s how it’s always worked. Bonnie’s been a thorn in my side ever since you fucked with her mind and made her jump ship. I don’t know what you did and I don’t know what you said, but I’m telling you right now. If you don’t hand her back over to me—”

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