Page 101 of Stolen Kisses
“So what now? I’m just supposed to accept that he’s above us. Accept Barabbas message. The man sent a bomb to my house intending to kill my girl and my child. I can’t just accept it.” I balled my fists.
My girl and my child …
But they weren’t really mine. They felt like mine and I could believe it until it killed me, but it still wouldn’t be true.
Claudius surprised me by smiling. “Your girl and your child, when you cool off remember you said that. As for the other part of your question, I never back down and no one comes for me or mine unless I send for them.” He sneered.
“Me neither,” Gio added.
“What he said.” Alex jumped in. “Come with a bomb and I’ll catch it, throwing it back. Blood for blood man. Some of our men are on the lawn and there could have been even more lives at stake.”
Claudius smiled wider. “Blood for blood. They don’t scare me bro. Not one fucking bit. I think however, since this is your fight I’m gonna pass the torch just for tonight. What should we do boss?”
I stared at him wondering if he was serious.
Me? Boss?
I’d taken orders for so long that it was strange being in charge.
I rested a hand on his shoulder showing my thanks.
He nodded.
“These people like to keep secrets. The mother fucker killed Christina so she wouldn’t talk. I think we should show the world what he was up to. Spread out all of the dirty laundry and hang it high. Then we find the fucker and kill his ass. Him and the little fucker who threw the bomb in my house.”
Claudius smiled wide. “And how will we be going about this plan boss?”
Now it was my turn to smile. I remembered something Christina had said once about the news. I didn’t watch it, hated it and thought it was full of inciteful stories.
Tonight the people of Chicago would be in for a real treat when they found out what the governor of Illinois had gotten up to over the years.
“Evening news always sucked. Time to spruce it up don’t you think?”
Gio laughed. “My what a tale to tell. I’ll get the squad on location hunting, tell them we want the governor.”
“Let’s do this.”
Gio was the first to go out the door, next was Alex then Claudius.
I follow behind them, once downstairs I stopped when I saw Maria holding Flynn.
Donny and Saul were with them.
When she saw me she rushed up to me.
“Where are you going?” she asked.
“This doesn’t concern you.” I answered unable to keep the rage out of my voice.
“Please tell me, you’re going after him aren’t you?”
“Maria, I don’t want to talk to you right now. I can barely look at you.” I didn’t care that I sounded like a complete asshole or that she looked at me like I was breaking her heart, my heart was broken.
It was broken and I couldn’t see past all the pieces.
“I love you.” She told me and another tear rolled down her cheek.
This girl, this woman had mystified me my whole life. I would never dream of a reality where I’d gotten the girl I wanted and she just told me she loved me after all this time. She was with Luc, because like Gio said he was the fucking Porsche and I was the Volkswagen. The Alpha and the beta.
