Page 34 of Double Edged Hearts
“So, you’ve come to warn me away? Is that it? You must have some death wish,” I sneer with a sharp chuckle.
“I don’t, actually, but I have my staff’s best interest at heart. I’m just here to make my presence known. You people think you own Chicago. I guess you do to some extent, but there are other ways to get to you. Everyone’s so careful when dealing with you people. Don’t want to rock the nest and cause trouble. I don’t care about careful so much when it comes to things I want,womenI want.” The fucker smiles at me like he already owns me. “I won’t be careful if you go near her again. I know a lot about you people. You leave a lot of loose ends that I’ll tie up. Like this place, for example… I wonder how much you all truly make from the cash jobs and the people who pay in cash to come and watch the events. I know about the illegal street racing too. I’m sure your boss doesn’t want trouble with the feds any more than you do. So, how about you keep it sweet, or you might end up in prison for a very long time.”
“You don’t have shit on me,” I point out.
“I can get it. That’s the beauty of it. I can get my hands on whatever I want to fuck with you, and there’s not a God damn thing you can do about it.” He grins.
I hate being threatened. I have a temper on me that doesn’t do well with threats. What balances my temper is that I have my head screwed on straight.
I already know not to think this guy isn’t some fucker who’s talking out of his ass. He’s serious as fuck, so I don’t say anything more to him one way or the other.
I won’t lie down like a little bitch and agree to keep anything sweet, and I won’t respond to his threat the way I want by killing his ass.
What I will do is be careful.
He looks me up and down before he walks out.
I stare on in deep thought. Deeper than before.
He was watching Cora. I get the interest he has in her, but it’s not normal to watch the way he suggested and then approach me, a dangerous man.
And threaten me like that?
Here is the part where maybe I should back the hell down and leave well enough alone.
Cora and I are over. Broken up. So I should turn away from this.
There’s a feeling deep in my heart, however, that tells me there’s more to this guy.
There’s more, and I can’t just leave it alone, not because I don’t want him anywhere near Cora, but if he can threaten a guy like me, it means he’s dangerous too.
