Chapter 57: 57 ~ Jace
It was strange but I felt her presence when she came towards my office.
My suspicions were confirmed when I spotted her scurrying away after I yelled at my mother.
"I didn’t hear anything." She lied.
"Mirabel, don’t make me punish you for lying this time."
She swallowed. "I didn’t hear too much. I promise."
Recalling how she was weeping like a child after I hit her a couple of times, I decided to let it slide. Just this time.
"Go down and eat dinner." I ordered.
Without question, she got on her feet and hurried out of the room before I could change my mind.
I almost chuckled. So she had it in her to be obedient after all?
Interesting.
I picked up my keys and headed down to the garage.
When I slid into my vehicle, I saw how bloodshot my eyes were. I hadn’t slept. I barely ate. I was mad.
Tonight I was going to take a long drive around the town in a car no one could recognize - my Ranger Rover Velar.
I checked out the weapons in different compartments and they were all intact.
I ensured none of my guards accompanied me. I wanted to drive solo. I could take care of myself without the unnecessary attention.
My first stop was Tomas’s home.
I made my way up the elevator to his apartment’s floor. I rang the doorbell as soon I got to the door of his apartment.
"Don?" He seemed startled by my presence.
That was expected. I didn’t tell him I was coming and of course I came alone, which was kind of unusual.
"Can I come in or do you have a naked woman in there you don’t want me to see?" I asked with a hint of mirth in my tone.
He chuckled, opening the door wider so I could let myself in.
Just as I expected he had a woman in there, clad in lingerie.
"Lina, excuse us." He said to her and the curvy latina girl catwalked in the direction of his bedroom letting us have some privacy.
"Can I pour you a drink?" He offered.
"I need one." I said with a curt nod as I looked around.
We had similar tastes so it was dark themed just how I would like any space without blinding bright colors.
"Is this about Volkov?"
I clenched my fits as attempted hit refreshed itself in my memory.
"That bastard tried it with me and he’s not going to survive it."
"You need me to send some of our men there to get rid of him?" He asked.
"That would be the easy way out."
"Don’t tell me you want to do it yourself, boss." He had a look of disapproval on his face as he said that.
My ego was bruised. I could not imagine that him and the Castillos thought it would be that easy to get rid of me. I needed to prove to them that they were messing with the wrong person.
"I need you to contact his second in command. I want us to talk." I said.
"Boss with all due respect. I don’t think this is a good idea. Remember what Don Vittorio taught us. We fight the war, not the battles."
I slammed my palm on the counter, rattling my glass in the process. "They are crossing the line with me Tomas. I have to show them who’s the boss!"
Tomas sighed.
"I understand you, Don. But this is simply a bait. They could be leading you into a trap. Think of your mother, think of Mira, they don’t want you dead."
I paused and let myself think at the mention of the women that mattered to me.
"So what do you suggest we do?"
He leaned over the counter and spoke in a low tone. "We lie low. Let our subordinates handle them while we build and plan for an outright elimination of all their bloodlines."
I pondered on the thought for a couple of minutes. I did not want to look weak or like a coward but I guessed he was right. I needed to fool them while I planned my death blow.
"I want a party."
"A party?"
"Yeah. Something to take the edge off." I winked, raising my glass at him.
He nodded in understanding. It was going to be a good one.
~
I left him shortly after that and continued my drive around the city.
Even though his advice had pacified me a little, a part of me still wanted a bit of revenge.
So I drove by myself to one of the Castillo’s warehouses downtown.
I parked at a safe distance and watched as they guards roamed the place. I knew they had cameras all over the place so I came prepared with my mask.
I picked up my gun as I got down from the vehicle and approached the wired fence in steady strides. I aimed directly at one target after the other. I had put my silencer on the gun so as I shot all that could be heard was the dropping of bodies to the ground with a hard thud.
I heard their alarm bells go off as I ran towards my car. I practically jumped in as I heard some shots behind me.
I sped out of there in no time.
And just to rile them up a bit more, I picked up my burner phone and placed a call to the police with their exact location. Don Castillo was going to receive some interesting calls by morning.
It was way past midnight by the time I drove into my mansion’s premises. The house was as quiet as a graveyard as I climbed up the stairs.
Mira was asleep.
I made my way to the bathroom and sat in the tub for as long as I could.
And when I finally garnered the courage, I bit into a towel and dug into my arm taking out the bullet that had gotten into it.