Page 20 of Room One Hundred and Twelve: Endgame: Bred

We all nod.

“I remember. And if this shitfuck ‘Roger’ hit her? He’s going to suffer before he dies. I’m going to call Salvatore and ask him if he can help me track Roger down.” I say to everyone.

Salvatore Mancini is the oldest of the Mancini kids. He’s the cousin of Lorenzo and Giovanna and a Chicago police officer. I admire Salvatore a lot, he’s grown up in a mafia family. Yet he’s a cop. And his family supports him no matter what.

“Papa is in a recovery room right now. Once he’s cleared, I’ll have him and Tanya put into a private room together. Maybe Salvatore can send a guard over to make sure Roger doesn’t show up here?” Jérôme asks.

“I’ll call him now.”

I step away to make the phone call to Salvatore.

“Hey Christophe. How are you doing?” Salvatore answers.

“I’m okay. I was wondering if I could ask you for a couple of favors?”

“Sure. If I can help, I will.”

“Thanks. The first is I need a guard for my papa and his girlfriend.”

There’s a pause on Salvatore’s end. I get the hesitation, there’s no love between any of the Mancini’s and my papa.

I hear him sigh.

“Why does your papa need a guard?”

“He was in a car accident. The guy who ran him and his girlfriend off the road is her ex-husband. He also shot them.”

“I’ll send an officer over there. I can have them do eight hour shifts. So I’m going to venture a guess and say that the other favor is that you want me to find this scumbag?”

I chuckle. “Yes. His name is Roger Pearson. The only thing I know is that he’s Tanya’s ex-husband.”

“Okay, i’ll run his name and see what I come up with.”

“Thank you, Salvatore. I really appreciate this.”

“No problem. No one messes with family. I’ll call you when I have some information. And I’ll get the first guard over to you within the hour.”

We hang up and I let everyone know what we talked about.

Renee

I woke up feeling crappy today. My tummy has been feeling queasy for a few days now. I haven’t told my boys yet because I don’t want to worry them. I think it’s just all the moving we’ve been doing. And now I’m worried about papa Dorian and Tanya. Jérôme says they’re going to be okay and that’s a relief. But now we have to worry about Tanya’s ex. If he’s gone this far, who’s to say he won’t come back and try again?

Suddenly I feel really nauseous and I feel myself falling to the ground. I hear all of them calling my name as I black out.

Chapter Ten

François

When Renee fainted, it scared the shit out of me. Jérôme whisked her away to get tests done. Christophe thinks that maybe she’s pregnant and all this stress has finally gotten to her. If she is pregnant, I hope she and the baby are okay. I can’t wait to see her pregnant.

We see Jérôme walking back towards us.

“Renee is fine. Come with me, she wants to talk to all of us.”

“Should we be worried?” Christophe frowns.

“I don’t know. She wouldn’t see me, she sent my head nurse, Terri to tell me to get you two and come to the room she’s in.” Jérôme sighs.

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