Page 74 of Falcon

His eyes cut in my direction. “Why would I help you? I’m dead already.”

I grabbed him by the collar then slammed my fist into his temple. His head wobbled for a minute, but his eyes blinked back open. Releasing him, I walked to Daniel, the guy from the van. “How about you?”

His face wasn’t as hard as the other guy’s. His eyes looked ahead though, not at me. “I don’t know anything.”

Losing my patience, I grabbed his leg and the front of his shirt, pulling him up into the air, and dropped his back onto my knee before pushing him hard into the floor. Squeezing his wrist, I twisted his arm back and up as I dug my knee into his spine. The shed shook and he moaned in pain.

“Still don’t know anything?”

He wheezed then whimpered. “I was just on the crew. I didn’t make the arrangements, I swear.”

Letting go of his arm and standing, my boot flew into his back, and he cried out then coughed several times. Walking back to the one still seated, James, I stood in front of him and looked down. He glared up at me, his skin growing more ashen by the minute. “You killed the lead. We were just part of the crew.”

I put my hand on his shoulder and dug my thumb into the bullet wound. He clenched his jaw and tried to be tough, but the harder I pressed, the more he shook. He finally let out a snarl. “We were just told to watch the house and grab the girl if she showed up,” he said between panting breaths.

“And do what with her?” I asked as I dug deeper into the wound.

He growled through clenched teeth then said, “We texted a guy and he sent us an address. We were supposed to take her there and then talk to the main guy.”

I was losing my patience with these fuckers. I grabbed his head and threw my fist, a loud pop echoing through the building as he fell off the chair.

“That might have done him in, hoss,” one of the members said.

I walked to the other guy who was still curled up on the floor, crouched, and rolled him before pulling him up by his collar. “Where were you going? Don’t make me ask again.”

“Please don’t hurt my family. I’ll tell you everything I know.” I stared at him waiting for him to continue. “We were headed back to Jersey.”

“And then what?”

Desperation filled his eyes. “Just a checkpoint. Drop her off, then set the meeting with the guys. We were just trying to make some extra money, man.”

I pulled him closer to my face. “Just some extra money. Moving women around like cattle? Listen to me, because I want you to fully understand this before you die,” I said as he whimpered. “Since you thought it was okay to kidnap my woman because it was just some extra money, I’m sure you’ll understand why I’ll go to your house and pick off your kids and your wife, one by one, nice and slow.”

“You said you wouldn’t hurt them. Please,” he begged. “They don’t even know about this.”

“You’re not very smart to be in this line of work. Never trust the other guy. I’ll be sure to tell your wife why she’s being killed, after I off the kids while she watches.”

He tried to scream out something but was cut off when I snapped his neck and let him fall to the floor. I stood and went to the other idiot who wasn’t bleeding anymore and checked his pulse. “He’s gone.” I righted myself. “Need some help cleaning this up?”

“Naw, man. We got it. But what you gonna do now? How you gonna know where to go?”

I wiped my hand over the man’s pants to get the fresh blood off before pulling my phone out. “I know exactly where to go.”

After stepping out of the shed, I sucked in a breath. It was musty and stank of blood in there. I wouldn’t go after his family. They had nothing to do with this; he even admitted they were innocent. But sending him to meet his destiny thinking I would? That made it so much sweeter.

Dialing Hawk, I waited for him to answer then asked, “Hey, where’s Tony Romano?”

“They found his place. He has a compound where it looks like they keep the women, but he doesn’t stay there. There’s a few places he’s known to stay, none in his name, but Keys did some cross-checking and it’s our guy. He’s at the strip club right now, but Petrov has some guys watching to tail him once he leaves. We’ll know where he is when you’re ready.”

“Good. How far out are Eagle and Rooster?”

“A few hours ‘till they can get to you.”

I made my way back to the clubhouse. “I’m gonna go speak to Knox then make sure Daisy’s all set.”

“How’s she holding up?”

Sighing, I answered honestly, “Not sure. She’s tough, though.” That I knew. I felt bad for passing her off to the bunnies, but shit needed to be handled. And I was going to have to explain that she was going to have to trust me and trust these people while I took a little ride.

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