Page 28 of Hush 3: Hidden Family

At least one of my guns is empty, but there are no more threats. I rush to Adriano and drop to his side. He’s bleeding heavily. I pull him into my arms and begin to rock.

“We’re okay. We’re okay,” I murmur as I rock.

Uri

“We need to turn around now,” Annabella gasps from beside me.

“What is it? What’s happening?”

“The alarm system I programmed has been triggered. The property has been breached.”

“Fuck,” I hiss and turn the car around.

Not caring about anything else, I floor it back to the brownstone we just left Symphony in. Symphony was acceptedto schools in New York, Chicago, and Boston. We chose Chicago because when I do come to the States, I spend a lot of time here. My uncle is also here.

That might have been a mistake. Leonardo is aware of these facts. However, I didn’t think he would be bold enough to pull some shit like this.

This is a show of disrespect to me and the Donati family. I am going to call for his bloody fucking head. I drive like a madman through these Chicago streets, praying I get to Sim before something happens to her.

Michael cares deeply for the girl and this will devastate him. As I turn into the block of the house, I note the cars outside that don’t belong to any of the men we left here.

I race from the car before I barely shift into park. Annabella hops out with me, her own gun drawn. I wave for her to hang back, but she ignores me as we step over bodies to get inside.

I have lost a few men. Annabella stops to check our guys’ pulses to make sure we have indeed lost them. I continue into the house. More bodies line the floor, along with pools of blood.

It looks like a bloodbath. However, it’s once I get beyond the main foyer to the open area that feeds into the living area, kitchen, dining area, and study that I find a sight I’m not expecting to find.

“Stay with me. Stay with me. We’re okay. We’re okay,” Sim says as she rocks with Adriano pressed against her chest.

Still holding a gun in her palm, she runs her forearm under her nose. I glance around and my chest swells with pride. This is her handiwork. She did well.

“Annabella, you are needed in here. Adriano is down,” I call out as I pull my phone and get to making calls.

I haven’t been here for more than forty-eight hours, and I have a mess for my uncle to clean up. I sigh. Symphony won’t be staying in Chicago after all.

Boston had been my first choice. The estate there is brand new, and the place is like a fortress. There, she won’t need the protection of my family because no one will get onto the property without losing their lives. Michael will just have to trust my judgment.

We tried things his way. Now we will do them mine. I will spend the next two months with her to get her settled in. Business will have to wait.

CHAPTER 15

Snapped

Michael

I roar into the room as my chest heaves. My wife. They tried to execute a hit on my wife.

I’m supposed to ignore this disrespect? I’m seething with fury. I can’t touch Leonardo, but this won’t go unanswered.

I pace the destroyed office at Uri’s apartment in London. I couldn’t force myself to stay in the house alone. I will have to write my brother a check for the mess I have made here.

When Uri called to inform me of the situation, I lost it. I feel like such a fool for sending her away. She had been safe with me.

“What have I done?” I choke out.

I go to flop down in the desk chair after I turn it back over and right it. However, the lights go out and a commotion starts somewhere outside the office doors. I have men outside the apartment and two inside.

So Leonardo does have the balls to come after men and not just women and children. I pull my guns from my holsters, ready to take him on. I hope he has come himself and not sent someone in his place.

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