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Romeo scoffed and placed his hand on his chest. “Me? Have him? Oh, no. No, no.”

I released a huge breath of relief and patted Romeo’s shoulder.

“I think you misunderstand, Ms. Regatta,” Stephano said. “Romeo had nothing to do with that. But I do presently have this Deacon Walker in my custody.”

I slowly shook my head and whispered, “Santa Madre di Maria!”Holy Mother of Mary!

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Chapter Three:He Said, She Said

Romeo

I could not believe that my father just outright told her about this problem. About Deacon Walker…period. It wassoooonot a good idea. Being his son, I could be liable for accessory to kidnapping and would probably not be able to defend my family if this all went sideways. I would have to recuse myself. Julianna however, could have possibly represented him. But now…she wouldn’t be able to. If she knew about the crime, she would be considered to be complicit. I openly glared at him.

Shrugging, he didn’t look at me for long as his focus moved to Julianna. “Ms. Regatta, I was forced to do this. Deacon had arranged to have my son, Giovanni and his fiancée Glory killed. My limo was shot at and pursued by other vehicles in a bid to do harm to them. I am told by my security if not for Ms. Glory’s skill, they all would have died. Also, that security is family as well. So Deacon set out to harm many in my family in one fell swoop.”

Julianna slowly shook her head in shock as she had to take a seat now. “This just cannot be possible,” she murmured.

Ignoring her astonishment, my father went on with his defense speech, “It is possible and it happened. However, harming my family is a threat I will not tolerate. My family will not be attacked. I will make sure the man is stopped cold. Then as you were just told, this Deacon has hurt many over the last few months alone. And he is a danger to all of us now. The Walkers are to be our in-laws and that makes them family.”

Julianna stared at him then gazed around at the faces in the room. “You really are NOT telling me you haveactuallykidnapped a federal officer, are you?”

“Federal officer,” Liv repeated as she scoffed in disgust.

Julianna looked over at her and asked, “So he is not a legitimate agent?”

Liv looked angry as she begrudgingly answered, “He is, but he’s been on the other side of the law for at least 5 years now.”

“So you say, Ms. Walker.” Julianna sighed as she again tried to explain, “You all cannot judge him then take the law into your own—”

“—hands?” Dante cut in. “You are wasting your breath here, Ms. Regatta. Bad Moon takes it into his hands and he handles it, legally or illegally.” He smirked. “Do you know where you are?” He motioned over to our father. “Do you know who he is?” He chuckled.

I glared at him. “None of this is funny, Dante.”

“It is not,” Julianna agreed with me. “What I need to know.” She again released an exasperated breath and said, “Now that I am involved, I need to know what the current situation is.”

I felt angry again. She was now involved in my family’s crime or crimes. So much for our legal defense in court if it ever came to it.

“Ok, so from what we know,” Glory spoke up. “Deacon has a sister. She had my father Jarret Walker kidnapped. And yes, it is for a trade. They have done this before as I just got through explaining to you.” She stared at Julianna. “I, myself, was used for that very thing in order for Deacon to get his mother returned to them.”