Page 62 of Vincenzo
“Come on, Miguel! Get her! Squeeze the bag! We need to get this shit donenow!”
There are at least two people behind me, which means I need to play this smart. Thoughts run through my head on overdrive, given the predicament I’m in, but I quickly make a decision.
Knowing I don’t have much time with the bag over my head, I elbow my assailant in the ribs, which pulls a grunt from him, and he keels over slightly.
My shallow breaths suck the bag into my mouth, and my lungs seize, burning like a fire that’s been doused in gasoline and can’t be put out. But I continue to fight against my assailant.
He lifts me in the air, and I kick at him. Letting out a grunt, he drops me back to the ground, and I grab my knife out of its holster.
Ripping the bag from my head, I suck in deep breath, trying to get the oxygen to my blood as quickly as possible.
Lifting my knife, I glance over my shoulder and bring it back into my assailant’s thigh. He lets out a loud yelp and punches mein the back of my head. A white light flashes in my head, and I fall to the ground. I scramble to get back up, but when I do, the assholes are already getting into their car.
I run up to it, but they speed off in a hurry, nothing but their cursed cries sounding off in the distance.
“What the hell was that?” I hiss out, running my hand through my hair.
Glancing down, I take in the coat of blood on my blade and wipe it off on my shorts before stuffing it back into its holster.
I hurry back to my car and pick my phone up off the ground.
“Amalia! Amalia!” Enzo’s cries come through.
“I’m here,” I rush out.
He breathes out a sigh of relief. “Fucking hell. What happened?”
“I… I was attacked.”
“Where are you?”
“Diamonds Gentlemen’s Club. Back parking lot.”
“Get in your car. I’m on my way.”
“It’s fine, Enzo. I’m going to head back to my condo.”
“No,” he bellows out. “You were just attacked. You can’t come back here.Yourcondo is the last place you should be.”
Shit. He’s right.
“Just stay there. I’m five minutes away.”
I let out a sigh and get into my car. “Okay. I’ll see you soon.”
Laying my head back against my head rest, I take a deep breath, rubbing my neck where my assailant had the bag wrapped tightly around it.
I’m not sure who the men were that attacked me, but I know my uncle was behind this. And now that he knows I’m back in the city, I have a feeling getting to Pedro is going to be a lot more difficult than I anticipated.
23
VINCENZO
Iwhip into the back parking lot of Diamonds Gentlemen’s Club and scour the area for Amalia’s white Audi.I had Cassius get me every single little thing he could on her when I couldn’t get a hold of her.As soon as I find it, I speed over, not breaking until I’m right in front of it.
Jumping out of the car, I run to the driver’s side where the door is already getting pushed open.
“Enzo,” she says, and I scan her body to see if there’s anything wrong.
