Page 40 of New Beginnings
I laughed, looking down at my watch. I could only imagine how shit would go if Rebel confronted Tiny. He was such a teddy bear when it came to beautiful women, I wasn’t sure how he’d react if she did. Probably stutter and blush.
Muffled screams echoed from the basement of the clubhouse. It was like music to my ears. Within minutes, the piercing screams would get louder, leaving nothing but an eerie silence once it was all over. There wasn’t any way he could save his ass. Today he would give me all the answers I needed and then he would die for what he had done to my family.
“How do you want to handle this?” Caesar asked.
Before I could answer, Demon, Rev, and three men I didn’t recognize walked through the door of the clubhouse. We hadn’t been able to get him to talk, but I knew Rev could. I hated to rely on him but that was the best thing to do at this point. That was why I told Demon to bring him.
“Demon.” I greeted by brother-in-law, grasping his outstretched hand. Then turned my attention to my father-in-law ignoring the hate in his eyes.
“Rev.”
I didn’t bother reaching out to shake the man’s hand, and he didn’t return my greeting. His coldness and anger, I expected. But his ass was lucky I even greeted him at all. I didn’t hate him like he hated me, but I didn’t like him. I never liked him, and he knew it.
The scowl on Rev’s face told me all I needed to know about where we still stood with each other. The hate went deep with him when it came to me. It always had even before Dani and Luca’s death.
I remembered like it was yesterday when we met for the first time. According to him, I didn’t measure up to his standards for someone who should be involved with his princess as he used to call her. He wasn’t a good man either and an even shittier father. No matter how much his kids loved him, he didn’t measure up either.
Rev thought I was responsible for their deaths, and I couldn’t dispute the shit he believed. The more we dug into all of this, it looked like he was right. All this had to do with me, I just didn’t know why.
Why not just kill me and get me out of the way?
My eyes shifted from Rev to the men standing behind him. They looked like they didn’t want to be here but had no other choice.
Another scream pierced the air, then pleas for mercy.
“And you three are?” I asked, ignoring the sounds. It was only going to get worse.
“They’re with Rev,” Demon said. “Sean, Danny, and Ray.”
I didn’t trust Rev but if they were cool with Demon, then I wouldn’t say anything about them being here. Another scream from the basement sounded through the door.
“I guess we should get started,” I said, smiling and opening the basement door.
Demon chuckled from behind me. “Sounds like you’ve already started.”
I looked over my shoulder. “We hadn’t been at it long, but he’s tight- lipped,” I said as we all descended the stairs. “He knows something. We know that for a fact.”
“I’ll get him to talk,” Rev said. “They always talk.”
I looked at him, but he said nothing else. I guess I finally get to see his crazy ass in action.
This should be damn interesting.
“Have you found the other detective yet?” Demon asked as we hit the bottom of the stairs.
The smell of piss, blood, and ammonia hit my nostrils. I’d gotten so use to the smell, but it reminded me of what we were down here to do. It reminded me what this motherfucker tied to a chair had done to my wife and child.
“Nah,” Caesar chimed in. “Rebel’s on it though.”
“I like her.” Demon clapped me on the shoulder. “Don’t fuck it up.”
He walked around me, and I couldn’t stop the smile from crossing my face. I had no plans on fucking it up with Rebel.
“So, who do we have here?” Rev asked as he stopped in front of Detective Monty Lewis, crossing his arms over his chest.
Hannibal looked at Rev before he stepped aside, then propped himself against the basement wall and lit a cigarette.
Detective Lewis’s pale skin was now covered in purple and black bruises along with fresh and dried blood. We did everything we could think of to get him to tell us what he knew about Dani, but he just wouldn’t budge.
