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I tried to keep the darker side of me locked up. I tried not to give in to my Cattaneo instincts. I wanted to be better than my older cousins, the don and Patrick Cattaneo. But the world wouldn’t let me.
“He’s bold,” Aiden added. “He’s not as smart or conniving as his father, but he also isn’t as reckless as Junior. I don’t know him personally. However, after listening to him talk, it seems this is something he’s wanted to do for a long time to show his father he’s better than Junior, that he should be the one who inherited the company. He’s holding a grudge and carrying years of pent-up rage. He’s like a ticking time bomb. That makes him dangerous.”
That makes him a dead man walking.
“I’ll deal with him. Alone. You work on making sure Aaron Clark and his son go down for what they’ve done. I’ll make sure the bastard doesn’t get a chance to prove anything to his father.”
“You sure?”
“Yeah,” I said. “I’ll handle him.”
I had to take care of this on my own. It was my decision to put the bodies in their office so they couldn’t cover this up. So, it was on me to make sure my family and Stefanie didn’t get caught in the crosshairs.
“Thanks for the update,” I told Aiden. “Let me know if anything else comes up.”
“Will do. You know I can help you take care of this.”
“I know. And thanks. But I’ll handle it.”
“Alright.”
I ended the call and sat there for a second, quiet as I replayed everything I’d learned today. There was Junior’s insatiable need to hurt people, Senior’s inability to cover his son's fuck ups properly, and now this Scott bastard trying to step into a role he wasn’t built for.
And there was one thing they all had in common.Me. They all wanted to come after me and mine.Fine. Let them come. I was going to show them what happened when you played games with a man who’d rather go to war.
CHAPTER TWENTY
JULIAN
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AFTER MY CALL WITHAiden, I called my PI guy. If I wanted to handle this on my own without the don getting involved, I would have to use my own connects. Rashad answered on the third ring.
“Hi, Julian Cattaneo. How can I help you?”
“I need you to find everything you can on Scott Pollard. He may also go by Scott Clark, the bastard son of Aaron Clark from Clark Construction.”
