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“I made a deal with her. She asked for my support when the time comes to make her move to take over the cartel. I will be taking over from my father, and as the head of the Italian organisation I will have some serious clout.”

The asshole winked slyly. “You should think about doing the same, making a deal with me.”

Fucking hell. How stupid was this asshole? He wouldn’t survive one second after his father’s demise. And how stupid was his cousin? She wouldn’t be taking over anything but a hole in the ground.

“I will think about it and get back to you.”

He started walking away when the asshole called out to him.

“Pablo, don’t take too long. I’ll be ready when you are.”

Shaking his head he kept walking.

He didn’t have time for stupidity.

Or a dead man.

THIRTY FOUR

Lucky

Lucky was starting to lose it as the hours ticked by. His cousins hadn’t called which meant they didn’t have anything to report. And Byte hasn’t found a trace of the vehicles or the fuckers who took his old lady. It was as if they had disappeared between one traffic cam and the next. According to the brother that was just not possible. He swore he would find them.

He was going over every single bit of footage they had to find how the bastards had pulled off their disappearing trick.

While he sat in his office waiting, waiting, waiting.

His concentration was shit so working was out of the question. If only he had something to do. Something that would take the feeling of helplessness away.

The thought had him sitting up because there was something he could do.

The bitches Carmella had introduced as her friends the first time she approached him.

They had been tracked down and was presently in their cells. He had no idea if they had been questioned or not.

He didn’t care if it had been done. He would do it again.

They might have the answer to where the slut had taken Harper.

“The bitches in the cells might know where Carmella took Harper.” He said quietly and Dive instantly looked up, giving him his attention.

“You know prez ordered us to stay away, bro, and we can’t go against him, not with this shit.”

Lucky opened his mouth to argue but Dive shook his head so he stayed silent, waiting to hear what he had to say.

“What we need is his permission to ask them a couple of questions. I agree with you, they might know where the bitch took your old lady.”

He pushed up out of his chair. “Let’s go. The sooner we ask the sooner we get some answers.”

Following his brother to their presidents’ office he hoped like hell he would agree to their request.

Asa Malone was in the office with Maniac and he looked very interested when Dive explained their thinking to their prez.

“If I may,” Asa smiled, it was the smile of a predator “let me question them. They don’t know me and we can continue with the ruse that Harper is mine. I suspect if they hear that she’s Lucky’s old lady we won’t get a single word out of them. Women like them, they’re always looking for a way to survive, looking out for themselves, and they will give me what I want.”

Maniac nodded. “Good idea. When you ask your questions let them know we are aware of who they work for. Lucky and Dive will go in with you but they will stay silent, even when spoken to directly they don’t answer. I want the bitches to realise they’re staring at a dead end where their lives are concerned.”

Lucky’s voice vibrated with anger. “Prez, I don’t know if I can stay silent if they refuse to give us a location.”

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