“There wasn’t any blood, and he or she didn’t make a sound, Alessandro,” Jenkins tells me. “I’m certain she was simply knocked out.”

“You’d higher hope and pray that’s all it was.” The silence after my assertion tells him that everybody accountable goes to die if she’s damage. I’m sick of his ineptitude.

We await the remainder of the footage to come back in, hoping for a glimpse of the asshole who took her. What do they need? Who’re they? Why not sq. off with me?

The flash of an unknown quantity ringing my telephone has my pores and skin tingling with anticipation. “Evelyn?”

“No, no, no,” the caller says calmly. They’re utilizing one thing to distort their voice. “I would like 1,000,000 {dollars} to your bride, Mr. De Luca. I’ll name you in an hour with the drop-off location.”

“Is she damage? Is she nonetheless alive? I would like proof of life earlier than you get something out of me.”

“She’ll be alive and properly in case you do as you’re informed, Mr. De Luca. Now, be an excellent little boy and get me my cash.”

The telephone cracks below the stress of my palms squeezing round it. Lorenzo arrives on the scene a couple of minutes later, taking on for me with the NYPD and troopers who additionally pulled up with him. I am going upstairs with Kathleen and Jenkins.

“How lengthy was she right here?” I ask them.

“An hour and a half, possibly?” Kathleen says. “We talked. I did an ultrasound, took some blood, ran some checks, and rescheduled for a couple of weeks from now.”

“What do you imply, ultrasound? She’s pregnant?” My eyes dart between her and Jenkins. Jenkins shrugs, and I flip my consideration again to Kathleen.

“Pay attention, it’s nonetheless means too early to inform, however it appears to be like prefer it. She was utilizing an implant in her arm for contraception, however the automobile accident smashed it into items. It’s not life-threatening, however I wished her to come back again in to take the fragments out. I don’t understand how efficient contraception is when it breaks contained in the physique. You must keep calm.”

“I’m calm, deathly calm,” I inform her, however I’m fuming inside as I choose up the telephone to name my father. After explaining the scenario, he tells me to get on the telephone with Oscar.

“I’ve your cash right here, Alessandro. It’s finest you come and get it,” Oz tells me earlier than I can say something to him.

“I don’t have time to come back on the market. Which closet has essentially the most garments in it?” I ask him.

I’m not going to talk freely in case NYPD is eavesdropping.

“These garments are for particular events, for Household events, not your private shit. Come get it, Alessandro, as a result of I extremely doubt you’re going to belief simply anybody to deal with these, uh, delicates, to your spouse.”

He hangs up, and I punch a gap in Kathleen’s ready room. I level to Jenkins. “Get to Don Rossi, and have him use no matter connections he has left with the DA to see if we will get some authorized assistance on this with out all of the questions. I need to know her location throughout the hour.”

Jenkins rushes out of the workplace, and I flip to Kathleen. “I’ll have anyone come repair that in a day or two. I would like you out of sight, Kat. Lock these information up and get out of city for a couple of days. I can have Dimitri set you up with safety if you’d like. I don’t know what the man is aware of about our relationship, however anybody near me is in danger.”

“I’ll head to Kings as quickly as I lock up right here. Don’t fear about it, Alessandro. It’s going to work out.”

“Actually? Alive or useless, the quantity of blood I’m about to shed over this offers me little or no religion in something figuring out. The monster doesn’t get to stay, Kathleen.”

“Certain, he does. The world is made up of monsters, some scarier than others. Simply inform me you’re going to hold round for Evelyn and the child.”

“Not you too.” I shake my head. “Don’t make a liar out of me. I’ll strive, and that’s the most effective I can do.”

She leaves it at that, and I discover my means out of the constructing and into the automobile the place I make the trek out to Staten Island. By the point I get to Oz’s place, he’s sitting within the driveway in entrance of his silly gold statue and smiling.

“What the fuck do you discover so amusing?” I ask him as I load the cash into the again seat.

“You let pussy get the most effective of you, Alessandro. I by no means thought I’d see the day when the Butcher of Howard Seashore was extra serious about slaughtering pussy than his enemies.”

“Oz—”

“What? No Zio?”

“Oscar, you don’t need to find yourself on my butcher block. Cease toying with me. We’re grown males, and I’m by no means going to hesitate to guard what I cherish. Oh, and no matter offers you could have going in regards to the gun shipments?”

His eyes widen with shock.

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