Part 10 (2/2)
I was going to kill whoever it was that went after her.
Chapter 11.
Olivia was so tired she didn't wake up when I carried her to my bed or when I cleaned up the cut on her knee.
Running my hand gently across her cheek that was thankfully warming up now, I made my decision. Now it was time to take another risk. Pulling the blankets tighter around her tiny body I kissed her forehead and left her to sleep.
Denny and Mason were both in the kitchen when I came down the stairs.
”How is she?” Mason asked while Denny turned his back on me obviously still p.i.s.sed.
”Sleeping. Can you sit with her for a while, I need to go out?”
”Sure.” Mason said standing up.
Grabbing my keys off the counter Denny stepped in front of me blocking the back door, ”Where the h.e.l.l are you going?”
”To see Vinnie.”
”You're so f.u.c.king stupid you're going to get yourself killed for this girl.”
”What would you know about it Denny you chose Vinnie and the business over Rachel.”
”You don't know one f.u.c.king thing that happened between me and Rachel.”
”Maybe not, but I know you're miserable without her, trying to screw your pain away. I won't end up like that, I'm done.” Pus.h.i.+ng past Denny I opened the door and stopped. ”I should have done this a lot sooner. It's not worth the risk Denny.”
Pacing back and forth in Vinnie's office I tried to get my anger under control but nothing was working. When Vinnie finally came into his office I almost lost it.
”What can I do for you Jonah?” Vinnie asked like it was normal for me to be in his office at five in the morning.
”Did you have Olivia followed?”
A smile spread across his face as he sank into his chair. ”Who's Olivia, Jonah?”
Shaking my head I laughed without humor, ”You know exactly who Olivia is.”
”Possibly. Tell me Jonah how much do you really know about her?”
I was done with his games. ”Did you have her followed or not?” I shouted leaning into his desk causing guns to be pointed at me from all around the room.
Waving them away Vinnie's guards stepped back but didn't put their guns away. ”No, I did not have Olivia followed. Now sit down and tell me what happened.”
Screw that. ”A black car followed Olivia tonight, possibly not for the first time.” I said, still leaning over his desk.
”I don't know anything about that but I can find out.”
”Forget it I'll do it myself.”
”If you didn't want my help why did you come here?”
”I came to tell you I was done. I'm out Vinnie. I can't be a part of this business anymore.” Turning away I walked through the bodyguards still pointing their guns at me.
”A black car sounds like a professional hit.” Vinnie said when I was just a step away from the door.
f.u.c.k it I should have walked faster. ”Who would order a hit on Olivia?”
”If you were still working for me I could find out. I could even get my boys working on it right away.”
Shaking my head I turned back to Vinnie, G.o.d he loved his games. ”I'll find out myself.”
”Don't be silly Jonah, you don't have the rescores to find out something like that. But a respectable drug lord does.”
”I want out Vinnie.”
”Stay until we figure out who wants your girl dead then we can talk again.”
Like every other time, it was just stay for one more thing. How many times was I going to let Vinnie do this? But this time it wasn't just about me it was about Olivia too. The truth was I would do anything for Olivia; even stay with Vinnie for just a little longer.
Denny was sitting on the deck steps smoking when I got back from Vinnie's.
”Thought you quit?” I said nodding to the cigarette.
”I did. Did you?”
Sitting down beside him I let out a long breath, ”I tried. Vinnie pulled me back in.”
Snorting Denny took a long drag from his cigarette, ”Of course he did.”
”He thinks the black car could be a professional hit.”
”Who would want Olivia dead?”
”I don't know but my starting point is the dead brother Alex.”
”Tread carefully, anyone who runs to a grave in the middle of the night is not dealing well.”
Standing up I looked down at Denny's slumped shoulders and the slight tremble of his fingers, ”I'm sorry for bringing up Rachel that was a low blow I shouldn't have done that.”
”It's not like it wasn't true.”
”Have you seen them lately?”
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