Page 142 of In Ruins
“Oh,” she says, disappointedly, before turning to glare at my father. “See! I told you we should have gotten here sooner.”
“Did you want us to come over at the ass crack of dawn?” my father grumbles.
“And that’s my cue,” I say, getting up from the chair. I turn to my wife and lean down, kissing her on the forehead. “I’ll see you later.”
“See you later,” she murmurs.
When I get to the garage, Aldo and Bruno are already there waiting for me. I get into the SUV, and in no time, we’re pulling up to the Bellucci mansion. The guards open the gate, and Aldo drives through. One of Luca’s guards opens the door when we get to it, and I head straight for his office.
“Hey, man,” he says when I’m sitting in front of him. “This is a surprise. What are you doing here? And how are my sister and niece doing?”
“They’re both doing amazing,” I say, a wide grin stretching across my face just thinking about my wife and daughter. “I figured we needed to get some of this shit taken care of. Plus, I’m here because I want a few minutes with Salvatore and Bernardo. By the way, come over for dinner later.”
“Yeah, I know we need to take care of business. I was giving you guys some time to settle in as parents before we do anything, since a lot of shit happened last week,” he says.
“Thanks, man, I appreciate it. So, are you taking your rightful place as the head of the family?”
“Yes,” he says, confidently.
“Good. I already took your father and Salvatore’s territory before I knew you were still alive. So, I’m giving yours back to you, and we can split Salvatore’s with Benedetto,” I tell him.
“That’s fair. I agree to that,” he says, nodding his head.
“Good. Now, let’s get down to why I’m really here. Where are they?” I question.
“Basement,” he says, grinning.
“Let’s go then,” I murmur, getting up from my chair.
“Follow me,” he says.
When we get down to the basement, I see Salvatore and Bernardo are chained to the wall. And both of them are covered in bruises. Guess Luca was already having some fun with them.
“I can’t believe you had all this fun without me,” I grumble.
“Well, they did commit more sins against me compared to you. Besides, you had my sister and niece to take care of, and I was bored.” He laughs.
“True,” I say, slowly unbuttoning the sleeves of my shirt and rolling them up to my elbows. “Stand them up,” I order the guards who came down with us.
They do as they’re told, and once Salvatore and Bernardo are on their feet, still chained, I waste no time delivering two blows to each of them.
I don’t want to go overboard yet because they look pathetic as fuck right now. Their whimpers are music to my ears.I hate these two assholes with a passion.
“You’re both lucky that we’re keeping you alive for now. Though it’s not because of mercy. No, it’s because I want you both to feel nothing but unimaginable pain. I want you to know what fear tastes like, what agony feels like every single day, until we decide to end your lives. I can’t wait to see you two assholes take your final breaths,” I sneer at the two of them.
“Fuck you!” Salvatore wheezes out.
“Piece of shit!” Bernardo rasps.
“Call me whatever the fuck you want. None of this would be happening if you didn’t try to get rid of my wife and child!” I spit, anger coating my words.
“The child isn’t even yours, asshole,” Salvatore gets out through gritted teeth.
“Isn’t she? I guess it’s time I clue you in on a little secret, isn’t it? The baby is mine and has always been mine,” I tell him with a satisfied smirk on my face.
Both of them look at me through their swollen eyes with surprise before it turns to rage.
“I knew I should have killed that bitch when I had the chance!” Bernardo sneers. Before I can move, Luca is already delivering a punch to his rib.
