Page 135 of Finding Peace
And Dante and Enzo helped with Victor using their…intimidationtactics.
He was the final domino.
A man like Miles Keller builds his empire on loyalty purchased through fear and money. The problem with that kind of loyalty is that it disappears the second prison bars enter the conversation.
Victor folded faster than any of us expected.
For someone who surely seemed like he wasn’t afraid of anything, all it took was one visit from Dante and Enzo for him to give us what we needed.
Once he did, the rest of the puzzle came together quickly.
The last three days have been spent gathering the last of our statements, signed testimonies, and financial trails.
It’s enough for a federal prosecutor to choke on.
Enough that when Seb finally dropped the file on the right desk, they didn’t even have the choice to sit on it.
They moved.
And they moved fast.
Which is exactly why we’re here today.
Three days after Josephine arrived.
Three days after Lawson made the call.
Three days after Abigail nearly collapsed in the driveway because a dead cow made her think Keller had come for her.Again.
My jaw tightens at the memory.
Never again.
She’s never going to be that afraid ever again.
Not on our land.
Not anywhere.
Which is exactly why she stayed at the ranch today with Joe. Where she’s safe. With Dante, Enzo, Luca, and Sebastian. Four men who barely know her, but four men who took a risk on saving her one nightand brought her to us. Four men who will give their lives to protect her, just as if she were their own.
Abigail didn’t ask questions when we left this morning.
But she knows something big is happening.
She knows there are things that we’re not telling her. And yet, she’s trusting us anyway.
We will explain everything tonight. When this is done, there won’t be anything she doesn’t know.
The elevator dings for what must be the fiftieth time since we got here, but this time the receptionist straightens instantly.
Lawson’s foot stops bouncing, Beau leans back slowly, and Jasper just looks up from beneath the brim of his hat.
The elevator doors slide open, and Miles Keller steps out with all of the confidence of a man who’s gotten everything he’s ever wanted.
That all fucking changes today.
A shark’s smile spreads across his face as he walks across the lobby. “Well… Isn’t this a surprise?” His hands remain in his pockets as he looks over at me first. “Mr. Taylor. Have you finally come to give me what I want? Or are we going to have to keep doing this the hard way?”
