Page 41 of Arranged & Unhinged
Could I take on Demon? Most likely. Yeah he was a big, buffed, and rough looking guy, but I had fought my whole life. He did have some gnarly scars and so many tattoos it was hard to make out his physique too well. But I was pretty sure I could take him. But he had a lot of MC brothers here who would take me down within a few minutes of taking down their president, so not a good idea at all.
I lowered my head, like I was ashamed. “I lost a great man because of my grief and stupid actions. That’s something I will have to live with.”
“You do realize if you take down Dom, you will be in direct competition with Maximo Ruiz.”
“If I take down Dominic, I would have his clan and the men he took over from Don Sanchez. I would have enough men to stand up against Maximo. I would use that opportunity to admit I made a mistake and call fora truce with him. My goal had always been to take down Dominic and his clan and become the second biggest clan. I’m not stupid. I know I can’t take on Maximo.”
What I didn’t say was I planned on taking Maximo down if he didn’t let me kill his bitch. His men killed some of my men, Ikilled some of his. I called that a draw. If I could kill Aria, I could respect a truce. For the time being.
Demon studied me for a minute, then smiled an ugly grin. People said I looked like a bulldog. This man looked like a pig that had been chewed up and spit out multiple times.
“You give me Dom, and you can do what the fuck ever you want after. That bitch needs to be taken down for fucking with my brothers.”
I told him my plan for a set-up and he agreed. I let him know we would have to wait a little longer because I wanted his fat bitch to be ready to pop so the pressure I used would be more effective, more realistic. At least now I had a plan.
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Two weeks later, I used a burner phone to call Dominic while sitting in the compound’s office. He was less than thrilled to hear from me, as I expected.
“Dominic, it’s Nico Cattaneo.”
He sounded irritated. “I know who it is, you dumbass.”
I gritted my teeth, but pushed through. “I wanted to meet up with you, in a safe place, to talk about what we could do to call a truce. I know I fucked up going into Maximo’s home. I was just crazy pissed that his wife killed my aunt.”
“The Black Widow was your aunt?”
Was he playing dumb, or did he not really know? That fuckin’ cunt! I chose to play along.
I sighed. “Yeah, she was my aunt. We didn’t see each other much. She was my mother’s sister. I know my mother was protective of her.” That was a lie, but he didn’t really need to know that.
“Oh. I’m sorry to hear that.” He actually sounded genuine.
“So, I wanted to figure out how to call a truce with Maximo. I can’t do this over the phone. I don’t want him tracing me so he can come in guns blazing before we could try to negotiate a truce, if you know what I mean?”
He was quiet for a minute or two. “Yeah, that wouldn’t work for a truce.”
I forced a chuckle. “No, not really. And I need to think about, and protect, Eliana.”
Honestly, I hadn’t thought once about my skank wife since shit went down, but maybe it would make me sound more approachable.
“How is she doing? This can’t be easy for her?” He sounded curious.
I tried to sound guilty. “Yeah, her father has pulled back contact because of me, which is also my fault. I need to fix that shit with them too. But one thing at a time.”
My men had been keeping tabs on Don Valentino and found out he had dropped any further contact with Eliana, so that wasn’t going to help me one bit.
“Hmmm. And why would I want to help you out?”
“Well, I know Sophie is pregnant and ready to pop anytime now,” I heard him growl through the phone, “and I would think the less stress on her the better. If she’s worried about you getting into fights with me, that wouldn’t be good for her.”
I waited, hoping this dumb fuck would take the bait.
“First of all,” he grounded out, making me clench my fist, “don’t ever speak of my life.”
Interesting. So he really did love that fat cow.
“And second, I guess I would have to agree with you. This would cause her more stress and at a bad time in the pregnancy.”
