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My father’s thin lips twisted, and then he leaned across the table toward me. “Tony the Hound owns several buildings in the warehouse district down on the Hudson river. He uses them to ship out weapons and drugs, and whatever else takes his liking. If he’s holding Nicole somewhere, I bet the son-of-a-bitch has got her there.”
I rose to my feet. That was all I needed to know.
I turned to leave, but then I paused and spun back to him. “This isn’t the end,” I said. “My being here doesn’t mean I forgive you. I’ll still do everything in my power to make sure you go down for a very long time.”
He held my gaze, his eyes as black and cold as the devil’s. “And I’ll do everything in my power to make sure you never get the chance.”
The whole of my insides contracted, but I couldn’t let him see he had affected me. “You might want to put that on hold until I’ve rescued Nicole.”
And with that, I turned and walked out, holding my head high, the low heels of my new boots cracking against the floor with every stride. I wasn’t a little girl seeking her daddy’s attention anymore. I was a grown woman, and a killer.
I signed myself out of the prison and walked to the car where X was waiting for me. I pulled open the door and slid into the passenger seat. “I think I know where Tony is keeping her.”
X started the car. “He told you?”
I nodded. “Yeah. He let me know exactly what he thought of me, too, but I’m past caring.”
“Do you think there’s any chance he would have lied to you about where your sister might be?”
“I don’t think so. As much as he hates me, he does care about Nickie.”
“He might try to send his own guys after her, now that he knows what’s going on.”
“I told him not to. I said if he does that, Nicole could easily end up shot. I think he agreed, but who the hell knows with him.”
“So where are we going?”
“Some warehouses which back onto the Hudson River. I need to go in first. I’ll tell Tony I’ll take his deal and hope he doesn’t just shoot me, and then when I get Nickie on her own, I’ll sneak her out of there somehow. You keep an eye on us, and make sure it doesn’t look like it’s going bad. If it is, you can start shooting the son-of-a-bitch, and I’ll grab Nickie and get out of there.”
“What if he shoots you the moment you walk in?”
“I don’t think he will. Like you said, he wants something from me, and he won’t kill me until he’s absolutely certain he won’t get it.”
X chewed his lower lip. “I don’t know, Vee. I don’t like you going in alone.”
“You’ll be right behind me.”
I couldn’t see any other way. I didn’t want to go in there with bullets flying.
But that didn’t stop the nerves from churning around my stomach.
