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“The leader of the Bleeding Angels is Albert March, also known as Hammer,” Zion said.
“Lovely.” I snickered.
Zion rolled on. “Their headquarters is attached to March’s Mechanics.”
“Number?” Vincenzo’s question was more of an order.
“Yeah, that wasn’t as hard to obtain as it should have been.”
“What do you think about contacting Richie to arrange this? He’s the one—well, his grandfather, really—that was used in this that led to the Bleeding Angels.”
Vincenzo nodded at me. “Good idea.”
“I can call him.” Zion whipped out his cell phone, obviously already having the number.
Axel stepped into the room and whispered something to Vincenzo. I was trying to hear both Zion and Axel but couldn’t.
“Very good, Richie. This will be very beneficial to solidifying the peace between the Brennan family and the Bleeding Angels. I’m sure your boss wants to figure all of this out as well.”
He ended the call. “All set?” I asked.
“Yes, he’s going to contact me once he speaks with Albert.”
“Good.” I faced Vincenzo. “Aiden awake?”
“Oh yeah, and apparently he has a lot of colorful words about me.” He smirked.
I stood from my seat. “I’ll go up and talk with him.”
I didn’t wait for a response. I needed to fix this issue between Aiden and Vincenzo. They had to work together; it was vital.
I was outside Aiden’s bedroom. There was one guy standing guard, and I rolled my eyes before knocking.
“Come in. Lord knows I can’t open it!” Aiden shouted, and I glared at the guard, who merely shrugged.
The second I turned the knob and pushed, Aiden was right there and ready to fight. Upon seeing it was me, he stepped back.
“Fred, oh thank God!” He gripped my shoulders. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine. It wasn’t an attack or anything…well, not on me, anyway.” I turned to the man at the door. “It stays unlocked.”
He didn’t say anything, just clicked something and shut the door.
“What’s going on, Fred?”
“First, I need you to calm down and have a seat.”
His nostrils flared, but he took a seat in the wingback chair by the window. His room had a view of the side of the house, but the tall trees provided privacy.
“You’re going to let me talk without interrupting me, understand?” I was firm with Aiden. I had a lot of patients who needed me to be a tough doctor, and it was far easier to be that than a mob boss. So, it would have to do.
“Okay.” Aiden’s voice was a rumble, anger simmering at the surface.
“What you said in the SUV regarding my uncle Sean was hurtful and uncalled for. Disrespect like that has ended people in our family, and you know that. I was too lost in my grief in that moment to speak up, and so Vincenzo did. He is the head of Lex Talionis, a boss in his own right, and you then disrespected him. If that wasn’t bad enough, Aiden, you manhandled him out of the car! You’re lucky all his people did was tranq you and not kill you.”
He was clenching his jaw so hard, I feared he’d crack teeth.
“You’re alive because he wouldn’t do that to me, but understand—it was a courtesy, Aiden. He won’t be lenient a second time.” I sighed and stepped closer. He kept his eyes on me the whole time. “I can’t lose you too. Please stop reacting like this.”
