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"Nico, you know even if the police clear this all up, your parents won't give up. They want to use you to buy their cushy lifestyle."
"So, how is confronting them going to change that?"
"Because they need to see that I have the power to fight them. I didn't have that power all those years ago. That's how they took you away from me. Now, I am more powerful than them and I have more money. They can't beat me."
"Is this what you really want me to do?"
Hell, no.
"I can't give you a firm answer about that yet. I know we might not have a choice about going back to New York City to deal with the police, but the thing with your parents is up in the air. I'm still waiting for information on your parents."
Nico dropped his eyes, his lips pressing together.
"Nico, I do have a question for you, and I need you to be honest with me, okay?"
Nico's eyes rose to mine.
"I plan on ruining your father's business. I need to know how you feel about that."
His brow furrowed. "Why?"
"Why am I going to ruin his business?"
Nico nodded.
"Your parents use their money to get what they want. If I take that money away from them, I can take their power away."
"How can you do that?"
"Well, I'm still working on that part. My plan is to find a way to end all their contracts so the business goes under. When it's bad enough, I'll use one of my shell corporations to buy it for a cheap price. That's one of the things Vinnie is looking into for me. As Vinnie says, bastards like them live in the sewer. They have to have dirt on them."
Instead of being upset, Nico frowned. "What kind of dirt?"
"Oh, uh, well, anything that would give me an advantage in ruining their business."
"Would it help to know he imports illegal goods?"
My jaw dropped.
"He's had a deal with some man named O'Donnell for years. He uses his import business to ship illegal stuff in and out of the country. The legal stuff that he shows to the public and customs makes up like a fourth of his revenue. The rest all comes from his illegal stuff. It's all in an offshore account in the Cayman islands."
I frowned. "Do you mean Kirby O'Donnell?"
"Yeah, I think that's his name. I know there was some muck up with him about a year ago. I don't know what it was, but my father was really upset about it. "
"How do you know all of this, Nico?"
Nico shrugged. "After you went to prison, my parents wouldn't allow me to go anywhere on my own. They said it was for my own safety because they didn't want someone else to rape me, but I knew it was so they could keep me under their thumb. When my mother couldn't watch me, usually because she was out shopping, my father forced me to go with him. I had to sit there with him in his office reading a book. I heard all sorts of things."
Holy shit.
I held up my hand. "Just hold on for a minute." I picked up my phone and dialed Vinnie. "Hey, Vinnie, Nico just told me that his father was using his import company to bring in illegal merchandise. Apparently, he had some sort of business deal with O'Donnell and the bulk of his money is in an account in the Caymans."
"Kirby O'Donnell?"
"Yes."
"Give me a minute. I'm going to bring Angus King in on this conversation."
