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“The future of my family will give me all the strength I need. What was done is a slight against me. I will not close my eyes before I’ve seen this right.”
That’s a promise I know in my bones he will keep.
CHAPTER5
Friends of Ours
Gio
Two months later…
It didn’t takeJace long to get Kington Thompson here to the States. My father has handled keeping anyone from digging into what happened or finding out there are no bodies for Mom or Gwen.
Everything has been going to plan except for Frances’s move. He has told everyone that my mother disappeared and abandoned her sons. He’s trying to play the victim.
He knows my grandfather will come to America and have his head if he finds out his daughter is dead. Knowing the truth, I take my hat off to the pussy. However, little does he know, he’s only going to piss my mother off.
I wish him luck. Too bad for him, my mother has toldNonnoeverything. Yet, none of that is my business.
My part is here, in this funeral parlor with this giant amber-eyed Bajan. Kington Thompson stands with his hands clasped in front of him with a hard look on his face. He takes me in but doesn’t say anything. Jace stands at my side as unbothered as I am.
I already know who I’m dealing with. These guys don’t play. However, I have a goal here. This needs to become my friend, not my mother’s. I need to establish who runs the Di Lorenzo family now.
“Wuh can I do fuh ya muddah dis time, big man?” Kington asks as he locks eyes with me.
“I’m not here for my mother. I’m here for me.”
“How yuh mean? Yer friend dey say yuh muddah sent ya. I don’t have time for games, boy. Ava always takes care of my people. I do wuh I can to help she out. Yuh understand?”
Do I understand? Just barely. His accent is so thick, but I get the gist of it. He’s loyal to my mother. I respect that, but I need him to understand I’m the next Don and I’ll take care of his people as well.
“She did. However, I need to come to an agreement with you. Right now, I’m nobody to anybody. I’m not even considered a man, but that’s going to change. When I’m done, my name will be the only name that matters.
“I’ll get you that name you want. In return, I need your help. I want everyone connected to your brother’s death, my mother’s attack, and the motherfucker trying to take all I love, gone. I was told what you do, that will come in handy at the right time.
“In the end, I’ll have more to give you and your family than my mother offered.”
He gives a full belly laugh. “Yuh Ava’s boy aight. Talk big talk like she. Wuh canyuhdo formuh? Eh?”
I nod to Jace. You see, I did my research. Kington has a daughter here in the States. The real reason he came over so fast. He had business to handle.
His daughter’s boyfriend tried to use her as a drug mule. She got caught and hasn’t said a word, but the boyfriend has been singing like a canary, blaming it all on her. She’s about to go up for the charges and Kington’s brothers can’t get involved.
“No songbird, no song to sing,” I say as Jace returns with the boyfriend in a gilded box. I open the lid.
“OhhRasshole,” one of the other guys says as the contents of the box come into view.
“My offering so you understand who I am. A friend of mine is down at bookings making sure your daughter is released.”
Kington moves closer until we’re nose to nose. “Respect,” he says as he glares into my eyes. “Yer muddah made muh a promise. Yuh make gud on it, we gud.”
He lifts a hand and signals for one of his men to come for the box. Then he pats my cheek and smiles.
“I like yuh. Ava should be proud.”
My phone rings in my pocket. I pull it out and look down at it. It’s Ny again. I ignore the way my heart aches and send the call to voice mail. I don’t want her hurt anymore.
This is no longer her world. In a few months, my mother will send for me and Jace. Ny can live her life as a normal girl. I’ll get her the kill she asked for, but that’s not going to be anytime soon.
