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Everyone nods and we head out in some of our cages. Our bikes will make too much noise and we can’t take the chance they’ll hear them and run.
When we get to the apartment complex, we make sure to cover the obvious entrances and exits. My main concern is the kids. Not only do I not want Maddie hurt, I don’t want their other kids to get hurt either.
Salvatore and his partner arrive just as we’re about to head up to the apartment.
“Fuck,” Mario says.
“Don’t worry, we’re not here to mess up your plans. We’re here for back up and to clear the building. There are six other apartments and we need to make sure they’re all vacated. Quietly.”
I know that it pulls at Salvatore in situations like this. He’s a cop. But he also grew up in the Mancini mafia so he understands. I asked him once why he chose to be a cop. He told me it was because he knew one day his family would need one, and he was going to be the one to help them. He’s a good man. He and his partner clear the building as quickly and quietly as they can.
“Raziel, you and Mario take the front door. Bestia, you and Giustizia take the back. The rest of us will be in position.”
“The thermal is showing two people in the front room. And from the layout we’ve seen of the apartments, there are two bedrooms towards the back. There’s a heat signature in one of the back rooms,” Fantasma says.
“I need to be part of this,” I say to Forza as I start walking toward Raziel.
He grabs my shoulder and shakes his head at me. “You’re too close to this. I need you here so I can make sure you don’t do anything foolish.”
As much as I want to fight him, I don’t. Not just because he’s my president, but because he’s right. I would probably barge in there, guns blazing, and get myself or Maddie hurt. So I nod at Forza and step back.
We watch as Raziel and Mario walk up to the front door. A woman answers, who I’m assuming is Travis’ wife, Shawna. We can’t hear the conversation they’re having, but it looks like she’s getting annoyed. And now she’s yelling at them and trying to shut the door.
“Shit. She has a gun in her hand,” Sal says quietly into our coms as he and his partner start moving towards the building.
I’ve never been a religious person, but I pray to whoever is listening to please keep my Maddie safe. I don’t think Lila will be able to handle it if something happens to her.
“I have to call this in. She definitely has a gun,” Sal reports quietly.
What happens next feels like it’s in slow motion. I’ve been in gun fights, bar fights, you name it. But I’ve never been in one where I was this concerned for someone else.
Shawna lifts the gun, points it at Mario and screams at him to get off her doorstep. When he doesn’t, she fires at him and he falls to the ground. She turns wildly to Raziel and he goes down too. She puts another round into each of them, then whips around to aim at something inside the apartment. But before she can get another shot off, she collapses. The bullet came from Salvatore’s partner, Mac.
A man comes running to the door and drops to his knees next to Shawna. I recognize Travis from the picture that Lila showed me. Bestia and Giustizia get on their coms and let us know they’re breaching the back door. Salvatore and Mac run to secure Travis, who doesn’t resist when they cuff him. We hear sirens getting closer.
Forza finally nods at me and I sprint to the apartment. The moment I’m through the doorway, I hear a tiny voice call my name. My Maddie. I kneel down and she runs into my arms.
“I knew you would come for me,” she whispers. She’s shaking as I hold her tight. My tears fall on her hair. This little girl is everything to me. And now it’s time to take her home to her mama.
ChapterFourteen
Hollis
These last few weeks have been the hardest I’ve ever had to deal with. Maddie hasn’t gone back to school yet. But Lila did agree to move Maddie to a one. It’s the same school as Francesco’s daughter, Saoirse. They both start today, and we’re all a little nervous. The first week after Maddie was kidnapped, she had nightmares every night. By the second week it slowed down, but I know she’s still scared.
Even though Mario and Raziel were wearing kevlar vests, they still took hits from Shawna. Mario took two bullets, one in the upper thigh, and one in the shoulder. Raziel took one in the shoulder too, and the second one grazed his other arm. Thank god that bitch wasn’t a good shot or we would’ve lost them. They’re both being released from the hospital sometime this week.
Travis is being held without bail. He’s charged with kidnapping a minor, holding a minor hostage, and running from the police. They haven’t said how much time he’ll get for all that. But I’m not worried. Let that fucking asshole try and come near any of us when he gets out. He has a price on his head and I’m pretty sure he knows it. His wife got off easy and died at the scene. She’s the one who put hands on my daughter, and if she wasn’t dead? Her time in prison would not have been fun.
I kiss Lila’s head and wrap my arms around her tighter. She wiggles her ass and my cock hardens so fast my head feels light.
“Baby,” I whisper.
I hear her soft giggle as she moves her ass more. Oh, okay. That’s the game she wants to play this morning. I’ve been patient. But I want her so fucking bad. I slide my hand down her stomach. When I reach her pussy, I find she’s not wearing any underwear. Fuck me.
I slowly slide my finger into her pussy as she moans.
“I need you, Hollis.”
