Dale
I was surprised when Bruce tracked me down to Brittany’s place.
“Griffin, we need to talk.” He said, with the look on his face. I know he meant business when he gave me that look, I excused myself from Amanda and went with him. Her eyes were wild when she saw Bruce, then she quickly looked at her surroundings but I told her that everything was good, and she relaxed instantly.
“Did you know about the guys’ Angelica set me up with?”
“Her boyfriend, who is the father of her child. That’s all I know of him. Why?”
“Well, turned out that Amanda got some serious heavy mob leaders as her back up, the Russian and the Italian. Dude! I almost piss in my pants when I met them, they’re like the freaking bosses… I thought I just nicked some heavy shit! my ass was sweating… fucking hell dude! warned me next time.”
Bruce was truly upset, but in my head, I was recalling all the encounters that I had with Ivan when he told me about them. Little by little the pieces were coming together, then it all finally made sense the little hints here and there.
“Shit!…” I finally muttered to him.
“Yes shit… but the good news is that they had better resources than me, you wouldn’t believe who’s their IT guy. Rumor has it that he’s still wanted by the government, and several crime organizations had to bid for the guy’s attention, I thought he had fled the country. Anyway… they had her ex now, he’s being captive at their warehouse, I had visited him and I assure you, that these guys meant business. The fucker is still alive for the time being, though almost unrecognizable but it’s still him. And they’re waiting for her instruction, as to how to proceed with the situation.” Bruce finally sighed when he finish reporting back to me.
“Come, get inside, and let’s get this over with…” I patted his back and ushered him into the house.
It was not until an hour later, that I had some privacy with Amanda. I was waiting for her answer on how she would like to proceed with her ex.
“I… I just want this to be over with, just send him back to jail, hopefully, he would be there for life. Let Aiden handle this, I don’t want… I don’t even want to see him… anymore.” She said while blinking her eyes repeatedly.
She was trying really hard to not shed a tear for that stupid ex-husband of hers. I hugged her, and rubbed her back, trying to comfort her. “Hey, you’re not alone Amanda. You have all of us, we will keep him away from you. I’m confident that Aiden will handle the legal side of this, I’ll make sure William will assist him and close every loophole in his case and put him in jail for life.”
She squeezed my hand and nodded, we went home an hour later after we discuss more with Bruce. He assured us that he would take care of everything and contact Aiden for her.
That night I told her to rest while tucked Mable in. Thankfully the little Rapunzel was tired from the party, she went to sleep five minutes into my reads of her favorite bedtime story. I kissed her temple, and switched the light to her night light, and close the door quietly behind me.
Amanda was still restless, she looked like she was really tired from the whole ordeal. She scoots in closer and rests her head on my chest.
“That day on the parking lot, you brought a gun, didn’t you? I saw you’re about to pull it when you were nearing his car…”
“I’m trained and licensed for my guns and I always keep them in a secure place, I need to protect my girls. I love you both…” I was about to say some more when she interrupted me.
“Please don’t do anything reckless anymore, I want my coffee man… I don’t like you playing with guns.”
“Anything for you baby…” I pulled her in closer to me and kissed her hair. Silently saying to myself that there wouldn’t be a next time.
That fucker is going down.
“I… I don’t want you to get hurt because of me if you pulled that gun… he might shoot you too…” she finally shed her tears that she had been holding onto since this afternoon, I sighed and hugged her close to me.
“I won’t love… sshh….. just let it all out, I’m here for you.”
She eventually sobbed and pulled me closer to her. Moments later she finally falls asleep in my arms. Her breathing was steady, her tears had dried. Slowly I was letting her go while she moves to her side and continued on sleeping. I decided to call Ivan from the kitchen, I need to make sure this won’t happen again.
“Ivan, it’s Dale. I need to see you… yes my coffee place… ok.”
He was downstairs half an hour later, I told Tom to show him to my office while I took two beers from the fridge.
“Hey… thanks for getting here so soon, beer?” I greeted him and invite him to sit while giving him the beer.
“Thanks… so what’s up?” He sat back and drink his beer casually.
“Look, about Troy. I know she said to put him behind bars. But, I want him dead. He had caused her enough suffering, just make it look like an accident when he’s back in jail. She wanted him jailed, we will give that to her but he will die there.”
“I’m liking you, Dale. Yes, we must protect our women.” He cheered and we continued on talking.
“I’ll pay for the job just named your price.” I relaxed back to my seat, as I find him easy to work with.
“Pfft… this one is for Ange…” he waved his hand dismissing my offer.
“… she had been telling me to kill the fucker for days. But I didn’t want Amanda to feel the guilt, having his blood on her conscious. She’s a sweet one, if she needed him jailed he will go there to die.” He gave me his devious grin.
“I’m liking you too Ivan.” We cheered again, then started talking about anything else but that stupid prick.
Half an hour later he left and I was back upstairs. I changed to my pajama pants and join her under the cover. I was spooning her from behind, she turns herself and snuggle in closer and rest her head on my naked chest.
“I love you, Amanda…”
“I love you more…” she mumbled in her sleep.
I’m going to do anything I can to protect you baby… anything… you are mine…