Chapter 90
Dominic watched the CCTV camera at the shop the second time, his heart beating as if he had been running in a race. When the video stopped at a spot where Elena was being rolled out of the ambulance and someone else who looked exactly like her was taking her place, his heart skipped, and he held his breath.
He was right all along. That lady was too direct to be his Elena.
He paused there and magnified the picture to see the faces of the men present. They all had their faces covered except one whose face cover seemed to have shifted off his face when he was trying to roll Elena out of the ambulance.
He expanded the face, hoping it would be a familiar one as it was the only lead he had to where Elena was. Luckily for him, it was a familiar face. He was very sure he had seen this face somewhere and as he kept looking at the picture, it finally struck him.
Theo!
This was one of Theo’s men, and he was sure because he had a very naughty experience with the bald huge man.
The bastard had gone behind his back to carry Elena captive again, even after he had made a deal with him and paid that huge sum of money with the promise that he wouldn’t trouble her anymore. He always knew he shouldn’t have trusted him.
He stormed out of the shop, torn between informing Angelo of his findings and going over to Theo’s territory to confront him and save Elena. Although telling Angelo would be a very logical thing to do, Dominic knew that Angelo would waste his time and would want to know the full story of this matter; that time was what he did not have as Elena’s life would’ve probably been gone by then.
Also, Angelo might not be in a logical mood at the moment, as he was still mourning the fake Elena, thinking that his fiancee had died in the car explosion.
With all this being put into consideration, Dominic gathered a few trusted men who went on paroles with him, and they drove to Theo’s territory on the outskirts of town. The men followed him, oblivious to the fact that Angelo was not the head of this operation.
Dominic sent a text message to Angelo telling him that he was out to save Elena and would be back soon. He knew Angelo would not understand the message, and so he planned to explain when he was back from the rescue.
When they got to Theo’s abode, it was filled with men as usual, l and the bald head that had been the lead that brought him here sat at the gate breathing like a heavy horse.
They all watched their cars as they drove to the gate, and when Dominic got there, he stepped down from the car and approached the gate. He decided to try the peaceful and dialogue way first, before using violence.
As he walked towards the gate, the bald guy took up from his seat and walked towards him as well. They stopped halfway as he stared down at Dominic.
“You again!” He laughed and Dominic just looked at him.
“I’m here for peace. I want to see Theo.” Dominic told him and he laughed.
“Do you have a meeting scheduled to meet with him?” He asked and Dominic nodded no.
” I don’t, but if you tell him I am the one, he might want to see me,” Dominic said in a very low tone that meant he wasn’t here to fight.
” I see. You’ll wait out, and I’ll inform him, ” The guy said after staring at Dominic from head to toe before he began to turn away.
“How about I join you inside?” Dominic asked and the guy turned to glare at him.
“Don’t bite more runs you can chew.” He warned and walked back into the gate.
Dominic sighed in frustration. This was going to be hard. Very hard. Even if he used violence at this point, it would be useless as the security was too tight and Theo’s men were more than the last time he encountered him. At this point, he wished he had informed Angelo about this movement.
As one of the men from the gate approached him again, he hissed in anger and waited for him. When the guy manhandled him, trying to search him for weapons, one of Dominic’s men shot, and in a matter of seconds, there was a little battle of guns flying through the air.
“Drop your fucking guns down!” Dominic growled at his men and they stopped their shooting.
Meanwhile, the guy who was checking him already pulled a gun out of his pocket and made him kneel.
” That is for protection; I wasn’t planning on using it,” Dominic explained angrily. He couldn’t even believe that a normal guard was talking down on him in this manner.
“My very good business partner is here.” Theoss voice interrupted then from the gate and Dominoes glare turned in his direction.
“It’s been a while, Dom,” Theo added mockingly.
“I’m not here for formalities, Thoe. We had an agreement but you didn’t keep to your end of it. Why did you take Elena?” Dominic questioned and Theo laughed.
” My friend! The Mafia world is not a place to easily trust people.” Theo mocked and laughed. ” I’m in awe of your smartness in bringing this number of men to my territory. You walked into the lion’s den unprotected and with your eyes wide open. You’ve just made it easier for me.” He mocked.
” I came in peace, Theo. I just want Elena back.” Dominic said in a quiet voice and Theo laughed again.
” What makes you think I’ll just release her to you?” Theo asked, laughing, and just then, one of his men walked up to him and whispered into his ears.
If Theo wasn’t angry already, this was a greater transformation than anger as his eyes blazed in shock and widened in horror at the news he had just received, and he screamed, “What?”
He turned and rushed back into his den, and before Dominic could process what was going on, he was back with a gun and pulling the trigger at him.
The bummer went straight to Dominic’s thigh as Theo covered the shirt distance between them. Before Dominic could recover from that, Theo hit his head with the bottom of his gun, and this sent a wave of dizziness over him. Dominic gasped in shock as blood began to gush out of his head.
He tried to resist the sudden dizzy feeling in his head, but one of Theo’s men gripped him so tight that it blocked the air that he would’ve used to save himself. The anger in Theo’s eyes was real and Dominic tried to understand why he was suddenly violent. What news had he heard?
He didn’t have to wonder for too long as Theo spoke again.
“I sent my Elena to you and you collaborated with your boss to kill her in a fire, right?” Theo growled furiously as he began beating up Dominic with the barrel of his gun.
” No! That’s not… That’s not true. As I speak to you, Angelo is still mourning her thinking she is the real Elena. He doesn’t know she is a fake. And myself, I just found out this evening that she isn’t Elena.” Dominic tried to explain but Theo barely heard him as he kept hitting him all over with his gun, his hands, his heavy boots that was filled with engine oil, while Dominic tried to shield himself from all the blows that were coming his way.
Finally, Theo pulled out his gun and pointed it at his head.
“Listen to me and listen real good. I’ll spare your life for this reason, go back to your boss, Angelo or whatever you call him and relay this mesasge to him.
I need him here in five hours, if not, I will torture your Elena to death ajd you’ll come back a minute later to pick up her dead body. Am I clear?” He growled and Dominic nodded, his eyes clearing of all dizziness when he heard that Elena would die if he wasted time.
” I”‘ll inform Angelo. I’ll tell him.” Dominic accepted before Theo let him go.
Dominic knew then that he was in a fix, he had to come clean with Angelo and tell him all about Theo as well as his relationship with Elena. He knew it was over at this point and he had to let go of all his secrets including the drive that he had given to Theo to save Elena’s life the first time and the deal they had made.
Angelo would kill him after this revelation, he knew this very well, but he didn’t have a choice, he had to save Elena first before anything else.
“Drive! Take me to Angelo!” He ordered the driver and the car took off in speed.