Dimitri POV
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Sadie smiling up at me with her big blue eyes, had me forgetting about the police being here. It wasn’t until a young rookie cop approaches me with his gun drawn that I became aware.
” Freeze! Put your hands up and step away from the toddler!” He yells at me.
I watch as he makes eye contact with Amara who was standing next to me.
” It’s okay miss you are safe now.” He reassures her.
Out of the corner of my eyes I watch as she takes a step away from me. Which has me turning my head to glare at her.
” He can’t do anything to you. Not while I am here.” He tells her.
I watch as Amara eyes dart from me to the rookie cop.
I smile at Amara, ” It’s okay, walk over to the nice cop.” I tell her.
Amara looks at me suspiciously before slowly walking over to the cop. I watch as the cops eyes leave mine to focus on Amara.
A rookie mistake and could be a deadly one at that. Since he is new I will just give him a warning shot, so he knows his place for next time.
I reach behind my back and grab the gun I have in my waistband. I pull it out and aim for the rookies leg before taking the shot.
The gunshot echos throughout Walmart followed by the rookies screams and cries.
I watch as Amara quickly rushes over and places her hands on his right leg in attempt to stop the bleeding.
” Why did you shoot him!” She snaps at me as she adds pressure to the wound.
” He was pointing a gun at me.” I tell her calmly.
Hearing a lot of footsteps running in my direction. I watch as seven cops appear in front of me. I smirk watching the blood drain from their faces.
” Mr. Kozlov..” The older cop says as he stares at me and down at the rookie crying in pain.
” Thomas.” I say flatly and put my gun back in my waist band. I look down at Sadie to see why she was tugging on me. I watch as she points to a bag of sour cream and onion chips.
I grab the bag of chips and hand it to her.
She smiles happily and does a little happy dances in the buggy seat.
” He will be fired immediately” Thomas tells me as the EMT’s arrive.
” That won’t be necessary Thomas I am sure he has learned his lesson.” I tell him as I began to push the buggy pass them.
” Come on, We haven’t finished shopping.” I tell Amara as I go around the corner.
I hear her apologize to the rookie before hearing her footsteps behind me.
” You shot someone infront of Sadie!” She snaps at me.
” Yeah? What is your point?” I ask heading towards the baby aisle.
Sadie needs new onsies and outside clothes to play in. She is getting to where she wants to be outside more. So, I should get her clothes she can get dirty and stained.
” You could have traumatize her!” She says angrily.
” She fine. She is playing with a bag of chips.” I tell her as I feel Sadie shove the bag into my chest and babble at me.
I stop walking long enough to open the bag of chips for her and hand them back.
” Your suppose to pay for those!”
I roll my eyes, ” Amara will you chill out. I will pay for the chips.” I tell her as I grab a package of wet wipes. I open the package and give Amara a few wet wipes.
” Clean your hands.” I say staring at the blood.
Amara sighs a loudly, ” You are an asshole!” She says storming off.
I follow behind her and watch as she heads toward the restroom. I follow her inside with the buggy.
” He was pointing a gun at me. What did you expect me to do?” I question her.
” I would expect you to remember Sadie was in front of you! What if he would have shot at you?! Sadie could have been hurt!” She says angrily as she washes her hands in the sink.
” If he would have shot in my direction. I would have killed him and if Sadie got hurt. I would have tortured him slowly before killing him.” I say taking the chip Sadie was offerings me and popping it into my mouth.
Amara faces me, ” You are unbelievable! All you had to do was comply with the cop!” She says grabbing some paper towels from the dispenser hanging on the wall.
” I don’t comply with anyone. I am my own boss and anyone that points a gun at me normally dies. So, really you and Sadie being around actually saved his life.” I tell her as I take another chip Sadie was holding up to me and popping it into me mouth.
I watch her dry her hands and throw the paper towels into the trash can. ” That isn’t the point Dimitri! Sadie could have gotten hurt because you decided to shoot a cop instead of complying with him!” She says raising her voice at me.
” Don’t yell, you will upset Sadie.” I say using her own words against her.
She stares at me intensity for a few seconds before letting out a frustrated sigh and storming out of the restroom.
I let out a small laugh and backup until my back hits the door. I push it open and wheel the buggy out of the restroom, before pushing it back down the baby aisle to continue to shop for Sadie.
I don’t know where Amara stormed off too, but I know she wouldn’t just leave without Sadie. She probably went to blow off some stream or to shop by herself.
” Dimitri, we have an issue.” Liam tells me.
” What? Did the kids break something?” I ask not bothering to look at him. As I stare at the two onsies trying to decide which one to get.
After a few seconds I shrug my shoulders and just tosses them both into the buggy.
” Dimitri! This is serious!” Liam tells me as he takes the sippy cups I was starting to look at and just drops them into the buggy.
” What is it?!” I asked him annoyed and look at Sadie who was staring at baby blankets.
” We need to leave! I just got word Daniel is in town and he knows Amara is with us.”
Daniel hasn’t been seen or heard from since high school. Even his family has dropped off my radar. I just asummed they all crawled into a hole and died.
” I’m not leaving just because Daniel is coming here.” Walking over to the baby blankets and grabbing one of each color. I put them into the buggy. I even give Sadie one to hold.
I watch as she hugs it tight to her chest and giggles happily.
I could probably give her a box to play with and she would just be excited to have something.
” Did you forget that he hates us, and he has been after Amara since you started showing interest in her back in middle school.” He adds.
” I am aware he hates me and he can chase Amara all he wants. She is mine.” I say as I began pushing the buggy towards the toy aisle.
Liam needs a chill out and stop worrying. Daniel can’t do anything to me and he isn’t taking Amara. I will break every bone in his body if he even tries to take her from me.
………. ~ Amara POV ~ …………..
I can’t believe he shot that cop infront of Sadie like that! That cop could have shot back and hit Sadie. He put her in danger and is acting like I am over reacting!
He is such a Jackass!
Walking back over to the chip aisle I look around for a bag of barbecue chips.
” You look more beautiful now than you did in high school.” A familiar voice tells me.
I can feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I close my eyes and take a deep breath before slowly exhale.
I knew coming back here that I might run into him. However I never knew he was in the Mafia. Hell I didn’t even know Dimitri was in the mafia!
Slowly turning around I stare up at a face I haven’t seen in a long time. He is more buff and has a lot of tattoos on his arms, and a few on his neck. His black hair is shaggy and combed back away from his face.
” I see you still comb your hair in the same stupid way.” I tell him with a smile on my face.
He chuckles, ” Your still blunt and sassy as always. Although you look great considering you had a baby.” He says checking me out from head to toe.
How does he know I have a child?
” How do know I have a kid?” I question him.
He smirks at me, ” I have my ways of finding things out. Dimitri isn’t the only one with connections.”
I cross my arms over my chest and raise my brow at him. ” What do you want Daniel? And where are your two little minions?” I question him.
In school Nate and James would follow Daniel around like two little puppies. Where ever Daniel went those two were always right behind him.
” They went to go shop and to give me time to talk with you.” He says as his smirk widened. ” So, where is that adorable little child of yours? I don’t see a Walmart cart or a baby carrier anywhere.”
” I don’t really think it is any of your business, but if you must know. She is with Dimitri and I suggest you get away from me. Dimitri been on a real mean strike lately.” I tell him.
Which isn’t a lie Dimitri has been very cruel to just about everyone that comes around me or Sadie. You could say he is the same person I knew back in the day. Only differences is that he is a hundred times more worse.
” I can handle Dimitri just fine on my own.” He tells me in a cocky tone.
” I highly doubt that Daniel.” Dimitri says as he walks up the aisle pushing the buggy, with Sadie drinking out of a sippy cup.
The package the sippy came in was in the buggy next to the open bottle of gatorade.
Sadie has never had gatorade. I was going to wait a little bit before introducing her to new drinks. I will have to talk with Dimitri about that at the house.
” Well, if it isn’t Dimitri.” Daniel says with a cold smirk and looks at Sadie. ” And this must be the little baby I have heard so much about. She really is adorable and looks just like her mother.”
” Step any closer and I will poke your eyes out.” Dimitri says in a cold hursh tone.
Daniel laughs, ” That might work on other people, but it won’t work on me. I’m not someone you can easily scare away.”
That is also true Daniel never would back down from a fight. Even when Dimitri would beat him up so bad. He would end up in the hospital for weeks. Once he would be cleared to leave. The first thing he would do is start another fight with Dimitri.
” Would be pretty boring if you were easy to scare off. I wouldn’t have a punching bag.” Dimitri says back.
I think it is time for me to suggest we go home. I don’t want Sadie stuck in the middle of a fist fight. If Dimitri is packing heat. I am sure Daniel has a gun on him as well.
I watch as they stare at each other instantly and before I can get a word out. Dimitri and Daniel were already throwing punches at each other.
While Sadie sits in the buggy clapping her hands and cheering them both on.
I sigh and rub my hands over my face.
Worse family day out ever.