Dimitri’s POV
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” He didn’t tell me where he is! He just told me what time to be here for the ceremony!” I hear the priest yell out.
We have been waterboarding him for the past hour and he hasn’t said anything new. It is possible he just doesn’t know anything.
Waterboarding is a type of torture some people use. You tie the person down to a table or hold them down on a flat surface, before having someone covers their nose and mouth with a cloth. While another person pours water over the cloth. So even if they keep their mouth shut. Water still goes down their nose.
Most people using this method will use a water hose, but I just had my men and Liam use a bucket full of water.
Hearing Lucia phone go off. I watch him pull it out of his pocket and stare at the screen, before walking over to me.
He shows me a text message that reads, ” Lucia, I manged to escape from Daniel and his goons. I hope Dimitri is okay and not dead like they told me. Also put a tracker on this cellphone. An elderly couple picked me up. They are suppose to take me to the Detroit hospital, but I am getting a bad vibe from them. I am going to delete this message and start calling you mom. I told the old lady that was who I was texting.”
A moment later another text message comes in, ” Hey, mom I am doing good. Hope to see you and dad soon.”
I clench my jaw, ” Put a tracker on that phone now.” I tell Lucia and look at Liam. ” Untie him from the table.” I order Liam.
I watch Liam untie the priest. I pick my gun up that I had laying on the bookshelf in the priests office. I aim at the priests head and shoot him before he could speak.
” Damn man, You didn’t have to kill him.” Liam says stepping over the dead priest body and knocking brain matter off his jacket.
” He was going to marry Amara off to that jackass. I was going to kill him either way. I just wanted to see if he had any information. Since he didn’t have any there was no need to keep him alive.” I say walking out of the church office and heading towards the exit.
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It takes Dj our best hacker at least thirty minutes to get a tracker on that phone.
” He took too long to put a tracker on it.” I say irritatedly as I slam my fist into the side of the vehicle. ” Drive faster now!” I snap at one of my men.
I feel the SUV start to accelerate faster as we had towards the abandon part of town. The only people that live on this side are drug deals, strippers, and low level gang members that are trying to make a name for themselves.
Looking down at my iPad I can tell we are close to Amara’s location.
” Park the SUV.” I tell the driver and watch as he pulls over next to the sidewalk. ” You stay here and make sure no one tries to jack the car.” I tell the driver and look at Luica and Liam. ” Let’s go.” I says getting out of the car slowly ignoring the pain in my back and right arm.
I walk down the sidewalk and go around the corner. I follow the signal of the little white dot that’s flashing on the iPad screen. After a few feet I stop infront of an abandoned hospital.
” Man, there’s are at least a thousand rooms in that place, if not more.” Liam says with a groan.
” We need to call everyone here to help us search this place.” Lucia tells me.
” We don’t have time for that. Daniel was predictable. While these two are unpredictable and there is no telling what they are doing to Amara.” I say walking inside.
There was dirt, trash, and broken glass all of the marble floor. Spray paintings covered the walls some where gang signs and other were just names of who was here.
Seeing a teenager spray painting a heart into a empty stop of the wall. I hear Lucia call of too him.
He starts to dart, ” We aren’t cops.” I says to him.
” Kind of shit a cop would say.” The teenager tells me as his eyes glance from me to Lucia and Liam.
Liam chuckles, ” Think I like this kid.” He tells us.
” Lucia, show the kid your tattoo.” I tell him.
I would show him mine but it hurts to move my right arm in certain directions. So I can’t pull my left sleeve up to show him.
I watch Lucia roll up his right sleeve showing the kid my mafia tattoo. I watch his face go pale before speaking. ” So? You know who we are?’ I question him.
The kid nods his head, ” Y-yes.” He stutters out.
” Good, have you seen this woman?” I asked the kid showing him a picture of Amara that I have on my iPad.
The kid nods his head, ” They said she was drunk and took her upstairs to sleep it off.” He tells us.
” Do you know what floor?” Liam asked him.
” They stop at the third floor. It’s is where they always go. It’s a different girl every couple of mouths, but we never see them come back down with them.” The kid tells us.
” How many months?” Lucia question him.
The kid shrugs, ” Every four or five months at least.” He tells us.
” Do you know what room?” I ask him.
The kid nods, ” Yeah, it’s the last room to your right. I would watch out though. They have men guarding that floor. The old man use to be apart of some mafia group. Not sure which one, but all the men that gaurd that floor all have the letter K tattooed on their right hand.” He tells us.
” Thanks for the heads up. Now get out of here kid.” I says as I start walking towards the stairs. The crunching sound of glass beneath my feet fills the silence as we walk.
” Dimitri..” I hear Liam whisper to me.
I already know what he is going to say. The man that has Amara is most likely Kaleb and what is left of his mafia organization. About six years ago before I took over. Kaleb was requesting help from of the following high ranking mafia members. Including my father, but Kaleb had burned to many bridges and no one helped him as another powerful mafia organization crushed him. It was said that him and his wife died in a house fire, but no bodies where ever found. Which isn’t out of the normal. We do clean up are own messes after all.
Once I step one foot onto the third floor. I am instantly greeted my six muscular men. ” I want to speak too Kaleb now.” I ask in a commanding tone.
” Oh? You know our boss?” One guy asked. ” Who are you anyway to ask such a request?” another men asked me with amusement on his face.
” Dimitri Kozlov is asking. Now move or die.” I threaten them.
I watch as they instantly move out of the way. While one of the men walks ahead towards the room at the end of the hallway.
I quicken my pace and reach the door before the gaurd. I pound hard on the door and watch as it swing open. I look down at the elderly lady who snaps at me. ” Who the fuck is banging on my door?!” She says glaring up at me.
In the background I can hear muffled cries. I push past her and hear her gasp, ” How dare you! Who do you think you are!” She yells and I can hear her heels clicking behind me. I walk towards the section of the cries and pull back the curtain to see Amara half naked with her hands tied above her head and duck tape over mouth. Her shirt and bra has been cut open and shorts pulled off.
Kaleb was standing next to the bed with her shorts in his hand.
My blood boils at the sight infront of me. I reach for my gun that is in my jacket pocket and pull it out. As I am pointing my gun at Kaleb head. I hear his wife speaks, ” Do you even know who you are pointing your gun at?!” She snaps with amusement in her voice.
” Yes, a dead man for touching what is mine!” I snap back.
” Yours! We found her wondering around on the side of the road!” The old lady yells.
” I don’t think you are understanding the situation.” Liam says as he shows them his tattoo.
I watch surprise go across Kaleb face as he stares at me. ” I am willing to buy her from you.”
” She isn’t for sell.” I say through clenched teeth.
I may feel sorry for Kaleb, but he has Amara half naked. If I didn’t interrupt just now. He would probably be raping her.
” Leave the room before I shoot you!” I snap at Kaleb. I watch him reach behind his back. I shoot him in the right shoulder, before he has a chance to aim his gun at me.
He let’s out a groan as he hits the wall and slides down it. His gun slides underneath the bed Amara is tied too.
” Liam, untie her and let’s go.” I snap at him.
I watch Kaleb wife rush over to his side. ” We just wanted a child!” She cries out to me.
” Than get yourselves out of this shithole and go adopt or steal someone else!” I snap back at them before shooting Kaleb again. Only this time I shoot him in the leg.
” The first shot was for trying to kill me. The second was for touching what is mine!” I says angrily.
Seeing Amara standing up next to Liam. I watch Liam take his jacket off and wrap it around her. I walk over and pick her up ignoring the pain shooting through me.
” D-Dimitri..” She stutters out into my ear.
I can feel her body shaking in my arms as I carry her out of the room. I listen to her quiet sobs as I just hold her close to my chest.
Walking carefully down the stairs I can feel my right arm shaking from the pain. I manage to carry Amara out of the hospital before falling to my knees on the sidewalk.
” Liam, take Amara to the SUV. I be there in a moment.” I say watching Amara give me a worried look.
I smile at her, ” I am fine.” I tell her as Liam takes her out of my arms.
” Do you need me to help you?” Lucia asked softly.
” No, just give me a cigarette.” I say slowly standing to my feet.
I guess I won’t be able to throw Amara over my shoulders for awhile.
What a pain in the ass…