Chapter 88: Chapter Eighty Eight

*Enzo*

Present day (An hour before the docks)

“Are you sure this is where they’re holding my cousin?” I ask the kid, who was named Billy.

He quickly nods his head, still scared out of his mind as sweat dripped down his face that was deathly pale. I hated waiting on to retrieve Gabby but learning that Dario had left the premises I thought it was best she stayed where she was until everything was handled. Once the kid squealed about what he knew, I knew that Moretti was acting on his own. I wasn’t sure what Russo was doing or if he even knew what was going on.

That is until I received a message from Charlie last night.

He was still in hiding, digging out well kept secrets of the mob society. He needed to stay safe and away from the fire that was starting to get out of control. I couldn’t risk his life and reveal him on who he was and what he could do. They were finding out that someone was hacking into their systems, they just couldn’t figure out a way to catch him as he was always three steps ahead of them in everything.

He was a shadow that needed to stay in the dark.

But while he was hiding he never stopped working and he quickly found out where they were keeping Gabby. I instantly wanted to go get her, but Charlie informed me that she was a lot safer there then anywhere else at the moment. I didn’t see how, but he hasn’t steered me wrong yet in the five years he’s been with me.

“I don’t see how Alejandro is allowing someone like Dario to make all the shots, what’s her father doing that he’s turning a blind eye to all of this?” I ask Charlie over the phone.

Silence meets me for a few moments before he calmly says, “Russo is dead, Enzo. Apparently his wife found out about his bankruptcy and took things into her own hands.”

I sat there frozen with disbelief as he says the words. Gabby’s father was dead? The cause of all our problems from the beginning was gone and Domenico could have been free?

“When?” I ask quickly needing to know just how long it’s been that we could have lived normally.

“A few hours ago. It’s all over the news right now. He and his close entourage were gunned down at his favorite restaurant, a restaurant that wasn’t to be known by anyone that would want to harm him. He kept it hidden that he visited it for years, but somehow it was found out.”

“Elena Russo.” I state remembering his earlier sentence.

“Yeah, it took some digging on my part since I knew it wasn’t just some pure luck on your dad’s part, just to find it wasn’t your dad’s men who had done it. I was able to catch the last of the footage across the street before it suddenly got wiped out and it shows Elena parked on the other side waiting for something to happen. She watched everything go down as two black vehicles pull right up and instantly starts lighting up the place.”

I slowly take all his words in. “Elena had her own husband get a hit on his head?”

“Apparently she’s been in touch with Moretti, Dario Moretti in more ways than just simple planning a hit. Once I saw her I started tracking back on everything about her, following her to the Ceasar Hotel where she met with Dario more than a few times if you get my drift.”

My hands tighten learning this information. And to think that Gabby was about to marry this narcissist fuck.

“Dario promised her a lot of things.”

I could hear an underlying truth in that statement, and I was curious to know what he wasn’t telling me. “What else did you find out?”

He sighs as if all this was more bothersome than hacking into a high security system. “He never planned to give her anything she wanted, which was marriage to him by the way. I have no idea what made her believe that was actually going to happen, but he already had it set up for her death.”

My eyes widen. “Elena’s dead?”

“Yeah, moments after her husband. A semi-truck slammed right into her at a four way stop with no witnesses around. I only know this because I hacked the encrypted message he sent to the hitman he thought he was smart enough to destroy.”

Holy shit. Both Alejandro and Elena were dead. “What about Ivy?” I demanded.

“Don’t know yet. From what I gather she left the property hours before. She’s currently MIA right now.”

Damn. “Find her, Charlie. I can’t have any loose ends when it concerns Dom and Gabby.”

“I’m already on it. She’s proving to be a bit more difficult in tracking down. She’s learning her steps I guess. But Dario is heading for the dock where your cousin is located at. Your father and grandfather are already there waiting for him.”

“How did they find him before you did?” I was astonished by that fact.

He chuckles. “No one can find a missing person faster than I can. Who do you think tipped them off in the right direction. Just a little video with an address sent from an unknown number was all it took.”

I shake my head. I should have known. “Thanks Charlie.”

“Hey, it’s my job. And I currently like my employer.” I could hear the smile through his tone, then it became serious. “Enzo, stay alert and stay safe. He may not know you’re onto him, but Dario isn’t stupid. Watch your back.”

“Keep me updated on anything new.”

After that we had hung up the call with my mind reeling on everything that I was told. I wasn’t sure what all of this could mean for Gabby with her father and stepmother now deceased. Not like it mattered as I planned to take care of her for the rest of her life. But regardless of how Alejandro had treated her over the years, he was still her father, and I was sure she loved him in her own way. It was going to crush her to find out that she lost another parent.

I look around the empty place to see no one about. Frowning, I wondered where they all were. I had tried to call my father but there was no answer and Nonno didn’t even have a cellphone. I hoped that they were both alright. We had our differences, me and my old man, but I didn’t want any harm to come to him.

“Did you get ahold of Dr. Johnson?” I ask Samual, who was my driver.

“Yeah, had to wake him up but thank fuck he wasn’t on call at the hospital tonight. He’s with your uncle fixing him right up.”

I nod my head. “Good. Keep tabs on that. My dad is going to want a report on his condition.”

For a few moments we wait, looking around for any signs of movement. But when nothing still was happening, I turn to look in the backseat at Billy with a scowl. “Are you sure they’re here?”

His body shook looking around hopelessly. “I-I’m p-positive.” His voice came out in a weak squeak.

I sigh heavily again. I hated doing this to the kid, but he was trying to kill me and my people after all. He was young and stupid, but he made the choice to join this kind of life. Maybe this will set him straight and get out before it was too late. One could only hope. He was too young for this. And it was one of the reasons I wanted no part in it. If it wasn’t for Gabby and Dom being kidnapped, I wouldn’t be here at all.

“There! Over there, you see that?!” Billy suddenly exclaims sounding relieved.

I peer through the windshield to see some men walking, but they were walking towards us as if they had all the time in the world with no care to their wellbeing whatsoever. Something wasn’t right. Something was definitely wrong yet again. Just then my phone starts ringing, and I see Charlie’s name light up my screen.

Uneasiness fills me and dread slowly begins to sink in.

I quickly answer and didn’t have to say a single word as Charlie rushes to say, “I told you Dario is one smart fucker, he changed Domenico’s location just a half hour ago, get the hell out of there Enzo, he knows you’re there.”

But it was too late as someone taps on my window.

“Ah shit!” Samual curses looking around not knowing what to do as we suddenly, out of nowhere, get surrounded on all sides.

The man who tapped my window waves a gun in front of me and snaps, his voice muffling through the window, “Nice of you to join us Mr. Giordano, if you would so kindly get the fuck out of the car then there won’t be any bloodshed.”

“Enzo?” Charlie sounded highly concerned.

“You know what to do.” Was all I say before hanging up on him.