Chapter 125: Chapter 125 Last Man Out

Leon’s men then seemed to come out of nowhere as they stood behind Alijala and raised their guns, training them on him.

Alijala turned and faced them all. He slowly raised his hands in surrender.

One of the men came up to him and turned him around roughly, ziptying his hands behind his back.

They all heard Alijala swearing at him in indignation.

Delaney saw the pain on his face but she couldn’t find it in her heart to care about it, not at this stage of the game. She glanced up at Leon and found him looking back. “One down, one to go,” she whispered. “And the one that’s left is the worst of the whole damn bunch.”

Two of John’s men broke away and brought Alijala in, the other three faded into the late afternoon shadows.

As they got closer to the front door, they heard Alijala being Alijala…loud and extremely rude. “Unfucking tie me,” he demanded. “This is my house, not some MC clubhouse. The Raggettis own this place and I demand you fucking untie me now!” His voice got louder and louder and then he was shoved into the clubhouse where he landed on his knees still tied up. He looked up and saw the line of men staring down at him. “You are trespassing in my house and I demand you get the hell out!” He screamed.

“Oh, shut the hell up, Alijala.” Delaney moved around the men and stood in front of her brother. “You, Dad, and Romano are so damn stupid!”

Alijala sneered at her. “I should have known you were here. You probably told them where we were hiding. You fucking little traitor. You sure as hell don’t deserve the Raggetti name.”

Delaney nodded. “Yeah, you’re probably right about that but much to my shame, I got it anyway. Where’s Dad?”

“Fuck you, bitch.” Alijala seethed at her.

Memphis strode forward and belted him. “Watch your fucking mouth. You are down there because she is right. You’re stupid!”

Alijala lay on the floor bleeding from his mouth and he began to laugh hysterically, “Aww, poor Delaney went and got herself a man huh? Well, you can have the little traitor!” He scoffed. “But he’s a trashy biker, not a real man.

Delaney scoffed. “He’s more of a man than you, Romano, and dad will ever be, that’s for damn sure.” Then she raised her foot and kicked him hard in the lower belly, low enough to catch his groin area.

Alijala gasped as he screamed out in pain. With his hands tied behind his back, he couldn’t even cup his nut area where she’d kicked him.

Memphis grabbed her and tugged her away from her brother, who was just rolling around on the floor crying like a baby.

Leon stepped forward and ordered his men, “Get this piece of fifth out of here. They have cells in the basement area.”

The two security men grabbed him under his arms and dragged a whining, mumbling Alijala out of the room.

Memphis wrapped his arms around her and just held her for a moment. He could feel her shaking and he worried about her. Looking down at her face, he could see the rage in her eyes and just shook his head. Glancing at Leon he said, “I think he had that kick coming and he’s had it coming for a long time.”

Leon narrowed his eyes but then he nodded. “I think so too.”

Delaney shook her head. “He more than had it coming. That was the second time I’ve kicked him. The first time he wasn’t tied up and after he picked himself up off the floor, he went looking for me. When he found me, he beat the living hell out of me. My other two brothers just stood there and watched him do it. So, I’m not at all sorry for what little paypack I got today.”

Leon sighed and shook his head. “You are right, mia caro, he did earn that kick. Did your father do anything to him for hurting you?”

“What do you think?” she asked him softly. “He left me lying on the bathroom floor while he and my brothers went to eat supper. I couldn’t move for about an hour then I went to my bedroom and crawled into bed. I couldn’t even get up until the next morning. He came in and told me to get up and wash the dishes from supper.”

Leon swore under his breath, “Quel piccolo scarafaggio.” That little cockroach.

Memphis kept his arm around Delaney and looked over at Zeus. “Delaney was right, brother. We found the money Barrett is after.”

“What the hell?” Zeus swore. “In that fucking crawlspace?”

Memphis nodded. “I counted about sixteen cases, all spaced out so the weight isn’t in all one area. It’s all there, under the insulation.”

Zeus shook his head and looked over at Delaney, “Well Ms. Delaney, I owe you an apology. I should have listened to you but I didn’t. I’m sorry.” He then turned to Leon. “So now what? Do we go after the money or wait until we have Barrett in the basement as well?”

“We wait.” Leon looked enraged. “I want his balls on a plaque on the wall of my study. We will wait until my men can find him and drag his sorry ass in here the same as they did with his son.” He too now looked at Delaney. “I thought that was a long shot to begin with and you listened to your gut. I thank you for being...”

“…So stubborn and pushy?” she asked as she smiled. “You all know about gut instinct. But what you don’t realize is that women get that too.”

“AMEN!” Both Marty and Lindy stated in unison.

Emily stared at the two women and then laughed.

The men in the room startled and looked over at them.

“Touché’,” Zeus, muttered. “Touché.”

Leon laughed as well. “I may have been the guiltiest of that assumption. My wife has them all the time and I finally learned to listen.”

Delaney shrugged in Memphis’s arms. “I needed it to be found. The money was never theirs to claim. It belongs back in that safe Alfonzo took it from. He may never know you got it back but me and Grandpa would. It was the right thing to do. And I needed to see it happen.”

Memphis kissed her forehead and smiled at her.

They all wandered over to the screens once again. To wait and watch the cameras for any sign of the last man out…Barrett.