Chapter 63: The second in command
Adric’s POV
The bastard hasn’t said a word since I spoke, that was thirty minutes ago when I told him everything that has happened in the last few days, they didn’t send their leader to meet me no surprise to that but I felt disrespected that they sent his second in command, if I wanted a second in command I would settled for the phone call with them.
I told him we had nothing to do with the death of Grace Santiago and those pictures are very misleading, I also made sure to ask about Santiago, we can fix this within a fucking conversation, he doesn’t have to carry on with this war, a conversation will help fix this and I also had so many questions to ask him, who hired him to kill mom and my sister, why did he reject offers from the Spanish cartel to kill me.
“Are you going to speak?.” Stephen groans in annoyance, we were bored of his dumb behavior, I didn’t drive all the way here so he would glare at both of us.
“In a minute.” He says and I nod. He takes a glass of water and gulps it down before he starts speaking.
“Santiago won’t meet with you, he has no reason to meet with the murderer of his wife and we can’t stop him, we are not working with Santiago, he is only protected by the French mafia and our protection of him has come to an end.”
“What do you mean? You have been helping him.”
“Yes we have, we had a simple deal. He will remain in hiding while he receives protection for both him and his family but now his identity is out, everyone knows Santiago is alive, we can only offer him weapons we won’t fight wars with him.”
That made me feel a bit better, that’s one thing off my table. The French mafia are not with him, they won’t go on a war if I kill him.
“Why was he in hiding?.”
“No my story to tell bianchi, I don’t tell tales. I’m just here to clarify the French mafia has nothing to do with this and Santiago will come for you, he is a man who works alone you should know by now.”
“Is there a way we can contact him, a way to speak to him?” Stephen asks and the man laughs.
“Santiago will find you himself and if he doesn’t. You will have to wait until he does, and your story on how the Spanish cartel is doing this will do nothing unless evidence is given, find your fucking evidence, and I will help you take it to Santiago apart from that we have nothing to talk about.”
The French mafia knew where he was, they knew exactly what he was doing and if I’m not wrong, he should be in the city too.
“Why were we attacked in Bora Bora?.”
“Don’t ask stupid questions bianchi,”
“You said the French mafia has nothing to do with this so why were we attacked by you.”
“I won’t be asking many questions if I were you, but to answer your question. It’s part of a deal with Santiago but like I said expect nothing from us, we won’t attack you and we won’t be dragged into this.”
“I will take your word for it but if you are involved in this then a war will start.”
“We are not dumb, be rest assured and the don sincerely apologizes for the attack at Bora Bora. You will be compensated.”
He takes out a check when I stop him, I don’t need their stupid money, I am a king. I have much more than that every single day
“Just leave,” I muttered against my breath, he nodded and left.
The attack on the Spanish cartel warehouse was good, we were able to distract them with it and I’m fucking glad we were able to have this meeting without any attacks, I glanced out the window watching the man drive away.
If he is right then I don’t have to worry about the French mafia but I needed to be careful, they attacked us because of a favor they had fulfilled to Santiago, and I wondered how many other favors Santiago has with other mafias. The man worked all his life.
“What kind of deal do you think they had?.” Stephen asks.
“I have no idea but it will be hard to find out, the French mafia are very secretive people and I know I can’t have anyone hack into their server, we will have to find Santiago, the bastards know where he is?.”
“Find evidence the Spanish cartel did this,” Stephen says and I nod.
The second in command is willing to help us if we find the evidence we didn’t do this, I guess we would just have to capture one of the guards working for them and have them fucking speak, and if they don’t know anything about it. We have to find those five men, those fucking five men that did this to us.
“Find the last one, the one that never left the building.”
He should still be there, if we can get him we will be able to clear our name with Santiago, I just want to meet him and kill the bastard. I know no mafia will support him coming for me if they know I didn’t attack him and him being an assassin he can murder me if someone hired him before he changes his mind and accept any bounty on my head, I have to fucking kill him.
“We will find a way,” I say and he nods.
Maya was still in the car waiting for me while Stephanie was in Stephan’s car. I have Calla waiting for me at home with some information.
She sent a lot of messages, it doesn’t look good. She knows who hired Santiago to go after my family and whoever did could answer why the man is against killing me.