Chapter 99 - Their Beautiful Strong Queen

Domenico

When we were done listening to what I am sure is just some of Fantasia's story, we walked out into the hallway to discuss what to do next. I'm pretty good at reading people and after loosening two fingers, I don't think that she was lying to us. Reading her body language you could tell that she has kept all of this in for a long time. The sick fucker deserved to die for everything that he's done to his kids, blood or not.

My child's not even here yet, and I couldn't imagine ever harming a single hair on its head. Hell, I'd kill anyone who even attempted to harm my baby. Not only that, but River would kick my ass from here to kingdom come and back. And I'd let her because a real man takes care of his family, not abuse them.

We moved back into the viewing area so that we could watch and hear what was going on, but they couldn't see us. When all of us were in the room, I looked around at everyone while I was thinking. I could see that Enzo still had everyone on video call, even my beautiful girl and handsome man were on there.

I took a deep breath in and let it out. I was standing with my hands on my hips and looking up. I finally looked back down at everyone and asked them "Well, what do you all think? I believe every word that she said. I don't think that she'd lie to us, especially after losing two fingers. I think that she's innocent in all of this and has done everything that she could to keep her younger sisters safe. In no way am I saying that what they did to River was OK, so baby, please don't think that I am. What I am saying is that this was a child of five and up trying to raise a newborn baby with the help of a five, six, and seven-year-old. They were just babies themselves trying to take care of and protect a newborn baby the best that they could. If it wasn't for them, River probably would've died as an infant. And they would try to say that it was SIDS or something. I don't know about the rest of you, but I think that Fantasia and Caleb need to be put into a safe house and hidden until we take the others all out. And when we do, we need to save Derrick and Mac. What do you all think?"

Before any of the guys had a chance to talk, River said "I agree with Dom. I don't think that anything needs to happen to my siblings. Well, not the younger ones anyway. Anthony Jr is another story. You can do what you want with him. He acts just like Anthony Sr and is pure evil. I honestly don't think that either of them has a soul. As far as Loretta, that's up to Nonno and Nonna, but I don't care what happens to her either. As far as I'm concerned, she could take a boat ride and not come back. She tried to have my Nonno, the only man who was a father to me at the time, killed. Hell, we all thought that he was dead. She still thinks that he is. I say have him show up and scare the fuck out of her. She'd probably have a heart attack from thinking his ghost came back for her because of what she did. For now, with Fantasia and Caleb, put them up in a safe house with plenty of guards and cameras. Get a therapist out to talk to them a few times a week. When everything is over and my safe heaven house is done they can come to work for me there. I'm sure that it would do them both some good to help other people who have gone through what we have. Like Dom, though, I don't agree with the way they went about things. But they were just kids and did what they could to protect me. If they hadn't, it's hard to tell where I'd be right now. Hell, I could be dead for all we know. But instead, I have an amazing man, and maybe three others as well. Time will tell. I'm still pissed at you three. I also have a little bambino on the way, and I wouldn't have that if they didn't do what they did to get me away from there. No more hurting either of them, Loretta and dickweed there you can have free rain on. And Venom, my protective brother from another mother, make it hurt like hell when you get ahold of him."

Venom smirked and said "How do you know it'll be me? Maybe your dad has someone in mind to work him over?" "Yeah right, like that would happen. Even if my dad did have someone in mind, you wouldn't let it happen. You love me too much to let someone else do the torturing. You got my back and I have yours, remember, always." "Always little sister, always," he said.

Rodion looked around at all of us and said "I have no problem with him carrying out the torture. If you want to stay here, the rooms upstairs are all fully functional. There is even fresh food in the kitchen. I keep it always stocked, just in case. I also have a few guards that stay on the property twenty-four-seven. But I can leave an extra one here to bring you back to town when you're done here. The question is though, Sal, what do we do with your daughter.?"

Sal sat there for a few minutes and then looked at Rosa. Rosa said "Don't look at me, she may be my daughter by blood, but I disowned her years ago. The day that I had to take my little bitty granddaughter out of that house with her body cut up and her broken, in fact. I told her that day that she was no longer my daughter and not to ever come near me again. I even called our parents and had her removed from the family register. After you were supposedly killed in that car accident. I found out that she had a hand in it. I called our dads and told them everything that I knew from everything about River right down to your car accident. I told them both that I wanted her officially removed from the families and they both made it happen. So she is no longer in our family. Do with her what you may. Like River said, take her for a trip on the boat, the sharks are always hungry. Now I have got stuff to do and a nursery to plan, excuse me. River text me when you get to wherever it is you're going. I love you."

River told her she would and that she loved her too and then Rosa walked away. Sal and Zain were whispering back and forth and then Sal said "If you can hog tie her ass and bring her back here. Zain and I would like to deal with her ourselves if you don't mind. It was because of her and her lies that I was away from my family for ten years and missed watching my kids grow up. I wasn't there for Nicco or River like I should've been. I want to deal with her because of that. Rodion, you can join us when we deal with her. She lied to you as well."

"We can do that. There is a special holding cell on one of my jets that we can put her in. I'll come back when the guys do. I'll leave a few of my boys here to watch over things when I'm gone, just in case any of the ones that we are looking for show up here. The instant they try to land anywhere close to here we'll know," Rodion said.

"We'll let Venom take his time having fun with the guy. We can see how much information that he can get out of him before we dispose of him. So we'll stay here for a couple of days and then head back. We didn't know if they were watching us or not, so we don't want them getting suspicious if we come right back," I said.

"Sounds good to me, I'd keep her in the room to start with. Let her see what happens if you don't give up the information that we really want. Just cover her mouth first so you don't have to listen to her voice," Nicco said, making us all laugh. "I looked toward the video screen to check on my girl, and she was sound asleep in Marcello's lap. Snuggled up to that broad chest that we all love, lucky girl.

Aries had just been listening to everything and Zeus had been on another laptop. Aries finally said "Sal, I'll get ahold of you later" and set up a meeting. I think that we may have a lead into where Anthony is hiding at. Zeus actually found Fantasia's son and the nanny. We have my dad and a few of the guys going to collect them. We'll bring them here and keep them safe. Zeus was on the dark web and found chatter about Anthony having a young male for sale. Approximately ten years old, he just had to grab him. It's got the kid's description on it and a starting bit as well. Fuckers trying to sell his own son. He doesn't know where he's at yet, but we do, so we're grabbing them and protecting them. We have a safe here on the compound and no one can get to it. We'll keep them safe and keep looking for that rat bastard."

"Sounds good to me. Just call me later or show up at the house. We'll be here all day and your family now you can come and go as you please. That goes for all of you, you are all Rivers family, and that makes you our family as well," Sal said.

"OK, well, I'm ready to start having some fun. My sister from another mister gave me permission. So let's get the two youngins out of there, and give the bitch a front-row seat so that I can get started," Venom said with an evil grin. Dudes just plain weird, and extremely dark. We all said goodbye to everyone and I let Aries and Zeus know that I'd call them later. Then we walked back into the room.

Loretta had been running her mouth to her kids the whole time that we were in there. Renzo and Rodion's boys were closer to the window watching and listening to see if anything changed, and they were just yanking our chain. They weren't. Fantasia told her mom the same thing every damn time. When we walked in, I said "OK, Fantasia and Caleb, your sister is willing to give you a chance to prove yourselves. But you have shit that you have to do. Firstly, you will be going into protective custody, so to speak. When we leave from here you'll be going back with us, and we'll put you in a safe house until we get Anthony and the rest dealt with. River wants you both to see a therapist and get counseling. When it's safe for you after we have dealt with Anthony and the rest. You will go to work for River. She's going to be building a safe haven house for people who have been abused. It's actually going to be for men, women, and kids as well as animals. But if you cross her, you cross all of us as well as other people. So just keep that in mind if you are lying to us. Because I promise you, if I let you go, help you to be better, and then you cross her. Fingers being cut off will be the least of your worries, I promise you that. I will keep you alive for years and, between Venom and I, we will have fun torturing you. You'll become our guinea pig for torture tactics. Do you understand?" I asked them.

I wasn't even joking either. I'd do it as well. Both of them agreed and swore that they were telling the truth. They promised that they would get all the help that they could and that they'd help River with her safe house. I believed that they would, but I had to put the fear of god into them as well. Venom and Renzo untied them and then Renzo and Nicco escorted them out of the room.

After they left, Venom was moving stuff around and getting things ready. And of course, the bitch had to speak up. "Hey, what about me? Why the hell are you not untying me? Let me go. I didn't do anything wrong" she screeched. "That's where you are very wrong. Do you remember what you told me years ago? About how you had a boy and that your dad killed him. We'll because of your lies, I killed your dad. Now there is someone that wants justice for what you caused. So you'll be taking a trip back to Texas, just so that you can take a boat ride with said person. Until then, Venom here is going to do whatever is necessary to get information from your friend. And you, you get to sit your ass right there and watch. Have fun, and we'll see you later," Rodion said.

With that, we all walked out of the door to her screaming at us, until it was cut off suddenly. I knew that Venom had put duct tape on her mouth so that he didn't have to listen to her. Can't say that I blame him though. I would've done the same thing. Now that business is almost finished here, I am ready to go back home. When we get back home in a few days, it's off to hunting down the rest of these fuckers and eliminating them all. I'm ready for my family to finally be together and be happy.