Chapter 29

*****Jaxons POV***** 

"Why the fuck did you come?!" I ask again, as my cousin sits opposite me - handcuffed to the chair. 

"There really isn't any need for this..." He complains, as I slam a hand on the desk causing him to flinch ever so slightly.

"If this needs to get violent then it will!" I state next, before the door the my office opens, revealing Seth. 

Where the fuck has he been all day?! 

"Thanks for joining us!" Nico mocks, as Seth only shoot's him a glare in response. 

I take in his disheveled appearance, as he seems overwhelmed about something. I choose not to comment, knowing I had better things to be getting on with, as Seth goes and sits beside Nico on the sofa. 

"Speak Joey!" I state again, as Joey throws his head back onto the chair in exasperation. 

"Cousin..." His voice reaches my ears again, as I snap. 

"I am not your fucking cousin! We are not family! Get that shit out of your head!" I pick up the paper weight beside me, throwing it directly at him as it smashes into his head. 

He groans from the pain, as I see the blood trickle down from the deep cut made on his forehead. 

"Bastardo!" Joey fumes, as Nico and Seth snigger from behind him. 

He was a weak little bitch... but a clever one that still had to be handled with thought. 

"Right boys let's just take Joey here down to the chamber and see if you can get him talking there." I gesture for them to take him away, as Joeys eyes widen - hearing Seth and Nico standing from behind him. 

"No! No wait!" He panics, the sound of fear ringing into the room, as I cock a brow. 

"Go on..." I swing slowly in my chair, hands together on my lap, awaiting for him to sing like a canary. 

"Cynthia came back." He states quietly, the name causing my body to stiffen for the second time. 

The woman was a hell hound, released to torture me throughout life. She had betrayed me, ditched me, left me for dead... and yet her name alone could still send a chill down my spine. 

My first love... 

"I know." I state, after a moment of silence had passed, causing his eyes to widen. 

"You weren't supposed to know..." He seethes in a whisper that sounded more directed at himself. 

I knew there was something deeper going on here, something dark. No doubt she either wanted me back, or wanted me dead. 

It was also no coincidence to me, that after eight years, I am getting married and she suddenly comes back?Bullshit. I knew she was pissed off, which only added her to the forever growing list of threats I had for the organisation. 

"Speak or you'll be heading downstairs and you won't ever see the daylight again!" I lean forward, piercing my eyes into Joey - edging him to spill what he knows. 

"She came to Nonnas." Joey says the words steadily, as I almost fall off my chair from the sentence. 

"SHE DID WHAT?!" I rage, my fists balling as I look to Nolan and Grey who also looked horrified. 

"Yeah... she just turned up... she's changed her hair, changed her style, Nonna didn't even recognise her... she told Nonna her name was Clara." Joey spills the knowledge like an unleashed fiend, as Seth intently takes notes of what he was saying. 

"What else!" I demand more, as he sighs heavily before continuing- 

"She lived with Nonna for a couple of weeks... begging for work which Nonna gave her without question. Meanwhile I could see right through it! I knew who she was, but I wanted to observe her first... see what she was up to... and as much of a bastard that you think I am, I wouldn't let anything happen to Nonna." He states, the only genuine trustworthy thing he has said so far, as I nod. 

"I know I fucked you over in the past, but I don't run with that crowd anymore Jax." He gulps, losing his full 'gangster' demeanour. 

"What you did nearly got me and my father fucking killed!" I shout at him, remembering the betrayal. 

He had to go on the run, before claiming shelter with my Nonna so that I wouldn't come through her door and end him! I would never bring trouble to my Nonna, never, and this rat knew that! 

"Look I apologise for the past... I fucked up..." Joeys voice lowers, as Seth and Nico both shake their heads at me from behind him. 

I don't trust him either... 

"I want to know more about Cynthia, the whole story!" I ignore his false apology, as he clears his throat and nods. 

"I found her in your old room at Nonnas... I followed her when she disappeared upstairs... and when it was just us in the room - she knew I had her figured out." He remembers the event, telling me the details as I cringe at the thought of her snooping around my old bedroom. 

For what... 

"At first she started to sob... but I could see right through it so she eventually got angry. She demanded to know where you where and who you where to marry - all questions that I didn't know the answers to because we no longer spoke." He explains, as I nod. 

"So you came to my wedding as a fucking spy?!" I say through my teeth, gripping the arm rests on my chair to contain myself. 

"Sort of... I mean she told me that Romano and his men could give me safety in return for information on you. She didn't want you to know she came back, not yet." He states, as I shake from the memory of Romano. 

"Romano is a washed out wannabe fucking gangster! He went from being on top of his Mexican mafia, to running away with that slut in fear that we would find them both and rip them apart!" I seethe, as Nico and Seth nod in confirmation with my words. 

She was betrothed to me... and she fucking screwed me over! 

"Yeah well she had me convinced that Romano was back on top, back in power, and that they could protect me from your men. All I wanted was my freedom back so I did what she asked and turned up to your wedding." Joey finishes, as I shake my head in disbelief. 

"So how did she get my business number? She called me the night of my wedding?" I remember, as he shrugs slightly. 

"Maybe she found it laying around in Nonna's, I don't know... but I'll tell you something Jaxon, when I sent her a picture of your new wife, she wasn't fucking happy." He suddenly adds, as I furrow my brows and glare at his comment. 

"Creepy bastard! So you were running around my damn wedding taking sneaky pictures of my fucking wife?!" I rage, despite the wedding being a hoax, nobody else outside of my bubble knew that. 

"N-No I... Nonna took a picture of her, and I forwarded that to Cynthia... the whole thing was stupid I can see that now!" Joey huffs like a child, leaning his head back once again. 

"Is she still living at Nonnas..." I question last, not enjoying how close she had managed to get to one of the most important members in my family. 

"No she left. I don't know where she is now." Joey shrugs, as I close my eyes briefly. 

Who knew if the majority of his story was even true, but I wasn't prepared to let him out of my grasp until I found out more. 

"Lock him up I've had enough of him today." I state to Nico and Seth who nod, unlocking his restraints on the chair before they begin dragging him out. 

"What? No! I told you everything! At least let me go!" He rages, as I laugh. 

"You know me better than that! I may have been easy on you today but I'm no fucking fool!" I call out as they leave the room, hearing him curse me out down the hallways. 

There was more to this story... and at this moment, the one person I needed to get back to New York to speak to was my father. Despite our fall out, I know there is a storm brewing, one which will either make or break our organisation. 

We would never go down without a fight.