“Shit. Okay, let’s get a hold of that file and e-mail,” Zane stated.
Heather pulled out her cell phone.
“I have it right here r
eady to send out.”
Zane smiled. “Send it to me and I’m going to forward it to our team.”
“Zane, Cash, what the hell is going on?”
Zane and Cash turned toward the doorway to see their friends Jett and Flynn.
“What the fuck is going on?” Flynn asked as he shook both Cash’s and Zane’s hands. Cash made the introductions. Everyone met.
“We heard that Costiano’s daughter was injured during an abduction, and that you two were there. What’s the deal?” Flynn asked.
“Yeah, man, you know there’s a thing called asking a woman out on a date, not trying to abduct her,” Jett teased.
Zane shook his head and laughed. “We weren’t the ones abducting her. We were going to meet her for lunch. She had some things to discuss with us, and some guy tried to take her. She fought her way out of the car as we chased the car on foot to the exit.”
“Yeah, then Chiara threw herself out of the passenger door. She hit a cement column. It was bad,” Cash said.
“Damn, she could have been killed. Do you have any leads on the guy? Any motive or even an identity?” Flynn asked.
“We have our team working on it. The detectives are involved and also brought in a forensics team, after they saw that Chiara had blood and skin under her nails. They think she scratched the guy’s face,” Zane told him.
“Holy shit. Tough girl. What do you need from us? I can get whatever you need in a flash?” Flynn told them.
“Yeah, and the others are on standby,” Jett stated as he tapped his cell phone.
Zane knew that their group of friends, Hudson, Jagger, Emerson, Stone, Nash, and Riker, would be there for them. They had been friends for a very long time.
“We appreciate that. I can connect you with Al. You guys know him well,” Zane said, remembering the time that Flynn and Jett were being harassed by some mafia wannabes and needed a bit of backup to show they weren’t pushovers. Things got a little crazy, but so did Flynn and Jett. Those two men were lethal and Zane and Cash were glad they were their friends, and not their enemies.
“So who can fill us in on the progress of the investigation?” Flynn asked.
Just then the doctor entered the room. Cash and Zane could go and see Chiara now.
But one look at Heather, Emanuel, and Keith, and Zane knew that they felt they had just as much of a right to see her first as Cash and Zane had.
The doctor had no qualms about it, so the small group headed down to her room.
* * * *
“B.F., what the fuck did Cane do? I told him not to make a move. I wanted to wait to see what we could do next, since Marvin went all self-centered on me and fucked everything up. Now Cane hurt Chiara. It’s all over the fucking news.” Angelo Gessati raised his voice as he held the cell phone to his ear. He was pacing the room and felt like a caged animal. He didn’t want Chiara hurt. As much as he hated Robert, he didn’t want anything to happen to Chiara.
“I don’t know, sir. Cane is a fucking crazy guy. He’s gotten worse and worse over the years, and I thought he could handle this job for you because he needed something a little less violent,” B.F. told Angelo.
“I don’t think this asshole knows how to not be violent. He sure as shit doesn’t know how to take any orders. I want him out of this. Call him and tell him his job is over.”
“I can’t get in touch with him. I haven’t been able to for the past two days. He doesn’t answer his phone.”
“Well fucking send someone to his home. Have them try to see what sparked his craziness. I don’t know. And call fucking Marvin and tell him the fucking deal is off. He tried to force himself into Chiara’s life demanding marriage. What the fuck was that all about?”
“His jealousy over Chiara being involved with Zane and Cash.”
“This is not what I wanted. Yes, I want to cause Robert pain. I want to take from him everything and then some of what he stole from me years ago. But, I don’t want any blood on my hands. Can you find out how Chiara is and what her injuries are? The description on television of bits and pieces of what happened are pretty upsetting. She’s a beautiful woman, and I do not want her harmed.”