I was the newbie.
The unknown.
What I needed was someone who had my back. Who knew what I was capable of, who I trusted without a shadow of a doubt? That no matter what happened, they would have my back. As much as I didn’t want to involve them, it was looking as if I had no choice.
Reaching for a phone, I needed help. I needed someone to tell me what to do. Calling the one person on the planet who would have all the answers, I dialed his number. When it connected, I whispered, “Get the family ready. Be ready to move when I text. Come armed.”
“Lorenzo?”
Thirty-Two
Lorenzo
The moment Reagan said she found Donatella, everyone moved. Racing for the helicopter on the top of the building, I jumped in, anxious to get this bird moving. Checking my weapons, I made sure everything was loaded.
“Here,” Declan shouted over the helicopter blades, as he handed me a titanium bat. “Heard this was your weapon of choice.”
Smirking, I nodded holding the familiar object in my hand.
“You know this isn’t a baseball game, right?”
“I know.”
“Just don’t do anything stupid, okay. We work as a team.” he added, as Merc was the last to board. Bullseye was staying behind to do whatever it was he did. Trey stayed behind to load up anything they may need for the island and to wait on the other two team members. As for Reagan, she was locked up in a safe room that Merc dragged her into kicking and screaming. I kind of felt sorry for the brooding fucker when he let her out but then again maybe he deserved it.
All I knew was that we had a location on my woman and I was about to fuck some shit up to get to her. What none of them knew was that I hedged my bet. I was good at doing that. Not that I didn’t believe these men could help me get Donatella back, I just needed assurance. The only way I could get that was by calling in my family.
As much as I didn’t want them involved, if what Gideon said was correct and after everything I’ve learned, they already were. Everyone only knew some parts of the puzzle.
Well, it was time to put all the pieces together.
The sooner we all knew all the truth the better.
Generally, this spy shit wouldn’t interest me, but all bets were off when it affected my family and woman. I was tired of being the last one to know everything. I knew going forward that if any of us had a chance, we all had to be on the same page.
The fact was that none of us were. We all had bits and pieces. As long as we stayed separate, we would never figure it out. We would all be mice in a maze, never finding our way out.
Together, well that was another story.
Reagan had located Donatella just south of Atlantic City, New Jersey. It would take us at least an hour to get to her. Right about the time my family would be landing at a nearby airfield.
The night was chilly as the wind blew through the open doors of the helicopter. I didn’t mind though. All I could concentrate on was getting to her. I couldn’t let myself think how scared she must be because I would lose my shit if I did. It was bad enough I couldn’t protect her, but to have her scared or hurt was enough to bring me to my knees.
Concentrating on her beautiful face, I grinned.
My woman was stunning. Fucking beautiful with a smoking hot body and dear God was she fucking smart. I knew smart kids in school but none of them had anything on my woman.
I thought it funny.
The class clown and the smart girl.
No one would ever believe I fell in love with a woman like her. And I was in love with her. Totally, completely and wholly in love with the smartest woman on the planet.
Just thinking of her had my heart beating faster and my palms sweating.
She was everything I never wanted and more.
My mom always told me that I would meet my match one day, and when that day happened, I would get knocked on my ass.