Fuck.We needed to grab someone with access to more of the details, such as the captain of the guard. “Do you get direct orders from Ricco, or is it a captain?”
“Sometimes both.”
“Which one mostly?”
“Captain.”
“And his name is?”
“Dom.”
“Where is Dom tonight?”
“Dunno.”
We were going nowhere fast. “How are the girls chosen?”
He tried to shrug.
“Did you have a list tonight, or was it your choice of who to take?”
“We had a list.”
“You went after that one.” I moved aside so he could focus on Mia, who came forward. “Why?”
“Oh, fuck.” His pupils constricted to pinpricks. “That’s the boss’s daughter.”
He hadn’t known it was her. “Why did you try to pick her up?”
“Thought she was an easy target.”
“What would you have gained by bringing someone in who wasn’t on the list of girls to abduct?”
“I want to move up in rank.”
Idiot. “Bringing in one more girl wouldn’t have done that.”
“But it would have made them notice me.”
“Where do the girls go after the holding cells?”
“The club.”
“Anywhere else?” I was losing patience. The guy knew very little.
“Dunno. I only hear about the club.”
I caught Stefano’s eye. He gave a barely perceptible nod. He was done too. Sofia, Enzo, El, and Marco took their cue and left after Marco growled in my ear to stay in touch. Stefano lifted his unconscious guy over his shoulder, went through the front door to deposit him in the trunk of his car, then returned for mine. Emiliana followed but not before leaving me with parting words: “Finish this.”
They would dispose of the bodies elsewhere, which would buy us more time.
Trey and Tony, along with several of our guards waiting in the cars, set the stage at another motel room, where they would leave the van. The Tucci men sent to investigate would find the van parked in front of a room that looked well used by the foot soldiers entertaining the women they stole. Tony would make sure the girls were returned safely to their families or given money and new clothing and a way out of the city. Then he would join Trey, Stefano, and Emiliana.
It would have to be enough to throw the Tucci family off.
I turned to Mia, my blood heating at her devious grin. “Are you ready?”
“Let’s do this.”