When he caught sight of his mother and a few of his sisters, he felt a shame unlike anything he’d ever felt. He gritted his teeth and stiffened.
The girls entered the room, and Faith closed the door and leaned against it.
“I’d like to know what that was about,” Aria said.
“Stay out of it, Mother.”
She shook her head. “I can’t. That woman has done nothing to deserve your hatred and abuse.”
“I don’t fucking hate her, and I’m not abusing her.”
“The hell you aren’t, brother,” Angelica said.
“Every word I heard sounded hateful,” Faith said. “I know firsthand because our father liked to make us feel like dirt.”
Aria sighed. “Honey, I don’t know what’s going on with you, but I have to say one thing.”
“What?’ he asked.
“I would rather be hit than have the words you used with her any day. You’ve got to understand that with women, words can do so much damage, and it’s something that’s hard to forget. If you asked her if being shot was the worst or what you just put her through, I can guarantee she’d rather be shot.”
“Goddammit.”
“When a woman is told by the man she loves that he can’t stand to look at her, how do you think that feels?”
He walked over to the window and stared out of it. “You guys don’t understand.”
“What I understand, honey, is that you just might have lost the best thing that ever happened to you. Come along, girls.”
He heard the door close behind him. Shock grew when he realized tears were actually falling from his eyes. He couldn’t remember the last time he cried.
Dominic got his emotions under control. At the moment, he needed to concentrate on finding Marino and wiping him from the face of the earth. He walked out of the house and slid into his car. His phone rang as he was pulling out of the driveway.
“Hey, boss, I think we found Marino,” Nico said.
Fuck. Good. It was exactly what he needed. “Tell me where he is.”
Nico gave him the address.
“Round up all the guys and have them meet me at our warehouse.”
“You got it.”
Dominic didn’t have to stand there long before ten guys drove up in two different cars. He waited until they were all standing in front of him. “Tonight, we’re going to take out the man who hurt my wife, not once but twice.”
They all nodded and then spent the next hour going over strategies.
“I want him alive, guys, if possible. If we have to take him out, we will. Let’s go in two cars.”
They drove to a restaurant that had illegal gambling in the basement. It would be harder to take him in this situation, but he didn’t want to wait. His emotions were so volatile after his fight with his wife that he felt like he could take on the world.
“Watch your backs.” He went in at the back door and down some stairs. The bouncer at the bottom took one look atthem, moved to the side, and then raced up the stairs.
Dominic checked his men one more time and then opened the door. He pointed his gun to the ceiling and pulled the trigger, getting everyone’s attention.
“I don’t have a beef with anyone except Marino, so I want all of you out now.”
Dominic looked around and couldn’t see the bastard. He grabbed one of the guys trying to leave. “Is Marino here?”