What the fuck just happened?
Bastiano
“Everything in place?”
“Yep. We are sure this is the place. The guys already checked the other places. Fat Tony set the explosives outside the back wall. Hopefully that will distract them and allow us to sneak in that door there.”
He points to the door out front. We have been watching for a while and saw a car head towards the back.
“Let’s not wait any longer.”
Lo nod then gives a signal to Fat Tony who is a little way’s up with the control.
Next thing I know, the warehouse explodes on the side. I pray that Sofia was nowhere near it. Once the building goes up, we run to the front of the building while Fat Tony runs to the back. Lo and I stop beside the door and nod to each other. Then Lo kicks the door in. My men rush in with us bringing up the rear. They fan out checking every area of the building. I follow Lo and head towards the end of the hall. Once there, I have to make the decision which way to go. Right leads to a door. To the left are stairs. Many of my men head up that way. Straight ahead there is a door as well. I imagine it leads to the back where the explosion was.
“Which way boss?”
I think over the options then trust my gut.
“Right.”
I turn and head towards the door. Right before I get there, it flies open. A man is standing there holding a knocked-out Isabella in his arms.
I point my gun at his head.
“Put her down.”
The man thinks over his options then shakes his head no as he attempts to back into the room. I don’t hesitate. I pull the trigger. Lo rushes forward as the bullet hits the man in the head and he starts to fall towards the ground. Thankfully, the man falls backward and cushions Isabella’s fall. Lo picks her up and rushes back towards me. I can see the war in his eyes. He wants to save Isabella
I stop one of my men walking by.
“I need you to take Isabella back to the house. Go straight there.”
He nods and takes her from Lo before nodding to his partner and heading out the front door together.
“Let’s go, Lo.”
I inch forward and look into the room. I see several bodies lining the floors. It looks as if someone had shot them all. One of the men I am surprised to see is Luca. I didn’t expect to see him lying there in a pool of his own blood. Anger rising within me. I wanted to be the one to kill him.
I push that aside as we clear the room. There is no one there. I hear gun fire from the back of the building and immediately turn and head towards it. Once I reach the door that was straight ahead, I poke my head though. To my right the building is burning. To my left I see a man dragging a woman by her hair.
“Stop struggling and this will go a lot easier. Do you want to die? These men are here to kill. You hear those gunshots. If you don’t want to get hit by one, we need to go. Now.”
“Fuck you, you fucking cock sucker! Let me go! Asshole!”
I surge forward at the sound of Sofia’s voice. Lo presses a hand to my chest and stops me. I turn to snarl, but he motions for me to pay attention. Lo motions for me to go left while he goes right.
As we inch closer, I can see better that Sofia is fighting the man with everything she can. Anger rising in me, but before I can do anything, Sofia goes completely slack.
My heart beats erratically in my chest. I feel like my world has ended. I don’t know why she stopped fighting, but I know that it can’t be anything good. I surge forward.
“SOFIA!”
All of a sudden, she springs to life. She swings her arm forward and the man holding her screams out as he falls to the ground. She backs away and I rush forward to grab her. She turns and tries to slash at me which some metal in her hand. It rips my shirt, but I hold her arm against me.
“Tesoro, it’s me. Calm down. It’s me. Bash. Calm down baby.”
She looks up and squints.
