by Asher Scott
I look over my shoulder and see Abby and Nicky watching me through the open window.
“I’m going to kill this fucker for me and for you, Abby. He killed your father, and now I’m going to kill him. This is your justice.”
“What… nooooo…” I release my hands and hear Tonio’s voice trailing, his face hitting off the second floor fire escape railing before flipping him over like a rag doll, his body striking the ground face first with a thud. I can just make out his mangled body, belly down but with his head twisted in the other direction, his lifeless eyes looking directly up at me.
Fitting, you twisted fuck.
I spit over the railing in his general direction, on the perverted soul who brought me into this crooked world of crime and mayhem under the guise of a man who really cared about me. He only cared about one thing. Himself.
I step back inside and embrace Abby as she cries gently into my shoulder. It feels so good to have her back in my arms, and to know she’s safe. Nicky pats me on the shoulder, and it’s then that I spot something over in the corner, apparently hidden behind the broken trophy case. It’s a safe.
“Hey Nicky, would you look at that?” I motion in that direction. Nicky’s the best at cracking them, so I leave him to his work.
I cup her cheeks in my hands, still shaking from the experience, and look into her bright green, tear-riddled eyes.
“Are you okay, Abby?”
“Yes… I was so scared.”
“What did I promise you?”
“You promised to keep me safe.”
“What else did I say?”
“That you’d never leave me. You will always be here for me.”
“I meant it, Abby. I’m sorry to drag you into this shit. I’m fucking done, though.”
“You mean it?”
“Yeah. I’ve had enough of the violence.”
I kiss her long and deep, our tongues finding solace in each other, attempting to pleasure away the pain.
“Just promise you’ll keep loving me, Abby. If you do, I’ll always be a happy man.”
I hear an audible click and Nicky pulls some bundles of cash out onto the floor and looks up at me. “There must be a few hundred thousand in here, Luca.”
“Keep it, Nicky. You earned it.”
I look at Abby. “Give me a second with Nicky, alright?”
She walks across the room and sits down in the corner in a large leather chair, breathes in a deep breath, and closes her eyes.
Nicky’s holding up bundles of cash with a shit-eating grin on his face. I embrace him, then hold him by the shoulders and look at him. “You’re my boy, Nicky. I couldn’t have done this without you. If you ever need a favor. Ever. You just call me and I’ll be there. You got that, brother?”
“Yeah, Luca, I got it. What’s your story?”
“I’m doing what I should have done days ago. I’m taking this money and running. This time I’ll have company, though.” I turn and look at Abby, so fucking beautiful.
“You lucked out there, Luca. Don’t fuck it up.”
“I won’t. I suppose we should all get the fuck ‘outta here. I don’t have the strength, or the will, to fight anymore.”
Chapter 28
Abby
As we drive north, out of the city, the full moon shining its light down on the darkened road, I couldn’t help but think our future was bright. I am forever changed by this experience. Forever changed by Luca.
He did come for me. He saved me. He righted a big wrong in my life, and he was still with me now. A few days ago, I was a shell of a human being. Going through the motions, afraid of my past, and afraid to move forward. Luca taught me more about life and love in the last few days than I learned in a lifetime up to this point.
He taught me how to be fearless.
He taught me how to be real.
He taught me how to take life by the horns, to fight, to scrap, and to come out on top. People died at the hands of Luca tonight, as they had died in the past. They were bad people, though. The world is better now. Luca righted wrongs. He was not a mindless killing machine. Not like Tonio. We would never forget the past, and nothing could change what he had done. We would have to look to the future.
My heart was with him. Luca would always be my first and only love. I ached for him, for his touch.
I love him, and he loves me.
I think about what just happened, and need some stuff clarified as it’s been weighing on my thoughts. “How did you know Nicky could get to him through the window?”
He laughs. “You didn’t figure that out yet?”
“No, I don’t really know.”
“Did you notice Tavollaci sweats like a pig? He always has the windows open, no matter where he is. I’d been there once or twice, so I knew the layout of his office. I didn’t figure he would see danger coming from the fire escape.”
“Smart.”
“Not really. Just smarter than him.”
Chapter 29
Luca
Tonio was a made man, and it’s never good to take out a guy with that much power. A guy needs permission first. Probably from Don Alessi himself. Of course, Don Alessi may have known how crooked Tonio was. You don’t rise that high without knowing the state of your family at all times. I didn’t really have a choice. Tonio would have killed Abby.
The reason he had me take out Ralphie Cardillo in the first place was that poor Ralphie was probably the one guy who knew that Tavolacci was screwing Don Alessi out of his money. No loose ends in this business.
I just hope The Don never comes after me for the money. We’ll see. But I’m good. Really fucking good. This is my money now and I’ll take on all comers. Abby and I will start our new life with it, and no one is going to fuck with that.
At least Abby is safe now. I will always keep her safe.
Am I man enough for her, though? I was man enough to stay with her when I knew I should run. I was man enough to make her mine. I was man enough to go into the teeth of hell and pull her from the deranged hands of Tonio Tavollaci. But I was not man enough to tell her I loved her. At least not yet.
I know now that I do. When I saw her facing death in Tonio’s hands, I felt like I wanted to die myself. There is no way I could live without her. I used to be a lone wolf, Luca against the world, and now I sit next to the most beautiful woman, and she’s all mine. We will always be together. It’s our destiny. Fate has spoken, and even though we should both be dead, we’re alive and together. If that’s not fate, I don’t know what is.
“Abby. There’s something I want to say.”
“What is it, Luca?” She grabs hold of my arm, her head nestled into my chest and waits for me to speak.
“I love you, Abby.”
“I love you, too, Luca.” She cries, but they’re tears of joy.
“Why don’t we pull over and celebrate, darling?”
I want her right now. I always have since the moment I first laid eyes on her. Her perfect ass, perky breasts, those green soulful eyes and fiery ginger hair. I wanted all of her.
As we pulled into the Lucky Stars Motel, I thanked my lucky stars to have a woman like Abby who I could love, and who could love me, despite my fucked up ways.
I bring the car to a stop in front of the motel that has never seen the likes of our lovemaking. She breaks the silence. “Do you think things will work out between us, Luca?
I consider what she said, then answer the only way I know how.
“Fuck if I know, Abby.” Her mouth opens in a show of shock, and I take the opportunity to fill it with my tongue, finding hers, receptive and passionate.
And I know, and she knows, everything will work out just fine.
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