Page 27 of Retribution
“You forgot, I am a Dimucci.”
“Yeah, I forgot. Okay, I wanna talk to Nando first ‘cause I don’t wanna leave Champaign right now.”
“You don’t need to leave Champaign. Blaze will send Costa and escort to pick up Cory.”
I didn’t believe Luca had the power to make these decisions without Blaze present.
“Are you sure about this?”
“I can call him right now if you want.”
Hesitantly, I nodded. He picked up his phone and dialed, putting the phone on the speaker feature. After a couple of rings, a deep smooth voice came cursing on the line.
“You little shithead. You haven’t been keeping me posted. You think because you’re with my brother you don’t need to report to me?”
“Cuz…”
“Don’t Cuz me. I’ll deal with you later.,” Blaze then softened his voice. “How is it going over there. You didn’t call for backup, what’s going on? How is she doing?”
My eyes widened. Did Luca tell him about me?
“She good, just a bit fiery right now, but she’s always like that. She just told the cops to fuck off, I can’t believe she did that.”
Blaze burst out laughing. “Sound a lot like my Makeba.”
“Yeah, you’re right. But Cuz, the body is released for burial but she isn’t ready for that yet.”
“What have you been doing? You say you love this girl and haven’t called Costa. Do you want me to do that for you?”
“No Cuz, Ciara doesn’t believe that I have the power to do that.”
“Have you been lying to her?” Blazed asked. “Have you told her you’re my successor?” Luca went quiet. “You haven’t told her. Get your shit together Luca. And don’t call me with rubbish next time.”
“Okay Cuz.”
“Alright, get the transportation of the body done and call the reserve if needed. You don’t need me for all that shit. Take care of her, okay?”
They said their goodbyes and ended the call. He set the phone down and looked at me. I wasn’t sure if I should be pissed that he kept such a big deal from me. But as I recalled I hadn’t given him much chance to tell me. We jumped into the relationship because I wanted to ease my pain with sex. Since then, there has been no time for personal chit chat.
“So, you’ll own Chicago one day?”
“Well, I’m basically next of kin, being first cousin. Nando is the only sibling and he’s in charge of Champaign.”
I scoffed. “Not that he wanted it. As I understand it, Nando wanted nothing to do with the family business. But taking back from the Mercados was his right.”
“That’s right,” he agreed. “Now, I got some calls to make, and I think I’ll call in some guys from the reserve team.”
“Why?”
“Babes, you haven’t seen Blaze’s team yet. Training is ten times that of this team and he has more than quadruple the number of soldiers. Moreover, the trainer is an ex-marine.”
“Okay we need all the help we can get since we have no clue about the size of Santiago’s gang.”
While Luca made his call, I called Neve. I promised to come see her when I could, but I didn’t want to visit until my vengeance was settled and I was in a better state of mind.
I was also thinking of something blaze said about me being like Makeba. She was the woman who cared for Neve when here parents passed away. I was curious to mee this power couple of Chicago and was grateful Blaze was on my side.
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