Chapter Twenty-Two
Sergio
I leave Kirsty to dress, throw on shorts and a singlet and head downstairs to the kitchen. My Sugars moans as I took her hard against the shower wall are still clear in my mind. I can feel the marks her nails left on my back and I feel a sense of pride that she branded me as hers.
I pad across the kitchen to the fridge and pull out the bacon and a carton of eggs. I'm eager to have breakfast ready for when she comes down, I'm sure she must be hungry because I'm fucking starving after our workout. But, not only for food, I crave the flavor of her on my lips in my mouth. I swear to Christ, she takes like sweet cinnamon.
A throat being cleared behind me draws my attention. I swing around to find Theo seated at the table and I growl, pissed off. He probably heard my girl's screams of passion and those are for me, nobody else. He obviously sees my irritation and he holds up his hand.
"I just walked in the door but, I'm guessing you and Kirsty were…."
I cut him off with a growl and fuck me, he chuckles.
"Settle down big fella, the scratch marks on your shoulders are a dead giveaway."
I smile and shake my head, the irritation disappearing.
"Found anything?" I nod my head to the computer in front of him.
"Yeah, it's why I'm here so early."
Before I can ask him what it is, my phone rings. I cross to the breakfast bar and when I pick it up, Dominic's name flashes on the screen. I hit the answer button and speak.
"Boss, Theo is here, he found……."
Dominic cuts me off. "Sergio, some cazzo set fire to Destiny, I need you to meet me there."
"Fuck," I growl angrily and run a hand over my face.
I won't refuse him, he hasn't asked me to do shit except look after Kirsty and keep at Theo for the past month.
"Si, Boss, give me twenty minutes and I'll meet you. Do we know who it was?"
"Si, I think it has to do with Demetri's Butterfly."
"Demetri's what?" I ask as I head for the stairs.
"I'll explain more when you get here. Make sure Theo keeps his eyes on Kirsty. Mickey is on his way to keep watch out the front."
"Si, Boss."
He ends the call and I hurry up the stairs to get ready and to let Kirsty know I have to go out.
***
When I pull the car up to the front of Destiny and scan the area I note the front doesn't look too badly damaged. I step from the car, lock it and head around the side of the building where I find Dominic, Antonio and Nico.
"Boss." I give the men a chin lift and note the damage to the back of the building.
"About fucking time, Sergio."
Anger wells in me at Dominic's words but I don't let it get the better of me. I know he's stressed about everything and now isn't the time to say shit so I keep my mouth shut.
"How's Kirsty?" Antonio asks.
"Better." He chuckles when I smile.
My eyes turn back to Dominic as he storms past me. "We need to get a handle on this shit."
"Why do you think it has something to do with the woman Demetri has?" I ask.
Dominic doesn't say a word. We follow him as he walks around a corner to the back of the building where there's a small maintenance shed, a symbol for the motorcycle club has been sprayed on the front in red paint.
"Fanculo!" I spit.
Dominic turns to face us and points at me. "You and me are going to see Demetri while Antonio and Nico clean up this fucking mess." Anger rolls off him in waves.
I nod and turn to head back to the car. Dominic follows, he shouts something over his shoulder to Antonio but doesn't stop walking. I slide into the driver's seat of my car and Dominic climbs in beside me. I start the car and ease onto the road while he tells me about the girl Dimitri is helping.
"The girl's name is Sophie and she was the old lady of a guy called Ace."
"The cazzo Demetri shot?"
"Si, from what I hear he was a nasty fucker. My heart doesn't bleed for a fucker like that but by killing him, we have brought the MC down on us."
He blows out a deep breath and I take my eyes off the road for a second to glance at him. He looks more stressed than I've ever seen him. Fuck, so much has happened in the past couple of months including shit with Bruno J and Paulie DeMarko.
"You said on the phone, Theo found something?" He taps his fingers on the armrest on the door.
"Si, but I left before he could tell me."
"Shit, okay. Once we figure out what's happening with Demetri, we'll head to your place and find out. Does Kirsty know the safe house is your place?"
My stomach twists knowing I have been keeping it from her but, it's never really come up in our conversations. I shake my head as we pull up at Demetri's.
"Sergio, she needs to be told."
"Si, I know, Boss."
We get out of the car and cross to the electric gate in the fence which surrounds Demetri's home. Dom punches in the code and we wait while the gate opens.
I look up to see Demetri waiting for us on the porch.
"Boss, Sergio," he greets.
"Ciao, Brother," I answer.
"We need to talk." Demetri nods to Dominic and leads us inside to the kitchen.
I stop short at the sight of a beautiful girl dressed in Demetri's clothes. She has long mousy brown hair and piercing green eyes. She's tall but not as tall as us and she has nice curves. There is fear in her eyes and the bruises on her face are only now fading.
"Butterfly, can you give us a minute?" Dimitri smiles.
She nods, picks up her coffee and heads for the back door. We watch as she leaves and when we hear the back door close, Demetri speaks.
"What happened?"
Dominic explains about the fire at the club and the spray paint. Demetri runs his hand over his bald head.
"Boss, I'm sorry I did that shit at the club but I'm not sorry I killed him." He breaths out heavily. "He lorded it over everyone in the club that night and then gripped my girl so hard, she squealed and flinched in pain. He dragged her from the club to the alley out back where he wanted to fucking rape her. She fought him hard but he punched her in the face." He slams his hands down on the kitchen bench, lowers his head, sucks in a deep breath before looking back up and continues. "I'm glad that fucker is dead and I'd kill him again in a heartbeat if he was here now."
"Fuck, Demetri, I wasn't pissed you killed the fucker. I'm pissed it happened where it did." Dom means we don't draw attention to ourselves, we take that shit to the docks, out of sight.
I replay Demetri's words in my head and ask, "your girl?"
"Si, I knew she was my girl the minute she walked into the club. The things that fucker did to her, he's lucky I shot him and he died fast." He paces the floor. "What now?"
"You keep your ass here with that girl and leave the rest to us. We need to settle this shit. I'll get Antonio to call you."
"Si, Boss." He flips the kettle on at the same time we here the back door open.
When I turn, his girl is standing looking at all of us.
"Butterfly, this is Dominic and Sergio. This is Sophie." Demetri introduces us all and she slowly makes her way over to shake our hands. She's pretty but my girl is all I need.
"Let's have a coffee," Demetri says.
I want to say no, that I have to get back to my girl but, Dominic beats me to it.
"We have some other stuff to take care of but bring Sophie over to the house sometime this week. Once Brooklyn learns of her, she'll aggravate the shit out of me until they meet."
Demetri and I chuckle. There isn't a man alive who would risk annoying Dominic, not if they wanted to keep their teeth but, Brooklyn could ask anything of him and he'd fall to his knees to make sure she's happy.
We leave the house, get back into the car and head back to my place ten minutes away. I remain silent as I drive, I know not to speak when Dom is deep in thought. I pull into my driveway and switch off the engine.
"Let's find out what Theo found, have a coffee and I'll take you back to your place."
"Si, brother."
We stride to the door, I twist the handle and push it open. I'm frozen in place when I see my place has been tossed. I shout out for Kirsty but there's no answer, I know in my gut she's not here but I bolt up the stairs with my heart in my throat. I search the rooms frantically but there's nothing.
"Fuck," Dominic yells and a string of Italian curse words follow.
I barrel back down the steps, taking them two at a time and race to the kitchen. Theo is on the floor, his laptop smashed into pieces beside him but that's not what has my blood running cold.
Dominic is standing in front of someone and there is blood everywhere. I'm too scared to step aside to see who it is. Dominic steps away and I see Mickey strapped into a chair, he's dead. He's been fucking tortured.
Dominic snatches a paper from Mickey's chest and reads what it says.
"Fucking piece of shit!" He screams out before kicking a small table across the room.
I take the paper from his hands and every muscle in my body locks up, I'm ready to kill after I see the words which are written….
Can't save her now