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RELEASE ME | BOOK TWO

 

Anna Bonello brushed her hair and waited for her father to return with Antony Carbonaro, her new fiance. She didn’t know the particulars, but something terrible happened to him tonight. Her father told her to stay in the house and that he would more than likely bring Antony back with him. Anna had been in love with Antony for as long as she could remember, but he never paid her any attention. When they were children all he wanted was Kelly and Sal. They were his only friends. Growing up she stayed on the fringes of his world, she watched him. She wanted to see what kind of man he was going to grow to be. She knew early that she would marry a made man, but she would be damned if she married one with no power.

Ever since Antony had taken over operations at B&E, Anna had dropped hints to her father that they should merge the Families, “If only there was a way for both families to tie together, so the two families could become one.” Her father was a smart man she knew eventually, he would figure out a marriage would tie both families. But to her surprise it wasn’t her father who suggested it to Pio, it was Pio who suggested it to Gino. She didn’t anticipate this change, but it didn’t matter, it all worked toward her end game. To have Antony Carbonaro.

She heard the door open downstairs, it was early in the morning, it would be awkward for her to come down to meet Antony. She had to play things perfect. She had to be perfect for him, so he would want her, desire her, love her as she loved him. She climbed back into bed, her heart filled with joy over what was to come in her life. She would get the most sought after man to be hers. Finally, it was her time to become the mistress of a Family of her own, and with a little help from her, she and Antony would take the coast.

***

Daemon ran up to the information desk at the hospital, “How do I get to the emergency room from here?” The woman took her time answering him. Daemon needed to get to Yvette, she was alone and she had been shot. He didn’t know how bad it was, where the wound was located, and it was driving him insane. He pushed off of the desk and looked around the hospital lobby. There had to be signs that he could use to find the emergency room. There, past the double doors was a sign, the emergency room was that way. He took off running in that direction, he almost ran down a man in a wheelchair rolling to the bathroom, but he deftly dodged him. “Sorry, sorry,” he said to the man and kept going. He stopped at the next hallway and looked for a sign, there wasn’t one. He kept straight until he saw the red EMERGENCY written on a set of double doors in front of him. Here was where he needed to be. He ran up to the doors, and moved his hand wildly to get the motion sensor to open. He ran to the desk, “I am looking for Yvette…” shit, he didn’t know her last name. “One second,” he pulled out his phone ready to text Antony, when he heard his name.

“Daemon?” Relief flooded him, he knew her voice anywhere. “Yvette,” he turned around, she was sitting in the waiting area bandaged, watching TV and eating a bag of chips with a small juice. He rushed to her, and knelt in front of her, “Let me see it,” she smacked his hand away.

“You idiot it is only a flesh wound. What did you think happened?”

Daemon held her eyes, “You were shot. I don’t care if it is a flesh wound, through and through, or lodged somewhere, it is all the same to me. A bullet came in contact with you and that scared the shit out of me.”

Yvette hit his shoulder. “Will you keep it down. I haven’t told them how this happened and if you don’t quite down and get that deranged look off of your face, they will think it was you.”

Daemon looked around,, she was right, “Why didn’t you call me?”

Yvette shrugged. “I just-I just,” she couldn’t help it, she started crying. Daemon pulled her to him in a tight embrace. He rubbed down her back, “It’s alright, it’s alright.” His care and attention only made her cry harder. She was doing what people called, “Ugly crying.” She had been through a lot, she lost Antony for good, she was shot, she killed two more people, she didn’t know what to do with all of her feelings.

“It’s okay, I have you now.” Daemon said…