Chapter Thirty-Seven

 

Dominic

 

The time had finally come. We kept track of every single time Faith’s tracker came back online. They’d made stops at three different gas stations, all headed toward Canada. If it wasn’t for her smart thinking, we wouldn’t have found her as soon as we did.

Fortunately with Reed’s training with the FBI he knew how to get us into this hellhole of a property without detection which got us to Faith’s room quickly enabling us to free her. As soon as we found out where she was, and made it to the property, we observed the area and got lucky when we saw Faith by the window in the room she was in. Reed had hacked into Cadoc’s security system and disabled it so we could walk around freely without him being alerted. So far the plan was going off without a glitch.

Now that she was safe. It was time to finish the Cartwrights once and for all.

I slipped out of the bedroom and down the hall. Cadoc was in the kitchen and William was passed out on the couch. Reed had disrupted the video cameras on the house to where it wouldn’t alert Cadoc to our presence. That was how I snuck in through the back door and up the stairs to Faith’s room. I wanted to be the one to go in and get her.

I slowly made my way down the stairs and Micah and Connor met me at the bottom. Micah nodded toward William. “Go to the kitchen and I’ll bring in that tool bag.”

Connor pointed at the other hallway. “And I’ll block off the other kitchen entrance.” He took off and I made my way to the kitchen.

Cadoc had his back to me when I entered. “Thought you were passed out,” he said, chuckling, thinking I was William.

I clicked the safety off my gun and pointed it at him. “Sorry to disappoint you.”

By now Micah had William in a headlock, dragging him into the kitchen. William coughed and when he tried to speak, Micah squeezed his neck harder. With a heavy sigh, Cadoc turned around and faced me. Connor came in through the side of the kitchen with his gun drawn.

Cadoc huffed and threw his arms out wide. “What now, Corsino? You going to kill me?”

“I am,” I said, holstering my gun. “But first, I’m going to make you watch while I kill your nephew. Then I’m going to make you suffer.” And I was going to enjoy every minute of it.

 

***

 

It was over.

Everyone was safe. Faith had been worried about her friend Sam and his pregnant girlfriend, but they were fine. The chief of police had their home monitored until the threat cleared. Now that William and Cadoc Cartwright were dead we could all breathe easier. Their blood stained my hands, but it had to be done. Now we were on my jet, headed back to New York. Not for long though. I was ready to leave it all behind.

Fortunate it all took place in Canada. The cocky Cartwrights made it easy for clean up avoiding the authorities. My men should have it all taken care of and over with in no time at all. The unfortunate fire that will take place to burn down all of the evidence will solidify the end of an era.

My father and Cadoc were the last of the old mafiosos. The families that are left play well together, for the most part. Or as well as families like these play…I’m happy to get out of it all without losing face. We’ll still own much of the city, what we’ve always owned. I’ll let the other families fight over Cadoc’s businesses, turns out he didn’t have much to call his anyway.

Marco and his wife were going to stay in the city and protect what was ours after all. We don’t expect much kickback because, like I said, most of the families were happy to see the old regimes fall, including Cadoc. With William, gone there wasn’t anyone left that would step in and fight the families to get something that wasn’t theirs anyway.

“What now?” Faith asked, laying her head on my chest. We were all exhausted. It was the first time I’d felt the lacerations and bruises on my body.

“We’re going to start over,” I murmured. “Once I’m done tying up my loose ends, we’re hopping right back on this plane.”

She yawned. “Sounds good to me.”

We sat in silence for a moment, but then I tilted her chin up. “Were you scared?”

A haunted look passed across her face. “Yes. When I found out you couldn’t track me, I was terrified. If you would’ve been a day later, I wouldn’t be the same person. William made his intent very clear.”

That thought alone was what fueled my anger when I beat the life out of him. I knew he’d try to force himself on her at one point or another. It killed me knowing she was alone with him for all those hours we tried to find her.

“He’s gone now, beautiful. And trust me when I say, he suffered greatly for what he’d done. Both of them did.”

Her eyes grew sad. “Are you going to tell me what you did to them?”

I shook my head. “Maybe one day, but not today.”

I kissed her head and looked around at the others. Reed was on his laptop and Micah and Connor were playing cards. It was just another day on the job for them, but for me, it was the end of a war.