Lady Boss (6 page)

I awakened to darkness, fuck;
Mouth wore my ass out, shit. After that second time she'd sucked me back to
readiness and then ridden me like nobody's business. The way she moved her hips
and ass ...she fucking owned my cock.

I reached for her next to me, empty, cold sheets. Aw shit, I
jumped from the bed and went in search of her but the stillness of the
apartment already told me all I needed to know. There was no one here but me.

I tamped down the fear and lead with anger. If I got scared people
might get hurt unnecessarily, it was better to hold on to anger.

I
called downstairs and learned that she'd been gone for more than an hour;
Taylor had been on ice for the last three, he could wait. I called the club and
was told she'd never shown there, that's when fear kicked in.

      I called every last one
of my men and flooded the city looking for her.

She'd left on her own I was sure of that, but where the fuck was
she?

La Principessa

       I had to be really careful;
the guards were on high alert ever since the old bastard had been taken out.

No one knew for sure who had done the deed, but it was widely
suspected that Shane was behind the hit.

He'd filled me in on what had gone down, well some of it anyway,
he was still working under the delusion that as a woman I shouldn't get
involved in such things. He'd learn.

 I
scaled the outer walls and rolled into the shade. Counting down the seconds in
my head, I waited for the strobe to pass before making a run for it to the side
of the house.

     I knew from recon
that the lights were on special timers that made a sweep every five minutes
less ten seconds.

 Security was stationed in the back and front of the house
leaving the sides unattended, maybe because the high walls and guard dogs were
supposed to see to them.

I'd neutralized the dogs first; a little sleepy time steak was all
I needed for that, they were three very well fed but heavily dosed dogs napping
in the hedges beneath those walls.

No
one will be looking for them since they only paid attention if the dogs gave an
alert. Idiots.

    I lifted the sleeve
of the safety vest, shirt, whatever it is that Shane had given me, was that
only days ago, it felt like forever.

 He
was going to be so mad, I couldn't think about that now though, I needed to
concentrate or get my ass killed, one reassuring thing, if they got the jump on
me, my father and uncle not to mention mobster boy, would tear them apart.
Little solace if my ass was dead but it'll have to do.

    I rock climbed my way up
the side to the balcony on the second floor. Making sure there was no one in
the room, I attached the window cutter to the pane of the window and silently
cut out a circle before pulling it back with the piece of glass attached.

 Next I reached my hand in and turned the lock in the window before
sliding it ever so gently up.

 I'm
in.

     Holding my breath I
crept along the wall, it was still early, barely midnight, and since his old
man had bought it in bed I'm thinking this wuss will probably be too scared to
stay by himself for some time so he was probably surrounded by people. I might
have to wait around here for a while.

Oh
joy, that would just give Tommy Lucchese more reason to want to lock me away
somewhere. 

    I used the heat
seeking device I'd filched from Shane's safe room earlier to find the bodies in
the house.

There
were two goons sitting in what looked like a kitchen, in another room someone
was on a phone, and in a bedroom some chick was riding someone, I'm guessing
with their boss on high alert it had to be the esteemed Carlo Stacco getting
his knob twisted.

    I hefted the sack on my
back as I checked the coordinates to the room. They were one floor up. Everyone
else was on the second and first floor. The blue prints showed that the room
Stacco was using was the attic room, only a bedroom and bathroom up there with
a bird view window.

I had
no idea when or if the chick was leaving, I also knew that if she left for a
second I would have to use that window of time to do what I came here for, but
then the discovery would be sooner than I wanted and I will be heading out that
bird view window on the third floor. Shit.

    I had no choice, I
was sure if I made it out alive Flanagan would never let me see the light of
day again, it was now or never.

I silently made my way from floor to floor, the two in the kitchen
were no problem they were too far away to give me worries for now, it was the
one on the second floor with me that could pose a problem.

 Thankfully
he was yapping away on the phone, when he paused I stopped and held my breath
as he told the person on the other end to carry on, he thought he'd heard
something but it was nothing, I released my breath and kept crawling along the
hall way. The damn place was lit up like a Fourth of July fireworks show.

     There was movement
in the attic room as I watched the screen. This was a neat little toy, maybe
I'd keep it for future endeavors, that's if Lucky Luciano let me live.

 It looked like chicky was gathering her things, good. She
headed into the other room which looked like the bathroom and turned on the
shower.

 Damn this thing was good.

 I hurried my pace as I was out of danger range so to speak.
I'd really wanted to have a little chat with Stacco before but circumstances
didn't let me, a girl had to do what she had to do.

 Taking
the sack from my back I pulled out what I needed as I entered the room, he was
lighting up a cigarette when he bought it. There wasn't even a sound made.
Female my ass, I didn't even shake.

     I made my way back
down the way I'd come, the adrenaline hadn't kicked in as yet, I was still in
protect me mode, had to get out.

 I had no idea how long the shower would last but I didn't
need to be around to find out. The dogs were making waking up noises when I
reached the wall. Damn, how long had I been in there?

   
I scaled the wall and hot footed it to my car which I'd parked about a mile
away. I ran full out as I heard car doors slamming from the direction behind
me.

    My car was hidden in
a copse of trees off the side of the road, imagine my surprise when I got there
and saw the lone figure standing with arms folded.

 Oh shit, I turned to head back from whence I came, I'll take
my chances with the goon squad thank you very much. One pissed off Gambino or
three inept goobers, easy.

 "Get your ass back here."

 Well damn, my shoulders slumped as I strolled over to him.

 "Funny meeting you here." I tried a smile; I guess
it didn't work when the scowl on his face got darker. He studied me for a
minute before pulling me into his chest and kissing the shit out of me. Now the
adrenaline kicked in, and I did the most female stupid shit thing in the world.
I burst into tears. Why the fuck was I crying?

 His
strong arms wrapped around me tight as he soothed me.

 "Hush baby, it's
okay, you're okay now. Did you do what you came here to do?"

 "Uh huh, I had to Shane, please understand
that...."

 "We'll talk about that later; right now let's get out
of here."

 "You came alone?"

 "The boys are around, let's go."

 He put me in the passenger seat and buckled me in before coming
around to the other side.

 "You know you fucked up right?"

 "I know...."

 "No Mouth, you really fucked up, I can't trust you, how
can I be with you if I can't trust you?"

 "What?" My heart started to hurt, like seriously
hurt, what was he saying here?

 "Since we seem to want two different things I think we
might have to go our separate ways, I can't go through what you put me through
tonight         again, and you need to prove something so I say we call it
quits before we take this any farther."

 Someone was screaming I don't know who, but my heart hurt
like a son of a bitch and I wished whoever it was would stop; the sound was
haunting, full of pain, so much pain.

 Prince of the City

     "Fuck
me." I pulled over and turned to her. She was holding her tummy and
screaming in pain.

"What the fuck Mouth, you hit, let me see." I tried
pulling her hands away; she latched on to me, her arms like a cobra as she
clung to me and that fucking scream. If they'd hurt her I'd bring them back
from the dead and shoot their fucking asses.

 "Arianna let me see. Fuck." She wasn't moving; I
had to forcefully push her away to get a look at her middle.

 My heart was in my fucking throat, she was scaring the shit
outta me. No blood.

 "Where you hit baby tell me?" She grabbed my hand and
put it over her heart as her screams became whimpers.

 Her heart! She can't be heart shot. I tore open the shirt
she wore and released a breath when I saw the bullet proof shirt underneath.

 Okay,
okay, she wasn't hit, so what the fuck?

      Oh shit ...I’d set
her off. I pulled her over the console and into my lap.

 "Calm down baby, it's okay, ssh, ssh...it's okay."

 She hauled off and slugged my ass. The fuck?

 "Don't you threaten me again you fucking bastard."
She pummeled me but good, I was ducking her little fists the best I could in
the confines of the car.

 What'd I say, bat shit crazy.

I caught
both her hands in mine, pulling her face close to me.

    "Listen you, I've had enough shit out of you, when
we get home I'm gonna wail your little ass. After I got through being scared
out of my fucking mind and having my men search the whole damn city looking for
you, I finally clicked into the fact that you'd gone after Stacco. Following a
hunch I called up your little cohorts and my sisters felt guilty enough to let
me in on your little trick, control me with fucking tears will you? All so you
can get your own way and put your ass in danger, payback's a bitch isn't
it?"

      "You....you
did that on purpose...you...you.....arggghhhhh."

 I laughed which only pissed her off more.

 "Calm
your little ass down you're in enough trouble as it is don't make it worse on
yourself." She got real quiet, I'm not sure I trusted that either crazy
lady was kinda unpredictable.

    I put her back in
her seat and continued home. My guys should be finished with clean up back at
Stacco's hideout. Tommy's sneaky ass was lucky he'd given up what she'd been up
to. Apparently while she was supposed to be in school she'd been out following
Stacco and his detail around. She'd known his whereabouts this whole time, or
at least for the last couple weeks. Smart fuck.

I pulled into the garage where Mikey and Tony were waiting, the
others must've gone to tie up loose ends, they knew what to do so none of this
blew back on us, I didn't want Stacco's body found too soon after his father
bought it, the fucking Feds will probably think they had another gangland war
on their hands and be all in my business, I didn't have time for that shit. I
had one dirty cop to deal with and then I was taking it easy for a while.

    "Hey champ how's it
going?" The two asses high fived her as we left the car.

 "You okay there lil brother?"

 "What the fuck are you talking about now yenta?"

 "We were behind you when you pulled over; we thought
you might need us but uh...." The fuckers started laughing. I guess they'd
seen Mouth beating the shit out of me in the car.

 "Everything taken care of?"

 "Yep, by the way Ari, that was cold."

 "How'd she do him?"

 "Bow
and arrow. One right through the neck pinned the fucker to the bed. We let the
female live she didn't see anything and she's pretty much catatonic, we'll keep
her on ice for a few days just to be on the safe side but I don't think she'll
be repeating this story anytime soon. The guards were neutralized, place was
cleaned, he's in and out." 

   "Good, you two coming
up or you heading home, I'm for bed it’s late."

 "Nah we'll catch you tomorrow, I'm sure the girls are
waiting to hear what happened."

 "Yeah about that, could you two try to control your
wives? What would've happened if she'd been hurt?"

 "But she wasn't and you can't really blame the girls
you know your woman is.....different....."

 "Hey I'm right here....."

 "Sorry Ari, no disrespect, don't pull out the gun or
whatever weapon you're packing." Mikey was a real comedian.

 "Get the hell outta here."

 "What about Taylor?"

 "Let the fucker sweat it out some more."

 "Tomorrow
then." They headed for their car as I led Mouth to the elevator.

     I took her upstairs
and looked her over to make sure there was nothing wrong with her, I know she'd
never killed anyone before, I also knew how the first time felt.

 "How do you feel?"

 "I think I got the shakes."

 I poured her a cognac and made her down it before running
her a bath and taking care of her.

 I put her to bed and held her as she calmed down from her
adrenaline rush.

 Just
before she fell asleep I whispered in her ear.

 "Tomorrow
 I'll deal with your stubborn ass, you do this shit again we're gonna have
problems, I understand why you felt you had to do this yourself, but you don't
do shit like this, I told you this already but you don't hear so good so
tomorrow we'll go over it again."

 She huffed and sighed, punched her pillow, glared at me and
finally tried to leave the bed. 

I pulled her back into my side.