Revengeful Deceptions (37 page)

“Oh I’ll feel much better if you were
to do that thing you do with your tongue,” he said with a sexy smirk.

“Well my hunky husband, I suppose
it is my duty as your loving wife to make you feel better now isn’t it?” she
said with a seductive smile. “So I guess we better get you home.”

“Yes, the sooner the better baby.”

Chapter Thirty Six

With all that had gone on during
the month of October, Adam and Dominique thought it best to skip the annual
Halloween party at the penthouse this year. Adam was still healing and although
Dominique liked taking care of him it wasn’t shortly after he was discharged
from the hospital that he returned to work.
He wasn’t one to sit around and
do nothing;
he told Dominique when she objected to his hasty return to
work.

Before long, things returned to
normal yet again, as Adam resumed his job at the firm. Both he and his father
had been waiting to hear from the police to tell them who was responsible for
the courthouse shooting. They were still investigating, a detective told
Jonathan. “But if this leads where we think its leading, you won't believe who
is responsible,” he told him in confidence.

“You’re going to have to give me a
little bit more than that detective,” Jonathan replied.

“Look, that’s all I can tell you
for now, I’ll know more in a week or so, and then hopefully we can wrap this
up. Until then, tell your son to be careful. I'll be in touch counselor.”

“What do you mean he said be
careful dad? And who the hell else could be responsible if not the rival gang?”

“Son, I think maybe that detective
was trying to tell us that maybe the victim, this George Neto was responsible,
or someone from his family.”

“You think so dad? I mean that's a
little farfetched don’t you think?”

“I don’t think that at all son, you
and I both know that nothing is farfetched in our line of work and don’t forget
that he was out of the hospital son and in the courtroom that day. Someone
outside could have slipped him a gun so anything is possible. In the meantime I
just want you to be extra cautious alright? And that goes for Dominique too.
You never know what these people are capable of.”

“Great this is just great, you know
something dad, I’ll be glad when this year is over, I really will.”

“You and me
both
son
, you and me both.”

 It was the Friday before
Thanksgiving and Dominique was finishing up some paperwork before she went
home. Adam had spent the entire day in court, he called Dominique to tell her
that he would meet her at home and from there they would go to Mistral's for
dinner with Molly and Neal.

  
“Sounds good baby, but are you sure you're up for it honey? I've got no
problem staying in,” she said, keeping in mind her husband’s heavy work load.

“I'm actually looking forward to
spending some quality time with you and our friend’s baby, I’ll see you soon.”

While finishing up, Dominique was
called to the front office by Molly.

“Hey, what's up Molly?”

“Excuse me, are you Dominique
Caruso? Adam's wife?”

  
Dominique recognized the detective immediately. “Yes I am, is there
something wrong detective?” She asked now worried about her husband. “Is Adam
alright?'

“Yes ma'am, everything is fine, I
just stopped by to speak with your husband but they told me he is still down at
the courthouse. I've left him a voice mail, but just in case he doesn't listen
to it right away I wonder if maybe you might have a moment for me?” Dominique
sensed the urgency in his voice.

“Absolutely detective, come back
into my office, we can talk there.”

As Dominique walked him to her
office she wondered what he had to tell her that couldn’t wait.

  
Once they arrived at her office and she shut the door, the detective
proceeded to tell Dominique that they had finally found out who they thought was
responsible for the courthouse shooting. After bringing in and questioning
several suspects, one member of the rival gang gave up Brandon Caruso as the
shooter.

  
Dominique didn’t seem at all surprised to find out that Brandon was
responsible. But kept up her facade and put on quite a show.

“Oh my god, this is news to me
detective, have you caught him, do they know where he is?” She asked appearing
to the detective to be genuinely surprised.

“No ma'am but we've got a pretty
good lead and we're going to try and pick him up first thing Monday morning,
we're just waiting on a warrant.

  
I just wanted to let you and your husband know that we may need him to
come down to the station and fill out some paperwork but I’m sure your husband
knows all about that ma'am, if you could just relay the message to him, I’d
greatly appreciate it.”

“Of course detective, I’ll let him
know as soon as possible, but may I ask why you’re waiting until Monday to pick
him up?”

  
“All I can tell you Mrs. Caruso is that we're having a hard time getting
a judge to sign a warrant, for some reason, there’s a lot of red tape we have
to go through with the FBI and so far it’s looking like Monday is the earliest
we can get it done. In the meantime you and your husband take care, I’ll be
speaking with you both soon Mrs. Caruso.”

“Of course detective, thank you for
stopping by.”

Dominique watched as the detective
strolled down the office hallway and got into the elevator.
There is no way
Brandon is getting away with this too,
she thought to herself. She was sure
that with his connections, he would find out that the police were coming for
him.
He'll disappear, just like he did after he killed my boys,
she
thought to herself.
And now that he's tried to kill Adam, his own
half-brother, he thinks he can get away with it? I don’t think so Brandon, I
don’t think so at all. You’re done taking away
everything I love Brandon
DiNunzio.

Dominique came up with a plan, it
was time she did something, she knew that if she didn’t, Brandon would go one
hurting and ruining their lives, no, it was time to put a stop to it all. One
way or another Brandon DiNunzio was going to leave my family alone for good.
“I'm done leaving it to the police,” she whispered as she packed up to go home.

She planned to go home, quickly
change her clothes, and retrieve the glock that Rob had given her three years
ago, the same glock that she used to shoot Nick with. Then she was going to
head over to Mikey's bar in search of Brandon.

Adam had once told her that Mikey's
bar was Brandon's second home and it was also DiNunzio's social club, she hoped
that Adam was right. Because if he was and she found Brandon, she'd simply wait
until he was alone and kill him.

No one will suspect me,
she
thought to herself,
Brandon is the son of a dangerous crime lord, the list
of suspects will be long and neither Adam nor I will be on it.
Of that she
was sure
.  Enough is enough
, she told herself. She knew things
could get ugly real fast but she also knew that she had to protect herself and
Adam.
There is no way he's going to take another thing from me, no way in
hell.

Dominique sat in her Volvo as she
made a call to Molly. She told her that she would be late for dinner and that
if she wasn’t there within an hour to go ahead and start without her, there was
something she had to take care of and it couldn’t wait. Before Molly could ask
any questions, Dominique quickly hung up the phone. She texted the same thing
to Adam, and when he called her cell phone, she let it go to voice mail.
I
know he'll be angry with me, but he'll understand once I explain everything
later on,
she told herself.

Mikey's bar was located on a one
way
Street in downtown Boston, Dominique parked close enough
where she could see the occupants inside the bar. It was early still and lucky
for her, this bar didn’t host happy hour like most of the downtown bars did.
After she parked, she thought it best if she got out and took a better look
inside,
just to make sure he's in there,
she said to herself as she
smacked a magazine into the glock and slid it in the glove box of the Volvo.

Paul sat inside his SUV outside
Mikey's bar. Ever since he'd been told by Jonathan to follow Brandon, that's
exactly what he's been doing and it was beginning to get boring, very boring.
But tonight was different, tonight he recognized the Volvo and its occupant, it
was Jonathan Caruso's daughter in law and she was alone.
Something is up,
he
told himself as he dialed Jonathan's number.

Adam had just finished changing
into something casual for dinner out with his wife and friends when he received
Dominique's text message, he wondered why she was being so mysterious and why
she wasn’t answering her cell.
I'm sure she'll explain over dinner,
he
thought, as he left to go to Mistral's.

“Mr. Caruso, it's Paul, yeah you
told me to call if there was anything unusual going on with Brandon sir.”

“Yes I did Paul, what’s he gone and
done now?”

“Well it’s not so much him that’s
the problem; it’s your daughter in law sir.”

Paul had gotten Jonathan's full
attention now.

“What do you mean Paul? What's
going on?”

“Well sir, I just saw her park
outside the bar and it looks like she's looking for someone sir, what do you
want me to do?”

Jonathan sat perplexed,
why in
god's name would she be looking for someone at Mikey's bar? There had to be a
good explanation,
Brandon was up to something and he wasn’t about to let
his son or daughter in law get in the middle of it.

“Paul, I want you to keep an eye on
both of them, if he even so much as looks at her funny I want you to do what we
discussed you got that?”

“I understand sir.”

“Good and keep me posted, the
second either of them make a move you call me.”

“Hang on sir, she's getting back
into the car and it looks like Brandon is coming out.”

While Paul put Jonathan on hold he
noticed that Brandon along with Joey had exited the bar and that Brandon was
carrying a large duffel bag. As he threw the bag into the back seat and got
into the driver’s side and drove off, he knew what was happening, he knew that
Dominique was following Brandon but he had no idea of where they were going and
he hoped that Brandon wouldn’t notice her following him.

“Mr. Caruso, it looks like she's
following them.”

“Them? Who is them?”

“I'm sorry sir, Brandon and Joey
Costa sir; they just got into Brandon's vehicle and took off towards the
highway with your daughter in law not too far behind.”

“Alright Paul, follow them, see
where they are going while I try to get to the bottom of this and remember what
I told you, no harm is to come to her do I make myself clear?”

“Crystal sir, I’ll keep in touch.”

“See that you do Paul and be
careful.”

Jonathan tried to think of why
Dominique would go after Brandon, it all seemed so sudden. She must have found
something out about him or he's leading her on a wild goose chase and he's
planning on killing her, either way, “I've got to tell Adam.” he murmured to
himself. “No more secrets.”

Molly waved Adam over to the table
that she and Neal had secured earlier when they arrived. “Hey guys, Dominique
isn’t here yet?” Adam asked
,
he was now getting a bit
worried.

“No, she called earlier and said if
she wasn’t here within the hour to go ahead and start without her, but let’s
wait a little longer okay Adam, I’m sure she's on her way. I wonder if her
being late has something to do with that detective that came into the office
wanting to talk to her,” said Molly.

  
“Wait, a detective? Are you sure?”

“Yes Adam, a detective came in and
told her that he needed to speak to her in private, she took him to her office
and that's all I know.”

“Okay, I think I know what this is
about, I’m going to try calling her again just to be sure though,” said Adam
excusing himself from the table and stepping outside to make his calls.
  
After leaving another message on Dominique's
cell phone, Adam was finally able to listen to the message the detective left
him hours earlier. While he was listening to the message, a call from his
father chimed through.

  
Jonathan told Adam what was going on and that his investigator had told
him that Dominique was following Brandon, and he had just received another call
from Paul and it looked like they were headed towards New Hampshire.

  
“Why in god's name would she even think of following Brandon, and into
New Hampshire none the less, it doesn’t make any sense son.” While he was
listening to his father, it suddenly became clear to Adam why his wife was
following Brandon.

“I think I know why dad.”

Adam explained to his father that
according to the message that the detective had left, Brandon was responsible
for the courthouse shooting and they wouldn’t be able to get a warrant until
Monday.

“Son, are you telling me that
Dominique went after him so he wouldn’t run? Does she know how dangerous that
is? I've got to get in touch with Paul son; I’ve got to tell him what's going
on.”

“You do that dad, and I’m going
after Dominique, I can't lose her dad, I can't.”

“I know son, be careful and I’ll
keep you posted as to where they are.”

Adam hung up the phone and rushed
back into the restaurant.

“Everything alright Adam you look
upset,” said Molly

“Molly, Neal, you'll have to excuse
me, something’s happened to Dominique.”

“Oh my god what is it Adam, what's
happened?” asked Molly who was now very concerned for her friend.