Revengeful Deceptions (40 page)

“Adam?”

“Don't panic Dominique. I’m here
and I’m not going to let anything happen to you,” he said, looking at Neal.

“Adam maybe we're being foolish. I
mean if DiNunzio had it out for me, he certainly wouldn’t come into the office
right? Maybe you should go find out what he wants.”

  
No sooner had Dominique said those words than Jonathan was summoning
Adam to his office.

Adam knew DiNunzio was in there and
was anxious to hear what he had to say.

“Neal you keep her here safe
alright? If anything goes wrong I want you to get her the hell out of here, do
you hear me?” Neal placed a protective arm around Dominique.

“Absolutely Buddy, I’ll keep her
safe.”

Adam looked lovingly at his wife.
“Dominique you stay close to Neal, I’ll be right back.”

“Adam you’re scaring me.”

“There's nothing to be scared
about, I’ll be right back.” Adam gave her a quick kiss before heading off to
his father's office.

Adam didn't bother to knock as he
opened the door to his father’s office.

“You wanted to see me?” He asked as
he nodded and took a seat next to DiNunzio.

“Yes son, it seems Mr. DiNunzio
here would like to speak to your wife about what happened a few weeks ago
between her and Brandon.

But I thought it wise that he speak
to you.”

“Well what is it you want to know
Mr. DiNunzio?”

Peter DiNunzio, huffed as he
shifted uncomfortably in his chair.

“Listen don’t play coy with me son,
you understand? I'm not one of your clients that you can bullshit. So when I
ask what happened out there that night that's just what I want to know, what
the hell happened and more importantly, where the hell is my money?”

Adam had no idea what happened to
the money that Brandon had secured from the drug deal.

“Why don’t you ask whoever was with
him that night, I’m sure they can tell you exactly what happened.” Adam could
read people like no other; it was the lawyer in him. He let out a sarcastic
chuckle. “You're here because you can't find Brandon's accomplice, well that
should answer your question right there Peter, isn’t quite obvious who has your
money? Why are you wasting your time here?”

  
DiNunzio was losing patience and did not want to admit that he had no
idea of what happened to Joey Costa.

“I don’t think I like these games
you’re playing, now look I’ve been straight up honest with you and I was hoping
that you'd do the same. All I want to know is where my money is so either
you’re going to tell me or I’ll ask your wife. What's it going to be?”

“With all due respect Mr. DiNunzio,
you’re not asking my wife anything, in fact you’re not to go anywhere near my
wife is that understood?”

  
Adam was out of his chair now and stared directly at Peter DiNunzio.

“Okay, I can see that this is going
nowhere, have it your way Caruso. Just remember that I came to you first to try
and settle this but you want to play hard ball, so be it.”

  
Jonathan spoke next. “Look, neither my son nor his wife have any reason
to know where your money is, I suggest you keep better tabs on your cronies
DiNunzio, now if there's nothing else, kindly leave my office.”

Peter DiNunzio got up slowly from
his chair giving each man a defiant look and exited the office.

Once they were alone, Jonathan took
a deep breath. “Son, I don’t know what happened that night but Dominique does
and you've got to get her to tell you what happened to that money.”

“Dad if you’re suggesting that
Dominique took that man's money I can assure you that you couldn’t be further
from the truth.” He said glaring at his father.

“I'm not suggesting anything of the
sort son, all I’m saying is that she has to know what happened and I am sure if
you explain to her what is going on, she'll tell you. That's all I’m saying
son.”

“I know what I have to do dad, you
don’t have to tell me.”

Adam stormed out of his father's
office, he was angry now, angry that he and Dominique had finally started to
put all this behind them and now DiNunzio comes into the picture more worried
about his money than his own son.
 

  
“Adam, what happened? What did he want?” Dominique was frightened at
DiNunzio's sudden appearance at the office.

He tried to comfort his wife. “Baby
everything is fine. DiNunzio is looking for the money that he claims went
missing that night. I know it's difficult for you to talk about that night but
baby if you know what happened you have to tell me so that I can fix this,
otherwise DiNunzio isn't going to stop.”

“Adam I want this to be over. Come,
let's go back into your father's office and I’ll tell you both what happened
that night.”

 Chapter Thirty Nine

Dominique sat while she recounted
to her husband and father in law exactly what happened the night of the
accident. When she was finished, both Adam and Jonathan breathed a sigh of
relief.

“Okay, now we know what happened
and who took the money, now we've got something to work with. I'm going to give
DiNunzio a call right now and tell him to call off his dogs and send them in
search of this Joey Costa. I'm sure when he thinks about it he'll see that
Costa was the obvious culprit in all of this.”

“I hope your right Jonathan because
I don’t want DiNunzio or Costa coming after me. I've had enough.”

Adam and Dominique listened while
Jonathan made the call to DiNunzio, it took about five minutes of explaining
and afterward, DiNunzio gave his word to call off his men and leave Dominique
and the rest of the Caruso family alone.

“But you better hope that I find
him before he finds Dominique because Joey Costa does not like to leave loose
ends. Consider
yourself
warned,” he told Jonathan
before hanging up the phone.

“Well I’m glad that’s all taken
care of, now we can concentrate on our family.”  Dominique sighed as she
took her husband’s hand.

“I wouldn’t say you’re out of the
woods yet Dominique.”

Jonathan looked at his son and
daughter in law regretfully before telling them what DiNunzio had said.

“This is never going to end is it?”
She said looking at the both of them, her anger rising.

“Adam I can't go through this again
... we can't lose another baby to all of this violence, something has to be
done, I mean the man hardly knows me and I let him go for god's sake! I should
have shot him.”

“Dominique, I’m going to fix this,
we'll find this Joey guy, tell DiNunzio where he is and that will be that.”

“Adam it all sounds perfectly good
in theory but we don’t even know where he is, he could be half way around the
world right now.”

“Well if he is then that's
all the
better, that means he has no intention of coming
after you Dominique but in the meantime, you’re not leaving my sight. We're
going to get this guy and when we do I promise you, he won't bother us ever
again.”

Worried about his daughter in law
and the grandchild she was carrying, Jonathan suggested they hire a full time
body guard. For a moment Dominique considered it, but then she realized that her
life would never be her own if she let Joey Costa scare her to the point of
needing a body guard.

“No, no bodyguard, that's too much
Adam, I cannot live like that.”

Adam wasn’t sure if he agreed with
his wife just yet.

“Dominique, we have to think about
the baby. Let's just think about it, and if they haven’t found this Joey guy in
the next few weeks then I’ll start interviewing for security detail. What do
you say?”

“Fine Adam, I just hope that it
won’t come to that, I’d like to think that he would have taken off  with
the hope of never returning but that doesn’t seem to be the way these people do
business is it?” She asked looking at Jonathan and Adam.

“It certainly isn't, but one can
hope that's for certain.” Was all that Jonathan could say, he couldn’t help but
feel responsible for it all, if he had not gone to that bar and let DiNunzio
rape Muriel, things would have never turned out this way. He was the cause of
it all and now not only was his family in trouble; his unborn grandchild was at
risk as well. He hoped that Joey Costa would be caught and killed; there was no
other way out of this mess.

Joey Costa was closer than anyone
could even know, the night he left Brandon to suffer at the hands of Dominique,
he drove straight back to Boston and checked into a moderately priced hotel
outside of the city, and that’s where he'd been held up these past few weeks.
He knew DiNunzio would be looking for him, there was no way he was going to let
50,000 just disappear.

He was sure by now that DiNunzio
had gotten it out of Dominique what happened to the money and he was going to
have to shut her up for good before she could cause any more damage. Yeah, he'd
get rid of her then take off.
I'd better do it as soon as possible,
he
told himself.
Christmas is coming and I want to be on some tropical island
with some hot chick rubbing suntan oil all over me by the time it gets here.
He would soon get his chance.

Adam true to his word did not let
Dominique out of his sight. On the days when he was due in court he would make
sure that either his father or Neal would be there to keep an eye on her and at
the end of the day, he never let her walk to her car alone.

“Adam, I love all this attention
you’re giving me but maybe it's a bit too much?”

She didn’t want to be a burden on
her husband or anyone else for that matter.

Adam turned to his wife and placed
his hand on her belly. “Dominique I’m your husband and soon I’ll be a dad, it's
my job to protect you and the baby, so please let me.”

“Well when you put it that way.”
She laughed returning his embrace.

“But I do need to finish up some
last minute Christmas shopping Adam, and I can't have you around when we do it,
any suggestions?” She said smiling up at him.

“Sure, online shopping,” he said
with a smirk. Adam knew that his wife loved the big crowds of holiday shoppers
and wouldn’t want to miss all the hustle and bustle.

“Very funny,” she said, playfully
punching him.

“No? Okay how about this, we invite
Molly and Neal to come along with us and Neal and I will stay close but not
close enough to spy on any gifts, deal?”

“Sounds perfect Adam, thank you.”

“Dominique I’d do anything for you,
you know that right? Anything,” he said. She could see the seriousness in his
eyes.

“I know you would Adam.”

Joey found himself parking outside
the condo each day waiting for Dominique to come out alone. But each day he was
disappointed to find that her husband seemed to accompany her everywhere and
that was going to be a problem.

He had no reason to take out the
husband, just her.  Joey cursed and had to slump down in the seat of his
SUV when he saw Adam and Dominique drive by. “He can't be with you 24/7 bitch.
Looks like I’m going to have to step things up if I want to get the fuck out of
here by Christmas.”

Monday morning found Dominique
crouched over the toilet, she had hoped the morning sickness would not arrive
so early in the pregnancy but deep down she knew that it was inevitable, that
was the one thing she could pretty much count on, with each of her pregnancies,
the morning sickness was almost immediate.

Adam did his best to try and make
her feel better but there was no way she was going to be able to go to work.

“Dominique are you sure you don’t
need a doctor?” Adam asked frowning at the sight of his wife on her knees and
hugging the toilet.

Dominique reached for the cool
washcloth that he'd given her.

“No baby it'll pass, but I don’t
think I’ll be able to make it into work today.”

“Dominique don’t worry about that,
just let me just clear my schedule and I’ll stay home with you.”

“Adam no, you've got to be in court
this morning and besides I’ll be perfectly fine I promise.”

He felt leery of leaving his wife
home alone.

“But I made a promise to you.”

“And you’re keeping your promise;
you're keeping me and the baby safe.

We'll be fine, I’ll keep all the
doors and windows locked and I won't set foot out of the house, I promise, “she
said heaving once more.

Adam wanted to be there to take
care of his wife but he also had a client that needed him in court this
morning. “Only if you’re sure,” he said while checking the time on his watch.

“Yes I’m sure. Besides, seeing
one's spouse hunched over the toilet is not the most attractive thing to watch
so go, I beg of you.”

Dominique managed a slight smile
before clutching her stomach and leaning over the bowl again.

Adam waited for his wife to recover
before kissing her on the forehead.

“Okay, but the minute I’m out of
court I’m coming home. I can work from here the rest of the day. Please call if
you need anything honey and my mom is just a phone call away too.”

Dominique nodded her head. “Yes,
yes now go.”

“Okay, I’ll be back as soon as I
can baby, I love you.”

“I love you too,” she said the
nausea back with a vengeance.

While Adam made his way to court,
he left messages with Neal informing him that Dominique was home alone and if
he could find the time to check on her.
I'm sure she'll be fine,
he told
himself as he drove towards the courthouse. An hour later, Dominique found
herself finally able to leave the bathroom. The nausea had subsided and she
managed to pour herself a glass of ginger ale and chew on some crackers. While
making her way to the sofa, her cell phone rang.

“Adam called this morning and told
Neal you were home alone and weren’t feeling well. I was calling to check up on
you.”