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Casper approached Raquel.
    I looked at my “sometimes.” I gave her my signature grin… Yes, I have one… and said, “Listen, darling, I have some business to take care of. While I appreciate you checking up on me, I’m going to have to pass on your offer.” I stood and leaned closer to her ear. “What I will do, though, is set you up with your drinks for the night. Come on, let’s head to the bar in the back.”
    I placed my hand on the lower part of her back to hurry her along. Once we got to the back of the club, I told the bartenders that her drinks were on me. Then I moved to the door that led to the office upstairs.
    I pulled my cell out and dialed Tiko as I entered the room. Tiko and another one of my soldiers, Stretch, had been with me for almost as long as Darrell and Hugo. They were associates brought to me by Russo, one of my father’s Capos. Trust and loyalty are important in my world, so I didn’t have anyone around me that I don’t trust. Tiko and Stretch had been loyal to me and worked their asses off over the years, making a name for themselves. I trusted them with most things, which is a foot for me. If I couldn’t trust the men around me, what good are they?
    Tiko answered on the second ring.
    “What’s going on?” I asked him.
    “Not sure boss. I came here, as I always do, to pay the pissant, and, at first, he told me he couldn’t take your money. Then he sat straighter up in his chair and said he wouldn’t take your money. He said he doesn’t work for you anymore and that he has the backing of the real Leonetti in charge.”
    “And you…” I started, but my men know me so well, so he knew what I was getting at.
    “Yeah, I clarified,” Tiko added. “He wasn’t talking about your father. He was talking about Eddie.”
    I smiled . So it begins .
    Lester had worked for me for years. He first started taking orders from my father; now it was me. I’d paid the little fucker handsomely over the years and looked out for his family anytime he needed. For him to betray me like this, to talk to my men the way he had, was a violation.
    “Okay, before I go insane, find out if my brother has been talking to anyone else working for us on the docks in Philly and New Jersey. Then call me back and let me know. I need to know the damage and how much repairs are going to cost.”
    “Yes, sir.” Tiko hung up. I was heading for the door to the office when my cell rang. It was Darrell.
    “Darrell,” I answered.
    “Sir, she left.”
    “What! What the fuck did I tell you?”
    “Yes, sir, I did as you asked, but shit, man, she’s scarier than you. I tried to stop her, but…”
    I closed my eyes, feeling I was losing the battle with my dark side. “What did she say?”
    “Sir?”
    “Goddamnit, Darrell, what the fuck did she say?”
    “She said you can’t tell her what to do, she’s a grown ass woman and some shit about not needing you to buy her drinks. Oh, and she said that she was leaving with dude and to kiss her… Well, you know the rest, but she was colorful.”
    “And you let her leave? Do I understand that correctly?”
    “Yes, sir.”
    “I’m surrounded by cowards,” I mumbled, not giving a shit if he heard me or not. “I’m coming down now. Meet me outside and bring my car around,” I told him. I then hung up and left the office.
    It seemed Raquel hadn’t changed a damn bit. She’d always find a way to piss me the hell off. Why did she have to do shit the hard way? All I wanted her to do was wait for me. Was that too much to ask?
    The moment I made it outside, I saw her standing by the driver’s side of what I assumed to be her car, and Casper was on the other side.
    Is she really leaving with him?
    Feeling my temper rising even more, I moved purposefully toward her. The moment her eyes fell on mine, they grew.
    Yeah, I’m coming for you.
    Her shock quickly wore off and was replaced with resentment and a bit of anger.
    “You can’t follow simple directions, can