His men all stood and stepped up beside him to show their alliance for her protection.
Yuri shook his head.“You can stay with your men at the hotel as well.”He stared at Pride’s lieutenants and went on, “In case you didn’t notice, your names are on that list as well and until we know exactly what that list was composed for we need to be careful.”
Pride glanced at his men then back to Yuri and he nodded.“We’ll stick around, just don’t shut us out.I know you think this is your business and we don’t want to stick our nose in your business but like you said, our name was on that list too and Boo is still my daughter.”
Candyman nodded as he added, “Let us help with this.”
Yuri gave them a nod.“Perhaps we can work together as this affects all of us.”
Pride agreed, “We’ll try not to step on your toes brother, but this is our fight too.”
Yuri nodded.“Da, it is.”He glanced at Kosta.“Get your stuff and let's get back to the hotel.He looked over at Boo.“Can you get packed up for at least the next few days?”
Boo nodded then she left for their bedroom.
Looking at Yuri then at Kirill, Pride waited until she left to speak, “Look, I know things are tense in the city and they have been for some time now but she can’t take much more.I realize I haven’t known her very long but she’s my daughter.”He looked over at Kirill and shook his head.“I know you love her and she loves you and Andros.She’s like her mother and they both love the same way.I missed out on that love but Joanie asked me to choose and I chose my brothers.Maybe I was wrong but so was she.Every couple has to learn to give and take, all she wanted to do was take.I didn’t know she left that compound with my child in her belly.But Joanie didn’t make a mistake when she asked me to protect my daughter.If I had been able to find her back then she would have been protected from day one.But over the years, I couldn’t find Boo.I never knew where she was until I found her at the lake.”He shook his head.“By then, it was too late, Kirill found her first.He protected her when I couldn’t.”
“Do you regret that?”Yuri asked with a raised brow.
Pride shook his head.“No I can’t regret it, she found something with him like her mother wanted to have with me but that could never be.”He paused then said, “But she’s still my daughter and I would die for her.I will also protect her from any more harm.She’s suffered enough in this lifetime.All I ask is that you allow me to be there for her.”
Kirill shook his head.“We aren’t asking you to turn your back on her.Right now, we’ll accept any help we can get.But you are right, there is tension in the city and we have to try to figure out how to solve whatever is happening.And I think that Boo just found out why.”
Rage, Pride's enforcer, nodded at him.“That fucking Rinc family is behind this.I just know it.The whole damn family is rotten.”
“But most of them are dead now, right?”Kosta asked.“I mean we took out Lionel, Logan and Lincon, who are we missing?”
“The Bratva did a family tree and the father died in prison,” Kirill informed them.“Mom went crazy but Boo is right, there is one of the kids left.LaDonna, but she’s nowhere to be found.She hasn’t been seen in years.”
Yuri reached for his phone and sent a text to Serenity to look into LaDonna Rinc.
Just then, Boo came out of her bedroom with a couple of packed suitcases along with a diaper bag stuffed full with Andros’s clothes and diapers.
Kirill hauled their things out to the vehicle while Boo collected the rest of the things she needed for her son.She then placed Andros in his carrier.
Candyman stepped close and asked her, “Can I carry him outside?Not to worry, I have a son of my own.”
Boo paused then smiled at him.“Sure.”
Candyman grabbed the carrier and looked down at the baby.Cooing at Andros, he grinned.“He does have some of Pride’s features.”
Cosmos stepped closer to take a look at Andros.“Wow, he is a cute baby.But let’s hope he doesn’t have that Pride temper.”
The men all chuckled.
“Hey now, respect fellas,” Pride complained.“Give some respect here.”
The Bratva men all laughed with them.
Then everyone moved outside.
Soon, the convoy left and went back to the hotel.
When they got back to the hotel...
They all had some lunch then they settled in.
By late afternoon, Sergi, Felix, Nicky and Serenity had arrived.
