Leon shrugged.“You don’t know.But I will say that if Leon Vincinti gives his word, he keeps it.And while there is no guarantee we can get to your family members in time, at least you will still be alive.Or I could just find the information somewhere else.I have a vast network.Then we kill you in the most painful way there is and bury your bones so deep no one else will ever know where you are.”
Julius shook his head.“These are not the kind of people you can walk away from.They are not the kind of men you can hide from either.”
Leon smiled and shook his head.“You are mistaken about that because I am not going to hide from them.You took my granddaughter hostage yesterday, you were willing to harm her or worse, to end her life.”
“No, that was all Orlan’s little plan.”Julius sighed.“And I wasn’t there when they beat up that woman, Tula.”
Leon reached for his phone and brought up a picture then he walked closer to the bars of the cells.He held up the phone and showed them all the photo Iceman had sent him from the boat.“This gentlemen, is what Iceman did to Orlan.”
All three men leaned in to stare at the photo.
Julius and Myron turned pale.
Henry leaned over and puked on the floor.He looked up and shook his head.“Iceman didn’t have to do all that.”
Leon nodded.“Oh, but he did.He had to make a statement that anyone coming at him better not touch the ones he cares about.”Leon put his phone away and glared at Henry.“So this tells me that you are lying.If your daughter had been taken, you would understand why Orlan looks like he does now.”
The other two men looked over at Henry.
He shook his head.“I was in prison with them.I was dragged into it.Walter was my cellmate.”
“Hmm, interesting, but you already lied to me, and that I do not forgive.So make your peace with God, Henry.That is your name, right?”
The man lowered his head as he trembled.Apparently, he had nothing more to say.
“You see this is how it is,” Leon went on.“Peaches is my blood, my granddaughter.You grabbed her and Tula, knocking them unconscious.You dared to break into the Sinners Compound to take them away from their husbands and their families.We didn’t know what had happened to them for several hours.Those hours felt like years to us.We didn’t know if they were dead or alive.”He turned his head and glared at Julius.“You even followed her, didn’t you?What were you going to do to them?Take them back to be beaten or worse?”
“I did as I was told to do.I wanted to see my mom again.She is elderly and they could easily...”He shook his head.
“You wereeasilydisarmed by my granddaughter when she came up behind you and hit you instead.She left you in that damn cave didn’t she?You made the mistake of underestimating her and now you’re here at my mercy.”
The men all looked afraid...veryafraid.
Chapter Three
Myron slowly shookhis head at Leon.“But we were just supposed to cause a distraction, not kill anyone.Orlan and Walter made us go to the Sinners compound.”
