With Trina scurrying away from her attacker, Reno began walking toward Malcolm as he continued firing shot after shot after shot. He was angry. A grown man expecting another grown man to not just pay him a great salary, but to make him rich too? And because he didn’t, he was going to kill Reno’s wife?
Reno had his rich alright, and it was in that gun. And he didn’t stop unloading it until Malcolm was completely lifeless.
Then Reno dropped his gun and hurried to Trina. Mick kicked both guns way.
Reno, Dom, and Jimmy ran to Trina. Monk and Sal were asking frantically where were their wives?
“In the safe room,” Trina said as soon as Reno snatched that tape off of her mouth. “They’re in the safe room!”
Sal, who knew the code, unlocked the door and Gemma and Ashley hurried out. Sal and Monk pulled them into their arms as Reno, after Jimmy untied her, pulled her into his arms. Jimmy hugged both of his parents.
Dom looked at Mick. “How did you get on that terrace?”
“I took the elevator to the floor just below the penthouse. Then I went up the back stairs that led to the back terrace. And walked on in.”
Dom knew that was a way to get on the terrace, but he couldn’t even think about that when he knew his mother wasin danger. Monk and Sal were too worried about their wives to think about that too. Mick was probably the only one who had the presence of mind to remember it. Thank God!
“What happened to Rats Scorvino?” Dom asked.
“The cleanup crew has him,” Mick said.
“So that bastard was involved?”
Mick nodded. “Oh yeah.”
“What was his reason?”
“The same as Malcolm’s. The same as Javon’s. Money.”
Dom exhaled and shook his head. But Dom had another question. “Why did you give me the nod to shoot, Uncle Mick?”
“You had the best angle,” Mick said.
“And?” Dom knew others in that room had good angles too.
“You’ve always been a great shot,” Mick added. “Even as a kid.”
Dom smiled. “I know that’s right,” he said happily.
“Still humble I see,” said Mick, and Dom laughed at that too.
But when he saw Sophia and Carmine come into the parlor looking confused and scared, and then they ran to Reno, Trina, and Jimmy and joined in the group hug, Dom went over to his family. They got out of it all in one piece. They were together again. He joined in the group hug too.
EPILOGUE
Reno and Trina were lying together, on the lounger, on the patio of their suburban home. Sophia was gone with her man. Carmine was spending the night with Lucky at Sal and Gemma’s. Jimmy and his daughter Madison were in Seattle spending the weekend with Tommy and Grace and their family. And with everybody gone, all they could hear was the beloved sounds of silence all around them.
“It’s Friday night,” Trina said, “and you’re here with me.”
“Every night I’m going to be with you, Tree,” said Reno. “You still don’t believe me?”
A few months ago and Trina would not have believed a word that came out of Reno’s mouth about spending every night at home with her. But since all of that turmoil and craziness, she believed him. He’d been home every single night since that time. It was as if he realized how much he had to nurture what mattered most to him in this life.
“I’m glad you let Latoya go back to the convent. They used her.”
Reno nodded. “I know it. That’s why I let her go. But those other assholes? No way.”
“And the way Hammer Reese stepped up and found that video. How on earth did he find it? And how were they able to encrypt it so they could see what was on it?”
