Chapter Ten
Paulo went to the communicationblock at the gate and pressed the button.He spoke into it, “Hola.I need to see Leon Vincinti right away.This is Paulo Gondo.I’m here to warn him of an attack.”His voice sounded a bit tinny as he spoke with an urgency.
John asked what the nature of the attack was.
Paulo replied in disgust, “It is an attack.What other kind would it be?Maldito!I need to speak to Leon,” he insisted.
“Mr.Vincinti isn’t here right now.I’m his head of security.So you can tell me what he needs to know,” John insisted.
“This is unbelievable, esto es estúpido!”Paulo growled.Running his hands through his hair he snarled.“Chingar!You don’t understand.He needs to be here and I need to speak to him face to face.”
“Well..”John replied in a formal, professional tone.“He is not here at the moment, so you can’t speak to him face to face right now.You’ll have to come back if that’s what you want.”
“Where the hell is he?”Paulo growled.“He’s supposed to be here.”He glared into the camera.
“We cannot divulge that, sir,” John replied.“I can set up an appointment for you for tomorrow if you would like?”John sounded very polite.
Paulo scoffed.“I am very important.You need to tell him I am here now!”His eye did indeed twitch as he clenched his fists.Then he looked at his son.He forgot the mike was still live or he didn’t know it was on as he told Juan, “He has to be here for the takedown.We need to spill his blood before we can finish this.This whole deal will be lost until we can assure Fredo he is dead.”
Juan nodded then turned to glare at the mansion again.“He just has to be inside.”Then Juan stilled and turned back to his father.“Do you think that Giovano is already inside?”He motioned at the wreckage of the front lawn.“You can see how messed up the front yard is, maybe Leon is already dead.Maybe this place is already in his hands and now he doesn’t want to share the success with us.”
Paulo growled at him.“He wouldn’t dare.He needs us as much as we need him.He wouldn’t dare lock us out now.”
Juan just shrugged.“But you know Giovano.Something like this is right up his alley.That bastardo codicioso wants power.I can see him cutting us off.”
Paulo nodded.“Si, so can I.That's why I’m not going to let that happen.”He stepped back and whistled loudly, all while raising his hand and twirling it in a circle.He stepped back from the gate, raised his phone to his ear and shouted, “The old man isn’t here.I say we hit him anyway.That fucker Giovano might already be inside and he doesn’t want to play.”
At the end of the second block, the convoy began rolling forward.
A loud whistle came from the tree above the gate.
Paulo and Juan turned their heads toward the sound.
Up in the tree...
“Time to die, Paulo.”Bane raised his weapon to his cheek and ripped a bullet off.
When the bullet slammed into Paulo’s head, he flew backward for a few feet and landed hard on the ground.Of course, Paulo probably hadn’t felt a thing as the bullet made mush of his brain and blew out the back of his head.
In total shock, Juan just peered down at his dead father.Raising his head, he suddenly looked all around.The car was too far away for him to run to and he had a feeling if he moved at all, he would die like his father.Instead, he dropped to his knees and raised his hands, lacing his fingers together behind his head.He made a full surrender.He didn’t move at all.
As ordered previously by Paulo, the caravan of vehicles stopped in front of the gates and the doors opened.Men began pouring out.They headed for the rod iron gating.They all saw the brick wall that was the estate’s fencing.And they were all shooting toward the mansion.
No one from the mansion side stepped out of their places yet.
The shooting went on for several minutes before the men Manuel brought with him seemed to realize they were shooting at shadows.When the sound of pelting bullets died down, the men began searching for bodies that weren’t lying on the ground.They did see a very dead Paulo and some backed away.
Manuel and Trego finally stepped out of their vehicles and looked around the area.
Now Leon’s security men stepped out while shooting at the caravan men.Half of Manuel’s men were already down by the time they realized what was actually happening.The rest of the men started shooting back.
Bane had watched this entire event as it unfolded and now he had a bead on Manuel.He took a headshot without hesitation.
Manuel went down.
Bane then turned the rifle aim to Trego.He aimed and pulled the trigger but the bullet missed his head and it went through his shoulder.
Trego fell screaming.
