CHAPTER 85 Ma is Missing
Xavier
I waited for Cristos to get out of his suit and change so we can bring in more boxes. Once we were
inside Virtue’s, my phone began to vibrate. I pulled out my phone.
“It’s Sam,” I told Cristos, who nodded his head and gestured for me to answer it. He pulled out aptop
from a bag he ced on Joy’s counter, sat down and opened it. “Sam, what do you have for me?”
“I don’t know how am I going to say this, X, but lost Pete McDowell,” Sam said quietly.
“You lost him?!” I asked shocked. How was it possible for Sam to lose him? I began pacing up and
down the length of Joy’s store, trying to calm myself down, so I can think.
“I don’t know how it happened, X,” he said. “I was following him out to Mandan when his car stopped at
a restaurant. He sat near the window where I could see him, so I decided to wait for him in the car. The
only time he left his seat was for two minutes and that was it. After he ate, he got into his car again and
proceeded to Mandan Regional Airport. That’s when I
discovered it wasn’t him.”
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“What the f uck do you mean it wasn’t him?!” I hissed at him. I wanted to yell at him, but I knew Sam
was already beating himself up for losing Pete.
“I followed him into the restroom and stared at him through the mirror. When I saw it wasn’t him, I
followed him out, dragged him to my car and knocked him out. Then I took. everything in his pockets.
His carry-on was empty. This guy, Logan Finn, is an actor. He was called up by his agent, Marshall
West, this morning,” Sam exined.
I shook
my
head andughed. I heard Sam heave a huge sigh of relief, hearing myu
Pete did the old switcheroo…
He was probably still here, watching. He couldn’t leave New Salem on a whim when h Liam was
making ns too.
Why fly out when you can just lie, right?
“That ba stard might still be here. So technically he hasn’t gone missing,” I said calmly. “Where are
you?”
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“At a basement of an abandoned building here in Mandan waiting for sleeping beauty to wake up so he
can answer some of my questions.”
“Does he really look like Pete McDowell?” I asked.
“I’ll send you a picture. In my opinion, from afar, yes. Up close, this guy is better looking than him,” Sam
answered.
“Don’t scare him. Offer him a business proposal. Tell him you’ll pay him a hundred thousand dors if
you need him for a job. Before you let him go, give him some money,” I instructed
Sam.
“No problem, X. I’m really sorry for letting you down,” Sam apologized.
“No worries, Sam. At least we know Pete might still be here. I’ll see you when you get back.” I hung up
and turned to Joy and Cristos who were listening in on our conversation. I pointed at Joy. “As a
precaution, you stay here for the night. Chip, you and I are going to do some surveince work at the
Old Taylor Houseter. Have Lou pull out all properties that the McDowells might have in Bismarck,
Mandan and Lincoln.” Cristos nodded and began clicking
away.
“You really think he’s still here?” Joy asked.
“I do. Why leave now when the Spring Formal is so close by?” I asked.
“You have a point, but here me out on this one,” Joy asked before continuing. “I saw something
which… unnerves me. At the funeral earlier, Pete was looking at Ma strangely. His eyes went up and
down the length of her body, like he was undressing her with his eyes. He even smacked his lips like
he was salivating. It was totally disgusting. Poor Ma kept hiding her face away from Pete the wholePublished by N?v''elD/rama.Org.
time. Watching the exchange between the two, it just gave me an uneasy feeling. Maybe right now, it
isn’t me he’s after. Maybe it’s Ma.”
I did notice that too. Pete was obviously leering at Ma. I thought about it. It was possible. Sebastian
did mention he suspected Pete and Ma had some sort of rtionship. I couldn’t
me Ma. She had to do what she could to earn money. Poor thing.
“Do you think he’d be crazy enough to kidnap Ma? Our Miss Honey Bee?” Cristos asked.
“He’s crazy enough,” Joy replied matter-of-factly “He wants me in exchange for Theodore, remember?
That, I say, is insanity.” True. In this rivalry Pete had with Liam, Theodore was more important than Joy,
in my opinion. But he was a rapist and rapists are only obsessed
with one thing.
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I took out my phone and dialed Sebastian’s number. The way Joy described Pete made me feel uneasy
too.
“Bo, what’s up?” Sebastian answered.
“Ma… is she still with you?” I asked.
“No. I dropped her off like over an hour ago,” Sebastian answered. “What is this all about?”
“Pete did a switcheroo on Sam, so it’s highly probable he’s still here,” I replied. “What’s worse is Virtue
here said she noticed at the funeral earlier that Pete was looking at Ma like she was a piece of meat
he couldn’t wait to sink his teeth into. It just gave out this weird vibe. Dom, it might be nothing, but with
Pete you never know. I just can’t shake the feeling that Ma might be in danger.”
“Call the men and have them ready just in case. Keep this line open. I’ll call her first and see if she’s
okay. If she’s not, I’ll tell you where to meet me. Tell Virtue to stay in your office at the warehouse until
this is resolved.”
“Copy that, Dom.”
Sebastian
I was back at the smelly restrooms of the gas station. Before Xavier called, I was scolding De Luca for
not getting the information I wanted on the missing capo of Rafael Cadena who fled Texas. De Luca
was having problems finding information on him. No one wanted to talk.
rewell’s capo. If Pete
“De Luca, I need to leave. Since your men can’t seem to find people willing to talk in Texas, bribe your
contact at the FBI for information on were to fl
his capo
will have free reign over New Salem. I need that information, so I know who I’ against, I told De Luca.
“That means I need to fly back to California then, if I need to get that information, Domenico,” he said.
“Once I get that information, I will call you.” I nodded my head at h before exiting the restroom.
I entered my car and dialed Ma’s new number, hoping she would pick up, but she didn
I called herndline. Luckily, her mother answered.
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“Hello, Ms. Lawrence, it’s Dom. I was hoping to talk to Ma. She’s not answering her phone,” I said.
“I’m sorry, Dom, but she just left,” Ms. Lawrence replied. “Mr. Martin called and he said he needed her
to take a shift at the diner.”
“Thank you, Ms. Lawrence. I’ll pass by and check up on her.”
“Sure thing, Dom,” she said and hung up.
I dialed Xavier’s number. They were closer to the diner.
“Bo, I can’t contact Ma through her new phone, so I called her mother. She said Ma went to the
diner. Can you check if she’s there?”
“Sure, I’ll call you once I know something.” Xavier hung up. I started my car before dialing one other
number on my burner phone.
Taking a page in Xavier’s book, I had one of my men keep an eye on Ma. I had a funny feeling Pete
would be jealous-knowing one of his prized girls was now mine.
It took several rings before Delgado answered his phone.
“Domenico, sorry if I didn’t call you right away. was scared I might lose sight of the car I’m following. It
is a red Kia with license te 267-ILM. The car stopped for the girl while she was walking, Delgado
exined briefly.
“She was walking? She didn’t take the car I bought her,” I asked.
“No, she didn’t. Domenico, it seems she knows the people inside the car. She entered without a fuss,”
he said.
“Where are you?” I asked.
“I am on the highway driving towards Bismarck. We are about ten minutes away from the exit into the
city,” Delgado said.
“I’m heading towards you. Make sure to keep this line open and don’t lose that car,” I instructed and
hung up. I took out my miniptop to ping on his location, then I quickly exited the gas station and
turned right towards Bismarck
I was about ten miutes minutes away from Bismark when Xavier called.
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“Dom,
asked Kate and Lyle, but no one’s seen Ma,” Xavier said angrily. “I’ve got Chip and Big Man Lou
looking through all the CCTV cameras for a lead. F uck! I can’t believe this is
happening.”
“I have a lead. I instructed Delgado to tail Ma and he said she entered a red Kia with license 267-
LLM which is already in Bismarck ording to the tracking device I have on Delgado’s car. I’m about
eight minutes away,” I said.
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“Big Man Lou and Chip’s men are there. I’ll round them up for you,” Xavier said, sounding a bit relieved
I knew where Ma was. “Do you need me and Chip to go there?”
“You won’t get to Bismarck in time. Just have Chip man the CCTV cameras,” I instructed.
“Copy that. I hope you find her Dom.”
“Me too,” I said, before hanging up. This was all my fault… another woman under the mercy of a lu
natic named Pete.
I noticed the green circle had stopped at a building in the heart of Bismarck. I stepped on the gas. Time
was of the essence.
The sun was beginning to set when I arrived at the building. I drove into the carpack, following the
directions on myptop.
On the third level, I found Delgado’s dark colored Honda ord parked with its engine. running. I
passed by looking for the red Kia and found it parked on the other end of the parking level. I decided to
go down to the second level parking and park below them. I dialed Xavier’s number for some news.
“You’re on speaker phone,” Xavier said as soon as he picked up.
“I’m at the Aspire Tower Building carpark. Delgado’s car and the red Kia are parked on third level,” I
said while I changed my jacket and put on a ball cap and sunsses.
“Yeah, we know based on your tracker, but there seems to be a major problem,” Cristos “There aren’t
any CCTV cameras online in that specific building at the moment. It’s like every camera was
conveniently turned off.” Now that didn’t sound so good.
“I’m going up to check. Delgado’s car is parked but his engine is still running,” I told ther took my gun
out of the glovepartment and holstered it to my belt.
warned me “Big Man Lou and my men are about a couple
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minutes away. Don’t go at this-”
I didn’t hear the rest. My burner phone began vibrating. I quickly swiped it, hoping Delgado
had news.
“SD… What does SD mean?” An unfamiliar male voice said. I clenched my Something
fists has happened to Delgado. “Se?or De Vega? Is this you? I can hear you breathing.” The man
laughed, snorting at the end. I knew thatugh. It was Pete.
I wanted to shout and yell at him, but I decided against it. I needed to keep my anonymity.
“Your man in the Honda ord is dead. Did you actually think we wouldn’t notice him. following my
my men? You killed my mother and you are so desperately trying to kill me. News sh… I have nine
lives, baby. You better watch your back, De Vega, because I’ming for
you,” he hissed and hung up.
Delgado is dead and Ma is missing. This couldn’t get any worse.
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