Protecting The Principessa (Complete)

~ Chapter 55 ~

"Why?" Cesare spit at Adriano, who merely glanced down at the saliva running down his coverup. Ignazia watched, shaking her head at the man. They had been asking for over an hour now, but nothing was being uttered. Of course, nothing major was happening. Some slaps, and some cuts, but in the scheme of things, it was all very PG rated.

She wasn't sure if that was because they were just drawing it out, or because she was here, and they didn't think she could handle the bloodshed. Truthfully, she wasn't sure she could handle it either. She wasn't nearly as tough as she wanted to believe, and she still recalled the last time she saw someone put in place. Izzy turned and nodded to her dad, who walked over.

"I'm going to step out, you need to get answers, and you're taking it easy on him. Bring him to his knees, Dad, because he talked about Mom." With that, she left the room and Carlo nodded to Adriano, who picked the lead pipe back up and whacked Cesare's kneecap, seeking satisfaction in the crunch of the bone he heard, along with the shocked look again in his eyes.

"Why?"

"I...was....pa..id...to," Cesare mumbled out to which Carlo merely lifted a brow.

"By whom?"

"David." Carlo swore and Adriano looked at him, asking with his eyes what the hell that meant.

"David was the cousin of the boss my dad killed. They were a low man on the totem pole family, but I guess someone had to seek retribution. So, what, David killed my family?" Cesare nodded, his hands still trying to undo the ropes, but he wasn't getting very far. "Grab the saw." Adriano nodded at his boss's command, ignoring the man's fear at the words. Adriano grabbed the tool and walked over to Cesare, dropping a knee onto the man's lower leg to stop the movements, and took the blade to the ankle, digging the jagged pieces into the man's skin, releasing the cries of pain.

"Did David kill Carlo's family?" Adriano asked.

"Yes!" The word tore from Cesare's lips but that didn't stop Adriano from sawing even more into the flesh, using more muscle to break through the bone. "Ass....hole," Cesare breathed out, his eyes closing from the pain. Anyone could see he was struggling to stay awake, but it was much more fun to keep them up, to make sure they endured the pain while they were being questioned. Carlo nodded his head to get Adriano up, and he did.

"Let him be for a moment, think that was all, then come back with more questions. I want to know what the hell the plan was with David. And then I want to know what Cesare's plan was because I'm getting the feeling, they weren't running along the same lines there."

"Got it, Boss. Where are you going?"

"I'll be in the next room. You can hear everything there," Carlo said. "That's where Ignazia would have gone too." Carlo paused his hand on Adriano's shoulder. "You have free reign to do whatever. Remember he went after your woman, not just you, but your woman, the one you are to marry." Carlo slapped him a couple of times before leaving. Adriano turned to the man tied up. Honestly, it looked like Cesare was barely hanging on and that couldn't be.

"No, you don't," Adriano said, slapping the man right where the wound was of no foot, causing Cesare to scream.

"Just kill me, Adriano."

"Oh, I will Cesare, but you will pay for your misdeeds. Why not tell me the plan, what was the deal with you and David?" Adriano grabbed a pair of pliers, kneeling before Cesare. He opened the man's mouth, putting the cold metal against a tooth, causing Cesare to jump. When there was no sound but moans coming out of Cesare's mouth, Adriano reached in, clamped onto a tooth, and yanked it, the blood spattering his hands. "What was the plan?"