Rise & Fall Of A Don

Chapter 18

Tommy Pov

I stared at the flame in the fireplace. I finally got the ramifications that this is a dog-eat-dog world. I had a sneaky suspicion of who did this since the beginning. Al has been sending me videos of that night when the intruders hit Hause's place. I have my own tapes as well. They cut all the power to my house cameras. But I have underground connections as well. I saw it all. They had on black masks. They snuck up behind Mike while he was heading to his truck. They barge into the house. Scarlett was in the kitchen as usual. When she came out to see what the fuss was about, they shot her in the head. But somehow, Scarlett was still alive. She coughed and was still moving. Then one stood over her, leaned down then slit her throat.

They high fived each other like they did something meaningful. I've already caught some of them. They squealed like pigs after we were done with them. Max is not playing. He's angry as fuck. But one mercenary just leads us to another mercenary. I want to know who ordered the hit. I want proof. Then I gave up on proof and decided to follow my gut.

I called a meeting. When they arrived, I made my plans known.

Max stood up, "no Tommy. You can't do that. That's suicide." Everyone else nodded in agreement.

"It's what I want. Just make sure you have your exit covered. Catch any runners and kill them. The time for torture is over. You do this, you will be highly compensated."

Everyone left. Except Max. After staring at me for a while, he picked up a lamp and threw it across the room. He got into my face.

"You think I don't know a man with a death wish when I see one. You wanna die. Fuck that. You will fucking live. What about all the people that depend on you? You took me in and made me feel welcome. Now you expect me to let you go off and get killed. You won't go on a suicide mission. I'm coming as well. I won't do anything. I'll just sit back until you need me."

I smirked. "I made you feel welcome, huh."

"Well, after the 5th initiation, I knew I was all in," he smirked.

We chuckled. Then I became serious. "The pain I feel is immeasurable. I don't wanna die. I just want the pain to stop. I need to do this for me or else I'll go insane. I don't want to live without them, but I know Scarlett would have wanted me to. Some days it is hard to go on, though."

"I know it feels that way now. But I promise you. It will get better. The pain I mean. You will remember them forever. Don't let their memory die. The memories are painful now but, in the future, they will make you smile."

I nodded.

"So, what's your plan?" Max asked.

"Kill them all. The whole table. I want to do it alone. I want to go inside their home and kill their whole family. Like they did mine. They had to have banded together against us. That was the only way to take us on. Somehow Enzo got them to cross us. I want to save him for last. I want him scared and fearful. He's too prideful to leave his kingdom. I will burn it all down and rebuild it to my liking."

I thought he was going to give me some backlash, but all he said was, "who's first."

"Lee is first. Find out everything. Schedules, gate codes and whose loyalty is shaky."

The mission was on. Just in case I flew my ma out. I paid for her to go to Belize for an entire month. I ordered her to fly in a private jet under a different name. I wasn't taking any chances with my mother.

Lee was first. I put on my gear. Strapped up and left. I didn't want any help, but Max insisted on coming. He wasn't the only one. Many from Ron and Hause's crew came and sat back and let me get my revenge.