Little Bambina

Thirty-five

Luca

I take my phone out of my pocket and call Sophia. Sophia the one I put in charge of my team. She manages everything for me. I recruited her 7 years ago and since the beginning she's been doing a great job handling everything.

"Sophia, I apologize for calling at this hour but I need a forensics team ASAP at Ramirez's house. Allison was abducted. And while at it I need you to gather all the man you can to come here, weapons included. Nothing is off limits." Inform her then hang up.

It's been over 30 minutes and Toby hasn't returned to me with information so I decide to look for him instead around the house.

"Toby, don't ever make me come look for you when I specifically instructed you to come back to me at a given time with the information I asked for."

"I-I'm sorry sir. It won't happen again."

"Give me my update." I demand losing my patience.

"We found something. We got surveillance from the neighbors. These 2 cars here are the only suspicious ones that drove in this direction at the time. One sedan and an SUV. They were headed in the direction of the house 20 minutes apart. First the sedan then the other. We're busy trying to hack into the traffic cams to follow where they were headed to but we're having trouble. We need someone who can hack into the system. A better hacker, Particle has been having a hard time for a while now." Toby informs me.

I call Sophia and tell her to find me the best hackers in the state to come right now.

I go to Ramirez's office to check up on him and see how far he is with the task at hand.

"I have 43 names so far. I need more men to track them down. With the ones I have available it will take a while and I need at least a team of 5 men on each person because all these people have protection and most of them with heavy security. And I cannot take those that are watching over Matilda as she needs to protected." Ramirez informs me.

"I have my men coming here soon, we can send them. Most of them have military backgrounds and training but I doubt they will be enough so I will have to ask someone else for help. Uh fuck!" I shout getting frustrated.

I have to fucking swallow my pride and ask someone else for help. At this point, I will do anything to find my girl. I have to make a few calls to gather more men.

Sophia arrives a few moments later and informs me that the men are on their way. She has managed to get hold of 70 of them. She has found two hackers and brought one with her, the other is on their way here. The forensics team arrived a while back and are already at work. I hope they can find something be it a finger print, hair strand or anything else that can help us.

***

The men have arrived and have been assigned to their respective destinations. Some outside of the country. I am still waiting for Mario and Zalara to send me some of their men as they were the only two willing to help me, at a hefty price of course. Well, except for Zalara who genuinely just wants to help me find my girl. I owe her big time. And one day, I will have to return the favor which I will happily do. Mario and Zalara are people I have worked with before and are in the similar line of work as I am that's why it was easier getting help from them. Mario is my supplier for cocaine from Colombia and although he gets me shit from Colombia, he's actually from Canada. He has also agreed to lend me two of his private jets as I only have one. Zalara is in shipping and helps me ship my products around from time to time. She's an African bad ass from Namibia with a long family history in the shipping business.

"I need you to look into Edward Carrington as well." I tell Ramirez.

"He's harmless, he's just a neighbor."

I forgot Ramirez doesn't know what transpired between the fucker and his daughter.

"He touched Allison inappropriately and I stabbed him a couple of times. I wouldn't put it past him to want to get his revenge."

"That son of bitch. Why wasn't I aware of this?" He asks me then takes a huge gulp from the whiskey bottle on his table. "I told Allison not to tell you because I knew you would kill him and she didn't want that since she's friends with his brother."

"Dam right. I'd kill him in front of his pathetic little family." He spat and right in walks Toby and the new hacker and Sophia.

"I managed to get a clear view of the license registration plates of both cars, they turned out to be fake which of course is no surprise at all but I did manage to get the face of the driver of the SUV. I'm running his face rec as we speak. I hacked into the traffic system, Particle is busy tracking the route of the-oh we got a hit of the driver!" The new hacker exclaims excitedly. Ramirez and I rush to her.

"Antonio Cruz..." I say to myself. I don't know anyone by that name let alone the last name. "Do you know any Antonio Cruz?" I ask Ramirez and he shakes his head no.

He could have been hired to just do the job. Who ever his boss is, is the one calling the shots.

"Find out everything about him. His friends and family and when you do I want them all slaughtered." I instruct Sophia.

Fuck, I need a strong drink but I can't have that. I need to do something. I can't just be here because I feel useless. I need to go out there and look for my girl but I don't even know where to start.

"Luca?" Ramirez calls me and I turn to face him. "What?"

"That son of a bitch looks like someone I know from a long time ago, he could be his son. If I'm right, and I think I am, the man we're looking for is Raul Cruz. The man Isabel, Allison's mother, cheated on me with and left me for."