Kill My Mind || DOLLHOUSE Spin-off

48. Grayson

My men had finally found something. I couldn't sit back and wait for Ale to look more into Nick so I did it myself. There was a shop called Amatos run by Raymond Amato that Nick frequented. When my men went to investigate they said they knew immediately something was up. 

The man was tense and clearly hiding something. He had no connection to me or the DeLucas only Nick so I knew he was involved. 

It hurt me to be right honestly. I wanted Ale to be happy but god did it feel good to be right. I had been saying it all along. I wasn't going to tell Ale directly so I didn't cause another argument between us. 

I had my men send over some of the stuff they found so that it will make Ale start to question who Nick really was. I also decided I'd text Matteo so he can help convince Ale his perfect Nick wasn't all that perfect. 

Me: Found evidence Nick may be involved with the photos. Stay away from him and try to knock sense into Alejandro. 

Matteo DeLuca: I also think it's Nick but it's going to be hard to convince Ale of that. Do you want me to go talk to him?

I rolled my eyes. Even this 17 year old is smarter than Ale right now 

Me: Up to you. I sent over the evidence anyway.

I put my phone down and got back to work on my other business deals. These days It felt like every time I worked my mind would just drift back to Ale.

It was always something different. The pictures, our dates, our sex, even us before we got together. I couldn't get a hold of mind and I fucking hated it. 

As soon as this is over I planned to cut him off completely so I could just move on and have a good sex life again. Maybe fucking crack a smile. 

As I was typing on my laptop my phone rang. It was Matteo so I answered quick "G-gray fuck oh my god Gray you need to come over" 

he was rushed, his voice was shaky like he was holding back tears "What's wrong?"

"There's blood all over Ale's floor and no Ale. He was here with Nick before I left a-and now there's blood on his floor."

My heart stopped. "Okay don't panic It could be Nicks for all we know. I'm coming over. Ale keeps a gun in the third drawer to the left in his closet."

I heard him move quickly "Not here." I hadn't grabbed anything but my keys as I ran out. 

"Check all the drawers maybe I'm wrong." While Matt opened drawers I was yelling at my men to do something, find Ale or follow me. 

"Nothing Gray no guns, his knives aren't where they usually are. God there's nothing Nick must have emptied it. Left him defenseless."

I had never ran so fucking quickly as I did to my car "I'll be there in 10 minutes. Do you have a gun?"

"Obviously. Have you met my family." If it was a  better time I would have chuckled. 

"Get your gun do not fucking leave I'm almost there."

"Gray if he's dead-"

"he's not fucking dead!" I yelled at Matteo before he could finish talking. "He's a big fucking boy. it's going to take a lot more than this fucking Nick guy to take him down."

"He's not thinking straight Gray. I know him. He'd let Nick kill him before he'd hurt Nick again." Matteo was right and it made me sick 

"He's not dead okay." there was no response but I heard him breathing. 

...

When I got to the DeLuca's house I ran inside to Ale's room. Matteo was sitting on the floor in there. He was on his laptop. My eyes went from him to the...large...pool of blood.

"Are you okay?" I looked at Matt who looked a mess. He held up Ale's phone 

"Couldn't track him. I'm looking now for any storage building under Nicks name." I started looking around Ale's room and Nicks stuff for anything to help. "Did that already." Matt said 

"Well you're wasting your time nothing's going to be under his name. It would be under an alias or someone who he's working with."

"Have your guys found anything." 

"Were looking at everyone connected to him and the guys connected to them. My men have already searched a few places. We'll find him soon."

"Not soon enough."

"Matteo please shut the fuck up." he rolled his eyes at me and I paused "How old were you when Nick left."

"I just turned 11."

"So do you remember a lot of their relationship?"

"Bella would know more I just remember him being around."

I pulled my phone out. "Don't say a word. I told Enzo but I don't want to worry Bella." I called her

"Gray where the fuck is my brother." was the first thing she said as she picked up. Looks like she already knows

"I'm looking I swear."

"Look fucking faster."

"Bella I don't think Nick is very smart. If where ever he's keeping Ale is owned by him I think his Alias would be obvious...but only to someone who knew him back then. Was there any nicknames he had?"

"Nicky usually."

"No that's too obvious. Maybe something only Ale called him."

"Would a really stupid nickname work?"

"Yeah it would definitely work."

"Nick used to call Ale bear like a teddy bear. Ale was never good with nicknames but Nick used that all the time."

That was definitely it. "I'll find him Bella. Thank you."

I hung up and called my men telling them to look for anything with teddy or bear in it. It only took 10 minutes but they found him. 

"Stay here Matteo. I'll bring him back"