Hometown Justice: Homecoming

Chapter Ten

“Now, now, now, calm down little gal,” Tommy exclaimed as he paced back and forth in front of his blindfolded prisoner. 

The young woman had fiery red hair and was bound by her arms and legs. She wore a Piggly Wiggly T-Shirt and black jeans. The tennis shoes on the table beside where she sat were Nikes. She struggled against her restraints and cursed under her breath.

“I don’t know why you brought me here. Tell me!” the woman called out.

“Everything will be revealed in due time, Christina. You just need to sit tight and wait until I give the signal for you to reveal yourself,” Tommy retorted.

“Boss, what’s the plan?” Brutus asked, entering the dark room.

“The plan is simple. I know Ruler is coming here. Hell, he may already be here with the slack security I have. He values his friends over thing else. How can he protect his friends and his family?” Tommy asked.

“Your using me as bait?” Christina asked, furiously. 

“Not bait, my dear friend, I’m using you as an insurance policy. To ensure that I get my ass out of this fight,” Tommy said.

“I think I recognize your voice. You are that rat bastard Tommy Leons, aren’t you?” Christina asked.

“Rat Bastard? That’s an improvement from what I’ve been called. Yes, Mrs. Greene, I am Tommy Leons. I moved to this town shortly after you moved away. But my dear friend, Mr. Mike Goforth has been keeping his eye on you for me and I called in a favor tonight. That’s why your sitting here with me, instead back home in Maine with your loving husband Corey and your two brats. By the way, your husband cost me two of my best men when he killed them for trying to take your brats,” Tommy explained.

“Corey did what he swore to do, to protect the children he helped conceive. Who are you using me for your insurance policy?” Christina asked.

“I did my research on you. See, this little Podunk town ain’t much to be proud of but everything and everyone is written down in a history book somewhere. Including how you were part of a particular group in high school,” Tommy said.

“Oh no. You found out I smoked cigarettes on the school bus in the afternoons didn’t you?” Christina asked in mock shock. “What are you going to do? Make me pull a Billy Madison?”

“Funny, considering I’m the one holding all the cards and you are only trying to keep from pissing your pants. I know that you ran around with Tai Kwondo, Ken Manson, Alyson Jergens, Jennifer Walls, and Becka Dunn. This also means that you were in association with one Alexander Ruler. Which means, he will surrender when he sees you are in danger of losing your life,” Tommy said. 

“Fat chance. Ruler and I didn’t like each other coming up, motherfucker,” Christina said.

Tommy smiled as he pulled a blade from a holster hidden on his body and pressed the blade to her throat.

“I would keep the sarcasm to yourself, if you ever wanna play loyal house wife and loving mother to those brats, I would shut your mouth shut. I know what I am doing,” Tommy said.

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Alex lifted a heavy grate from the face of a wall and climbed into the air duct. Having dispatched all of the security officers to one side of the compound, Alex was sure that he had a straight shot to Leons. Following the air duct, he found himself in a large open room with no windows. A single light lit up the entire room, leaving only one corner in shadows. Carefully climbing out, Alex felt uneasy being the room.