The BodyGuard Book 2
The Retribution
BodyGuard Trilogy Series
Copyright 2019 © Red Tempest
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copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
I would like to thank my two fine editors,
Barny R & Aerosick
, they helped to catch
my mistakes. Any errors that are found are mine alone as I did do some final revising.
You should read Book 1 first to be able to follow the story line
The setting takes place in New York City in the early 1950's
Chapter 1
Virgil and Sonny were inside the terminal located at the Republic Airport. Sonny's chartered plane was outside waiting for him to board.
"Well Sonny, you stuck to your end of the bargain. The phone call to Carlo was great!"
Sonny smirked, "A piece of cake."
He grabbed the brief case full of hundred-dollar bills. He looked inside one more time and smiled. One hundred thousand would take him a long way.
"Nice doing business with you Virgil, or should I say Barzin now?" Sonny said as he turned to leave.
"You know Sonny, if Luca ever figures this out. You're a walking dead man."
Virgil's plan was coming together. Barzin and his staff were dead and gone. Kay out of the way by Sonny's bullet. Nobody knew who Barzin really was or what he looked like. He could assume Barzin's Identity and keep his own. He could play both sides of the fence. He kept the money and drugs that Barzin had and stored them in a warehouse that he leased. Sonny wanted money, fun, and a way to get rid of Kay. In the end, Virgil paid Sonny off. The hundred thousand he paid Sonny was one/fifth of what he had. The small quantity of drugs found at Kay's farm house was a drop in the bucket to what he had stashed. He knew Sonny would get himself killed and he was the last loose end. Virgil wanted the power and now he has it.
Sonny stopped and turned around. "Do I look worried?"
"I would if I were you." Virgil stood shaking his head.
Sonny was careless. Virgil knew it wouldn't be long before he was dead. And it would be Luca that would do Sonny in for good. Sonny lifted his hand and blew him off. He turned around and continued to walk he boarded the plane, destination the Bahamas'. The plane took off and when it got to cruising altitude, Sonny had a gut feeling they were going in the wrong direction.
"Is the plane heading south toward the Bahamas?" Sonny called out.
The cockpit door opened, a man stepped out. In a calm, toneless voice he said. "No." Sonny looked up and chills ran through his body. All he saw was a giant of a man.
"This is for Kay."
Virgil stood on the ground and watched the plane leave. '
Too easy'
he thought to himself as he watched the plane take off. He heard a car door close and he turned around.
"Well it's done."
He turned back around and looked up at the disappearing plane.
"Are you sure?" she asked.
"Positive. The trail that I left was easy to follow. And by now Luca has to be in the plane taking care of Sonny as we speak."
"I never thought you had this in you."
"Never judge a book by its cover."
He turned back around to face the person he was talking to.
"Connie, you are beautiful."
"Thank you." she smiled.
Connie was Kay's younger sister by a couple of years. She always hated her big sister. Kay always got everything, their parents' house and restaurant. She thought Kay had the perfect man at first. But soon she learned different. It was Connie that Sonny was having an affair with. She even set Sonny up with the woman that Kay found him in their bed with. She met Virgil through Sonny. Sonny wasn't in the picture yet when Connie got married. Connie divorced her husband Bruno a couple of years after they wed. She then married Al Neri and divorced him after he was arrested and convicted of murder. Connie's first name was Constanzia. As a child she went by the nick name Zia, which is what Kay always called her. After her second divorce she changed it to Connie. Sonny was unaware that she was Kay's sister.
Connie wanted to take everything away from Kay and she succeeded. Kay didn't have clue what Connie was doing to her. Kay was all wrapped up into saving her failing marriage. Kay and Connie never communicated after their parent's death. When everything went to Kay, Connie disowned her. Kay tried to explain to her that their parents thought she was too irresponsible at her age. Connie had been left an inheritance but couldn't touch it until she was twenty-five. Connie didn't believe her and she disappeared. Kay never heard from her again. But Connie was around hiding in the shadows waiting. She wanted to get even with Kay and take everything away.
"We need to celebrate." Virgil said.
"Yes, we do. With Kay out of the picture. Sonny probably gone for good and I'm sure we will never see that Luca again. We are home free." She smiled at Virgil.
"Yes, we are. You played your role perfect by getting all the information from Sonny. He was just as dumb as..."
"Kay?" Connie lifted her brow and grinned.
Virgil smiled back. He always liked Kay. But she was too easy to manipulate a do-gooder. She deserved better than what she got. If things were different maybe he would have tried taking her from Sonny. He wished he would have stopped the wedding, but he was Sonny's best man. She looked so in love with him. He knew Sonny was only using her. But at that time, he didn't want any part of a relationship. He had other priorities and it didn't include a woman. Unlike Sonny, Virgil did his homework. He knew exactly who Connie was and that fit perfect into his plans.
Connie knew what kind of man Virgil was. She had to watch her step around him. She needed him as much as he needed her. When the need was over, no telling what could happen. They both had to play their cards right to get what the really wanted.
Chapter 2
It has been three months since Kay was shot and Luca was still mourning her death. He had disappeared. Tom couldn't find him and Luca's friends were giving him plenty of space. Luca knew Kay's death was far from solved. Things didn't seem right. He needed to get away and sort things out. He knew he missed something. They all did but what? Sonny wasn't the root of the problem. He was a loose end. Sonny's last words, "It's Barzin," kept playing in his mind. Nobody knew who Barzin was or what he looked like. Barzin could be anyone. He should have tried to get more information from Sonny, before his tragic fate with death. But Luca wasn't thinking clearly. All he was thinking about was Kay.
Tom was desperate to find Luca, so he asked Luca's friends to meet with him at his office.
"Have you found Luca yet?" Tom asked.
"No." Sal looked at the others. They all shook their heads no.
"We have to find him. There is something I need to tell him. Something he needs to know."
"We looked in all the places he would normally go." Peter replied.
"And not so normal." Paulie cleared his throat.
"This isn't a normal situation. We need to find him. I have to tell him before he finds out from someone else."
"What?" Sal cocked his head and looked at Tom. "What could be so important? The man just lost the woman he loved."
"And that is what I need to talk to him about."
"They can't pin the death of Sonny on him. He was found in the middle of the desert."
"Sonny was found lying on the ground with both legs and arms broken." Tom threw in.
"That doesn't prove a thing." Moe said.
"There were plane tire tracks in the vicinity. We all know that Luca has a pilot license." Tom said.
The room got quiet. They all knew it was Luca. But there was no proof otherwise.
"Sonny was found with a large sum of money on him with a small quantity of drugs. The authorities figured a deal gone wrong." Tom said.
Peter cleared his throat. "There's a rifle tournament coming up next weekend. I will stake it out see if he shows." Peter knew Luca would show especially to this tournament. It was the NRA championship for pistol and rifle shooting. Luca has held the title for the past couple of years.
"Listen. I know all of you stick together like glue." Tom looked around the room at Luca's friends.
He knew they all had a bond. They all held something important between them. They were more than brothers and comrades. Tom has seen them work together on many occasions. And not once did any of them miss a beat. It was as if they were inside each other's heads. He knew they could find Luca. But if Luca wanted to be left alone, then they are honoring that.
"Eight years ago, that's when I meet Luca. He ran into some legal problems." Tom stated.
"We remember." Moe spoke out.
"Do you also remember how serious, who was involved and what it took to clear his name?"
"Yes." Was heard around the room.
"Do you have any idea, what situations I put myself in to help him?"
Everyone nodded.
"After that ordeal was over and Luca's name was cleared, he came up to me and told me if there was anything that he could do to repay me he would be honored. We became friends. No, not just friends, good friends. When my daughter was being threatened the only person, I trusted was Luca. He protected her. After that we started working together on small issues. And things just transpired from there. I would never do anything to jeopardize the friendship, the bond we have. Now I say this again. It is very, very important that I get a hold of him."
The room was quiet for a few seconds. Peter cleared his throat. "So, what does this have to do with Kay?"
"That I cannot tell you because of security reasons. I need to talk to Luca. Then and only then it will be his call to fill all of you in."
The four men stood. They could hear the desperation in Tom's voice. They looked at each other and nodded.
"We will see what we can do." Sal said. They turned and left Tom's office.
Tom sat down in his chair and put his hands on his head. Tom knew when he saw Luca and told him what was going on, he would be one hell of a pissed off man. And that he wasn't looking forward to.
Peter waited for Luca to show up at the tournament. Peter stayed out of Luca's sight, he didn't want to distract to him. He also wanted to study him. He could tell from a distance that Luca was angry, hurt and confused. He knew he was playing the events from Kay's death over and over. He himself understood things didn't seem right. They all did. But in the mind state Luca was in right now he wasn't thinking clearly. Luca needed to relieve his frustrations and this tournament will help him do that.
At the pistol and rifle tournament, Luca was in the lead defending his title. The rifle division was the last part of the tournament. This was Luca's area of expertise. He had one last shot to go to win this part of the tournament and be the overall champion. He glanced up into the crowd and froze.
"What the fuck Luca?" Peter whispered under his breath. He has been watching from the stands. Luca never froze. He followed Luca's gaze, but he didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
"Oh, My, God, Kay is that you Kay?" Luca said softly as the image disappear into the crowd.
"Hey Green Giant, finish your turn, or did you lose your nerve?"
Luca heard what his opponent said. Luca glared at him and fired the last shot. There was never a doubt that he would be the champion. The bullet flew straight and true and Luca walked away with the trophy for first place. He glanced to where he thought he saw Kay.
"Hey, Luca!"
