Wrong Kind of Love (15 page)

“
Fine Lucas but you and her are wrong for each other you
’
re the wrong kind of love. Be careful. I want you to call me everyday to check in and I want you to carry your piece with you at all time, be extra vigilant. I know the O
’
Doud
’
s are known as the Mickey Mouse Mafia Lucas and that they have very little influence outside of narcotics but you
’
ve taken something from them and I have a feeling they will not take this lying down. Please Lucas your on your own out there. Be careful.

“
I will father don
’
t worry.”

“
Watch out for your girl too, your gonna be dragging her into a world she doesn
’
t know, shouldn
’
t know, are you prepared for that?.”

“
Yes I know and I will be don
’
t worry” Lucas hung up on his father and walked the steps to his apartment, it was early, Amelia would be asleep, was he ready to tell her who he was the real him, would she understand, how would she react. Lucas loved her with every inch of his body, he could not bare to find out her reaction, he could not bare to lose her.

The heat on the King and Bury murder had calmed down some what now, Detective Inspector Andy Cole had found no leads that he could pursue, he knew who had carried out the murders and he knew why. He knew it was Lucas and he did not blame him as such though the acts of violence he had inflicted upon the two were both calculated and intentional he had thought that his reasoning was out of loyalty to Amelia, he had felt he needed to protect her and as he was not around when King had raped her and in some way even though they had never met at that time in her life he still felt as if somehow he had let her down. Mafia men had two great loves; the love to kill and the love for one woman though many Mafia men such as Raymond Valentino had mistresses but they only ever loved one woman, sex was sex but love was a bond in a relationship that at some point would be blessed upon by God in one of his Church
’
s. Amelia was Lucas
’
s great love.

Cole could not link Lucas to the murders though his alibi was a little sketchy in places it all seemed to link together well. He also thought that the Colleti, Cowter and Andonetti murders were linked together. Cole knew they had to be mafia related the murders were controlled and quick and in the instance of Andonetti
’
s head being hacked off, disturbing and violent. It was the kind of murders that all police wanted a quick arrest for but knew that the murders may be just the beginning of something more sinister and many more deaths to come. He knew that Lucas was a Valentino and being a Detective he had heard many rumours revolving around the name they were New York
’
s most dangerous Mafia family.

The portfolio of crimes associated with the Valentino
’
s included; the decapitation of Alfred Denaz he was one of the top five family bosses in New York, back in the 1960
’
s Denaz had tried to upstage the Valentino
’
s it was a time when they were short of money and Denaz was boasting that he was going to buy the Valentino wealth and take it to pieces to sell but this never happened. Instead Denaz was found dead in his home, decapitated. Every limb looked to of been ripped from his body, when the coroners came to take away his body it had to be taken away in several separate bags, it was a stomach curdling experience for all involved. Then there was Leo and Jonny Lapel they were originally part of the Valentino commission but along the way for some reason were removed and the next day they were found dead in a car which had gone over a cliff. The Valentino
’
s ran most of New York
’
s underworld, they ran the brothels, the casinos the majority of everything New York had to offer and they had their fingers in all the crime, the list of murders that the family were tied to was astronomical.

It was imperative that Lucas would go to war with the O
’
Doud
’
s. They had ruined Amelia
’
s life and Lucas would be her angel of vengeance, he was prepared to kill everyone that had ever hurt her and he knew it was a long list but that also the O
’
Doud
’
s and their commission would pay the worst. He loved her, she took his breathe away when ever he saw her, he would not jeopardise her happiness because her past was haunting her, in his mind the best way to take away the pain would be to eliminate her past the same past that caused her present pain.

“
Lucas where have you been?” Lucas walked into his apartment, Amelia was stood in one of his t-shirts, she still looked amazing in his clothes.

“
Just out sweetie, why you miss me?” he walked over to her, ran his fingers through her hair and kissed her. He walked her backwards to the wall and picked her up, her back pushed against the cold wall, her legs wrapped around his waist.

“
Clearly not as much as you missed me” she giggled

“
I want you so bad Amelia” he looked her in her eyes a look of hunger for her, she nodded in acceptance. He kissed her neck her chest cupped her breasts in his hands and entered her in a short sharp motion. Amelia
’
s checks flushed, her hands traced all over Lucas
’
s body removing his shirt, sweat formed on his brow, beads of perspiration dripped down his face. The passion between them was intoxicating they were moving as one body intertwined in each other, they came together, both breathless and smiling “I love you.”

“
I love you too” Lucas gently pulled himself out of Amelia and slouched onto the floor.

“
I have something to tell you, something you wont like and probably hate me for”

“
I could never hate you, what is it?” she asked nervously.

“
I think maybe you should sit down” he pointed to the sofa.

“
No I
‘
m fine here” she stayed close to the wall “Is it to do with Kesha?”

“
Oh my sweet Amelia no nothing like that” he smiled.

“
Then what?”

“
You know my last name is Valentino don
’
t you” she nodded “Have you heard anything about that name?” she shook here head. “It
’
s a notorious mafia name around the states, were from the east coast, New York.” Amelia slumped onto the floor her face full of surprise. “I was sent here by my father to observe an Irish Mafia family to gain info on them, their activities and plans”

“
Mafia?” Amelia looked worried and cautious of Lucas “Irish Mafia” she paused “Then that would mean your watching over the..”

“
The O
‘
Doud
‘
s Amelia, your family” Amelia scrambled to her feet and started walking to the front door. “Amelia wait where are you going?” he placed his hand on her arm as she reached for the door handle.

“
I err I should go”

“
Why?”

“
Why? Because I
‘
m part of that family” a tear rolled down her check, Lucas wiped it away with his finger and brushed her hair out of her face “You, you told me you loved me, I, I slept with you. Was it to gain information on them?”

“
Oh baby no, nobody knew about you. I dint know that you lived with the O
‘
Doud
‘
s until Bury and King
‘
s murder. I meant it when I said I love you, I do love you more then you
‘
ll ever know. I promised you I would never hurt you ever and I would not let anyone hurt you ever again.”

“
I think I
‘
m going to be sick” she ran to the bathroom and closed the door, Lucas waited on the other side of the door, he knocked.

“
Are you ok?” he asked softly.

“
If I asked you something will you tell me the truth, answer honestly. Lucas you wont lie will you.”

“
I promise” he knew what was coming but he had to answer truthfully, he promised “Did you” she hesitated for a second “Did you murder Jono and Kingy?” The air was silent , Lucas did not want to answer “Please Lucas, answer me, you promised”

“
Amelia come out the bathroom”

“
No not until you answer” she whispered.

“
For fucks sake Amelia what do you want me to say, you know the truth don
’
t you or you wouldn
’
t be asking me again”

“
Just answer the question” she shouted from behind the closed door.

“
Yeah I did it, is that what you want to hear” he could hear her sobbing his heart was breaking “I fucking killed the bastards I told you I wunt let no one hurt you and them fuckers were still hurting you. I love you Amelia, I did it for you” she opened the door, Lucas went forward to hug her but she pushed him away, her eyes were dead and cold, he had never seen her this way before.

“
You did It for me, I never fucking asked you to do that for me in fact I fucking made you promise you wouldn
’
t, you lied to me. You lied to me Lucas. What else have you been hiding from me? I
’
ve so far found out you
’
re mafia and a murderer and that you
’
ve been fucking me to gain info on my step family. You make me fucking sick how could you do this to me. I should of fucking listened to my head when you first asked me out but oh no I had to give you the benefit of the doubt thinking you were a decent guy maybe a little lost and misunderstood but oh no your fucking worse then anything I could of imagined.” tears were streaming from her eyes, Lucas was shocked he knew her reaction would be bad but he did not expect her to go crazy over it. Amelia grabbed her coat and stepped into her shoes and headed for the door.

“
Where you going?”

“
You think I
‘
m gonna stay here with you, you
’
re a fucking murderer, I don
’
t wanna be anywhere near you.”

“
I did it for you Amelia. I love you.”

“
That
’
s not love Lucas, love is where you go out, have fun, make love. Not go out and fucking kill people, that is not love” she screamed.

“
Amelia I do I love you.”

“
I don
’
t want your love anymore Lucas you
’
re the wrong kind of love for me” she opened the door but Lucas slammed it shut. He had her pinned to the door not so that he would hurt her but just so that she would not be able to move.

“
I cant let you go Amelia, I love you more then you know and you love me”

“
I loved you Lucas” she spat.

“
You don
’
t mean that. You do love me if you didn
’
t you wunt be acting like this”

“
I
‘
m acting like this because you fucking killed people”

“
I did it for you”

“
Stop saying that and let me move please, I wanna leave”

“
I cant let you go back home Amelia its not safe”

“
Says the murderer” she snarled.

“
What do you think your family are, open your eyes Amelia, your so called family are mafia too but you already know that you just choose not to see it”

“
And tell me why am I safer here with you then at home with them?”

“
Because I was there last night listening to them talking and I heard, I heard your stepfather say” he paused and looked away, he dropped his arms to his sides so Amelia could leave if she wanted to.

“
Say what? What did they say?”

“
They were talking about you. Amelia they were talking about how they got King to…” he paused “To rape you.”

“
Your lying, they wouldn
’
t. They wouldn
’
t ”

“
I
‘
m not baby I wouldn
’
t lie to you” he paused again “Well not about this.”

“
I don
’
t believe you. I wont” she ran out the door leaving it wide open as she left. Lucas just stood in the apartment not sure if he should follow her, he knew she would be heading home, her mustang was parked outside his apartment underneath his balcony, he walked over to the balcony opened the door and stepped out into the warm sun light and looked down at Amelia
’
s car, he saw her getting in it and speeding off down the street shortly followed by another car, the driver Lucas recognised as Marti the chubby man from the O
’
Doud
’
s meetings.

Lucas lit up a cigarette and sighed, he was going to have to show himself at the O
’
Doud
’
s. Amelia was going to need some help. These men she thought of as family were dangerous and not dangerous in the way Lucas was, dangerous in the way that they had her raped at such a tender age, she had gone there to confront them and he could not see this happening without some kind of repercussion whether it be something miniscule or something that could eventually escalate beyond peoples wildest dreams.

Lucas looked over at the O
’
Doud estate, he saw Amelia
’
s mustang roar into the compound followed by the car that was tailing her. He watched as she ran into the house, he threw his cigarette butt over the balcony, grabbed his colt from the bed side table, checked he had a round, shut the door and locked up his apartment, he walked down the stairs to the ground floor. It was a hot day again so he choose to walk to the estate, it was not far.

Lucas arrived at the O
’
Doud estate, there was nobody around, no guards, no dogs and none of the O
’
Doud commission. He thought this odd. Back home, his family home had twenty four hour guards walking around the perimeter, he shrugged this off when he was younger because he thought it a game but as he grew and learnt more about the family he was born into he knew it was for protection, protection from everyone that was connected to the underworld, many a mafia family would of loved to of been the one to kill the Valentino name but none succeeded mainly through their own stupidity and lack of planning but more so because though a very dangerous family the Valentino
’
s were smart. They believed in that long known saying
‘
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
’
.

Lucas was able to walk right up the drive of the estate without being seen, he stood at the main entrance and peered through a window, he saw Amelia arguing with the chubby man that was following her and he saw him push her away.