The Joy of Revenge

CHAPTER 133 Lorenzo and Nestor Joy | stared at Xavier, bewildered.

“What do you mean you're going to make a deal?” | asked Xavier.

*I'm going to ask Sam to tell Pete that Cris Murdock hired us to bring you to him. All he has to do is give us a tand a place,” Xavier said casually. “Simple, easy and none of us has to get shot at. Then, after we're done with him, you can kill the other three, so we can all go home. Well, all of you can go home. I still have to make a pit stop in Texas and visit Veronica Ortiz.” “Hold that thought, Bo,” Cristos, who was still typing on his laptop, said. “I'm looking through the wire transfers and the initials of the recipient don’t match.” “What do you mean the initials don’t match? There's a V, isn’t there?” Xavier argued like a smartss.

“Yes, but the initials are a V.L. Ortiz and not a VA. Ortiz. Dofa Ortiz’s full nis Veronica Aldana Ortiz. This can’t be her-" “V.L. Ortiz stands for Vicente Lorenzo Ortiz, Dona Ortiz’s cousin,” a familiar male v at the entrance of Xavier's office. We all turned our heads to find De Luca standing 1 doorway.

“De Luca, what are you doing here?” Xavier asked, annoyed. “How did you get here any “On the delivery truck with Chef,” De Luca said. “He's going to take a look at that house at the OI’ Taylor cul-de- sac.” “So, this means o was prof from the girls Cris and Pete kidnapped and raped.

Who is this Vicente anyway?” Cristos asked.

“Dofa Ortiz’s consigliere. He's known more commonly as Lorenzo in the Angels of Darkness,” De Luca answered smugly. “By the way, | sent my contact in Texas the information my FBI asset gaveand he finally sentsinformation which makes sense.” He sat down on Xavier's couch, making himself comfortable. “Luis Villegas was an illegal, a product of a prostitute mother and one of her gr ingo clients. He adopted the nLouis Duncan after he was smuggled into Texas by the Cadenas. Rafael and Louis grew up together, were 1/6 CHAPTER 133 Lorenzo and Nestor his capo and reverted back to his real nLuis Villegas, although people still used Duncan.” “So why did he flee Texas?” | asked curiously.

“Cadena, being the hothead that he was, killed someone from the Scottish CrSyndicate, the group Cynthia McDowell’s father led. Villegas, being loyal to Cadena, took the fall and fled with his Scottish wife, a woman named Laura. At that time, they were childless. The couple first moved to Alabama, using his adopted surnDuncan, but were easily found. They, then, traveled up north to North Dakota, changing their names.

No one has seen or heard of Luis Villegas ever since. Such a pity being betrayed by your own family. The Angels.

of Darkness turned their backs on him without even making an investigation of their own.” “But if they turned their backs on him, why is he Pete's capo?” | asked.

“He’s not, but the son is. There was an induction of a Nestor Villegas about nine or eight years ago after he completed a task Dofa Ortiz sanctioned, De Luca explained.

“And what task was that?” Xavier asked.

“To kill Luis Villegas, his own father. It seems someone had alerted the FBI of his location. But before the FBI could arrest him, he was already buried.” “And how did he die? Does your contact know?” | asked.

Car accident, De Luca answered.

“And the wife of Luis?” | asked.

| asked the sthing. My contact has no information on the wife,” De Luca replied must be dead as well.” Do you have a picture of Nestor Villegas?” Cristos asked. De Luca shook his head. “How at that possible?” its possible when you have your induction at a secret venue with only a handful of people aunattendance. The only person who can actually point us to this Nestor Villegas is Pedro adeCadena himself. The only other person, Cynthia, unfortunately, is dead.” hit?avianvier exclaimed, shaking his head.

nedd said ran to take a look at this person named Tomas Martin. Does he resemble Luis 2/6 11.50 Tue, Apr 2 MG.

CHAPTER 133 Lorenzo and Nestor Villegas? I'm thinking maybe he changed his nand took on another persona to make people think he’s dead,” Cristos said, showing De Luca the image of Norma's ex-husband. “We got a sixty percent match.” “Although we all look alike in sway, no, that isn’t him. Luis was light-skinned. According to my contact, he dyed his hair dark just to fit in, because the Angels pride themselves with purity. Back then, Luis wouldn't have been inducted if it weren't for Rafael,” De Luca said.

“So, we're back to square one,” | said. “Tomas must be a soldier then. Maybe, just maybe, he’s one of the handful of people who knows Nestor Villegas.” “No,” De Luca said. “Only the high ranking members know who he is.” a “Is he here in New Salem then?” Cristos asked. “Because if he is, that narrows the search. It's probable you even went to school with him, Virtue.” “Yes, he is here,” De Luca replied. “He has never left according to my contact. How he remains hidden is a mystery. According to my contact, he was awarded money for killing Luis Villegas... and let’s not forget the profits he earns from their drug business.” “He must have an offshore account,” Xavier mumbled, utterly frustrated. “We have another problem. | just overheard Norma say she heard Lisa tell Jack that Joy Taylor is back.” “Pete must have heard about the contract and told Lisa,” Cristos pointed out.

“That's good right? He'll be looking for a scrawny, brown-haired, long nosed woman,” | said.

“That means... no eyes on us.” Xavier smiled, waving his finger at me. “I like how you think, Virtue. Let's give Pete what he wants then, shall we? And when we corner him, we'll ask him who this Nestor Villegas is.” Sheriff | was in my office waiting for Liam.

Silly me. | assumed the brand new Jaguar parked up front was owned by the Martin's new attorney.

| arrived at the station past eight in the morning and saw Randy coming out of his car, all fresh and showered 3/6 CHAPTER 133 Lorenzo and Nestor | scowled as | watched him fix his hair. While we were up all night, he was able to go home.

and get srest...

And he wondered why | didn’t want to give him more money.

| wondered what | needed to do to keep Randy at bay. My other men did more work and were satisfied with the extra pay while Randy was prissy and often complained about all the heavy lifting.

If he wanted more money, then he would have to do something worth my while.

After parking my car at my usual spot, | raised each arm above my head and sniffed my armpits. Since | had to wait to take a shower, | decided I'd change into a spare shirt | had in the office.

| got out of my patrol car, walked towards Randy, who was busy admiring himself through his car window, and grabbed him by his shoulders.

“Why didn’t you tellabout Riley?” | asked calmly. For a fraction of a second, | saw the surprise in his eyes, but he quickly composed himself.

“Why won't you givemore money?” He asked, answering my question with his.

“You know why | won't give you more money. Instead of doing what | ask you to do, you as too many questions,” | growled at him. “Now... Bismarck Police is wondering why | never heard about Riley being in the hospital.” “I'd do more if you'd paymore, Sheriff,” he said, hoping I'd finally agree to the request. “I'm not asking much.” | thought he would see it my way, but he made it all about the money.

“You don’t get it, do you? You made a mess of things, now | want you to clean it up. For your trouble, I'll pay you a hundred grand. How does that sound?” His face immediately lit up with dollar signs in his eyes.

“What do you needto do exactly?” He asked, like an idiot. | grabbed him by the neck and pulled him towardsso | could whisper to him.

“If Riley wakes up, he'll talk and you know what will happen next. | don’t mind spending the remainder of my life in jail, but what will Christine do while you sit rotting away in prison?” | asked quietly.

4/6 CHAPTER 133 Lorenzo and Nestor “You don’t think he’ll open his mouth, do you?” He asked, sounding skeptical.

“You can’t be this naive, Randy. You'll know he’ll talk to save his own skin. If you had told me. when Detective Matthews called, then this problem would have been dealt with sooner. Now, we are faced with the dilemma of Riley waking up with the Bismarck PD right beside him. You put us in this situation.” | pointed at him, tapping my finger on his chest. “I need you to silence him and when | say silence, | mean | want him dead,” | mumbled, looking at him. straight in the eyes.

“Make it two hundred fifty thousand and I'll do it,” Randy negotiated. My eyes narrowed as | fought the urge to shoot him where he stood.

“Fine,” | answered reluctantly, agreeing to what he wanted.

“That's not all, Sheriff. | want a hundred thousand as a down-payment and | want an extra five grand a month on top of what you're givingnow. For the next ten years,” he added. slyly before extending his hand for a handshake, Ten years? | wanted to laugh. After Christine gives birth, I'm going to kill you.

“You got yourself a deal. But, Randy, | need to stress the importance of the matter. | want this taken care of by tomorrow,” | said while I shook his hand.

“B-but t-that isn’t enough time-” He tried pulling his hand out of my grasp, but | tightened my hand around his until a tiny yelp cout from his mouth.

“Twenty-four hours is good enough as any for the money you're asking,” | said, cu off. “Just do what I'm asking you to do like a good little boy and I'll take care of the suddenly let go of his hand and he stumbled back, wincing in pain.

“Sheriff, may | ask someone from the station to assist me?” He asked.

it “No. You have to do this alone. More people, more noticeable,” | answered. “Take the day off, so you can cup with a plan. My suggestion, do it at night. I'll have someone swing by your house with that down-payment you want and once | get the call confirming Riley's death, you'll get the rest. Now go. Beat it.” I watched him drive off before | entered the station.

“Where's Jack?” | asked as | walked in.

5/6 CHAPTER 133 Lorenzo and Nestor He's in the interrogation room with the district attorney and the Martins, Sheriff, waiting tofor you,” a deputy answered. | entered my office to change into a fresh shirt and grab Ford's cacase file sitting on my desk.

WWith the folder tucked under my arm, | walked to the interrogation room and peeked inside.

That's when | saw him. Thomas Martin in the flesh! He was one person who lived a life of seseclusion. Whenever he was in New Salem, he only went to the diner or, when needed, the Couch Mansion.

| quickckly messaged Liam.

It was is rarely nine in the morning and the problems kept piling up.

| heard a lotack on my door and in cLiam, freshly showered and wearing a dark suit. He approrated to be in good spirits, considering his father just died.

“Let’s do this. Si sheriff.

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