Chapter Fourteen

Abe You Ass Wipe!

Dimitri POV

I put on the same black leather holster that I had the other day and strapped two of my biggest guns in. I put my flannel on over it so it wasn't so obvious that I was carrying guns around. It just made me look bulky. I guess that didn't matter.

I ran downstairs in a hurry and went to the garage door. I opened it, as well as the other door that leaded to the outside. I clicked the button and it automatically opened. I got in the car and revved the engine.

In my head, I kept thinking hurry, hurry, hurry! I had a bad feeling about this; I know that everyone that was working against me now knew what Rose looked like. It was infuriating, and I wanted nothing more than to hold her in my arms and tell her how special she was to me. I knew that if I didn't find her, it might be the end.

I was driving the way that Sonya had told me that Rose went. I caught sight of the little shopping center and sped in that direction. The Starbucks logo was in the front, and I thanked God that I wouldn't have to go searching for one- though if that's what it would take, I be looking for it in a heartbeat.

I parked in the small parking lot. There weren't much people out, but there were some cars. I glance at my watch. It was nearing ten am. Not many people would be out on a Wednesday morning just walking around- it would be the perfect time to kidnap someone. God, I'm letting my fears get the best of me, I don't even know if it's true or not.

I broke into a run to get to the doors of Starbucks. I entered and scanned the place head to toe. Not... here... I cursed under my breath and turned around to leave.

I walked around the whole entice goddamn center. I checked every store that was open.

No Rose.

I was starting to really, really worry. I pulled my cell phone out of my back pocket and tried calling Sonya at her home phone. On the third ring, she picked up.

"Hello?" Sonya asked.

"Sonya? Is Rose with you?" I asked, panic in my voice. Sonya noted this and spoke in a very serious tone.

"No, she isn't. I presume she isn't with you, either," she said, worry slipping into her voice.

"No..." my voice cracked. Never in a million years would my voice crack. I was slowly slipping into insanity. I needed to find Rose, and fast!

Sonya sighed. "Did you go to her old house? Maybe she went there," she said, obviously having no clue about what happened the other day to Rose's house.

"No," I said, not wanting to go into details about what had happened there. "She wouldn't go there," I said sternly.

Sonya sounded thoughtful. "Um... Does she have any close friends that she could have gone to? Or what about her mother? Does she live here?" Sonya asked.

Boy, she was pretty clueless about Rose. "No, her mother is dead, and she wouldn't know the way to Lissa's house," I realized I had been saying no a lot. Maybe it was possible that she had gone to Lissa's house... or...

Abe.

"Thanks Sonya, but I might know where she is now."

"Oh, okay honey. Keep me posted," she said and I agreed before hanging up.

Jesus Christ, why didn't I think about it earlier! Abe is one of the most influential men in the mafia, of course he would want his own daughter. I sighed as I slid my phone back into my pocket. Then a thought hit me.

I quickly pulled back out my cell phone. Rose called me yesterday, right? I looked through my recent calls and found her number. I quickly added her to my contacts before redialing her. I waited until there were no more rings.

When I thought there was no more rings, her voice echoed in my phone. "Hello-"

"Rose!" I nearly shouted. A group of people looked over at me with confused looks. I gave them the finger and kept walking.

"This is Rose Hathaway's phone," she paused to laugh a little and I heard a voice in the background- probably Lissa's. "Please leave a message and... I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible!" she said in her usual cheerful tone. I missed that voice, I realized.

I groaned in annoyance. Shit. Maybe she would realize that she had a missed call from me and call me back. I wished desperately that would happen.

I got back into my car; it took me a while to find it since I was on the other side of the shopping center, and pretty lost at that. finding my way to Abe's was going to prove difficult, but I would find it. I'd never been there, but I've seen it. In fact, it was in the area.

I zoomed down the high way in search for the right exit. I went off on one, not exactly sure if it were right or not.

As I was driving, my thoughts drifted off to none other than Rose. I tried to stop myself, but it was futile. I couldn't stop thinking about last night- how good I felt, how good she looked, etc. I missed the warmth that her lips provided me. If I thought hard enough, I could remember the lingering feeling that she left. All I wanted was Rose, and I would stop at nothing to get her back.

There was a privet lane, and I'll be damned, that was his street. He lived in a large estate, I knew that for sure. I came across it, though noticed a couple guards in front. I parked Sonya's car around the bend and got down on the pavement beside the car. I pulled out my gun and locked and loaded it.

Two men were already put away in the first minute. Three more men in the second minute. I was just getting too good at this already. I got off the ground and tucked the gun under my flannel. I approached the building, realizing that I needed a key to open the gate. I bent down and picked up a ring of keys from a dead man a couple feet away. I ripped the keys from him and tried each key. Luckily, I only had to go through three before finding the right one

I walked through the front garden easily, there were no men in sight. Maybe it was because it was daytime, morning even, and there were little threats at this time of the day. One little word of advice: There are threats at all times of the day.

I pulled out the keys again, I would need them to get into the actual house. I found one that had the words "House Key" printed on it, and jammed it in the hole. Now that sounded suggestive, didn't it? I refused to think of Rose and our previous night... but then memory was burned into my brain. God where is Rose!

I walked into the house to be met with four men. I pulled out my pistol and shot three of them, one in the head, one in the stomach, and one in the thigh. The third guy got a shot on me, but I jumped out of the way quick enough to allow me to shoot him in the heart. The two that had been shot in non-vital areas were both dealt with quickly; and I was off to find Abe.

Down a couple hallways, up two floors, where the fuck was Abe supposed to hide in this place? Hadn't I checked everywhere by now? And I was surprised to find no reinforcements. That either meant that Abe wasn't home, or that he was... watching me. I looked at the end of the hall to see a barely visible camera.

"Great..." I murmured to myself. He had been watching me the whole time.

"Come find me, Belikov!" Abe's voice echoed down the hall. I growled as I ripped down the hall and up another flight of stairs.

The fourth floor of the house was nothing out of the ordinary. Fuck, I could die in here! I opened a door at the end of the hall, and finally found my prize.

Two men with matching outfits and machine guns stood at either side of Abe's long black desk. Abe had his hands clasped in front of him brought them to his sides to stop the men from attacking me.

"No," he said quietly. The men gave him an 'are you kidding me?' look, but didn't question him more. Abe turned his attention to me. "So, what brings you here, Dimka?" he asked, using my Russian name. I was surprised how familiar it sounded when he said it- his voice was very similar to Rose's. Sarcastic and annoyed.

"Where is Rose?" I asked.

Abe rose a brow. "You lost my daughter?" he asked and smirked. "That does not make me happy," he said and gestured to a chair before his desk. "Please, sit," he said.

I made no move.

"Fine," he clasped his hands once again and rested his chin on them. "Now tell me, what happened to Rosemarie?" he asked, using her full name.

"She left-"

"That's my girl," he said and laughed quietly.

I gave him a piercing glare and continued my story. "She left to get some coffee without telling me. I went after her to make sure she was safe... but she wasn't there," I said. He nodded, and seemed eerily calm about this. "You have her, don't you?" I asked, venom in my words.

He smirked. "No, I don't have her. Maybe she went home," he said and took a sip of coffee.

Quickly, I explained what had happened two days ago and my current situation. Abe spat out all of his coffee.

"See? This is why I knew you were not right for Rose!" Abe shouted, jumping up and holding his hands out in an exasperated gesture. "I knew you would only bring havoc, you're too dangerous!" Abe said and sat back down. "Great, now I need to buy my Princess a new house," he murmured to himself.

I glared at Abe. He looked up at me. I knew he was hiding something. He had a restrained look on his face. "What do you know?" I asked with anger laced in my words.

"I know nothing," Abe refused to speak. I brought my guns out and pointed them both at Abe. The two guards reacted fast and pointed their guns at me. Abe chuckled. "Let's calm down here, okay? No need to get so worked up," he said. He turned to the two men at his sides. "Please leave, this is privet information," and in an instant they were at the door, leaving.

"Tell me what you know," I said with authority.

Abe only smirked. "I once had this girlfriend, Titania," Abe started, but I cut him off.

"Cut to the chase, Abe," I said. Abe laughed out loud and took a long sip of coffee.

"Titania and I were pretty close, but I cheated on her, so she was outraged. She knew of my status in the mafia, and so she turned to a once close friend of mine. You can tell we're not very close anymore," he said with sarcasm and I nodded. "Anyway. His name was Nathan. Nathan had always been my sworn enemy. They've been trying to get at me for the past couple of years..." he drifted off.

"Did they have a connection to Tasha?" I asked.

"They did," Abe answered. "Titania was pretty good friends with Tasha. Well, for a while. Then I cheated on Tasha with another woman-"

"I don't want to know that..." I muttered, pinching the bridge of my nose.

Abe chuckled. "So they all turned against me. I had tried to keep Rose a secret all this time. That's why you didn't know I was related to her, she goes by the name 'Hathaway'," I nodded, "But they realized I had a connection to her, and they guessed correctly that she was my child. Then you came into the picture.

"I guess you could say they would hit two birds with one stone. By getting Rose, they would have you and I by the balls," Abe explained. Oh. I had a realization moment. I nodded for him to go on. "And they've succeeded. They're idiots, however. I know where their hideout it. It's really a simple place. Oh, did you hear about that huge explosion on the black market? That was epic," he laughed.

My face was grim.

Abe sobered up. "I see, you did that, didn't you?" he asked and I stayed stoic. "I gotta hand it to you, Belikov. You're pretty impressive." The corners of my lips turned up, but I dropped them quickly.

I continued to stay silent.

"I guess that leaves no other choice. We're going to have to team up, huh?" Abe asked as he stood up. He opened some drawers and pulled out five guns.

Abe pulled his phone out and started to dial someone's number. "Hey, Titania, babe. What's up? No... No, baby I love you. No... why would you think that? Oh come on. I'm ten times better than that blond ditz," Abe broke out into a smile. "Come on, you know you love me..."

I think I was going to be sick. Abe was sweet talking his past lover into situations.

"Yeah, so remember my daughter, Rose?" he paused as a smirk slid onto his face. "Yeah, funny thing, she seemed to have disappeared. Oh so you do know where she is?" I felt my heart race. "Yeah. No, yeah I want my daughter back... and why is that? Baby you know I still love you..."

And now back to the sappy shit.

Ten minutes later, Abe was off the phone. "God I hate that bitch," I laughed aloud. I just thought it was so funny how he was so good at sweet talking her, as well as using her.

"Nice," I said simply.

Abe got straight to the point; for once. "We'll meet her at the airport. I had a feeling she was fleeing the country with my daughter," he said nonchalantly as he looked over his nails. "We should probably leave now... but this chair is so comfortable..."

"God you're just like Rose," I said and rolled my eyes as I walked to the door. Abe laughed loudly and got up, bringing some of his guns. We walked down to the first level where most of the dead guards were. "Yeah... sorry about that," I said awkwardly as I scratched the back of my neck.

"Eh. I'll just buy some more," he said casually as he kicked one out of the way. He opened a door that led to a room full of guns. Some were on display, and it reminded me vaguely of Mikhail's office behind his shop. Only, this place was much bigger, and held much more weapons.

I felt like a child in a candy store. That was the best way to explain my feelings. It was just so awesome.

Abe grabbed a couple guns, and along with the help of his personal guards, we brought them outside and loaded them into Abe's hummer. The two guys got in with us, and I learned their names were Yuri and Ben.

Abe put the car in drive, and muttered something incoherent. "Okay," his Turkish accent breaking through. "Now to go pick up my daughter from school," he said. I chuckled as I wondered what she was like during school. I imagined her with a short pleated skirt and a white button up shirt that was only buttoned up to her bust. Her hair was long and curly and she wore knee high socks. I had to remind myself not to drool.

TCB

Do they even have Starbucks in Russia?

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