CHAPTER 16

~ The Destructive Phase~

After what he witnessed, Pauly didn't leave home all weekend. He never let on around Deena what happened but he is making moves behind the scenes to try and find out who did it.

The Police checked the surveillance cameras on the shop but whoever did the vandalizing, blacked out every single one. They still had nothing. Pauly is concerned that if they keep coming up with no evidence, it may become a hopeless case and they may place it on the back burner.

Regardless, he has a feeling that he is going to have to take action himself. If it comes down to that, he knows who's got his back on it. For now, he sits like a cat waiting on the mouse to play.

Pauly just placed Pauleena down for a nap and is about to turn the TV on when he hears tires screeching and a horn blaring soon after in front of the house. He jets to the front door and out the house with no hesitation.

Once outside he sees his Escalade nearly on the front lawn missing the long driveway. Deena is now getting out screaming obscenities in the street. He runs over to where she is. When he gets near her she is practically shaking.

Pauly, "What happened?"

Deena, "…Some jerk off nearly ran me off the fuckin road just now!"

Pauly, "What, they hit you or something?"

Deena shakes her head no, "I'm comin down the street…well first off, whoever it was had been on my ass for about a block and a half. Then when I'm tryin to turn into the driveway to get out the way, they nearly did hit me in the back."

Deena continues.

"I was cutting it close and I realized I wasn't going to make the turn so I decided to just stop in front of the house off to the side until they passed. (Shaking her head) I could've sworn they were trying to ram me even then. The asshole came over to my side and that's when I nearly ended up in the grass over here!"

Pauly mutters to himself, "What the fuck…"

Deena blows out her breath to calm down and she takes her sunglasses off and throws her hand up.

"Well the truck is okay at least…"

Pauly scoffs, "I could care less about the truck. I'm just glad you're okay."

Deena takes a moment and then she responds, hand on her hip and concern on her face.

"Do you realize, 'Leena could've been in the SUV with me if something worse than this would've happened?"

Pauly hadn't even thought of that. He mutters to himself.

"Oh my God…"

Deena, "I don't even want to imagine that but…it's just a thought you know?"

Pauly agrees, "This is not cool."

He continues.

"Did you make out who the driver was?"

Deena, "I couldn't see. The windows were all tinted out."

Pauly, "How about the license plate?"

Deena, "All I can tell you was, it was a silver Dodge pick up. Looked pretty new, not beat up or anything."

Pauly curses on the inside. Two incidents this close together has to be linked together. He hopes not, but it is just too much of a coincident.

Pauly, "Alright. Just go inside, I left 'Leena inside sleeping. I'll put it in the garage."

Deena nods and goes in the way Pauly came out after giving him the Cadillac keys. The SUV is still running but it is made so you can take the key out and it will do so.

Pauly looks around and then gets in to pull around. He is not waiting for anything else to happen. It is time to deal with this; unfortunately it may mean that they have to postpone their trip.

-The Next Day-

Pauly called a meeting between him, Biggie, and Jerry. They came over right away when they heard the seriousness in Pauly's voice. They are all in Pauly's studio talking now.

Jerry shakes his head, "Yo, that's fucked up about the car bro. I think you're right too about what happened yesterday."

Bigg' "You gotta be sure though before you point the finger. This doesn't sound right."

Pauly responds, "Yeah it doesn't sound right but so do a lot of things as of late. I just wish I knew who did this. It pissed me off that we can't even get a clue if it was a guy or a girl."

He continues.

"I don't want to cancel this trip but it really puts a wrench into our plans. Whoever this is, has to know where I live now. I can't see some random person doing what they did to Deena yesterday, for no reason. No one is that crazy. No one who lives around here."

Bigg', "If you feel uneasy about this, which I know you do, why don't you go on ahead and postpone the trip. Use the time to get a high-tech ass gate up around the place to turn this into Fort Knox."

He continues.

"If anyone fucks with the place while your gone, security will be all over this bitch."

Jerry, "Right, you can't not live your life. What happens when you go back to work? At least this way, you know 'Leena and Dee will be safe while you're gone then."

Pauly thinks about it and responds.

"I'll have to check with Deena about what Snooks says. They wanted us to film this weekend I know."

Bigg', "Well, you'll have to miss it. This is more important. You don't wanna come back to a ruined house next."

Pauly sighs, "Yeah. This is fucked up, for real."

Jerry, "We got your back Pauly."

Biggie agrees.

A/N: Was a Forgetful Friday and things are Slipping my mind on Saturday, smh...My bad. I will post early next week, so keep reading and reviewing!