Surprise.
- Lovetwist
Chapter 25,
Coward
Dimitri
He hated leaving Rose, but he had to work.
Ivan's office was next to his own, Christian, as expected, was already there. Sitting on the obnoxious vintage sofa in the middle of the room.
Ivan sat at his desk reading some papers. Dimitri knew right away something wasn't right, Ivan wasn't smiling or even smirking like he usually did. Instead he sat with his brows furrowed and he was chewing on the side of his bottom lip. This was bad.
"What's wrong ?" Dimitri questioned
"Remember a few weeks ago when you asked Vitaly to do some research on Rose's ex?"
"Yes" Dimitri huffed
"Well, It seems he is more trouble than we thought" Ivan sighed rubbing her forehead with his tattooed fingers.
"As in how much more?" Dimitri stressed
"As in, his dad was Mazur's and Mancini's partner in Turkey years ago, and he's coming back for Rose" Christian answered from the horrid sofa.
"Jesus Christ" Dimitri huffed as he let his head fall back "And what does he want ?"
"Her" Ivan responded
"Over my dead body" Dimitri growled "Does he think he's marrying her too?"
"No" Christian huffed "He just doesn't want you to have her. So he'll use her and then send her to the Mancini's as a gift"
Dimitri turned to his brother and barked at him "And how do you know all this?"
Christian not even flinching held up a white paper in his hand "they sent a note."
"Give me that " Dimitri commanded as he ripped the paper from Christian's outstretched hand
She is wonderful is she not Mr. Belikov?
She'll make a wonderful toy before she'll be a bloody and bruised bride.
Best Regards
- Viktor Shenkov
Dimitri had to draw in a deep breath to calm his anger as it rushed through his veins in anger. This was getting out of hand and needed to stop. One family was enough but two.
"What do you want to do?" Ivan muttered from his desk as he looked at his raging brother standing in the middle of the room.
"I'm sick of this" Dimitri growled "she's been through enough. Does anyone else know about this?"
"No" just we three Ivan replied
"Let's keep it that way" Dimitri huffed as he crushed the paper in his fist "I'll need to talk to Mazur about this, but not in front of her"
"She deserves to know Dimka" Christian snapped "This is her life. Not yours"
"And she will." Dimitri nodded "When I've fixed this"
"You're a bastard if you keep this from her" Christian fumed "She is not just some girl Dimitri, she's in love with you and you do this to her?"
"What's your problem Christian ?" Dimitri fumed as he came face to face with his brother
"Since when do you care about her ?"
"Since you decided she was one of us" Christian spat back "She is as much of a member as you and me. And this stunt your pulling is a dick move and she'll never forgive you"
"How would you know?" Dimitri hissed
"Because she might be in love with you, but she isn't stupid. We might not get along, but if you pull this shit on her you're not the man I thought you were" Christian was absolutely fuming at his brother and boss "If mama heard you right now, she'd be ashamed. She didn't raise a goddamned coward"
Ivan quickly stepped between his brothers in order to de-escalate the situation as much as he could "This is not helping you two"
Both Dimitri and Christian took a step back huffing and glaring at each other. Ivan rubbed his head again as he tried to figure out a possible solution
"Has Ibrahim said anything about Shenkov at all?" Ivan directed his question towards Dimitri
"No. Nothing" Dimitri loosened his tie "This is a fucking mess"
"That it is" Ivan mumbled "Maybe you should contact Ibrahim before telling Rose"
Christian gave a growl in anger, Ivan raised a finger at him "And then Rose will be told, when we know everything there is to know"
"She's not going to like this" Dimitri sighed in defeat "We can't catch a break"
There was silence in the room as the men were all lost in their own thoughts. Dimitri knew she'd be mad, fuming mad, but he needed to keep her safe.
Dimitri was lost in thought when the phone went of on the desk, Ivan placed it by his ear "Yes?" he listened for a quick second before he put the phone on speaker
"They're both here, what is it Vitaly?"
"Ms. Rose just left the estate"
"And?" Dimitri asked quizzically "What is the problem ?"
"Anton was driving, and there is something not right about this Boss, he looked scared"
"Was there anyone with them ?" Ivan questioned
"No, no one I could see Boss. But I've got a weird feeling about this. Anton doesn't do anything for anyone unless ordered to. I was wondering is you ordered him to drive her"
"No" Dimitri gritted "she was going to drive herself"
Dimitri leaned over the desk in agitation "Can you track the car ?"
"Да, hold on" there was some ticking in the background before a Vitaly was back "The tracker has been disabled. There is definitely something wrong. I'm the only one who has the access code to disable anything connected to our server"
"Does anyone else know the code Vitaly?" Dimitri growled
"No Boss, only me and you"
"Блядь" Dimitri cursed "Vitaly gather the men in the weapons room, make sure everything is up to date and in order in case I call you"
"On it boss"
"And Vitaly" Dimitri added
"Boss"
"Good job"
"It's what I do boss" Then the line went dead
Dimitri fished his phone from his pocket and dialed Rose's number and was greeted with the robotic voice of a woman, telling him the number had been disconnected.
"Блядь, no answer" then he dialed her father, wishing with everything he had she was with her father at the office.
"Mazur" Abe's voice snapped through the phone
"Abe, it's Dimitri"
"Everything alright ?" Abe's voice took on a tone of worry
"Is she there?"
"Isn't she with you ?" Abe questioned
"No, she was on her way to meet you" Dimitri gave a worried sigh "She hasn't reached you yet at all?"
"No. What's going on Dimitri ?"
"Shenkov" was all Dimitri needed to say, before he was meet with a short silence
"Come again boy" he was angry now
"Shenkov. He's back. And I can't reach Rose" Dimitri grabbed his jacket and rushed out of the office with Ivan and Christian at his heels
"Hold on my wife is calling" there was silence on the other end.
Dimitri rushed down the stairs calling to the rest of his men, who weren't in the weapon's room, on the way down. He only had to turn his finger in a circle in the air and the mansion was in full motion.
Men grabbed their jackets and checked their guns as they rushed in every direction. Vlad and Boris were right behind Dimitri as he made it to the front door.
The silence was cut short by Abe's voice through the phone once again "Where are you ?"
"On my way, What is it?"
"There was a note sent to my home. My wife is in histeria. They threatened to leave her dead at our doorstep. I want them dead"
"We'll be there in ten minutes"
"Dimitri. Make it seven" then the line went dead
Seven it was.
They reached the office building in seven minutes as instructed. The lobby quickly filled with suited men as the bystanders looked on in both fear and amazement. This was not normal for downtown Seattle office building.
Dimitri gave no notice of the eyes scanning him or his men as he walked to the elevators, walking past Jessica as she sat gapping at the group of large men making their way by her.
It was a tight fit as five men stepped into the elevator. The three minute ride went by torturously slow and Dimitri wanted to rip the door open in annoyance.
Finally they reached Abe's floor, and as they exited the elevator they were greeted by Abe and two of his sons, Aidan and Cameron, Dimitri noted.
"Anything?" Abe asked
"No" Dimitri managed to force out before his phone buzzed in his pocket and the screed lit up 'Vitaly'
"Anything?"
"I managed to track her phone to the location she was at when they cut her phone. About 40 miles east on the highway"
"Anything near there?"
"A lot Boss. It's gonna take some time to find anything worth looking into"
"Get on it Vitaly, call if you find or think you've found anything"
"Yes Boss"
Dimitri turned to Abe and his sons, "The last track on her phone was 40 miles from the city. Vitaly is trying to narrow down anything to look at. He'll call if he finds anything"
"You trust him ?" Aiden questioned
"With my life" Dimitri stated and got a nod in return.
"What now?" Cameron asked
"Now son" Abe mumbled "We wait"
Well?