Chapter 16

I went home that night and saw that I had a text from my dad.

Hi sweetpea. Dinner tomorrow night with your old man? I wanna hear how the new place is coming along.

I texted back.

Sure Dad :-)

I decided to take a shower and read. I was sitting on my bed with Handsome when I heard the front door open. I figured it was Crimson so I kept reading. I pet Handsome as I read then I heard a knock at my bedroom door. Crimson came in hesitantly.

"Hey. He's on his way up here." She said. I gave her a look.

"Damnit." I said. She nodded and smiled.

"You know you don't want to be mad at him anymore." She said. I shrugged and she left. A few minutes later J came in and shut the door behind him. I ignored him and continued reading. He flopped on the bed next to me and moved his green hair out of his eyes.

"Come on baby, you can't be mad at me forever. The pig had it coming." He said showing his silver smile.

"I'm not mad about him." I said. Just then J got a text. He looked on his phone and sat up.

"Duty calls. I expect you up at my place in fifteen minutes, got it?" He said as he got up. I rolled my eyes and ignored him. He left and Handsome let out a small growl.

After fifteen minutes, I caved. I went to the top floor and the elevator opened. I heard J and Frost talking.

"Word travels fast boss." Frost said.

"Well that much is clear, Frost thanks for reminding me. What's this guy packing?" J asked.

"He's got about fifty regulars. But he has hundreds on call. Jersey mafia highly respects him is the problem. Big Leeg was his little brother so needless to say, he's out for blood." Frost said.

"But I just offed the prick not even two hours ago. How in the hell do they already know in Jersey?" J said confused.

"I don't know boss. Point is that the call I got was very clear. A war has been started and he said eye for an eye. So it's either Luna or myself that he will come after first. With the very little research I have been able to do on the Leeg family, they are a clan you don't want to mess with." Frost said. I heard J let out a frustrated growl.

"Well, then we will be ready. I want to get Luna out of here. She will just get in the way and she would be too easy of a target." J said. I scoffed under my breath. Fuck that, I wasn't going anywhere.

"You know she won't go willingly sir." Frost said. I smiled.

"I am perfectly aware." J said in a sarcastic tone. "When are they coming?" J asked.

"They didn't say. They just said to sleep with one eye open." Frost replied. I decided to make my presence known. I cleared my throat and emerged from the foyer.

"I'll start on it. I'll let you know if anything comes up." Frost said as he nodded at me and left the penthouse. J turned his attention at me.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Nothing you need to worry your pretty head about. How would you and Crimson feel about a little vacation?" He asked smiling big.

"I'm not going anywhere J. I'm not scared of anyone. Not even...what's his name?" I asked. He rolled his eyes.

"Kane Leeg." He said quickly.

"Yeah, Kane Leeg. He can come at me with everything he's got. I'll carve his heart out of his chest." I said as I looked down at my nails.

"I know you would Princess. But I can't have you getting in the way or worse getting yourself killed." He said in a hostile manner. I decided to shut him up the only way I knew how. I pushed him against the wall and unzipped his pants.

"I'll be fine." I said as I looked up at him. He rolled his eyes and did exactly what I needed him to do.

Crimson and I overlooked all of the shipments with Penguin the next day since The Joker was so busy gearing up for this supposed war he started.

"Nice doing business with you Miss Cee." Penguin said. I nodded. "So word on the street is that your main squeeze has a hefty problem on his hands of the Jersey variety." Penguin said.

"Where did you hear that?" I said quickly.

"Just around. You know Luna, I have dealt with the Leeg family on many occasions. They are not the type of people you want to start a war with. If I were you, I would take your Clown Prince and get out of Gotham. Just for a while." Penguin replied.

"Yeah i'm not runnin'." I said as I chewed on my bubble gum. "If he wants a war, he's got one." I said smiling.

"Suit yourself. We will be seeing you soon yes?" Penguin said suspiciously.

"Yeah. Next week." I said as I counted my money. Crimson and I got into the SUV that one of J's men was driving us around in. "Back to our place." I said. "I'm gonna drop you off and then I am headed to my Dad's." I said.

"You sure you don't want me to come with you?" Crimson asked.

"I'm fine. Just going to my Dad's." I said.

"Yes but you have an Italian mobster on your ass." Crimson said.

"Allegedly." I said smiling.

"Come on Luna. If anything happens to you on my watch, J will mutilate me." Crimson said. I rolled my eyes.

"I'll be fine. Take the day off and enjoy yourself. Just feed Handsome please." I said. I knew a day off for Crimson was watching Wonder Woman footage taken by civilians over and over. She nodded slowly and went up to our place.

J's driver took me to my Dad's place and I thought it was odd that none of his men were standing in the entrance. I shook it off and went to the top floor. When the elevator opened, I felt the wind leave my body. There was blood everywhere. All of my Dad's guys were scattered all over the floor, body parts everywhere. I took my piece out and slowly walked to my Dad's office. The door was cracked open so I carefully opened it. I dropped my gun and felt like I had to scream but nothing came out. My Dad's severed head was sitting on his desk facing me. I collapsed to the ground in the blood. My Dad was the only family I had left. I didn't understand. My Dad was the most feared mobster in Gotham for over forty years. How did this happen? But I knew. One rogue tear left my eye and then the anger came over me. My fingers were on fire. I heard the floor creak behind me but before I could get up, everything went black.