The Husband

The Side of him pt.2

Getting out of my car, I was in a bad mood and it was not the kind that just eating Cassandra's famous Lasagna could fix.

I was thirsty but it wasn't for water nor was it for spirits like wine, whiskey and so on. I was thirsty for blood, not literally.

At a window on the far end, I saw her standing and looking at me with such hatred and I just smirked as I got out of her line of sight. Greeted by my brother and his men that were getting geared up, I was handed the same stuff.

"You ready for this?" Luc asked and I nodded, I didn't trust myself speak out so I just hummed and geared up.I was putting on the last piece and Luc called everyone up and we exited out the port where the vans were waiting, I listened to every word and contributed to the plan.

We were about to infiltrate the Russell's ancestral home where they moved back in, which is located in the Hampton Bays. I was bouncing my knee in anticipation and I was worried as well on Cassandra though I had Oliver in the house along with the others watching her and guarding her.

"Nervous, brother?" Luc looked at me through his mask and I just nodded. We suddenly stopped and piled out of the vans, shots were fired and I along with Luc and a few men stormed in the mansion, the guards were killed and the servants like the maid and a gardener were let out.

I was scouring every room until I ended up in the Library where I saw Antoinette, Cradling a bottle of whiskey and a glass full of ice.

"You came.." She looked at me with that crazy-delusional look in her eyes.

"I have been waiting for you, to take me from this hell.. This hell we created." She smiled then started sobbing.

"And I am here to make sure you pay your debt." I spoke grimly, she looked at me and in those eyes I remembered Cassandra, I remembered how she was put through a coma, I remembered the stories she would tell me on how she used to look up to this woman but turned to loathing.

I remembered everything by just looking into her eyes, her eyes that unluckily were the same as my dear wives.

I raised my gun and pressed it against her forehead, she looked at me with a smile, It made tremors run up my spine.. I didn't hesitate, I didn't hesitate to shoot her and end her life that she found a misery. I watched her fall off her seat and turn to a corpse on the floor.

I came close to her and looked at what she was looking at, there in front of where she used to sit was a picture of her 3 children. Cassandra who was still a baby with bright brown eyes, was in the middle of Andrew and Beth where they all smiled looking so innocent.

Taking the picture with me I walked away from her and shut it close, the whole house was searched but Hank wasn't there, I walked out of the mansion with Luc and they detonated the bombs that were planted while they were scouring every nook and cranny of the house.

We got back in the vans and drove away before I asked for it to stop and the I watched flames eat up the once beautiful mansion while in my head, her last words echoed like a broken record...

Tell her I am sorry..

We drove away thinking could've there been a chance for Antoinette to change? But it made me thought even if there was, she had a lot of time to come clean but never did.

"You found the mother?" Luc asked and I nodded, while they scoured the place they found a few files, money and of course drugs. For someone who was in the government, Hank Russell was getting into some shady sh!t and obviously he wanted a taste or more of the dark side.

"And the drugs... Did it come from?" I asked hesitantly and Luc shook his head.

"They're too low quality to be Tuscano's unless he was mixing into low quality now but I doubt that." He shoved the bag of cocaine back in the duffel bag.

"So that means.. Hank is dealing not only with Tuscano?" I frowned and he shook his head again.

"The coke we got is like.. How do you say this.. Its like beginners drugs or like it was made with a starter kit." He looked deep in my eyes and then it dawns on me.

"He's starting his own.." That was why he was dealing with Tuscano.

"Look Logan, I don't want you to get involved from this point on. This is our territory now, I don't want you to get in too deep.. Like the last time." I sighed and took the mask off, running my hand over my face.

"I know you are hunting these people for the safety of your wife and the future but  you know what happened the last time you got involved Logan.." I shook my head and looked at my brother who looked at me worriedly.

"Like what happened with Andrew, I will call you when we found him." Luc patted my shoulder and he looked at me as if waiting for confirmation.

He was right, with the involvement of another Mafia its his expertise and not mine, not anymore. It would be best to just let him take the reigns and lead us on.

"Okay." I took a heavy sigh and begrudgingly took a step back (metaphorically).

"Great.. Now you need to get back home to Cas-" as he was about to finish his sentence my phone rang loud and it was my wife calling making me answer with no hesitation.

"Hey baby, i'm on my way ho-" I was cut off with a females groan.

"Hello son-in-law." Hank's voice deafened my ears, he has her..

"Hank Russell, you son of a bîtch!" Luc looked at me with surprise written all over his face.

"Revenge... Is a dish best served cold, like your wife's corpse."

And the line went dead.