he reads my mind. “You know you can’t kill him.” Caesar grabs ahold of my shoulder, pulling me back before I open the door.
“What do you mean I can’t kill him?” I’ll be damned if this piece of shit lives to hurt another fucking woman.
“This shit needs to be handled properly. He’s the senator and running for reelection, and he owes you a shit ton of money.”
“I don’t give a fuck about the money!”
“You make him disappear and questions will be raised. You don’t want that attention, especially while you’re in the middle of negotiations with the Lorenzo family.” He’s right about that. I have enough cops in my pocket to make shit go away if need be, but I’d be pushing my luck if shit goes down with the Lorenzos. We’re in the middle of renegotiating the terms of our agreement and they aren’t exactly known for compromising.
I swing the door open to find Rome—another one of my enforcers—standing over Senator Weston Hightower. Weston’s fists are raised and bound together with a steel chain that’s hooked in the ceiling. For a man in his late fifties, he’s in decent shape. Gray hair trimmed neatly, probably from the stress of trying to keep control of a state which can’t be controlled. He’s shirtless and there are several nail markings covering his chest. The entire room is nothing but concrete and is completely empty.
“I heard you hurt one of my girls tonight, Hightower.” I get in his face, looking him right into his frightful eyes.
“I-I didn’t mean to…” He stutters over his words, terrified. Bet he wasn’t stuttering when he was hurting Natalie. It’s so easy for a man to exude his power and strength over a woman, but just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
“Didn’t mean to do what, exactly?” Placing my hand on his throat, I squeeze his jugular just enough so it cuts off his airflow.
“Hurt her.” His voice is raspy from the lack of oxygen and that has me grinning on the inside.
“Rome, what exactly did the senator do to my girl?” I squeeze his throat tighter, causing his face to turn a light shade of red. Most people don’t know this, but it takes more than a good squeeze to kill someone. It takes several minutes of completely cutting off their oxygen before the body gives up and the heart stops pumping.
“He choked her with his belt, Boss.”
I look down at his pants and see his belt is missing. “And?”
“A gun, Sir.”
My head whips around to Rome, keeping my hand around the senator’s throat. “What the do you mean, a gun? Did he shoot her?” I take my gun out from the back of my waistband and point it directly at Weston’s forehead, while choking him harder. His chest is rising and falling faster than before, his heart working overtime to keep him alive since he’s lacking the oxygen needed to breathe properly.
“No, he shoved it inside of her and it tore her up. The doctor’s checking her out now for internal bleeding.” I warned this motherfucker about doing this shit at my club. The last time he used a champagne bottle to fuck her. Tore her pussy and ass up. I gave him a second chance because Natalie asked me to. She swore she agreed to what he wanted to do, but things escalated too quickly and he couldn’t control himself. I call bullshit because I don’t give a fuck how in the moment you are, you can always control yourself. I’m almost certain Natalie has unhealthy feelings for the senator, but this shit stops now. Her safety comes first.
“Where’s the fucking gun now? Get me the damn gun and the fucking belt!” I roar. Rome bolts out of the room. “Did you enjoy pushing metal fucking objects into my girl?” Weston doesn’t say anything, so I squeeze his throat tighter, pushing the barrel of the gun harder into his forehead. I can feel the hardness of his skull against the barrel of the gun, and it takes every ounce of restraint I have not to pull the trigger and blow this asshole’s brains out.
Weston shakes his head emphatically, his eyes wide with fear.
“I think you did enjoy it.”
Rome comes back into the room with the belt and gun. I remove my gun from his head and tuck it back into my waistband. I release my hand from the senator’s throat, and he inhales a huge gulp of air as he tries to catch