Maid for the Mafia

**SANTOS**

Smiling down at my phone, I rewatch the video one of my spies took for me of Dana getting her ass handed to her.

*That little Romany is a fiery one.*

*Much like her cousin.*

Normally, I do not engage in meaningless conversations, but I want Romany to like me. If *she* likes me, maybe I can score some points on my side when Red comes for my head.

I shoot a text her way using Ruby's phone, fighting a smile as I do.

**Me-**

A little birdie tells me you got your hands dirty at lunch. Did Dana like what you served her?

For a few minutes there is no response and I begin to regret my decision to toy with the girl. But then suddenly, the phone buzzes in my lap with a message from Ruby's baby cousin and I grin.

*Fuck. I must really be done for if I'm smiling and shit.*

**Romany-**

Shit. I'm sorry! Please don't hurt Ruby for it! **Me-**

I give exactly two fucks about my bitch of a cousin and neither of them is good. Calm yourself. I always know more than you think I do, and despite that her death may upset others in my life, it does not upset ME, I can assure you. **Romany-**

So you DO know. That fast, huh?

**Me-**

It was only a matter of time, anyway. I knew the moment she stepped through De'Marco's doors that she was a goner. I've been using her to feed DeMarco false information for a while actually. **Romany-**

Mind blowing.

**Me-**

Tomorrow night. Are you ready for it?

**Romany-**

Well, that depends. Did you REALLY give my cousin to your men?

**Me-**

That's a very touchy subject and I'd rather not upset you before we have a chance to talk.

**Romany-**

That's not very encouraging.

**Me-**

I wasn't trying to be. Let me just be clear when I say, I only let one man have her and after that... he became lost.

**Romany-**

One man. You?

**Me-**

Look at that. She's smart AND dangerous.

**Romany-**

Hmm... To answer your earlier question - yeah. I'm more than ready. Bring my cousin home.

*That's the plan*, I think to myself.

My screen goes dark and I'm met with my reflection. The man presented before me is no one I recognize. For fuck's sake, I'm smirking again, *damn.* Clearing my throat, my eyes raise to the receiving monitor I've installed in the backseat of this particular vehicle that I am seated in. I watch attentively as that fucker Juarez watches Red sleep. Then, he leans forward and whispers something to her that the microphones are unable to catch and my blood pressure spikes to a thousand. Juarez removes his coat and I immediately begin texting Portini to tell him to prepare to stop.

I hit the call button and say to Luis, "Get ready. Close in."

"Yes Boss," is all I hear as my eyes return to the screen just in time to see Juarez reposition Red and stroke his greedy hands up and down her thighs. The rage that I feel is a living, breathing force that has me leaning forward in my seat as I unsheathe my favorite blade.

*Juarez. You are so fucking dead.*

I'm gonna carve him up like a jack-o-lantern on Halloween. Slow and sloppy and with all the joy of a boy Christmas.

He's been inching closer and closer to her for hours, but he has yet to touch her until now. Despite that I knew this was coming, the sight of it floors me. I'm so shocked by his audacity that I can hardly draw a clean breath. My chest is heaving with anger and my teeth are grinding like chains on a wheel.

"Hurry Luis!" I snarl, hitting the button again. "ETA to target?"

Juarez has removed his shirt and is unbuckling his pants now. Ruby is still dressed, but I'm pretty sure that won't be the case by the time the limo she is in *actually* stops.

"Two minutes Boss," Luis calls back, rolling down the partition that separates us.

"If he gets his dick anywhere near her flesh, you will pay for it in blood. Hurry. The. Fuck. Up."

Suddenly our vehicle takes on a burst of speed and through the front windshield I can see the back of the limo coming into view, but my mind is on the scene playing out on the screen in front of me. Of the *girl* that I never should have let out of my grip.

*What if he notices us and kills her out of spite? He's not unarmed. Fuck. What if he decides to snap her neck?*

I am a fucking idiot and this was a terrible plan. I should have just killed him that night when I heard him talking shit.

Why did those things not occur to me before now? If he hurts her, I'll never be able to forgive myself. Goddamn it.

I pick up my phone and dial Portini, watching as Juarez carefully removes Ruby's top and then bra. Juarez stops to lick his lips and then lean forward. A moment later, her nipple is in his mouth and I swear to God I see red. *My Red.*

He is squeezing her breasts and whispering in her ear, angling himself over her body like the piece of shit he is.

"Boss?" Portini's voice comes on the line.

"I'm going to need you to slow down very slowly, until I give you the signal to break hard. I won't risk Juarez harming the cargo."

Portini hesitates, probably wondering what my motivation is for this, but I ignore it. "Yes Boss."

*Fuck I hate this. It's burning a hole right through my chest to watch.*

*He's kissing my Red.*

Her face is turned toward the camera as Juarez continues to grind against her and suckle her tits. *My tits.*

*I'm going to have to wait until the very last second.*

Finally Juarez says something I can hear and my fingers tighten around the hilt of my blade. "I'm going to fuck you to death, you bitch." *Fuck. This is torture.*