Taking What He Wants(36)

"No!" Her hand went to her throat as she shook her head back and forth; good she was already afraid.

"Hello Joann, I'd say it was a pleasure, but that would be a blatant lie." Vito had that wolf on the hunt glare in his eyes.

"Who are you man?"

"Carl......"

Joann started but was silenced by a harsh, 'Quiet' from Vito who seemed even more pissed off now that we were here and he was face to face with the woman who had so poorly mistreated his daughter, a daughter that he would've loved and cherished if given half a chance.

"Who are you?" The major repeated his question.

"Hello Major Fielding, I'm Vito Escalante, I'm told you've heard of me but we've never had the pleasure of meeting."

There was a derisive snort from the corner of the room where Celine sat looking nothing like her usual glamorous self.

She looked like what she was a strung out junkie, stringy hair scabby skin and blotchy eyes that were swollen and vacant.

"You, you're the one who raped my daughter you destroyed her life."

He made as if to go after the other man, but was stopped short by the men who'd brought them in.

Vito held up his hand to halt the men.

"That’s why we're here today, to lay to rest that abominable lie, you see, I never laid eyes on your daughter until a little while ago."

"What....but..... Celine?"

"Your daughter and your wife lied to you, you see, years ago while you were away serving your country, your darling wife was out trolling bars looking to get fucked, she found me.

The girl you think is your granddaughter the one you treated like an unwanted piece of lint is mine, mine and your wife's."

"What...Joann, what the hell is he talking about?"

"Carl I can explain, let me explain."

"Explain what? Tell me that he's lying......" Celine started to laugh outright at this point.

"You're such a fucking sorry sap even now, faced with the truth you'd still believe her wouldn't you?"

She shook her head as if he was a disappointment.

"Celine..... you knew?..... Of course you did, you two must've thought I was a fool all these years, beating myself up because I wasn't here to protect you when you were molested, all the guilt, you mercenary little bitch, and you my dutiful wife..... what have you done?"

"Oh give it up dad, you're trying to tell me you never once questioned that story, I mean did I even act like a mother towards that thing?"

One, yep, I was keeping count of every thing she said against Delia, three strikes and I'd belt the bitch.

"I thought it was because she was the product of rape..... I thought she was a bad reminder for you...... I even treated her......." He turned to Joann.

"What kind of monster are you...what...how?"

This guy was too much even for me, he looked around the room as if searching for answers, Joann in the meantime was trying to disappear into the wall.

"Would you have ever told me the truth, would I have died believing that the child was Celine's?"

"What difference does it make now? That was years ago, I've been loyal to you since then, it was only that one time, I was so lonely Carl can't you understand you'd been gone for...."

"I wasn't gone you filthy bitch I was off fighting a war and you were..." He looked like he was going to be sick. Celine meanwhile started up her laughing fit again, it almost seemed like she'd gone around the bend, in my practice I didn't have too much cause to deal with drug addiction or the side effects of drying out cold turkey so I just knew the barebones facts, but if I had to take a guess I would say its not for the faint of heart. Fuck she was a mess.

No one else in the room had spoken since the family farce had begun, Joann for once was left without a thing to say, then again, what could she say, faced with the truth as she was?

There was a roar of anger, followed by a blur of movement as Major Carl Fielding took the necessary steps to reach his wife.

Before anyone had any idea of his intent, the major picked his wife up and chucked her out a window.

"What the fuck?" I didn't think he had it in him, good, he'd done what my love for Delia kept me from doing.





Chapter 20



CHASE





"Well that's one way to handle it, though I think our idea was much more humane."

Vito was cold as fuck as he walked over to the window.

The security team had already subdued a broken, sobbing Major Fielding, while his daughter looked on in a daze, I guess she figured she might be next so it was best to put crazy on hold.

Maybe they should release him so he could finish the job, I wouldn't mind one bit, three birds with one stone.

Dad and I headed down the four flights of stairs while the others stayed behind. Already Drew was looking for a spin to give the authorities, that’s my brother.