Thirty Seven

She’s proving harder to convince than I thought she might, although I knew it wouldn’t be easy. I just hadn’t been ready for how embedded in that club she’d become, in such a short space of time: how involved with Joel Madsen. A man I don’t want her anywhere near, which means my endgame has to change. It’s true I came back to avenge Sofia’s death; to bring the Vikings and the Blackhawks down. But getting my daughter back takes priority, and it’s going to happen. This new life she’s living, it’s becoming a threat to the future I want, one where I know Ana is safe. Happy. With me. And for that to happen I now need to take things further. Bringing those clubs down isn’t going to be enough if Ana’s too involved with these men. With one man in particular. I need to make sure all threats to my future are dealt with, and if that means stepping up the plan then so be it. I have the manpower. The weapons. I have lawmen on my payroll just as these clubs do, but my payroll, it’s lethal. The shit that I can do and not pay for, it would terrify them, and I know they don’t scare easily. None of this will be a walkover, but I’m ready for it. It’s happening. Ana needs to have nowhere else to run other than to me. Nowhere else to run …