Page 75 of Deliverance

"What the—" he started to say but stopped when he heard the cocking of my gun.

I placed the barrel of my pistol against the back of his head. "I'm going to need to take your piece."

"What the fuck is going on?"

Frankie and Quinn stepped into the room, and Frankie smirked as he pointed his gun at his dad. "Isn't it obvious, Father? There's a new king on the throne. Now, give Ricardo your gun."

Except Frank didn't do as his son ordered. He laughed. "You should know that a king rules until he's dead."

From the hallway, three of Frank's men entered, all of them with guns drawn and aimed at everyone except Frank and Quinn. I put my gun in my holster quickly, and then in a blink, I reached for Frank, bringing him against my chest with my arm around his throat and grabbing his gun from his holster.

"Give it to me." Jackie reached out her hand as she got close to us.

I furrowed my brow but did as she asked, handing her Frank's gun. I pulled mine from the holster and kept my arm around Frank's throat. Jackie pointed the gun at Quinn, mere feet from Frank. Thinking that Jackie was going against the plan, I aimed my gun at her but continued to restrain Frank.

"What are you doing?" Quinn asked.

Frank laughed. "Exactly what the king wants."

"Well, not exactly," Jackie replied, and without hesitation, she turned the gun on Frank and pulled the trigger, shooting him in the side of the head. Frank's blood splattered against her and my face, killing him instantly.

"Now, are you with your dead boss or the new one?" Frankie questioned as we aimed our guns at Frank's men.

"I … uh …" Ivan, Frank's driver and bodyguard, held up his hands. "You, Mr. Russo."

"Yeah, yeah," the other two men agreed at the same time.

"Good. Now, help Ricardo take the bodies to the harbor."

"Yes, sir."

"Are you okay?" Frankie asked Jackie.

"Yeah."

"I thought for a second you were going to shoot me," Quinn admitted.

"I did too," Frankie agreed.

"I was hoping everyone would think that."

"I just hope it's all over now," Quinn stated.

"Me too," Jackie agreed.

Me fucking too.

"Go check on Zell while I make sure these guys do what they were told," Frankie ordered.

"You good?" Frankie asked me as Ivan and I carried Frank's lifeless body down the hall to the stairs that led to the kitchen. The two other men carried Saffron's body.

"Yeah. Are you?" I was sure he was relieved he didn't have to kill his own father.

"Perfect."

I put in the code for the service elevator, and we carried Frank down to a van that was parked near the service entrance to the building. Frankie joined us. We placed both of the bodies in the back.

"Is that all, boss?" Ivan questioned.