Revengeful Deceptions (25 page)

So these suppliers run my boys off
the road, get out of their vehicle, I’m sorry their large SUV and watch as they
lie dying. And according to your good pal Nick Brandon, Stephen was still alive
and you watched him die.

Brandon shook his head violently.

“What's that? I can't understand a
word your saying, don’t worry you'll have your chance, when I wrap things up,”
she slapped him hard on the face.

So, I find out that it was Brandon
and Nick, I do a little searching on the internet, I find info on Brandon, Adam
and you Jonathan.

But nothing on Nick, not a photo,
article, nothing, but that's alright because I figured when I find the slug
Brandon, I’ll find his slimy partner as well. But back to you Jonathan, I
didn’t know that you or Adam were involved so my plan was to go after Nick and
Brandon.

Get them to turn themselves in. But
when I found out that they are not the most upstanding of men, I devised up
this plan, and since I already took care of Nick, I was relived; I mean, here
it was,  one less person out of the equation. You see Brandon? 

It was simple; I’d get you all in a
room and make you confess. Your buddy Nick got what was coming to him, and
let’s face it; he walked right into that one. He was so sure that I would be
easy to kill. Guess he was wrong wasn't he Brandon?” She said staring him in
the eyes.
  
“But I needed help with
getting to the rest of you, and when I moved here I knew no one but the moment
I met Molly and she told me how you fired Neal just to make a spot for this
animal,” she said pointing to Brandon.

 
“I knew I could count on them and
  when
I became close with Muriel and she told me what
she told me, I thought to myself, this was all meant to be, but the one thing I
wasn’t counting on was falling in love with you Adam.”

Dominique walked over to him now,
she wanted him to see in her eyes that she meant every word that she was about
to say to him.

“Adam, when I met you I thought I
would burst, you made me smile,
you
made me laugh and
you were so protective of me. Even our first date do you remember that maniac
trying to grab me? And you were right there, my knight in shining Armor.

  
At first I thought I’d have some fun and that I could not let my feelings
get in the way but that wasn’t the case was it? You so willingly offered your
love and your kindness. Adam, you gave me hope and I was totally prepared to
leave you out of this but then I found out that you were not only breaking up
with me the very night I get hit by a fucking car, but you knew that this
animal, your brother was the one who killed my boys.

"But I could forgive that Adam
because I mean let’s be
honest,
there is blame to be
had on both sides. And I want you to know that on Christmas Eve, I thought you
were coming back to me. I thought you loved me but after you told me that you
had to go and that you couldn’t stay I was
devastated
Adam, absolutely devastated. And do you want to know why?

It’s not because you didn’t tell me
that you knew about your brother, it’s because you promised that you would
never hurt me and at the first sign of trouble you just walked away. You let me
down Adam, you let me down.”

Dominique choked back sobs as she
searched his eyes for answers; she brushed a tear away from his face before
walking away.

Adam did not care if they all saw
the tears in his eyes, he wanted to tell her that he was sorry, that he loved
her and the only reason he walked away was because he had to save her life.

“And that ladies and gentleman is
my story, Muriel, I believe you have something you need to say.”

Muriel squeezed Dominique’s hand as
she approached her son.

“Brandon, you've always been
selfish and immoral,” she said staring at him stone faced. “At first I thought
it was me, that I maybe I drank too much during my pregnancy or took the wrong
medication.

  
But then it all became clear the minute I figured out that you were
responsible for the deaths of two innocent people, you Brandon Caruso are your
father's son.

Jonathan squirmed in his seat, he
knew what Muriel was about to say.

“Brandon, Jonathan Caruso is not
your father, Mr. Peter DiNunzio is.

   
You see Brandon, your real father, DiNunzio raped me and your lying
father let him. That’s
right,
Jonathan Caruso is not
your father. 34 years ago this man who you thought was your father, let Peter
DiNunzio rape me and you know why Brandon?  It was all for the price of
his Harvard tuition. That’s right, your father was broke so instead of working
to pay off his tuition he decided to let some thug rape me and I’ve hated him
for allowing that. Oh one would find that hard to believe given the incredible
act I’ve had to put on for all these years but I hated him none the less.”

Dominique stood next to Muriel.
“Muriel, I think we need to remove the gags, give these gentlemen a chance to
talk, Neal, we good?”

“We're good Dominique, no body’s
going anywhere. I’ve got them all in my sight.”

“Good, well in that case, Molly,
and Muriel, let’s get these off.”

While Neal kept close watch, glock
in hand, the three women removed the gags from each one of their captor’s
mouths. Adam stared intently at Dominique while she gently removed his gag.
Even now in the midst of all this she wanted him, she wanted him to tell her
that everything was going to be alright and that he would take her away with
him and they would raise their baby together. But she knew that wasn’t going to
happen, no matter how hopeful his gaze had been.

The room grew silent once again but
it had nothing to do with lack of comfort, the three men sat in silence simply
because they were speechless, searching for something to say.

Jonathan spoke first; he cleared
his throat and shook his head as if he were shaking off the cobwebs that
obscured his sight.

  
“Muriel, I know what I did was wrong but I was young then and desperate,
you have to forgive me Muriel.”

“Jonathan, you were more than
desperate, you were selfish, and you thought nothing of my feelings, all you
did was
think
about how things would get better for
you.

I am the one who had to quit school;
I am the one who had to carry him for nine months Jonathan! And it wasn’t easy
either, I mean you tore me up inside Brandon; it was a miracle that I could
give birth to Adam.

And what about the affairs
Jonathan, was there ever a time that you loved me?”

Muriel had tears in her eyes as she
waited for a response from her husband.

“Muriel of course I love you, but you're
right, I’m a weak and selfish man and if you'll let me, I'll make it up to you.
I’ll get counseling, we'll get counseling together. Please Muriel let me make
it up to you.”

Adam looked sympathetically at his
mother, before speaking.

“Mom I am so sorry that this
happened to you, I have been so consumed with myself I never even noticed that
you were in trouble. I'm so sorry mom.”

“Adam you have no reason to be
sorry and no reason you could have known. Like I said, I’ve been wearing a mask
and I do a very good job at it.”

Brandon who had been gritting his
teeth so hard that the froth was foaming at the corners of his mouth said to
his father, “You got something to say to me dad? I mean Mr. Caruso?”

“Brandon, I don’t know what I could
possibly say except every word of what your mother just said is true.

I let that animal rape her and I
took his money. I tried with you Brandon, I really did and your mother and I
wanted the best for you and we gave you every advantage that we gave Adam but
somewhere along the way, you got lost son and never found your way back.”

“Son? Did you just call me son? I'm
not your son remember? I'm the son of Peter DiNunzio, and you know what old
man, I couldn’t be happier. Now I don’t have to deal with any of you anymore,
you’re all out of your fuckin minds anyway, now
untie
me so's I can get the fuck out of here!”

“Not so fast Brandon.” Dominique
stood before him now, the nausea had not subsided and she hoped that she would
not vomit anytime soon; especially not in front of Adam.

“There is something you need to do Brandon
but I get the distinct impression that you’re not going to do the right thing
so here's what's going to happen.”

Brandon lunged at Dominique but
with his hands still tied, he fell onto the floor.

“Brandon, don't make me put that
gag back in your mouth now lay there and listen to what I have to say.”

“First of all Jonathan, you are
going to make things right in more ways than one. You’re going to give Neal his
job back as an investigator; you’re not going to hold any of what's transpired
here today against him or Molly. And something else I need for you to do is
sever all ties with Brandon here.”

   Jonathan's eyes
grew wide and Dominique could tell that he was weighing his options.

“It's not an option Jonathan,
its what's
going to happen. Since Brandon isn’t interested
in doing the right thing then all that he holds dear must be taken away from
him. And since he cares nothing about the family that took care of him and
raised him as their own for over thirty years then that means all of his material
things need to be taken away. That's right Brandon, that means, your cars, your
bank accounts, your home, credit cards, everything.

  
Everything that Jonathan Caruso has provided for you is no longer going
to be yours Brandon. This? This is all over, you can no longer live here
either,
it’s
time for you to experience what it’s like
to have everything you love taken away.  You’re going to leave
all of this
behind or turn yourself in Brandon, what's it
going to be?

At first I wanted my revenge. I wanted
you to pay for what you did to my son and husband but then Stephen came to me,
I know it sounds unbelievable,” she said looking at Adam. “But he did, he came
to me the night of the accident when I was lying unconscious in the hospital.
  
And he told me that if I didn’t stop with
all this revenge and hatefulness that I would destroy myself.

  
At the time, I couldn’t understand how he could be so forgiving, but now
seeing all of this I understand now
its
draining, its
simply draining and I can't do it anymore. I just can't do it. But you Brandon,
you have got to change and you have got to take responsibility for what you've
done.”

Dominique was exhausted; she was
ready for things to be done. It was beginning to wear on her and wear on her
hard, Adam could see the toll that this was taking on her but she was now
averting his stare.

Brandon was getting tired too, this
was the longest he'd gone without taking a hit and he was coming down fast, he
wanted out and he was willing to lie to get it.

“Listen, I’m done, I’m done with
all this bullshit. As far as I’m concerned you can all have each other, leave
me out of it.” Looking at each one as he spoke, Brandon explained that he was
finished with them all. He was now the son of Peter DiNunzio and proud of it.

“You can take it all back I don’t
need it anyway, my real father will take care of me.”

“Brandon you sound like a fucking
child.” Adam finally spoke and when he did, everyone in the room looked over at
him.

“Stop with the bullshit Brandon, it
doesn’t matter who your parents are, you're always gonna be a selfish,
worthless low-life piece of shit. I knew it; I knew there was something so off
about you.

At first I thought it was just the
drinking or the drugs but it wasn’t that, no. I wondered to myself how
could someone
be so callous, so hateful. I mean taking the
life of two innocent people, a kid Brandon, a seven year old kid and his father
lie there dying and you just take off Brandon. You’re sick, you’re a sick human
being and you belong with DiNunzio. But if I ever see you again or you come
near Dominique, me or my family, I’ll kill you Brandon. I will kill you.”

He spoke with such determination
that no one in the room doubted a word that he said.

Dominique turned to him and giving
him a slight smile continued with the plan.

“Okay, now is the time to end this
once and for all. Brandon has chosen to be a coward and go running to DiNunzio,
he now knows what will happen if he ever comes around any of us. Jonathan
surprised us all by admitting he was wrong and wanting to work things out with
his wife. I think that's great by the way and Neal and Molly will be working
together again with no problems from you Mr. Caruso.” Jonathan nodded his head
in agreement.

“Now Molly, Neal, and I are going
to leave. And you Muriel well, you know what you have to do and these events
stay in this room. Because if word gets out, my voice will be the only one that
matters are we all clear on that?”

Everyone nodded in agreement.
Jonathan spoke and said, “Yes Dominique and thank you for this very, very
unorthodox meeting.”

“It wasn’t supposed to turn out
this way but here we are and I was able to get what I needed done, and on that
note, I will say goodbye. But before I do, there is something that I want to
give to you Adam, it's something I’ve been saving in hopes that we would share
it together but I can see now that you'd want no part of it. Like I said, you
let me down Adam. But I digress, congratulations Adam and goodbye.”

Dominique placed the envelope that
contained the pregnancy results in his hands, gathered her things and walked
out the door with Molly and Neal close behind.