Chapter 53

                                    

                                          
Portland Oregon was a two-person job; therefore requiring my partner but I decided to go against the rules. As I stated previously, I stop complying with my family's orders when I was eighteen in 2007, but this is when my family began to consider me as out of control. 
The mission was simple; find a man in St Louis Cathedral who's going by the alias father Josh and get the names of those involved in a drug transaction gone wrong. If he refused; shoot him. 
I slowly walked through St Louise Cathedral to find a man facing the altar. He was around 6'2 and was dressed like a priest. 
"Father Josh?" I asked from ten feet behind me. The man turned around slowly, forcing me to see his beautiful face. 
The man had brown eyes, chocolate brown hair, and olive skin. Suddenly all the memories of our time together came flooding back. 
"Taylor" the man widened his eyes. 
I cried "what the fuck are you-" 
"Nice to see you too" Gabe struggled to smile as taking a few steps towards me. "I take it you're the Ashton sent to interrogate me"
"Gabe" I lowered my voice in fear, "Gabe...what the fuck did you do? They want you dead, you got three of your men killed as well as two of ours"
We had two of our boys from the Carter and Jeremiah families that were involved in the drug deal gone wrong; both ended up dead. 
The Carter and Jeremiah family were extremely bitter and felt that they couldn't handle the situation rational so got me to investigate. 
I cared for Gabe more then I cared for anyone. Everyone wanted him dead - I couldn't let that happen. 
"It wasn't my fault" Gabe admitted "one of the boys were working with the feds and pulled out a Glock on our ass's" 
I shook my head violently in confusion. "I hear you used your seventeen-year-old cousin as a human shield"
"He was already dead Taylor" Gabe sighed, "...I haven't seen you in a year" 
"Oh really I saw you at an airport in Meiji Shrine getting chased my secretary a few weeks ago" I recalled. 
That was the day my father had woken up from his coma, sending my family into a spin. 
He shrugged, "I forgot that I am a wanted man in Tokyo" 
"You getting sloppy there Larrunzario" I raised a brow.
The Gabe that I knew would never get himself in so deep. 
"Not as sloppy as some" he examined my body with his eyes, "I didn't show up to a potentially dangerous job without a vest or backup...where's your guy Taylor?"
Gabe had done some research on me, he knew that Jack was my partner and my boyfriend. 
"He's sitting this one out" I informed him. 
"By choice?" Gabe folded his arms. 
"By order" I corrected. 
He laughed. "Let me take a wild guess, yours?"
I was pushing away my boyfriend and everyone close to me. I always did. 
That conversation with Gabe was spoken quickly. What can I say, we were both quick on our feet. 
"What can I say" I started, "I don't like it when they get attached"
"Well we can't all be as cold as some" he snapped.
I couldn't deny how heartless I had become since my relationship with Gabe had ended. I was raised to be able to turn on someone with a snap of my fingers. That skill I had mastered.