Chapter 67 Fated Destiny

Did I just cross a line? Perhaps…but this is what I do.
I have sworn to protect Trinity, and I shall step over any line to do that. Yes, I am not her bodyguard, but she is the woman that I love. Is Vic going to see it that way? Well, we are about to find out as he is rushing over to where I am helping Trinity from off the floor.
And…
In an inch of a second, without even hesitating, he launches his fist straight at my jaw. I guess I would have been foolish if I thought that he might not do it. Now my biggest desire is to hit the asshole back, but as I watch Trinity s eyes grow wide, begging me not to do it, I only but step back.
"A fucking simple thank you would have been better," I snap at him as he starts to rumble in anger.
"You put my daughter in danger." He growls at me. "You nearly got her killed."
He retracts his arm and swing for my face again; the impact makes my head snap to the left and sends a sting through my body.
"You fucking took my daughter without my permission.
For a third time, he slams his fist into my face ass. He repeatedly says over, "You fucking bastard."
Well, I have just had enough of this.
"Vic, I have news for you, whether it was today or tomorrow, Karlo was still going to come for her. So get off your fucking high horse and stop blaming everybody else but you."
He looks at me with eyes that are burning with fire, and just as I am about to continue what I am saying, his knuckles crash straight in the fucking center of my face. I stumble back but cannot get my composure and fall flat on my ass.
With that, I see him take Trinity by the hand and start to drag her away towards the door. I watch as she furiously tries to escape his grip, "Daddy, we cannot leave Colton."
"Trinity," he stops dead in his tracks and turns to her. "This little game is now over. You are coming home with me."
"But…" she tries to protest, "What about Colton?"
Vic turns and looks at where I have risen to my feet, standing in front of the body of Karlo, "He needs to clean up his mess. And…" he hesitates for a moment. "He better hope I do not fucking kill him for taking you without my permission."
Ya, this man is now starting to get on my last nerve. He seems to have forgotten one thing.
"The name is Cole Venditti."
I watch as Vic spins around on his heels and starts to walk over to me, "What did you just say?"
"I said my name is Cole Venditti."
I hear as he starts to mumble underneath his own trembling voice, "Who? How do you know that?"
Ya, this man is now fucking shaking in his boots.
"Our dear little Castaneda," I start to explain. "The man has never been able to keep his mouth shut. Now, as I just see it, since Castaneda has killed my parents, it makes me the owner of the East."
As Vic s eyes grow wide with shock and a slight bit of fear, I drop him to the ground with a perfect undercut, "That is for fucking my mother. You really need to learn to keep it in your pants."
I watch as Trinity stands with a tiny smile on her face as her father tries to get off from the ground. After a few seconds, as he gains his stance, he looks me in the eyes, and with a rumbling thunder, he bursts out in laughter, "Well, do you know what that means, Colton?"
"No, please do tell me, Vic."
"We do not sit around the table," he once again takes Trinity and leads her to the door. "And that means stay away from my daughter."
"Ya, about that." I start to say as I tuck my Ruger into the back of my pants. "Your daughter is in charge now; she can do what she wants."
I hear him curse from underneath his breath, "You will never lay your fucking hands on my daughter even if I have to kill you myself."
Well, what this man is forgetting is some other important detail, "You do know that I do now own the South since it is my ass that has taken out Castenada."
And just when I thought that this man could not get any angrier, he turns to face me once again, "Is that a threat, Colton?
"No, Vic. It is just a fact."
With that, I see him and Trinity disappear out the door. Ya, I am being an asshole for not going after her. The thing is, I am not going to stir more shit than I have done for today; I know that Trinity will be mine if it is not today. Vic cannot keep her away from me. The fact is that the war is now over, and there is no need for him to keep her locked up like a caged animal.
But now the question begs. What am I to do? Am I going to embrace what is my destiny, or will I remain the person that I know I am the best at…Colton Cruz.
Do I really want to be a Mafia Boss that hides behind a bodyguard, that only draws his gun when he is pushed in a corner? Do I truly want to be another version of a Vic Stone?
So as I am left here in this godforsaken warehouse to wait for a cleaning crew to come to clean up my mess, I have the world in grasp of my hand. But does it truly have to mean that I cannot sit around the same table as the Mafia Queen?
…Trinity POV…
Again.
Again I have been ripped away from Colton, every time we get so close; then someone takes us away from each other. Colton just saved my life. Can my father not see that. But is it really true? Is Colton the Mafia Boss of the East? How is this even possible?
"Daddy, what did Colton mean that he is Cole Venditti?"
"Well," my father starts to explain. "Rowan was a very ruthless man; he did things that I have never even dared to think off. One day after he slaughtered a bunch of King s men, he stood over their bodies and realized that he is nothing but a monster. He vowed to himself that his son would never become like him, so he gave him to raise by another family that had no ties to the Mafia world."
I only shake my head at my father, "But he still found his way into the Mafia world."
"Rowan never foresee that to happen. I do not understand why he would have told Karlo unless if he changed his mind and wanted for Colton to step up in his place."
"But," I hesitate as the tears start to form in the corner of my eyes. "Does this really mean that we can never…"
My father does not even give me a chance to finish my sentence, "Trinity, I do not care who Colton is, you are my daughter, and you will not be with him."
"But why? Why are you so against it?"
…Colton POV…
Is this fate?
Are these those things you go through now, the heartache and the pain, the smiles, and the laughter, that prepares you for your fate, for your destiny? All the if's, the why's, the will's and want s, that brings you what you ask for. The thing is, when you ask for something, you need to make sure to be clear, or you may land with something you asked for but did not really want. If you the lucky few, you will get what you asked for but receive a whole lot more, a whole lot that you did not expect but that you realize you actually wanted.
Well, ya, let me think about this for a moment.
The only thing that I want is the woman that is now leaving in that SUV, which is growing like a little ant the further and further, it drives off from here.
So the question is.
What am I going to do about it? Now, I would love to pop one into Vic for being such a goddamn asshole, but that will definitely not get me what I want. Do I even dare to take her away from him again? I think the next time, he is just going to fucking shoot me.
As I wait for them to come to take away these bodies, I sit and play all the scenarios of my fate over and over in my head. Whichever way I choose this, I am always going to be in this crazy fuck up Mafia world that I have gotten myself drawn in.
So after I have cleaned up, I head towards the resort, where I at least still find my car standing. With a ride that seems like way too many hours, I finally find myself back in the city.
The moment has now come. Do I chose a life with Trinity, or do I become the Boss of the East?
As I stand in front of this door, I know what it is that I am going to do with my fate…