Chapter 28: Dalen?

The days were long it was only Wednesday. When Kane walked in with a weird look on his face. "Kane why do you look like you're experimenting with butt plugs?" Gage asked him confused. "WHAT THE FUCK?! Dude did you really just say that to me?" "Well hell I don't know you walking in here with an uncomfortable look on your face and shit. You look constipated or something." Gage chuckled while still typing. "Yeah well now I don't feel so bad about doing this to you." "Doing what?" Gage stopped typing and looked up. "Well you had a meeting that got set for today a few days ago and I never told you because I didn't think you would take it so well. Also you been so happy lately. I also I really didn't want to tell you." Kane said rubbing the back of his head.

"What meeting?" "Well Don Tony is here. To finish off some work from last time." "Great I love Tony." Gage said happy he had been texting him off and on since they met. "Also Don Dimitri will be with him. Gage face blanked. "Fine. Make sure the meeting room is set." "Is that really all." "What do you want me to say?" Gage was confused. "Well we all know your history so far isn't exactly Kosher boss. Are you ok with this?" "Yes I am fine. What's done is done. I have no issue with him now. I think I've proven my point over to anyone else who had or held any doubts. Also knowing I already whooped his ass once I doubt he will be high and mighty now. Also everyone knows he's not as smart as I am in the board room. I just need everyone to remember this is a place of real business and to be professional. Also never hide this from me again." Gage warned.

"Yes sir I will get the room ready." " When will my Angel be in there?" "OH! I'm sorry sir she left the building about twenty minutes after arriving. She won't be in." "Wait? What? She left after having coffee with me?" "Yes sir. Like the second you got in the elevator. Guess she working the field today." Kane shrugged. Weird. Where is she off to today. Why didn't she say anything. Shaking it off. Gage got his things ready. It felt weird not to go in here with her with these guys and one damn tool. Maybe it was for the best. Walking in the room he was met with Elijah, Eric and Tony who all smiled and shook his hand in formal greetings. Looking over at Dimitri who glared. Guess this tool will never learn.

"Alright gentlemen let's get this thing going." Gage told them as they all sat down. "Where is Ms. Alderman?" Dimitri aske looking confused. "The Donna Alderman has other important work right now that demands her attention elsewhere and her assistant has informed she will not be in for the rest of the day. She will be receiving my notes for today and you are more than welcome to contact Lincoln, Gage or myself with any other questions or concerns Don Russo." Kane told him with a respectful nod.

Dimitri glared at Gage and nodded for him to proceed. It was the longest hour and a half of Gages life. However after coming to agreements on the separate projects, land and other codes and licenses that would be needed. No one could deny how great Gage was at this making proposals out of thin air. Making sure that no one was getting through their walls in any type of way.

"I swear man you are truly a genius. Dude had you gone to school with us you would be fucking unstoppable by now. Tony shook his head. "Naw man I was happy where I was at. Way less demanding and pressure." Gage scratched the back of his head. "Congratulations are in order. Did you two pick a date yet?" Eric asked Gage. "You're fucking engaged again?" Dimitri snorted to him. "Yup. Sure am. The only thing that should be shocking about that is it took about a month for us to do so." Gage quick wit back to him the tone matching the same energy as Dimitri.

"Well can't blame me for being surprised you are still engaged after a few days. I mean we all remember how long last one lasted." Dimitri snipped back not missing a beat. "Yeah well you're not around to meddle again this way so. Guess we just got lucky." Dimitri glared and if looks could kill. Gage be nine feet deep. "Well there is still time for her to make up her mind to better choices." He smirked back. "There is no better choices or have you forgotten when I flew by those Don trials? You remember how I went straight through even your weak ass. How many times I got to prove over and over again that I am the only choice for her?" Gage asked as he stepped up closer to him almost nose to nose.

"You are not smarter than me. Proved that on your little Don test and every fucking time you come into business meetings. You aint more strategic then me proved that time and time over. You aint more attractive than me Tessenia has proven that fact over and over even when she's busy being under and it sure as hell aint under you. You aint braver than me he father has proven that to us. You aint more loyal than me again everyone even your past actions proved that. You sure as hell aint stronger than me I proved that when I whooped your sorry as up and down that arena. So you better get off that high ass horde with me because you aint even half the man I am. Like I said there is no better choice." Gage growled to him lowly.

"Now you better start watching your tone with me boy. You on my turf now and you better start showing some respect before I take it upon myself and put it into you. Get back in your lane Russo. You either start respecting my woman's wishes or you can deal with me. If I remember right I don't think you got the time to be dealt with by me hell aren't you just barely walk straight as it is?" Gage warned him lowly before leaving the room. Leaving Dimitri seething. "You had that coming D. What do you honestly think you can come in here and disrespect a Don on his own soil? Not even you are this dense. Come old friend let's go eat. I think you need something besides crow." Tony laughed off walking out the room. Elijah and Eric with worried looks followed their bosses.

"Are you sur about this?" Hunter asked her. "Yes it's all already in order everything is set up." Tessa told him taking a drink of her sweet tea. They were in her special office in her main warehouse. "How do you know for sure it's him. I'm not second guessing you. It's just I mean we known him for years. I'm not saying I was ever big on the guy. He just wasn't even in the same league as us." Dre' asked her scratching the back of his head. "I know how you feel. It's like a dirty feeling. I swear it makes me want to get my blade under him so fucking bad." Jaxon told them not even thinking twice about it.

"I know it's him. I caught him on the phone one night. He is just too here and there. He is there when he shouldn't be in a type of way. Like a set-up way. It's too convenient. The things he knows and some of the things he's related to me on. It just adds up too much for me. I know it's him. I know there is a meeting going down in three weeks. I also know that we need to be ready." Tessenia told them handing them a sheet of men names. "I want these men suited up and ready to go at a moment's notice from right now until three weeks from ow just in case they will be going with me." Tessenia told them with no room for argument.

"I'll make it happen." Hunter told her already getting his phone out. "So how did you know about the drug formulas when we gathered them few nights back?" Dre' asked her. "I have a mole. I did a little dissecting of my own last few weeks and my little mole was able to destroy the combined flus all of them even the main warehouses. The top Dons don't even know yet. I replaced it with nothing but corrected vaccines to help all those infected. Also destroyed contaminated blood so nothing goes flying around. They also can't go back to square one." Tessenia laughed to them spinning a little in her chair back and forth.

"Why not?" Hunter asked her lifting his brow. "I burned all their journals and findings. USB's all of it no trace of anything ever existed. Not to mention." Tessa laughed a little harder. "I killed all their chemist and scientist. No one in any medical field will get near this type of project with a forty-foot pole. Not after watching the videos of what the art done on those who tried before." Tess smiled to the boys. "Well it seemed your two days away was very productive. So what now Angel? What play do you think they will make next." Jaxon asked her tipping his drink to her. "I think they are going to regroup and try to change tactics now that their end game is shot to hell. They will need to come up with something quick. Maybe turning on each other. They are either going to get scared like the rat scum they are. Or they will go to their plan B." Tessa said as she stood up and started to slowly walk around the room.

"We can't underestimate them. I mean they were able to get away with this chaotic hell for fourteen months. Which was easy to do seeing s we were distracted by other affairs. No they were smart for a while with this. They may have a plan B backed up. It could be worse. All I know is right now they are feeling the fear. We need to keep that fear and use it. I know just how to do it. We need to strike at the next meeting or we could blow this whole thing. We need to know everything so we need to get them then. They will most likely be expecting us. We need to be prepared for everything. The men all nodded as they grouped together. It was a long evening indeed.

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"Are you guys going to the show mama Maddie is putting on?" Dre' asked everyone at Sunday dinner. A murmur of agreements were heard around the table. "It's like three weeks on a Friday." Ace added on. "Mama actually sent us all clothes for the night God forbid we wear anyone else to her show and live to tell the tale." Gage told them shaking his head. "I would never disrespect my in law in such a way not dear Maddie." Angelo told him with a wink. Chuckles were heard all around the room.

"Tess you alright it's almost like you're a million miles away." Angelo asked her. "No I'm fine just running some things through my head. I'm good now. Daddy are some of the other Dons staying for the show I noticed how many are still here." Tessa asked as she took another bite of her food. "Yes my flower they are. They should be wrapping up and going home soon. Well most of them anyway." Angelo told her with a straight face looking at her. He was the only one in the room who really knew the whole plan.

After they had gotten ready for bed Gage couldn't help but ask. "Angel is there anything you need to tell me?" "What do you mean she asked getting in the bed. "Is there a reason you been acting a little off? Is there anything I should know or could help with?" "No it's nothing. In fact it's going to be a long couple days maybe two weeks. Don't worry everything is fine. It'll all be over soon." She kissed him sweetly and then curled into him for a much needed and deserved sleep.

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Gage was surprising himself at just how well he was taking to being the new Don of America. He knew at some point he would have to fly out to some of the other states but for as much as he can this first year he was making people come to him. By either hook or crook, voluntary or involuntary. He was very fair in all his choice. He made sure to follow their Omerta by both Angelo and the Queens law. It reminded of him of how things were separated by federal and state laws. Not to mention he was trying to make sure everything was clean on the federal laws. Well at least clean as it could get.

Gage was also annoyed on how or even why Dimitri and his clan was still here. After his mother's show he might have to start digging on why the hell he is still here. Walking into the house after he started to look around for Tessa. She should have been here already. He looked around again and realized no one was there. Guess it's his day off. This isn't right. Taking out his phone. After five tries of going straight to her voicemails. Thinking hard about it. He looked down at his phone as it started going off. Seeing Angelo's name pop up. 'Hey Ange, I was about to call you.' 'Gage. Tessa. Uhh. Tessa's is gone.'

Opening up her eyes she was blinking a few times coming to as she looked down to her hands bounded together. Huh. Well gotta say I had this planned for tonight but in a different scenario. She laughed to herself thinking of what she was planning on with Gage later. Eh this was bound to happen sometime this week. She added on to that thought. Getting a better look around the room she was in. Smiling to herself.

The room was full of men who were starting to get in a panic. With all the voices going around there was one who was standing in front of a fireplace smirking at it. As they started arguing and then turned to the smirking man. "When is he coming!!" "Do any of you know what has happened with the project?! They can't find what's left of the researchers. They literally have got up and left the world without a trace. I mean at least the video showed what happened to the main medical team." NO ONE is ever going to touch this project on again. We are all fucked Royally Fucked. They have to know whose behind it."

"No one is going to believe we blindly listen to a masked man." They were all going into a frenzy about where the hell the main head is going to come in. The room came to a dead silent as the doors opened and shut. The room was now all turned to the tall handsome man strutting into the room. "I heard you were waiting for me." He said smirking to the room. "Who are you supposed to be?" A random man called out to him in a smug tone. "Who are you to speak to me in that tone? You have had no problems following my orders so far, why start now? Seeing as how you all have massively fucked so horribly I think I should be the one to have a sour damn tone don't you think?" The man snapped back to him. "Who the hell are you." The tall man smirked to the one in front of the fireplace who was now raging with anger and confusion as he spoke the magical name. "Dalen? Dalen McAlister?"