All Chapters of Deuces Wild: The Billionaire's Dangerous Obsession: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

POV: EliEli and Jimmy watched Roman and two of his men drag a thrashing Mac Rattray out of the interrogation room and into the service lift that would go straight to the basement garage. From there, they would deliver the Rat to Anthony Murello, who had an underground holding cell beside McCarran Airport.Big Tony was anything but big. He was a small, pudgy man with a bad leg in his fifties, who looked like a cross between Danny DeVito and Martin Scorsese with his horn-rimmed glasses and walking stick. He was mild-mannered and he talked with a lisp. He didn't look imposing at all.But looks could be deceiving.And in Big Tony's case, he'd deceived a lot of lowlife con artists and bookies who had tried to cross him. Big Tony ran backroom gambling operations all over Nevada and Atlantic City. Because of that, most big casino owners ostracized the mob boss.They weren't happy with the fact that Anthony Murello's underground gambling operation was taking a slice from their cake without p

POV: BrigailThe trip turned out to be enjoyable to a certain degree for Brigail. After Jimmy introduced himself as Eli Michealson's head of surveillance at the casino, Brigail was ready to hate him as much as she despised his employer.But Brigail found it hard to loathe someone as polite, modest, and nerdy as Jimmy.When they reached the expansive dry lake that had a breathtaking view, Jimmy enthusiastically assumed the role of the tour guide.Jimmy was like a voice recording running on Energizer as he pointed out scenic tour spots to Brigail. He turned out to be more knowledgeable about the area than the tour guide himself.Julius had taken the role of official photographer as he insisted on taking Brigail and Jimmy's pictures at the places that were symbolic to extraterrestrial beings. They visited the famous Little A'Le'Inn where they stopped for lunch, then they headed off to the Area 51 Research Center and the Black Mailbox.Since Brigail didn't have a camera, she was more than

POV: EliPam greeted Eli with a bottle of champagne when he walked into his office."Shall I start calling you Your Majesty now?" Pam asked as she popped the cork of the pricey bottle."Oh, stop. Master will do," he replied with a big dose of cheekiness. "Have you made the arrangements for the board tomorrow? Stan will sit in. But hold off the press for a while. Stan wanted the sale on the down low until he moves all his assets to the Cayman Islands."Pam acquiesced with a soft nod as she handed Eli a glass of bubbly."Is Jimmy in yet?" he asked out of the blue."I don't know. I haven't been down there since this afternoon. Why? You have another rat for him to find?" Pam asked nonchalantly before she took a sip from her drink."Can you check? I sent him on an errand this morning. I want to know how it went."Eli grabbed his iPad from his desk and started browsing through the pictures of Brigail from earlier when she was at her Area 51 tour with Jimmy.Eli felt a pang of jealousy shot

POV: BrigailThe hours passed by rather smoothly for Brigail. She took what Tara had told her to heart. She kept her head down and kept to herself, while Selah and Marco Alfonso hashed out the menu.Marco Alfonso, from what Brigail had gathered from Terry and Holly, was a very prominent figure in the food business.It was a little over 2 PM. Brigail had just taken a short break and was back in her station working on the task Selah gave her when she had that nagging feeling she was being watched.She whipped her head around and found Marco Alfonso studying her closely while leaning on the table with his arms folded across his chest."Can I help you with somethin', chef?" Brigail asked, keeping her voice professional."What's your name?" he asked without preamble as he walked over to her counter.Brigail was annoyed by his rudeness but decided to bite her tongue. "Brigail Havens, chef.""Brigail. What a peculiar name," he commented thoughtfully."So I've been told," she retorted. If she

POV: BrigailThe fourth of July was especially difficult for the Havens siblings. The date brought so many unpleasant memories that they started building a routine around that specific day.Ever since that loathsome phone call they received on July 4, 2002, Independence Day became Sucker Punch day for the siblings.For the last three years, Jerry's fourth of July habit consisted of sleeping in until late in the afternoon. Then as soon as the sun dipped in the horizon, Jerry would go out with Henry or Alcide and start drinking the night away.Brigail's routine was quite the opposite. She would wake up very early and start cleaning the house, inch by inch, until she was tired to the bone. So that by the evening, before the fireworks started, she would be snoring heavily under a pile of blankets, shutting the world away.This time, though, there was no escaping the hollowness and dread. She was compelled to face this holiday that was permanently tarnished by that damn phone call."Are yo