Chapter Twenty Nine

My life felt a little more solidified, as I left Dot at the hospital with big Tony, he was one of our security team standing watch. any danger he knew to get her outta there and after meeting the working staff, he knew who could enter dots room and who couldn't, so Peace reigned and with a calm air flowing over my body I hailed a cab to the police station. Dot was right, the cops needed to be told of the latest and most serious threats.

As the cab pulled up kerbside I got in, and asked for the nearest cop station. Nodding his head and answering "yes sir" we were on the way.

At the cop station, I made them aware of the latest threat, and spoke to my lawyer too, Leaving the station I called Richie, "Hey.."
"hey yourself Jon, you ok?"
"Think so, had a moment there, but think its ok now, ... listen you free?"
"not  right this minute no, but I can be for you, what's up?"
"Can you meet me in the hotel bar, say in half and hour?"
"Sure, you wanna speak about it now?"
"No, laters fine, ..."
" ok, see ya then.."
He hung up and I walked into the lobby of the hotel and made to head to the bar. "Mr Bongiovi.."
I spun round hearing my name,  and came face to face with Antonia's mother.
My face spoke a thousand words, as with her next sentence, I could not hide my displeasure at her presence.
"I guess your wondering how I knew you were here, well I have been tailing you in a cab all morning, its cost me a pretty packet I can tell you.."
nervously she laughed... " thing is..."
"Wait a minute, how did you know where I was staying?, no one knows but my band and management team,"
she looked me direct in the eye and the coldness I saw at her house was there again, "Oh, all in good time Jon.... we have unfinished business, you left my house before I could finish what I was saying...."
"Lady what makes you think I am interested in what else you have to say, I thought I made it clear when I left that I wanted no more to do with you or your daughter. If you think you have something of relevance then contact my lawyer, or better still the cops"
I spun on my heels and turned to walk off to the bar, but for a second time, her next sentence made me freeze, and turn back to where she was standing.
"You found out your wife was alive then?"
"What the fuck do you know about that?"
"Oh so now your interested in what I have to tell you are you? my my, you blow hot and cold don't you?"
I grabbed her shoulders and shook her hard... "Just fucking tell me..."
She looked unperturbed by my actions, calmly saying
"Jon, please your hurting me... and creating a scene"
 My arms held her tight, my temper was at breaking point, "I said TELL ME."
she said nothing, but simply looked at my arms holding her in a vice like grip then at my eye's,
"If you release me, we can talk ....."
reluctantly I let go, and dropped my hands by my side, but they remained in clenched fists. 
"well, I'm waiting?"
"Can we at least have a drink in the bar and be Civil to one another?" I looked around at the people that were sitting or standing in the lobby and I could see a few had found interest in my spat with this women. The last thing I wanted was to stay in this women's company, but I had to know what she knew about the threat to Dot, so I nodded my head and we walked to the bar. 

The bar was dimly lit with not many people were in there, I took a booth at the back, while at the same time summoning the bar tender over.
When he arrived she spoke, "I'll have bloody mary, and you Jon?" "Scotch please, put them on my tab." the bar tender nodded and went off to get the drinks. 
She had no desire to tell me, and my patience was beyond stretched it was volcanic, glaring at her I spat "So enough of this bull shit, just tell me."
With a sly smile playing at the corner of her mouth she spoke,
"You got a call this morning right?"
"What of it"
"I know who made the call, Mr Bongiovi, I was not joking when I said your wife was in danger at my house, I was serious, honestly, all I am guilty of is trying to help you not cause you more problems, I wish you could see that and trust me..."
"Trust you?, lady I have no idea who you are, and as far as I'm concerned you, your daughter, your whole god damn family are nut cases and I want nothing to do with any of you, now if you want to help as you say you do, just tell me what it is I have to no and get the fuck outta my life... " I looked away just as the drinks were delivered to the table.
"I'm sorry you feel like that Jon, really I am, but  I can't do that Mr Bon... Jon, " she sneered this time as she spoke, and I did not see her hand slip into her purse, but I felt something hard and cold pressed against my side..  I looked down to the pressure point and saw a glisten of metal, then raising my eyes I looked at her face.
"mmm I have your interest now don't  I?"
she pressed harder in to my side to make her point. looking her in the eyes I asked,
" Just what do you want?"
"What we have always wanted... You."
"me? why me?, what have I ever done to you, or your daughter?"
she blanked my question but kept the gun pressed into my side, my eye's scanned the bar for anyone that I could make eye contact with for help, but the only other person drinking in the bar was a guy and he as with the bar tender on a stool and with his back to me. All I could do, was talk and get her to tell me why and try to persuade her to stop...

"Your such a pretty boy, so good looking.... you know, in your young day I know you was a gigolo, my friend used to live in your neighbourhood, she had you.... why can't you just give my daughter one night with you?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You Jon, you was a rent boy, inexperienced, but a rent boy, you had sex for money..."
"I was never a rent boy, I don't know where you heard that, but its wrong..." I tried to slide further round in the booth, but she moved with me too.
"Where are you going Jon... you know what I'm holding in your side is a gun.....Right? "
I nodded, "Good, well I'd hate to splatter your good looks around this bar, so I'll move it from you but we are going to have a conversation and we are going to arrange it so you will meet with my daughter, and let me tell you this, if you don't, Tony, your security guard in the hospital is my son and your wife, and children will be history... am I making it clear?"

I nodded my head, and sat dumb founded by her latest revelation.

So Tony was the leak, I was shocked, the guy had worked for me for eight years. Jeez, he had been on two world tours with me, he had a necklace..... what the fuck.... my last hope was that Richie get here quick... I really needed help... and I needed it now.