Chapter 34

The sounds of men could be heard speaking in the distance. Henko's head was so groggy that he could barely make out what the men were saying.

What happened? Henko wondered still trying to wake up. He tied to move his hands and realized he couldn't. Opening his eyes, he tried to look around with the fuzzy vision before everything started to focus. Henko tried to stretch out his legs and realized they were tied up as well. Cold sweat formed on his body. This had happened before. He was in the same situation he was before when some men wanted to get to Ivan. Why was this happening? What did Henko do now that put him in this situation? There was no way that Ivan could be the cause of this, could it? Henko had so many questions floating around his head. He was unsure what was going on. He remembered being with Dante and…. Henko's eyes went wide. What was Dante doing to him? A cold breeze was felt over his skin and shiver went down his back. He was naked. Pulling his legs up closer to his chest, he tried to rid that chill from his naked body. Why is this happening again? What have I done to deserve this?

"So, I see that you are awake." A familiar voice spoke out. Henko looked up and saw Dante walking over to him. His appearance was completely different from what Henko was used to. His hair was slicked back, only a few strands were touching his forehead. A cigarette was lazily sitting in his mouth with the huge smirk on his face.

"What…What's going on? What are you doing to me?" Henko questioned. Dante kneeled down to look closer at Henko.

"What am I doing to you? Well, that's a good question. I was hoping to use you for a revenge plan that I had set out but it never did work out as planned."

"Revenge? Revenge with who?" Henko questioned. A chuckle was heard from the man.

"Who else, but your lover." Dante spoke in a deep growling voice.

Lover? Henko thought. Ivan? Henko's eyes went wide.

"I'm sure we are on the same page." Dante spoke as he stood up.

"But, I'm not. Why does everyone think he is my---" Henko started.

"He was fucking you, wasn't he?" Dante questioned. "If he wasn't your lover, then what was he?" The man questioned. Henko looked down to the floor. That was something he was wondering for some time now. "Well, it doesn't matter." Dante took out the cigarette from his mouth and dropped it on the floor, stepping on it. "My plan had gone to ruins." Henko looked up at the man questioning to himself. Dante kneeled down again and looked at Henko. "You're probably wondering what you have to do with my revenge huh." Henko stayed quiet. Dante grabbed Henko's black hair in a fist and pulled him almost to a sitting position as he glared into Henko's eyes. "That man had killed my younger brother along with several other of my friends."

"What does that have to do with me?" Henko questioned through the pain that was throbbing in his head.

"See, this is the thing. That man doesn't really care for anyone. Not even his own guys. If someone on his side dies, he doesn't really care. So, I was thinking that if I could find someone that stole his heart, then I could use that against him and make him feel the same pain that I have." Dante gripped Henko's hair tightly in his fist causing the smaller man to cry out in pain. "I thought I finally found the one, but I was wrong." Dante slammed Henko down on the floor causing his ears to ring from the impact.

"That doesn't make any sense. Why did you involve me?" Henko questioned the man in complete confusion. Dante sat down and crossed his legs as he took out another cigarette from the pack in his jacket and lit it up.

"Now, that's that thing. The man was never interested in anyone. Yeah, he had fucked a girl here and there. Yet, he never stayed with one longer than a week. So, it was hard to go after him if he never stayed with someone enough to get attached to them. So, I started to wonder if that man was in fact gay. Of course, many laughed at me when I thought that since that man was famous for fucking any woman he found fancy. However, I thought that it may have been a cover up." Dante pointed at his head. "I can be pretty smart like that." He brought down his hand and pulled the cigarette out of his mouth and release the smoke in the air. His hand that held the cigarette was laid palm down on his bent knee as he started speaking again to Henko. "Of course, being the boss of high statue, you don't want to be outed at all. So, I thought I could do a bit of investigation myself. So, I started to frequent many of the gay bars in the area. I was surprised when I found your bar. Now your bar, it's defiantly something different than what I have ever seen. Men dressed as women. I've seen crossdresser before, but your bar takes the cake. Hosting men while the men in dresses acted like women. Wow! I thought to myself. This is it. This would be the place that if that man was gay, he would be drawn there."

"So, that's why you were coming to my bar?" Henko asked.

"Well, I will say you serve some damn nice liquor." The man smirked. "That is at least one good thing that you crossdressing fag could do right."

"So, coming to my bar was all for revenge to Ivan? What if he never showed?"

"Oh, I knew he was going to show. I even told you about it." Henko remembered that Dante was the one that always gave him information about Ivan's group. He wondered why he knew so much, and now it made sense. "I was actually overwhelmed with excitement when I found that he was expanding his territory. Especially in your part. I thought it would be the perfect change to get at him. I was actually surprised that my plan went perfectly."

"What do you mean? I was not part of your plan." A smirk appeared again on the man's face.

"Oh, yes you were darling. Remember the first time you met that man. It wasn't no coincidence. The man that was following you in that shop. Putting a knife to your throat." Henko's eyes went wide remember what had happened that night. "Oh, so you do remember. See." Dante leaned down closer to Henko as he continued speaking. "That man was part of my group." He sat back up and took a puff of his cigarette. "I was surprised though. I thought that that man would kill my guy, but didn't." Dante slated his eyes as he glanced down at Henko. "Guess he has a thing for not showing blood in front of a lady." The man started to chuckle. "But at that time, he didn't know that you were no lady huh." Henko started to think about everything else that had happened. Was there anything else that was part of that man's plan?

"The kidnapping from before…. was that?" Henko couldn't finish the sentence. The man held an evil smirk.

"You are beginning to catch on. You're not as dumb as what I thought you fags to be." The man laughed. "That sucks though. I did lose two really good men there. But, it was all to see if that man really cared for you or not. I was getting quite worried there for a moment when he didn't show. But when he did. That was when I knew that he was struck by you. That was also my time to strike."

"That's when you…" Henko began and stopped. The man placed a frown on his face as he looked at Henko while he spoke.

"I don't know what had happened to you two after that event, but you did look quite down." The man took another puff from his cigarette before letting the smoke escape his mouth. "I actually didn't care either. Yet, I knew that it was my chance. So, I decided to move the plan forward and pounced." The man grinned again. "And you took it. Bait, line and sinker." The man started to laugh. "That was the easiest bait I have ever gotten in my life." The man stopped laughing. "Though, I do now know why that man was so addicted to you." The smirk reappeared again on his face. "You are so much better than any woman I have ever slept with."