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She looked around at all the corpses.
“…debacle.”
Then she turned back to me. “You can be assured that I will support your family in any actions you take against your uncle and cousin.”
“Thank you, Signora.”
She narrowed her eyes. “What’s wrong, Signor Rosolini?”
She was perceptive, I’d give her that.
“It’s just… wouldn’t it have been better to keep Giotto alive for questioning?” I asked.
“We got what we needed. And after an episode like this, sometimes it’s better to set a fearsome example than get a few scraps of information.”
I wasn’t so sure about that, but I didn’t voice my doubt. After all, she was a mafia don – rather, a donna. A great lady of the Cosa Nostra. She had been ruling her family’s empire with an iron fist since I was a child.
One thing I was certain of, though:
My brother Adriano would have approved.
He, too, liked killing people before they’d been fully interrogated.
“You do realize that Giotto might not have been the only traitor,” I said.
She scowled. “I’m well aware. I’ll take of it.”
Okay, then.
Apparently she didn’t like outsiders questioning her organization or how she ran it.
I figured she was pissed at me for overstepping my bounds, but suddenly her voice softened. “I shouldn’t have doubted you, Massimo.”
I looked at her in surprise.
The use of my first name, especially by so powerful a woman –
It was a gesture of intimacy.
Like being admitted into her inner circle.
And to receive an apology from so powerful a person?
Rarer than a full solar eclipse during an alignment of all the planets.
However, I didn’t use her first name when I replied. The difference in our stations demanded I still address her with the utmost deference.
“No apology necessary, Signora.”
She gave me a smile of grim amusement. “It wasn’t an apology so much as a statement of fact.”
I chuckled. Even when saying she was sorry, she wouldn’t say she was sorry.
“Understood. But we should see to your safety now, along with everyone in your family.”
Her eyes widened and she gasped in horror. “Oh my God – ”
“What?”
