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“If you thought THAT was bad, just wait to see what’s coming.”
“I think you misheard me. It wasn’t bad – it was pathetic.”
“I thought we were skipping the bullshit.”
“I never said anything about skipping the gloating.”
“Have you got the girl?”
Ah.
So there it was.
I ignored him. “I want to speak to Fausto.”
“No. You’re going to LISTEN.”
I frowned.
Something seemed off.
If I couldn’t speak to Fausto – if it was physically impossible – then Aurelio would have said something like He’s not here.
If Aurelio just didn’t want to give in to my demands to speak to his father, he probably would have told me to go fuck myself.
But this…
It sounded like Aurelio didn’t want me to speak to Fausto.
“Did you do this?” I asked, stunned. “Does Fausto even know about it?”
“Shut up and listen – ”
“Did you go rogue, you fucking idiot?!”
“Give me the girl and I’ll drop everything. All the attacks against you and your brothers will go away.”
“And what if I don’t?” I sneered.
“Then I’ll rain down hell on all of you.”
“If a botched sniper attack and a bunch of inept Russians are supposed to scare me, you can go fuck yourself.”
“I’ll have the Widow within hours – and if you don’t hand the girl over, I’ll cut the old lady up piece by piece. Tell her granddaughter THAT.”
I figured it was a bluff.
Regardless, I couldn’t risk Lucia hearing it. It would fuck with her head –
So I just ended the call.
“Go fuck yourself, cousin,” I said and hung up.
Lucia stared at me. “What was that all about?”
“Oh, my cousin was just being a prick. As usual.”
“Assassination attempts are the usual?”
