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“Speaking of that,” Kyle sat forward. “I don’t think the FBI bit is truthful. I think that information is a plant.” Oh, to be so naïve. To believe one’s parents were so into the life, they couldn’t or wouldn’t betray their family or their status for the government. “I think your friend stumbled upon this grand story about our father in hopes you’d bring Stephanie and me to the FBI where they, whoever executed our parents, would be waiting.”
I couldn’t deny his thought process had merit. More so than I wanted to contemplate for the moment. If he was correct in his assumption, there were more issues within the Syndicate of Families than I could clean out on my own. “I believe what Soren has told me. So much so, I wouldn’t send you or your sister to the FBI for that exact reason. Not for the same reason, however. More like, you and your sister would never out run the families, especially Tornio and his dirty crew.”
“I hate this,” Stephanie snapped. “We’ve always been a mile behind whoever has been after us, Miceli!”
“I agree, however, getting angry now only plays into their twisted game. Killing Brooke was a trap. I believe Torino set the scene, so to speak, so when you found out, you’d leave me and be on the streets once again.” Now to figure out what Theo Hollis had on the Torino family so that I could take him down for good.
“What if daddy found out that Mario was embezzling money from other families not related to the Syndicate of Families or something equally bad?” She met my gaze. “Of everything daddy did, he was always good with numbers, and he’d never steal from anyone.”
No, he wouldn’t. Of that, I was sure. “Could be. The way your mother and father were murdered was passionate. He watched them die. He saw the moment they recognized him and the instant the life drained from their eyes. Your brother’s saving grace was the fact they didn’t know he was coming home early. I’d wager, Kyle, they were waiting for you to leave for school before they made a move. You were incidental to the main show.” I tilted my head to the side. A spark of an idea hit me then. “Did you have cameras around the house?”
Stephanie looked to Kyle, who shrugged. “If we did, all the equipment would be in daddy’s office. Why?”
A slow grin spread across my face. “I believe, Ms. Hollis, we might have an ace up our sleeves.” I had to call Soren. We needed back into that mansion. Because, if I knew Theo Hollis as well as I thought I did, that man covered his ass regularly. If we were lucky, we’d catch Mario Torino in all his glory killing an FBI agent. “Looks like all isn’t lost yet.”
