AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“It was so awful Gina. I’ve never seen Vincent like that before. Completely lost and hopeless. He didn’t want to believe it, or accept it.”
I haven’t seen or heard much about him since. I knew his mother was helping him so I assumed his father would be too. Helping both him and the baby.
I know what these guys are like though. Vincent may be truly broken now, he’s in shock. That’s what it is. The shock is the only thing that’s stopping him from going for blood the way he lost it when Frankie was killed. I remember well what it took to calm him down. I’m expecting to see that person very soon.
As for now, we’re in the interim stage. We’re in the eye of the storm waiting to see which way the wind will blow. Waiting to see what will happen next.
“Mimi… I think the best thing for you right now is to stay away. Salvatore is making it possible for you to live out your dream. You should do that.”
I pull in a deep breath and take it in. It’s all good advice. Yes my dream was to have the restaurant. That was the dream. Somewhere along the line though the dream shifted and it was a dream just to be with Salvatore.
That is what happened to me.
“Yeah, I will. I will. Once I get my feet on the ground I will.”
She sighs and gives my hand a gentle squeeze. “Good. Also… I don’t want to promise anything but the other day I managed to track down Porter. That’s the underground guy I was telling you about. Tony found him. I can set something up for you to talk to him, maybe that will keep your mind occupied.”
I stare at her and nod. Yes… that would keep my mind occupied indeed.
I lost track because of everything else but it’s time to turn my sights back to it. I do want to know what happened to my mother.
This may lead me nowhere, or it could give me some closure. Whatever it does it will heal some part of me that’s still raw from losing her.
“Okay, yes, I’d like that. I would like to speak to him. Definitely.”
Distraction is what I need now.
Doing something useful that might have a big result.
It beats sitting here and worrying.
Not doing anything but feeling sorrow for the situation.
Chapter Thirty-One
Salvatore
I’ve hadno contact with her.
No contact with Mimi. I just sent the letter.
That’s how I want it to be.
It’s better this way.
This way she doesn’t have to see me or hear from me and be reminded that we can’t be together.
Better to just leave her alone. Even better because I need to focus and home in all my abilities. Raw street abilities that I need more than ever.
I never knew how much I would need to focus until now . Now that it looks like we’re standing in limbo, not knowing what to do or what direction to take.
We spent all the last few days looking for Stephanou and hitting up all the Fontaine hangouts all to no avail.
A fool would think they’re hiding like rats. I know they’re not. A pack of mobsters like us on the hunt is bad by itself and is enough to cause fear but I know they’re not scared.
They’re playing with us.
Stephanou is playing with us.
