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A stone dropsin the pit of my stomach from the words but my heart stops when I see the date mark on the little corner of the picture.
It’s June, 15, 2000.
That was the day before she died.
Chapter Twenty-Two
Salvatore
Night fell a long time ago.
I walk into the park across the street from the bar and see them waiting ahead of me.
Nick and Gabe blend in with the shadows. Shifty as fuck, like what we’re doing.
We’re doing exactly what we’re not supposed to. Disobeying orders.
It feels so off saying that but essentially that’s what it is.
Gabe motions to me first, lifting his chin and I dip my head for a curt nod.
I guess this is anything other than the promise I made to Mimi that I’d take care of myself. I will, just not the way she probably thinks.
I haven’t breathed a word to her of the danger we’re in and luckily I’ve been able to have my men keep watch on her without her knowing they’ve been there.
I don’t want to freak her out and honestly I’m hoping I won’t need to. I’m hoping we can wrap this up without me having to alert her to anything.
So, the last thing I was going to do was tell her what I was doing tonight. She’s at her grandmother’s, safe and looking through recipes. It’s the vanilla life. It’s where she should be. Prepping for her restaurant and getting her life on track to where she wants it to be.
I am here doing what I have to.
I’m not gonna sit down scratching my ass and doing the numbers when shit hits the fucking fan.
This little meeting here is something Nick would arrange, but it’s not Nick who gathered us together, it was me.
So when Pa and Vincent find out what shit we’ve been up to I’ll get the blow. I don’t really care what they say.
“Boys, what have you got for me?” I ask them. They were checking this out. We each have our own street guys who gather intel for us. Nick has more guys that are able to get the juice on a deeper level. When we get together like this we work from the ground up. People with ears close to the ground who will talk to a bunch of Giordanos out for blood.
“There’s a guy who works that bar who’s linked to the Fontaines.” Nick points ahead to a bar called Nice. “My street guy says it looks like he was hired a couple months ago. ”
“Good work Nick.” I smile.
“What direction are we taking this?” Gabe asks. That’s a good point. “I want Stephanou dead as much as everyone else but are we going to look for him, or are we going with the Fontaines? Or, the rat?”
I nod. “I think we get whatever info we can and work from there. Let’s see what we can get from this guy.
Both Gabe and Nick nod.
“Alright bro, let’s do this,” Gabe says.
We move together like shadows in the night heading to the bar.
As I push the door open, everyone goes silent and people look straight at us. It makes me smile.
These fuckers are so obvious. They could at least pretend they haven’t seen us, or act natural or normal. Not just stop.
