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Knowing him meant knowing Peter too, and Peter has always had that vibe about him that he’d kill you in your sleep.
The point is, he’s not somebody I would want anyone I love marrying.
“I know. Are you still going through with tomorrow?” I ask.
Tomorrow is his daughter’s engagement party. Like most of his associates, we’ll be going. Most of the members of my family who work at Giordanos Inc. are going too. It’s then we’ll get to see his daughter for the first time.
Donny mentioned a few weeks back that she thinks it’s the usual family event, but he wanted to make it special and a surprise for her to meet the people he works with.
Initially, Henry and I weren’t going to attend, but as Evie is away again tomorrow night, we decided to go.
“I think it’s best I do and not alert him. You say there’s more that’s happening?”
“Yeah, I’m looking into it. I can continue to look into it.”
“I want you to. I can’t trust my men with this. There’s no way I’m going to believe that somebody didn’t know Peter was screwing with me. If I tell them, they’ll tell him.”
“You can trust us,” Henry assures him.
“I know.” Donny nods. “The two of you have been like sons to me.”
That’s the highest compliment anybody could get from Donatello Ricci.
“Thanks. That means a lot, Donny,” I say.
“It’s the truth.”
“We appreciate that.” Henry nods.
“If Peter is dealing with Xiou, there’s any number of shit they could be up to.”
“I know. That’s the part that’s shitty. I wouldn’t know where to start.”
“When does he get the business, Donny?” That is the obvious question here.
“I was going to do it when he marries my girl so I could focus on the winery business in Italy.”
“That’s going to be the instigator for all of this. I hope you know that.”
“I do.”
“Well, I have things secured in terms of the resort, but I’m still keeping an eye on it,” Henry cuts in. “It’s coming up to the time when a payment is due. It’s next week.”
“Let it go through. I’ll catch his ass when it happens. I want to know what he’s up to with both Ricco and Xiou, though. I will fly back on Sunday as planned, and if you have anything for me, I’ll head back. Don’t approach Peter. I want to do it.”
“Alright. What about your daughter? I assume Peter wanted to marry her.”
“He has always wanted to marry her. That’s not happening, but neither need to be any wiser.”
“Maybe that’s best.”
“Tomorrow night is a very important day for her anyway. It’s when I reveal her to the world. I wanted it to be special for her so she won’t have to hide anymore. I want to do that part. As you know, I’m extremely protective over her.”
“I think everybody knows that,” Henry chimes in.
“That was the one thing I promised my wife before we got married. I promised her I’d never put our children in danger, so I kept them away from my world. I locked my girl away, never even sharing her name with people close to me to keep her safe. When she’s out, people see her face, and they don’t know who she is. That’s how I’ve kept things. More so after Dante’s death.” His brows pinch. “It makes me sick to know the only man I allowed to associate with her the most would stab me in the back.”
I can only imagine how he must feel. All I know when I come here is she’s in this house somewhere. I’ve never seen so much as a picture of her. For as close as I am to him, he sees people like me as a threat too.
