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"Is it the husband?" Massimo drawls.
"Ex-husband, and can you guys back off or what?"
"It is the husband. The ex, I mean," Massimo adds when I bare my teeth at him. "Want me to off him?"
"If it were that easy, wouldn’t he have done it already?" Adrian retorts.
"Don’t all of you try to put words in my mouth all at once," I say dryly.
"Well, come on thenfratello." Luca rolls his shoulders. "Just tell us, will you?"
Fuck this."He’s Fabio Costa," I say through gritted teeth.
Silence.
Luca’s gaze widens. "The Police Commissioner?"
“Bingo.”
Massimo rocks back on his heels. "You don’t pick your adversaries lightly, do you?"
I fold my arms across my chest. "What do you guys think?"
"I think we should use this opportunity to clean house, once and for all," Luca retorts.
"Porca miseria,are you even thinking straight?" I narrow my gaze on him. "Do you have any idea what the repercussions could be for killing him?"
"So, the cops get pissed off. Too bad." He raises a shoulder. "We can handle them."
"And theCamorra," Massimo says slowly. "You’re aware he’s affiliated with our biggest rivals—"
Luca doubles down, as usual. "It’s time we taught them a lesson. Thosestronzihave been infringing on our territory for a while now. It’s time we show them who’s stronger."
"Do you have any idea what you’re talking about? Perhaps we could take on theCamorraon their own, or the cops on their own. But together?" I shake my head. "And while we do control a part of the police force, it would put us in a difficult situation even to contemplate going against both of them at the same time."
"Not if we had help," Adrian points out.
"What are you talking about?"
"The Bratva and the Kane Company; they’re our allies."
"Joint ownership of a single company does not make them allies," I snap.
"Whoever represents us on the board of the company could sway them to work with us on something as strategic as this. Perhaps just the fact that we have them in our corner might be deterrent enough to stop theCamorraor the pigs from trying anything."
Michael recently stepped down from the board of Trinity Enterprises, the company in which we have joint ownership with the Bratva and the Kane Company. He left it up to the four of us to decide who will represent theCosa Nostrain his place.
"Hold on." Luca props his hands on his hips. "Is this conversation headed the way I think it is? If so, the answer is no."
Massimo scowls. "Luca, come on. Surely you can see it would benefit all of us for Seb to join the board. He could use the position to strike a deal with the Bratva and the Kane Company, which would help him with his predicament, and with ours."
"So that’s it? We’ve decided he gets the seat on the board?" Luca’s jaw hardens.
"I have no interest in being on the board. You know my ultimate aim is to set up my own media company. It’s what I've been working toward for a while now."
"So, leave the seat on the board to me," Luca retorts.
"You’re an enforcer. Are you really interested in boardroom maneuvers related to a company which deals with cryptocurrency trading?"
