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“Oh?”
“I’ll tell you when we sit down.”I shook my head.“I’m just annoyed with myself.”
I ordered the beers, and when they finally came, we headed over and sat next to Sergio.
“So what’s going on?”Sergio asked, raising his frosted glass to his mouth and sipping.
“So, there are a couple of things I want to talk to you guys about.Some good and some bad.”
“Oh shit,” Sergio said, shaking his head.“I don’t even know if I want the good news or the bad news first.”
“Give us the good news first,” Santino said.“At least if we have some good news, the bad news might not seem so bad.”
“Yeah.Maybe.So the case that I took with that guy, Hamilton Ford.”
“Yeah.Valentina’s dad.”Sergio nodded.“What about it?”
“Well, he’s paid up.”I saw their eyes widen in surprise.“The cash hit the bank account already.”
“What, already?”
“Yeah,” I said roughly.“And he gave us a bonus of fifty grand.So we got a hundred and fifty grand from that.”
“Whoa,” Santino said.“That’s crazy.What the fuck did you do to the girl to—”
“Shut up,” I said, glaring at him, and he pressed his lips together.
“I’m not talking about that case.I just want you to know that the case is done.”
“Okay.And so what’s the bad news?”
“Patti’s back,” I said, looking at their faces expectantly.
They looked at me blankly.It had been so long that they had no idea who I was talking about.
“Patti Valenti?”I leaned forward and stared at them.
“Patti …” Sergio’s face went white.“You mean Mom?Mom’s back?”He looked over at Santino, who was frowning.
“What do you mean she’s back?How is she back?”Santino sat back, his face white as a ghost.
“She’s back in New York, and she wants to see us.And she wants to see Dad.”
“Oh.”Santino chugged his beer.“So what are we going to do?”
“I don’t know.Dad said he wants to see her.”
“What?”Sergio looked at me.“Is he crazy?”
“Yeah, but we knew that already.”I took a long, deep chug of my beer.
“So I saw her, and I still hate her.And I wish we could have nothing to do with her.But I just wanted you guys to know that she might be in contact with you, and she might want to see you.And I just don’t know what she’s hoping to gain from this.”
Sergio and Santino just sat there saying nothing.I knew that emotionally they probably didn’t know how to handle the situation.
“I’ve also been thinking that I might go back to the police academy,” I said softly.
“What?”Sergio dropped his beer onto the table.“Now this is bigger news.Since when have you been thinking this?”
