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"Don't you have to stay, to take care of all that?" I wave my hand toward the back, not turning to look at the receding scene behind us.
"Aldo will handle it," he says.
"Whose Aldo?" I ask.
"One of my men."
"Oh. You must trust him."
"I do."
"That's good."
"Who taught you to shoot?" he asks when I don't say anything else.
"My zio."
"He's a smart man."
I nod.
"But he didn't teach your sister to use a gun?"
"He and Papà don't always see eye to eye." Is that an explanation? I don't know, but it is the truth.
"I am glad in this instance that your uncle did not listen to my consigliere."
Because Carlotta is okay. That makes sense. The approval in the don's tone warms my insides, dissipating the chill of shock.
"Will you teach your daughters to shoot?" I ask, curious.
"Sì. I will also make sure they always travel in an armored car as you and your sister will do going forward."
I'm sure my father will not be happy about that. The only armored vehicle he has in his fleet is his personal SUV.
"I will provide the car and bodyguards," Don De Luca says, like he knows what I'm thinking. "It is my prerogative as your sister's fiancé."
That isn't going to make it any easier for my father to swallow. I don't look forward to navigating his temper for the next couple of months.
Chapter 13
New York City, New York
Mancini Mafia
GUILIA
I can hear my son's excited voice coming from the living room as the elevator doors open onto Severu's level of the penthouse.
"Look, Miss Connie!" Neri puts his Deadpool figure in the center of the train track and holds it there.
When the train engine comes around, it hits the figure and derails, falling on its side, its wheels still spinning.
My son dances around in glee. "Didja see? Didja see?"
"Yes, he won again," the blonde woman replies with an indulgent smile.
A fully trained bodyguard, Connie Dane has been Neri's nanny since birth. My son adores her.
