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Frankie walks to Alessandro. “Mateo has several properties but not so many we can’t hit them all with small teams. If we each take men, we could go to them and find where he is keeping Ana.”
Alessandro sighs and looks at Ivan. “We will get her back.”
“I’m still pissed you didn’t tell me about the auction she was caught for.”
“A mistake on my part. I thought we had put that behind us.” He looks at me. “You do not leave this fucking house, or so help me, Luigi Sorvino, you will join your mother since you miss her so much.” His words sting, but I know he has to present a certain side of himself because of my insubordination.
I talk before I think. “I could help. I want to make this right.”
Dominic smacks me on the back of the head, and I jolt forward but still maintain my balance.
“What did Don Sorvino just tell you?” he roars into my ear.
“Stay,” I say quietly, nodding.
“Let’s get teams together,” Alessandro says. “We will split up and look for Ana. I don’t trust Mateo not to take her out of the country, so notify everyone on our payroll that works on the borders or airports.”
They all file out as they talk. Ivan stops briefly by me, then leaves without a word.
I wait until they’re all gone before I leave the office. There doesn’t seem to be anyone else in the house except the staff. I look out the front and see some guards stationed near my car, clearly on orders that I don’t take that anywhere.
I sigh and leave out the back, choosing to visit my aunt and uncle instead.
“Hello?” I knock on the open door. “Zio Romero? Zia Helena?”
“Luigi Sorvino, what was Alessandro yelling at you for now?” my aunt asks as she comes out of the kitchen covered in flour. “Come, we are in the kitchen.”
I follow her to where my uncle is sitting, having a whiskey while my aunt bakes.
“We’re almost done, then we’re going to watch a play,” she says with a smile. “So what is the problem?”
“I’ve messed up, really badly,” I say.
My Uncle pulls the chair out next to him, and I sit. “Who in this family hasn’t made a mistake? What’s her name?”
“How do…”
“This family is a passionate one. Everyone thinks a mobster can’t love, but the truth is that we love so much we’d kill for our soul mates. Who is she?” He looks at me.
“Anastasia Volkov.”
Helena smiles. “She’s beautiful and very smart. I’ve enjoyed talking to her before. Such lovely manners.”
I frown. “Zia, you’re not listening to me. Her father and Alessandro are going to kill me!”
I explain the night to them, and it actually goes a lot faster than I realize, perhaps because my Zio keeps telling me to skip the emotions and just give facts.
I sigh. “I want to find her and bring her home. Not only because I want her but because I want to make things right.”
“Ai, my little piccolo figlio.” She starts to clean up. “You always were my baby boy. Since your mother was murdered, you have kept women at arm's length. Satisfying your needs but refusing to get attached. Now you know what it feels like to love someone you can’t have.”
“I was never afraid of loving…”
“You were always afraid of commitment since you were a child. How often did your father have to get you out of trouble when you broke a girl's heart in school? When their father came knocking?” She laughs. “It’s okay to be scared. Love is big. It’s terrifying. The way my generation raised the next, it wasn’t right. We insisted on being cold, firm, and adhering to the rules. We forgot that the rules applied to the years we lived, not the ones you do.”
Zio rolls his eyes. “She’s become like this ever since she made the mistake of splitting up your cousin and Carmine. I just accept the sentimental crap now.”
I chuckle slightly. “So what do I do? Do I go find her?”
