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Angelo is one of those guys who has a lot of street cred and full Sicilian heritage, but doesn’t want to be head of his famiglia and only wants to work freelance for Dante. He’s a lone wolf, and a dangerous one at that.
“But he is in my corner,” I argue. Angelo has been a good friend to ours. He’s probably my best friend other than Dante.
Dante sighs. “All right, Nico. I’ll give you the location but you have to promise me that you’ll be prepared.”
“Only if you promise not to tell Francesca and Aurora,” I say, and Dante nods in agreement.
“The girls shouldn’t know what we get up to.”
“That’s the wiseguy way,” I say with a smirk and Dante laughs, nodding in agreement.
I finish my drink. “Another?”
Dante pours us both another. “Why not day drink?” he asks with a chuckle.
“It wouldn’t be the first time,” I point out.
“God, you remember that bar? Where was it?”
“On fifth. In the worst part of town,” I laugh, remembering.
“We spent all night there, until it was daylight.”
“Took home a few girls, from what I remember.”
“Four, I think. Then we just passed out before we could do anything with them,” Dante chuckled.
I laugh with him, enjoying spending time with my friend. I’d missed it while we were out running from Marco.
“Enough reminiscing,” Dante says suddenly. “I’m not that guy anymore.”
“Was it hard?” I ask him, curious. “Giving up that life?”
Dante gave me a half-smile. “No. It was the easiest decision I ever made.”
“Really?”
He snorted. “No, not really. It was hard. It’s hard to change, Nico. But it was worth it. I did it for Mia and for our little girl.”
“When’s she due?” I ask.
“Soon,” he says. “Any day. I worry myself sick thinking about Mia going through labor.”
I swallow hard. I hadn’t thought about that, not yet. It’s like the baby is just some possibility, some future problem. I hadn’t thought about all the pain that Aurora will have to go through. I think about the scar on her face, how angry that scar makes me.
Not because it makes her less beautiful. Because Marco Barone had been the cause of it. Been the cause of her pain and trauma.
I hate him, and I want to take him out. That’s why I need Angelo, and that’s why I need Dante to give me the location. At least he’s finally agreed to it.
“I don’t know if I can do it,” I admit.
“Do what? Go after Marco?” Dante asks.
I shake my head. “That, I can do. I mean about changing. About being a different man for Aurora.”
“You can do that, too, if you want to,” Dante encourages. “It’s not easy, but it’s possible. I’m living proof.”
“You make it look so easy,” I grumble.
