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Vice squeezes my hand. I don’t know if it’s a sign to brace for what comes next or an apology for what he’s about to do.
“The person who saved my life’s name is Nova Romano.”
Giovanni steps back, his eyes moving rapidly as he tries to figure out who that is before they fall on me.
I wave. “Hi.”
He snarls and lunges for me, but Vice is there with his hand around his father’s throat. “I gave you a name, and now it’s time for you to step down.” He releases his dad, who pulls a gun and aims it at me, but Vice steps in front of me. “Touch my wife, and I’ll rip off your cock and feed it to you.”
“Your wife. God, Vice, what have you done?”
“I gave you what you always wanted. An heir to step up and a wife I can make beautiful babies with. What’s the matter, Dad? Sad it’s not Dano here instead? Hard to make babies, though, when you prefer fucking underage boys.”
He growls and points the gun at Vice’s head. “This is your fault. It should have been you in that coffin, not Dano.”
I can see the exact moment the man decides to shoot Vice, consequences be damned. I pull the gun at the small of Vice’s back and shoot Giovanni in the throat.
My gun isn’t the only one that goes off, though. A fraction of a second later, more bullets riddle his body, making him twitch. Vice turns to look at me, holding his hand out for his gun.
“I’m not a urologist. But I know a dick when I see one. For the love of God, don’t introduce me to any more of your family. I don’t have a very good track record keeping them alive.”
He laughs and pulls me in for a hard kiss. The front of his shirt is covered in blood from Giovanni. Now blood coats the front of my pink dress, and I couldn’t care less.
“I like how protective she is of you,” Isaac says with a hint of respect in his voice.
Vice tucks me under his arm and turns us back to Nino. “As my father’sconsigliere, you’ll understand that I’m no longer in need of your services. I have my own counsel.”
The man stands there gaping, his eyes dropping to Giovanni on the floor. “She just killed the don.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. I was the one that killed him,” Conner calls out.
“Hate to burst your bubble, but it was me.” Isaac sighs as the other guys start arguing that they were the one that made the kill shot. I feel warmth in my stomach at how they are all trying to protect me.
“Sometimes, Nino, power corrupts. There is no way my father didn’t know about Dano. He was the golden boy, so it stands to reason that he’s been cleaning up his messes for years.”
“Right,” Nino says, looking unsure, but behind his eyes, I can see a shrewd man doing calculations. “This needs to stay between us. People won’t take too kindly to her killing the don, whatever the reason. They’ll want to make an example of her.”
“Over my dead body,” Vice snarls.
“That’s what I’m afraid of, Vice.”
Chapter 24
Vice
“We can't take the risk of keeping him alive. You know that, right?” Isaac murmurs into my ear.
“I know. I figured we could stage it to look like Nino took my father out.”
“People respect him, Vice. Unlike your father, Nino cultivated an image that garnered him respect. He was much better at keeping his skeletons in the closet. I don’t think people will believe he killed Giovanni. They’ll think it was a set up.”
“I’m not planning on turning Nino into a scapegoat. I’m planning on giving the people what they want. A hero.”
He looks at me wryly.
“Let’s say he found out that my father knew exactly what Dano was doing and didn’t just condone it but hid it from his people. If that wasn’t bad enough, Nino heard my father was arranging to put a hit out on me for killing Dano, and he decided to take matters into his own hands to stop that fromhappening. Unfortunately, he didn’t realize my father would be able to get off a shot of his own before he died.”
“Thus, killing Nino.”
