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He had lost my trust and Gio’s. But the problem was… apart from murdering his ass, there wasn’t a lot we could do. I have never liked the man but I have respected him as a Boss, but I knew Gio had a complicated relationship with him. Now more than ever. Not only could he be Gio’s father but he was also the Boss of Mala Del Brenta. As much as we were all pissed at him right now, he still had extreme loyal followers in our family. All the other capos, the soldiers and Toni were loyal to him. He was untouchable.
The commission were the only ones who could overthrow his position but that would mean ratting him out to them about Aiani which was out of the question. We were not fucking snakes.
“So, what are you thinking?” I asked Giovanni directly. He leaned back in the chair, rubbing his stubbled jaw as he watched his siblings playing.
“Firstly, I want a paternity test without Sal’s knowledge. Secondly, I am going to go to meet with the Leones.”
I sat up straight in shock, nearly knocking Cami off my lap. “You can’t be serious? It could be a fucking trap Gio!”
“I know,” he said sternly as he reached for Liv’s hand. She was watching his face intensely and I could see the worry in her eyes. They had already talked about this clearly but when Gio makes up his mind about something, he is going to go through with it.
I huffed loudly, running my fingers through my free-flowing hair. I had wondered myself why the Leone’s wanted to meet with Gio but the risk was too high. The fact they would only meet with him alone and with no security was suicidal. He’d be walking into the palm of their hands and praying for the best. They were our biggest rivals and had just formed an alliance with Barbieri. It was a terrible idea to meet with them.
“I have a strong feeling that they have something on Sal. Obviously, I don’t fucking trust the assholes and they could be trying to cause shit between our family but right now, I don’t trust Boss either and I need to know what they want to tell me.”
“You really believe that is all they want? To talk?”
“I don’t have a fucking clue. But Liv can’t stay behind these mansion walls for the rest of her life, which is the only way to keep her safe if I don’t meet them.”
I scoffed loudly. “So, this is about Liv?”
He narrowed his eyes at me. “No. This is about all of it.”
I leaned back, my mind swirling with all the possibilities that could come from this. Most likely they will kill him or torture him. Or keep him hostage for something they want from Sal. Or the least likely option, they really did have something to tell him and would let him walk away unharmed after. He was going to do this no matter what I said so I had to find a way of making sure he had some protection walking in there. My eyes lit up as the idea came to me.
“The commission. I will go and meet with them and tell them where you are and what is happening.”
He held my gaze and nodded slowly. “That way if they do harm me in any way, Boss will have the evidence to warrant retaliation…”
“I don’t like this. Can’t you at least take some of your men with you?” Liv panicked. It was clear Gio hadn’t gone into a huge amount of detail as to how dangerous this situation really was.
“No. The message was clear. Meet them alone without informing Boss. If I don’t want to risk him finding out I am meeting them, I have to go alone.”
“Then I want to come with you!” She grabbed his arm that was holding her hand and he chuckled.
“No fucking way, bambola.”
“He is right, Liv. You will put him in more danger if you go as well. They could use you against him at any point,” Cami replied softly, and Liv huffed back in her chair.
“Then I want to go with Max to the commission. I have to do something.”
I shrugged my shoulders at Gio. It wasn’t a bad idea. She would at least be safe with me and the commission.
“Fine. But you do not leave Max’s side,” he sighed, and she gave me a cheeky grin. This little firecracker was the most perfect woman for Giovanni. In fact, she was the only woman for him. That much was obvious.
“When?”
“Tomorrow. I already sent a message to the Leones.”
“How?”
“Angelo. He is my most trusted soldier and proved his loyalty to me time and time again. He delivered the message this morning and they accepted it. I am to meet them in neutral territory in an underground club.”
“Well that sounds promising,” I scoffed.
“I need you to hang about here today. I have invited Boss over and I’d like you to be present as I am sure he will be bringing Toni.”
Now this did surprise me and from the look on Liv’s face, she wasn’t too pleased about it. “Okay. What are we discussing?”
