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“We went out to have some dinner.”
“I know that. What else? How did Grazia get shot?”
“I… I told her to come to the salon with me; that we should leave our guards behind. She was reluctant, but I insisted.”
“Why? The guards were there to protect you.”
She took a deep, long breath and then looked away from me.
“I needed to not be trapped, that’s all. Trust me, I know how stupid it was. Adrian taught me better. We’re not just two girls going out to have fun, we’re mafia wives and daughters. I knew better. And now when you’re on the edge of a war with her family… but I never believed they… how could they…?”
“They? Talk to me Chiara, tell me what I need to know.”
“I don’t know. We were in a parking lot, everything was fine, but Grazia… she must have seen something because she stopped to look around.” My girl was smart and her instinct was sharp. “This guy just showed up and Grazia pushed me. I fell and the next thing I know is I can hear gunshots and she’s on the ground.”
“Fuck!” I roared. Grazia’s pain was echoing inside me.
“It was a paid job, Salvatore. He said something about the Caputofamiglia. I don’t remember what but he said it.” I froze and Chiara grabbed my arms. “That man was on a job and he had one target, Grazia, because when I went to him, he didn’t point the gun at me.”
“You did what?”
“I hit him. I think I broke his knee. That’s why the police caught him so fast. He couldn’t walk.”
“How?”
“I… I’m a very good fighter.”
“You are?”
“Goliath taught me.”
Of course. Grazia’s brother was a cage fighting champion and Chiara always picked his worst habits.
“It was reckless and stupid. You could have…”
“You’re not listening to me. He didn’t even try to stop me.”
“Paid job.” I repeated her words from earlier.
“He had only one target. Your wife.”
I saw everything in red. Blood stained my view and all I could think about was murder. I kept my killer instincts under wraps at all times because I knew that a man with as much power and guns as me, could easily lose control and take a life, but now all bets were off.
Fabiano and I kept threatening each other with war ever since I married his daughter, but he had no idea the monster he created. War was a too merciful fate for someone who put a price on my wife’s head. For what they did, the Caputo family will face the Armageddon.
Like someone gave a signal, the door opened and all seven of the Caputo brothers walked through it in a line.A united front. They were a force – seven as one, just like daddy taught them – but it would take an army to make me back down.
“Chiara get out.” My cousin and I got up, but we didn’t move other than that. I tried to pretend to not notice how her eyes found Goliath right away, and pulled out my gun, loading it. “Chiara.”
“What?”
“I said get out.”
Giovani stepped in front of me, taking the lead of his family. He and I used to be close. He taught me a thing or two when he was getting ready to be the next CaputoDon, but we haven’t been face to face ever since our families parted.
“Your cousin can stay, Fiori.”
“Now who the fuck do you think you are to come here and act like my boss?”
