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“Get to the point, Giovanni,” I rasp out.
He laughs. “I love it when you’re angry at me. It does something to me. But that’s not why I am here. My offer was unreasonable, to begin with.”
“Glad you got the memo. Now get the hell out of my home.”
“I’ll do that, but I’ll offer a deal before I leave.”
He meets my eyes. “Announce that you are stepping down as the head of this family.”
“You’re insane,” Donatello says.
Giovanni sighs. “Hey! Only Antonio can call me names, okay?”
“Get out, now! I won’t say it again,” I growl.
He chuckles. “Always the hothead! Anyway, I will give you forty-eight hours. Let the underworld know that you are no longer the head of the Russo mafia family or suffer the consequences.”
“Not happening,” I answer.
“You’ve answered too quickly, my friend. Think about the benefits of my offer. Or you could just split your territory with me like I asked for in the beginning. After all, you owe me that much, don’t you think?”
I glare at him. “Why would I give up everything my family has worked so hard to get?” I ask him. “You haven’t even earned my trust. You certainly haven’t earned the right to take what’s mine.
“But I do know that you can be hurt for the first time,” he says to me with a sly grin.
I blink at him. I don’t follow. “What are you fucking talking about?” I ask with a laugh.
He grins at me. “The girl…she means something to you, right?”
I frown at him, and I hear Donatello suck in his breath next to me. I don’t answer him, and he starts laughing loudly.
“See? Leverage for the first time. Something you’re willing to bleed and die for. You might want to discuss that little fact with your beloved brothers. They might want to know why you don’t care enough about them to die for them.”
“That’s not true, you bastard,” Donatello spits at Giovanni.
“Tell him it’s not true,” Bunny says to me, his tone mocking.
I remain silent, processing Giovanni’s words with some shock.
Bunny snorts and crosses his arms over his chest.
“A little family dissension is what I love best,” Giovanni crows, turning his back on us. “Forty-eight hours, your time starts now!” he calls over his shoulder as he and his thugs leave.
“That fucking nut job!” Donatello curses under his breath.
Bunny turns to Donatello. “I told you that our big brother was getting weak on us.”
“What does that have to do with anything? You know you are starting to fucking get on my nerves, too,” Donatello snapped.
“If you didn’t have your head up your ass, you would see how unreliable he has become.”
“That’s it, I am beating both of your asses,” Donatello says, moving to swing, but I put my hands in front of him, stopping him.
“He’s right,” I say.
“You have got to be fucking kidding me,” Donatello sighs.
I turn to Bunny. “You’re right. I have grown complacent. I’m sorry if I have disappointed you.”
