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I shake my head in response. A burned warehouse is impossible to hide and cover up.
“He will soon enough.”
I grab my car keys and adjust my shirt by the collar, unbuttoning another button to reveal my chest.
“I’m leaving now. Text me when it’s done.”
He nods. We leave the office side by side.
“Madre (Mother) says you haven’t been home in a long while.”
He slides his hands into his pockets and stops in his tracks. “Mi dispiace (I am sorry), I will visit tomorrow.”
“Hmmn,” I breathe.
I know Daniel way too well to know how seriously he takes family and my father’s business.
Madre treats him like her son. Our families were very close.
Daniel’s father was shot one night, and while he hates to speak about it, I can still tell it hurts him.
I saw him at his worst when he lost his mother a year later. We are all he has left.
“Ciao, Ale.”
“Call me when you get home, stronzo (asshole),” I reply as I walk to my car.
My black Bentley Mulliner Batur stands distinctively in the parking space. It’s next to Daniel’s black SUV.
I unlock my car and slide into the driver’s seat. I start the car and drive towards Elixir where I’m meeting Beppe.
He is by the roadside when I arrive at the bar. He has his back on his silver sedan, dragging a cigar.
“Ale,” he greets me with a nod as he comes over.
“Is it ready?”
“Yes.” He walks to the trunk of his car and unlocks it. Taking out a small black bag from inside, he places it in the back seat of my car.
Another figure appears by the window side of the passenger’s seat.
Beppe swiftly pulls out a pistol and points it to her head.
It’s Adriana.
She looks different from the other night.
Her hands are up as she feels the gun pointed at her. She looks scared with her eyes shut tight.
I can’t make out what she says to Beppe with the window up. I push the button to wind it down, raising a finger to stop Beppe.
“Adriana.”
She forces her eyes open with her jaws clenched tight.
“Alessandro.” Her blonde hair is in a mess, falling over her shoulders.
“What does a Gustavo want from me?”
