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I close the distance between our faces and kiss her tenderly, but then we’re interrupted when Mamma and Aunt Greta come rushing into the dining room.
“We’re ready … oh dear … we can wait,” Aunt Greta says before pushing Mamma back to the door.
There’s a confused expression on my mother’s face as she asks, “Why?”
“They’re kissing,” Aunt Greta whispers.
I let out a chuckle as I lift Gabriella off my lap. We get up, and taking her hand, I head to the doorway. “Let’s go.”
When we walk out of the house, five SUVs are waiting out front.
“We’re in the third SUV,” I say.
Aunt Greta climbs into the second one, and as Gerardo leads Mamma to the fourth one, I feel a twinge in my heart.
Now that I’m engaged to Gabriella, she takes precedence over my mother. I wish I could have them both with me, but the risk is too high.
With us separated, some of us might survive during an attack.
I let Gabriella climb into the backseat before I slide in beside her.
“Why are your mother and Mrs. Accardi taking different cars?” she asks.
“It’s a precaution,” I explain.
Carlo gets in behind the steering wheel, and Dante, one of my other guards, takes the passenger seat.
With fourteen guards to protect us, the convoy of SUVs drives toward the gates. When they open, we head down the narrow road that’s lined with trees.
“Where are we?” Gabriella asks.
“Shelter Island. We have to take a ferry to get to Long Island.”
She lets out a burst of laughter. “Still don’t know where I am.”
I pull out my phone and bring up a map of the area to show her. “We’re here.”
“It looks far from Manhattan,” she mentions.
“That’s why I take the helicopter.”
Relaxing into my side, she glances out the window. “It’s quiet out here.”
“That’s the plan,” I mutter.
She glances up at me. “Do you ever host parties at the mansion?”
“The other four heads of the Cosa Nostra come over for a poker game occasionally. Mostly, we meet in Manhattan. I have another house and a penthouse there.”
“Is that where you stay when you’re not with us?” she asks.
I nod, my eyes searching through the trees as we drive toward the ferry.
“Only a few people know where the mansion is situated,” I mention.
“Who?”
“The other heads. The guards. My aunt on my father’s side and Stefano.”
