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So, he decided to wear it?
When my cell phone rang, I glanced at the name on the screen and then picked it up. "What's up, Vinnie."
"Bad news, I'm afraid," Vinnie replied. "The police are demanding that they meet Nico in person."
My jaw clenched.
"You need to bring Nico back to New York."
"Can't they come here?" I asked.
"No, they need to verify that Nico isn't being coerced."
"Can't they get in touch with the Polizia di Stato and have them verify that he isn't being coerced?" I asked. I really didn't want to take Nico back to New York City.
"I'm actually not sure," Vinnie replied.
"Luca," my grandfather said. "Now would be a good chance to take away that power and money."
I clenched my hand around my cell phone, my nostrils flaring as I tried to reign in my anger. "Vinnie, you have connections in New York City. Can you do a deep dive into Nico's parents?"
"I have a few connections," Vinnie replied, "so yeah, I can do that. Any reason why?"
"I've been keeping an eye on them for a few years and I have a lot of information on them, but nothing that will really work in my favor. I want to take their power away from them. To do that, I need to take their money away from them. My grandfather suggested I ruin his business."
"Oh, I see," Vinnie said. "Yeah, I have some people that I can ask to look into them. If there is something there, they will find it."
"Can you do that and get back to me?" I glanced at Nico, wincing at the concern I could see on his pale face. "I need to talk to my husband."
"I'll call you as soon as I have something."
I hung up with Vinnie and set my phone off to one side before glancing at my grandparents. "Can you excuse us? I need to talk to Nico."
"Of course, dear," my grandmother said before turning to walk out of the room.
My grandfather closed the door as he walked out.
I lifted Nico up and set him on my desk in front of me. I scooted forward so I could wrap my arms around him. I was pretty sure he was going to freak after he heard what I had to say and I wanted to keep him anchored on my desk.
"Nico," I started, "if we want your parents out of our lives forever, we may have to go back to New York City and confront them."
"Why would we do that?" Nico asked in a very small voice.
"Well, the plan that has been discussed is confronting them with the police there so that if they try anything, the police can arrest them. It's been suggested that we go all out when we confront them and show them that I have the money and power to keep them away from you."
Nico grimaced, his throat bobbing as he swallowed hard. "What do you think of all of this?"
"I hate it, Nico. I don't want them anywhere around you, but it might be the only way to fully get rid of them. As my grandfather told me, they use their power and money to hurt us. If we take that away from them, then they can no longer hurt us."
"I'm not sure I believe that."
Honestly, I didn't either.
"We have to take you back to New York to meet with the police, Nico. I don't think we can get out of that, so it makes sense to confront your parents at the same time, kill two birds with stone so to speak."
God, I was starting to sound like Vinnie.
"I get having to see the police, but why do we have to see my parents? We've already escaped them."
