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I heard the phone ring.
"Hey, Vinnie," a man said. "What's up?"
"Hey, King, I have you on the line with Luca Sabatino and his husband. Do you have a business deal with a man named Victor Rossi? He's in imports."
"Give me a minute to check."
The tension as we waited was palatable.
When King came back, he said, "Yeah, it's an old deal set up with O'Donnell. I've just been letting it go for now because I have so much other stuff on my plate, but I don't intend to renew it when the contract comes to an end. Rossi wants too much of the pie. Why?"
I started to smile, but it wasn't a sweet smile for my love.
It was pure evil.
"How lucrative is this contract, King?" I asked.
"Well, it's been less lucrative in the last few years, which is one of the reasons I want to end the contract. I think that's why Rossi has been demanding a bigger cut. He hasn't been making as much recently. Barely anything in the last few months."
"He started losing money a few months ago?" Nico asked. "That was about the time my parents started insisting I marry Gena."
"Nico?" Vinnie asked.
"Yeah," Nico replied.
"King, this is Nico Sabatino, Luca's husband."
"I'm also Victor Rossi's son," Nico said.
"Oh," King replied. "Well, I suppose I could renew the contract."
"Please don't," Nico said. "We're trying to figure out how to take down my father's company, not make him more money."
King sounded so confused. "Huh?"
"Go ahead and tell him, Luca," Vinnie said. "King is trustworthy."
I quickly gave a brief rundown of our history with Nico's parents over the last ten years, including what we were hoping to do.
"So, if I ended this contract early, it wouldn't upset you?"
"Not at all," I replied. "It would actually help us a lot."
"Is this something we should get the guys on?" King asked. "I'm sure they can work their magic and drain that bank account in the Caymans. Taking Rossi's money is sure to piss him off."
I snorted. "What's he going to do? Report it to the police that his illegal money was stolen?"
That brought a few chuckles.
"I already spoke to Delancy," Vinnie said. "They are looking into digging up dirt on Rossi and his wife. I'll give him a call here in a few and talk to him about clearing out the bank account. He'll want a cut for his organization, but only like ten percent. Is that all right with you, Nico?"
"Um." Nico frowned as he looked at me. "Why wouldn't it be okay with me?"
"It's your money, Nico."
His eyebrows shot up and he looked at the phone. "My money?"
"He's right, Nico," I told him. "After everything your parents did to you, you deserve this money."
