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"Oh, I know that." I was fully aware of that and if I hadn't been, I was reminded of how easily I could have lost Vito. I wanted him protected by that sacred law, but until I married him—which I hoped to do soon—he was just my lover, which kind of made him fair game in a mob war.
"With that idiot nephew and my mother gone, the Romanos are claiming it was all their fault and they had nothing to do with the attack. I am not sure I believe them so until they gain my trust again, they won't be invited to anything other than the annual conclave."
Roman snorted. "Good choice."
Carmine set a large manila envelope down on the desk. "I wanted to give this to you before we left. It's my letter of resignation."
"You're really leaving us?" Vito asked.
"You can always reach me by phone and we'll come back to visit often, but Roman and I have a lot of years to make up for. We want to travel a bit and see the world."
"You'll call if you run into any problems?" I asked. "We have friends in a lot of places now. Help can be there quickly."
"We have no plans to visit anywhere we're not supposed to," Roman assured me. "Both Carmine and I have been at this business for a lot of years. It's time to step back and let the younger generation take over."
I snorted. "You mean the stupider generation."
"You'll get smarter." Roman chuckled, something he seemed to do more often nowadays. "You don't get all these gray hairs without learning a thing or two along the way."
It wasn't me I was worried about.
"How Carlos taking your retiring?" Vito asked.
Roman frowned. "Not well."
My eyebrows lifted. "He's not going to cause any trouble, is he?"
"His wife won't let him," Roman replied. "Most of it is bluster. I've been working at his side fo over forty years. I'm not sure he can get along without me, but Rosa says it will be good for him. She's trying to talk him into stepping down and handing the business over to Vinnie."
"Are you sure Vinnie wants the job?" I was positive he wouldn't. Vinnie liked New York too much.
"Better him than my idiot brother Frank or one of his idiot kids." Roman's eyes rolled as he shook his head. "I swear, the gene pool really screwed up when those two were born."
"Isn't there anyone else?" I asked.
"There are a few cousins with promise, but they need some experience in the mafia world before they'd be ready to take over. I'm not sure they have what it takes."
I smirked and wagged my eyebrows. "Send them my way."
I could weed out the good ones from the bad ones easily. They just needed to spend a few days with me. They'd either start to become men or run home screaming for their mommy.
Roman stared at me for a moment before grinning. "I'll call Carlos before we leave."
"Okay, we're headed out," Carmine stated. "We need to get our stuff and get to the airport. There's a bottle of wine in Paris with our names on it."
I waited until the door closed behind them before swinging my leg over Vito again and settling down on his lap. "Now, where were we?"
Vito smiled at me as he fisted a handful of my hair and started to lower his lips to mine. "Right here, Boss."
It was good to be the boss.
~ The End ~
Bound To His Oath
Mafia Mayhem: The Italian Connection 1
"Do you honestly think I'd let you marry someone else? You've been mine since I took your first kiss. I was just giving you time to grow up."
