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He taps the side of his head with two fingers. “Use your head. What value do you have? The most valuable man in a room is the man who has figured out what every other man in the room needs.
“Know a man’s weakness, what he needs, what he fears to lose most. Then find out how to control it. Be the man everyone needs Gio, not the man who whines about not getting his way.”
I work my jaw as the wheels turn. A light bulb goes off. I nod as my new plan sets in.
The dining room doors fly open and my father walks in. He has a huge grin on his face. He comes to my chair, cups my head and kisses the top of it before doing the same to Jace.
“I know his plan. Riccardo has gotten comfortable and thinks he’s invincible. He doesn’t even care who he speaks in front of.”
“This could be a trap,” Jace says.
“He’s not that smart.” I snort.
“This is true. Where is Dario?” Nonno says.
“He’s walking the dog with Dante.”
Nonno nods. “Go on, what do you have?”
“He’s raising Frances’s boys to think they have a right to the family. He has also pulled Dario in because he believes you’re going to make him Don since Gio is afinook. He thinks you’re hiding Gio here, so no one finds out.”
“I’ve got hisfinook,” I grumble and grab my shit.
“Hold on. I’m not done. He’s boasting that once Dario is promoted to Don, he’s going to kill you all and take over things. While placing Frances’s sons in your positions,” Dad says tightly.
“Hold on. You’ve mentioned Frances’s sons twice. Why am I just learning about them? How many are there?”
“He has three. They were under Ava’s protection. Your mother made a deal with Frances when the twins were born. No harm would come to them as long as you boys stayed safe.”
“So these sons are important to FrancesandRiccardo?”
“They are.”
“I want to know who they are. Do they know me?”
“No, I don’t believe they do. I told you, Riccardo doesn’t count you as a threat. Just Dario and Dante and he has plans for Dante too.”
I lift a brow. “Oh really?”
“Yes, he’s trying to find the pieces for that plan. The goal is to make it so there’s no one to carry the Di Lorenzo bloodline into the next generation. At least no one who can be made.”
I roar with laughter. I can’t stop laughing. Dad and Nonno look at me like I’ve lost it.
“This is his plan? This is what he’s been up to? Fuck outa here.”
Dad smiles. “I have one more thing you want to hear. He’s lost favor with Don Barbieri. He still won’t sanction a hit, but Riccardo’s been banned from Italy. I’m still getting the details on why.”
“Because he’s a piece of shit,” I hiss.
“Be slow to anger and quick to think,” Nonno says.
“This isn’t me angry. This is me ready. I know what I have to do. It’s time.”
CHAPTER14
Face the Facts
Gio
