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“Carleen. She’s all I’ve ever wanted. I know it’s not possible because of this thing, but it would be her for me. Always has been.”
I grunt and nod. I sort of already knew that. I can’t blame him. Carleen has become a gorgeous young woman. I’ve caught the way he looks at her.
“I don’t know,” Dante says in almost a whisper. “She should be gorgeous, not fake but real beauty. I love curves so she doesn’t have to be some skinny woman.”
I turn to look at him again. His eyes brighten and he becomes more animated. “Yeah, beautiful and graceful. I like them smart and if she can make me laugh that’s a plus. I want her to give me a son I can play ball with.
“And…and I want her to be able to handle me. You know, this side of me. The savage I have to be for this thing. She should match my savage. That’s not real though,” he says and turns to look out the window.
“Why not?”
“Because…I’m crazy. Something is broken in me. There isn’t a woman for that.”
I scoff because he’s just described almost perfectly the woman I’m in love with. “You’d be surprised. And Dante?”
“Yeah?”
“You’re not crazy. I’ve done most of the shit you’ve done and more and I sleep just fine at night. She’s out there and I bet if you stop to think about it, you’d see Bethany is none of that. She’s not the one, bro.”
“Yeah,” he replies, bringing a frown to my face. His stubborn ass isn’t listening to me.
I go to dig in, but a car pulls up. The last two we’ve been waiting on have arrived.
“This is it,” Jace says.
“Andiamo. In and out. We’re not carving anyone up tonight. One to the head, two to the chest.”
CHAPTER45
The Call
Gio
Jordan Sparks “No Air”plays as I sip at my drink, then place my cigar back in my mouth. Jace sits beside me with his own drink as his gaze remains on Ny. She’s dancing around the living room with a smile on her face.
This is the happiest I’ve seen her in a while. I think we’re all relieved now that I’m made. The Irish hit did the trick. Dario and Dante took the oath with me. I wish Nonno would promote me to Don now, but I know that’s not going to happen.
“Come dance with me, baby,” Ny coos. She’s on the right side of tipsy.
I stand but hold my finger up as my phone rings. “Hold on, I need to take this.”
She pouts and goes to pull Jace from his seat. I turn to move to the home office for a bit of silence. Closing the door behind me, I answer the call.
“Big man, ya gud?”
“It’s good to hear from you, my friend. How you doing?”
“In-troot, not as gud as yuh. We need ta chat. I coming to sih yuh. Ya somebody now, eh? A lil’ nabody na mo. Tings changed and I need yuh to do some ting fuh muh. Yuh understand?”
“I’ve got you. When?”
“The judge be in touch soon. Yuh gimme a place, I provide the time.”
“Fair enough. I’ll be waiting.”
The call ends and I hang up and place my phone in my pocket. I puff at my cigar a few times, then pull it from my mouth to stare at the embers.
“Never a dull fucking moment.”
