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Matthew

Nothing would stop me until the job was done

Consequences

There would be extreme consequences that would be delivered swiftly

This is how I did business They would all see my wrath and what that entailed

He would see He would feel He would beg formercy

There was a code of conduct in business A level of respect that should always be followed Vittorio Costa broke that rule, disrespectednice

“It’s fucked up” Harley Croas the first ofaround the ridiculously expensive and nearly priceless conference table to chime in “He thinks because he’s a boss that he’s untouchable Those mafia fucks always think they’re invincible”

“Yeah, well, that mafia fuck needs to be checked,” Kenneth Saxon—the usually level-headedmember of our business—snarled

It wasn’t just the loss of money that pissed me off It was the theft It was the blatant fuck you the e loud and clear, and it damn near caused my blood to boil

I appreciated the support from my six business partners I knew that if one of us was fucked with, we all were fucked with to soether We were more We were practically brothers

“I’ll handle it,” Harley Crow stated si new for this assassin, although I kneas trying to clean up that part of his past Deep down, he wanted his killing days to be behind him forever A harder task than he had planned

And besides… this was my problem

Vittorio had enteredwho needed to rule over my new enemy’s demise