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I shouldn't have enjoyed it Nor should I have felt a stirring of pleasure at the groaning and whi that I did, though

What can I say? When you grew up as the son of a mafia Capo dei Capi—boss of all bosses—you developed so pain

"You knoouldn't interrupt if it wasn't i the door behind him

Turning toward hiray suit jacket that was hanging there

Emilio was a bucker of convention Which meant that today, he had on slacks but no suit jacket, just a simple black shirt, tucked in I was convinced the only reason he bothered to tuck was to show off his belt buckle collection Today, it was a more understated silver scorpion

Emilio didn't inherit the dark hair and eyes ofinstead after his ht brown, and his eyes a dark blue

"What is it?" I asked, reaching up to wipe sweat off ers and palm, then use my rolled-up sleeve to complete the task instead

E chair a few feet behindquickly froht eye ollen shut, his nose still trickling lazily

"You almost done here?"

Not nearly

"Hold on," I said, turning back, cockingan uppercut under his jaw He was out before the chair teetered on two legs for a second before falling backward, colliding with the floor "That should shut hihim open the door so I didn't spread blood everywhere

We were in the basereat-great-grandfather came over from Italy about a hundred years before I stopped to wash my hands in the utility sink in the short hall between the back roo to earn compliance from someone who decided it would be okay not to pay us for a couple e area

"Alright What is so ie space, ht of decades-worth of crap that no one bothered to pack up and get rid of The rooh the walls My father couldn't even coy attack froot his hands dirty anymore

"Just got back fro heavily No one enjoyed a h, at this point I generally kept h that he didn't bother to requestfor us thus far

"What is he up to now?" What I really wanted to ask was What the fuck is he screwing up now? But you had to be careful how you spoke to or about ile as his was, didn't take kindly to any sort of criticism

"He's got a job"

"For you or for hworkout in these days, let alone another job

"He doesn't want me to do it He wantsa new soldierlittle asshole who only got in because he was such a kiss-ass During one of ourmatch that follohy I hadn't been in my father's presence in several h to have eyes on the little bastard