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"I never understood the fascination," Vincent said, typing away at the keys without looking up "There’s even a psychological disorder over the fear of the number, triskaidekaphobia In southern Italy, tredici--the nu so, and the rooers some more "I appreciate the randoo on Jeopardy! it’ll come in handy, but I don’t understand what the fuck it has to do withstopped "Lasciare in tredici"

"Are you telling me my luck ran out?"

"Not just yours" Vincent turned back to his laptop "I need another favor"

"Of course you do"

"I need soirl"

Carmine looked at him incredulously "You want me to spy on her?"

"Not exactly," he said "I need toher"

Care boiled over He stood so quickly his chair flew back "He touched her?"

"He didn’t harh she did burn her hand," Vincent said casually, ignoring Carmine’s outburst "I handled it"

"You handled it?" Care to puain "What’s gotten into you?"

Carlared at his father as he flopped back down in the chair "I don’t like that shit"

"I know, but you need to control your teet rid of Squint if I could, but Sal’s blinded by the fact that he’s technically family Sal has no blood relatives left, since his brother’s and sister’s families were all murdered That’s why he’s always been fixated on you You are the closest thing to a son he had--his godson Getting him to believe Squint’s untrustworthy won’t be easy"

"Do you think he could be a danger?"

Vincent sighed "Trouble’s brewing, so there’s little focus on things going on within the walls of the fortress, so to speak I think Squint’s e of that"

"Why’s he interested in Haven, though?"

"Probably because it’s wrong for hi? "Youfor so to hiht to touch what isn’t his," Vincent said "Although, that is a good point"

"So you do think that’s wrong?"

"Of course it is," Vincent said "Rape is alrong"

"I mean consensual"

Vincent shook his head "Do you really think a girl in her position has the right fra woman to look at him as a man and not a master, to see him for who he is and not what he is But just because it could happen, doesn’tfor heartache for everyone involved"

Carht To hiardless, Squint’s advances were unwanted," Vincent said "I should’ve figured this would happen, but I couldn’t have done anything differently I couldn’t have kept her hidden Sal would’ve asked about her because of who she is"

Carmine’s brow furrowed "Who is she?"

"Excuse ? Michael Antonelli?"

Vincent gaped at hi you Michael was her father"

He shrugged "Haven may have mentioned it"

"I’m surprised," he said "He didn’t claim her, so not many people know that information His oife only just recently found out She wasn’t very happy"

Carhed dryly "Haven mentioned that, too"

Vincent raised his eyebrows "Have you told her you know them?"

Carmine stared at his father "I don’t"

"You do," Vincent insisted "Or, well, you know Katrina’s brother We’re related to him"

Silence permeated the office It took a minute for that to click with Car me the bitch who tortured Haven is Corrado’s sister?"