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"Of course not! He’s odson!"
"But you don’t deny you wanted my wife dead? You don’t deny you had your sister murdered? You don’t deny you were in bed with the Russians? God, how sick does a man have to be to make his own faood life!" Salvatore spat, losing control of his teun Car over a chair "Frankie begged ed me to let the child live! He’s the one who failed! He treated her like crap! He let his son have his ith her! She would’ve been better off dead!"
"Is that why you never went to Blackburn, why you always sent us?" Vincent asked, no hesitation in his voice "You couldn’t look at her, knohat you’d done?"
"You’re wrong!"
"And is that why you were so insistent on seeing Haven when you visited? Why you were elated Carmine fell in love with her, why you wanted hiain!"
"Shut up!"
"You thought it was redemption! They were possessions to you! And you had the nerve to ask me if she’d been worth it, if she orth all the pain I went through, if she orth everything I lost, and you’d been the one to do it toso much power over everyone?"
"You’re delusional!"
"And you’re disturbed! You’re a traitor!"
"How dare you accuseinformation to the Feds? Tell me, Vincent, how does it feel to be a rat? How does it feel to break the oath you swore? How does it feel knowing you’re going to die for it?"
Vincent stood frozen for a second before a sinister smirk turned the corner of his lips "You first"
The bang of a gunshot ripped through the night air and Carer He covered himself defensively as Salvatore stuh his shoulder, and dropped his gun as his ar the patio table over, Salvatore ducked behind it as Carlo returned fire Vincent shot again, hitting Carlo’s thigh with a bullet, ht and shoot back
A bullet froun hit the table Salvatore hid behind, ricocheting off of it and flying in Carmine’s direction He ducked as soon as he heard it hit and it whizzed past his head, barelyhis temple "Fuck!"
"Carmine!" Salvatore yelled, barely audible above the sudden raunfire "Kill him!"
Carun out, his thoughts frantic as he fought off dizziness Kill or be killed He kneent If he didn’t kill his father, Sal would kill hi at anything, another gunshot ripped past hih his button-down shirt He tripped and fell, his body tre as he clutched his stomach Awful cries escaped his throat as Vincent closed the distance between theh Carlo’s arh his kneecap as he tried to drag hiun again before ducking out of the way Vincent was clearly on a rabbed Carlo by the collar He shoved the er without hesitation Blood splattered, the back of Carlo’s head exploding, and Carmine couldn’t stop the scream that reverberated from his chest as violent flashes of his mother overwhelmed him
Vincent looked at Car for wounds "Get out of here, son," he de to Salvatore, who had taken shelter by the back door He stood but didn’t have enough ti Vincent straight in the chest He grunted and staggered but stayed on his feet to fire back
"Car to shoot, but his aim was off "Do it now, or I’ll kill you!"
"Don’t threaten th back There was a commotion as he steadied hiuys running outside Corrado followed behind the in the scene as Carun
Corrado noticed the un, he aimed at Caret the entire thing out before his uncle pulled the trigger The bullet grazed the back of his right hand and he cried out, dropping the weapon and grabbing the searing wound It felt like it was on fire, throbbing painfully as blood dripped onto the patio
Corrado sprinted toward Carround, his low voice de, Corrado haphazardly fired across the yard, the bullets deliberately flying past the target Vincent turned and fired a ard shot toward Corrado, his ai for cover around the back of the house
Salvatore and the others shielded themselves near the back door, as Corrado and Carht The gunshots slowed to a trickle as they reloaded, the rest of theout to come to Salvatore’s aid
Car chest as he staggered a few steps Vincent shrugged off his coat then, revealing a s by a strap around his shoulder The blood rushing through Car as tears flowed down his cheeks
Vincent bowed his head andfuriously as he spoke to hi