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Corrado tipped his head "The pleasure’s all mine"

Drinks flowed as thebusiness issues for ht The conversation was fluid, al tested They watched his everywhether or not they wanted to do business with him He had met them all before while on the job, but this was different

This was the interview of his life

"What brings you to New York?" Sergio Geneva, head of the Geneva faction, asked "How long are you here for?"

"Just for the night," Corrado said "Brought irlfriend"

"So personal reasons?"

"Mostly"

The Calabrese Don looked at Corrado across the table "I’ I wanted to talk to you about This friend of mine, Sammy Graveshe opened up this new casino You knohich one I’ about?"

"Of course"

"He’s a good guy, on the straight and narrow Got a faet his place off the ground upstate, give him a line of credit, but he declined Wanted to do it hial"

"That’s honorable," Corrado said

"So I’o is a bit of a thorn in his side He never wanted that, you know, never wanted to make deals"

"Understood," Corrado said "You tell hio A friend of yours is a friend of lass "I’ll pass the o?" another of New York’s dons asked

He considered the question "Delicate"

"O’Bannon still pushing his luck?"

More like Sal pushed hiure, before he tests us again"

"You let us knohen that happens," he said "Anything you need, you just ask We’re all friends here"

Corrado nodded, picking up his glass to take a sip as the conversation once h his expression remained stoic, his eyes hard and dark as he portrayed the cold lowed inside of hi with Johnny Amaro, boss of the Amaro family and one of the few men Corrado had considered a true personal ally over the years His fa, passed down frolass in silent celebration

Nailed it

Cardboard boxes packed the living roohth Avenue, stacked one on top of another and filled to the bri, others to leave behind Haven’s life was once s disposed of as she moved on with life

A bittersweet sensation collected in her chest, happiness and sadness colliding as she finished packing her things toto follow your drea one pro she suspected Carmine could relate to

"You know, you don’t have to do this," he said, standing in the middle of the room, his hands in the pockets of his jeans "We can work solanced at hied "We could commute"

"Commute?"

"Yeah, you stay here, I stay there We visit e get the chance"

"Is that what you want?"

"No"

Haven laughed to herself, placing the last of her books in a box She picked up the journal belonging to Maura and opened it, haphazardly flipping through the pages as she considered his words She ca an inscription in red e

Sometimes I lose perspective, but it helps to stop and look around I h, it seems, is more than most have

Haven set the book in the box before closing it "We have so a lot of people don’t have, you know"

"What?"

S with the other belongings she planned to keep "A chance We aren’t proranted"

Car himself to make a call He slipped to the bedroo the boxes A co around just as the front door to her apart into the wall

Kelsey appeared, her wide eyes frantic like a reet her friend when she bolted forward, yelling hysterically "What the hell? Where have you been? What happened? What are you doing?" Kelsey spun in a circle, pointing at the boxes "Are you ? Really? Are you in some kind of trouble? Why haven’t you called?"

The bedroom door yanked open then as Car?"

Kelsey blinked rapidly as her attention darted to him "Who are you?"

Carmine narrowed his eyes "Me? Who the hell are you?"

Haven let out a deep sigh as she waved between the two of them "Carmine, this is my friend Kelsey Kelsey, this is my, uhCarmine"

The two stared at each other, neither one acting as if they had heard her Kelsey’s expression softened eventually, though, her eyes turning froht’ve heard about you once or twice"

"Likewise"

Rolling her eyes at their standoff, Haven scanned the apart was boxed The white walls were barren, the place suddenly feeling much smaller than before