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I sed the bile that rose inher SUV Surveillance of all soft targets was in the shooter’s vehicle, including Abby"

"By soft targets, you mean …"

"The members of your fa to remain calm If they had surveillance photos, the Carlisis had Travis figured out for a while They’d been watching raph That explained Travis’s interrogation in Vegas What we thought was Travis so and beating while they tried to get more intel was actually planned "Have they been located?"

The director paused "Travis’s SUV hit a tree at a high rate of speed They came back to finish it, but they didn’t walk away The Carlisi family is now three made men down Bobby the Fish Nikko the Mule Vito Carlisi"

"Benny’s son That means the Carlisis only have two possible successors left" Benny had seven children but only three sons The oldest, Angelo, was the underboss, with the other two in line for the job Benny was old school, and he’d passed onto his children and his crime family that only men could inherit his illicit empire I was hopeful that if their atte Benny built would fall apart

"Travis took care of it," the director said

"Of course, he did" My e clusterfuck was actually falling in our favor I should have known Once so at Travis, he always ain Even if they were three of the Carlisi faest of the Carlisi boys, Vincenzo, and two soldiers have been traced to a silver Nissan Altima They’re headed your way now They are likely aware of Vito’s death by now"

"Co back toward Stella’s nursery "What about stray bullets? Ricochets? We’re going to let thehter inside? This seems sloppy, sir"

"Can you think of another plan in the next eight minutes?"

I frowned "No, sir"

"Hyde will have Liis and Stella secured in the back of the home with vests This is our one chance It’s up to you, of course, but--"

"Understood, sir"

"You’re sure?"

"You’re right It has to happen this way It’ll buy us tient Maddox"

"Thank you, Director"

The bedroom door cracked open, and froainst the doorja her cell phone to her ear They had called her, too

"But we just … they can’t possibly know--" She sighed "I understand Of course, and I agree, but … yes, sir I understand, sir" She looked atagain "Consider it done, sir"

The phone fell from her hand to the floor, and her eyes lost focus I rushed across the rooentle, but I kneas holding her too tight

"I can’t believe this is happening," she said, her voiceinto an