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“Fine,” Gianna called froination Luca slid his hands underout of my eyes The lobby was croith our men

“I’ll take you to the hospital,” Luca said

“Luca,” Matteo said in warning “Let the Doc handle it He’s been taking care of our business for years”

“No,” Luca snarled “Aria needs proper care She’s lost tooour way before pretending they were busy again He was their Capo He couldn’t shoeakness, not even for me

“I can do a blood transfusion,” ca voice The Doc He was over sixty with snohite hair and a kind face

Luca’s grip on htened I clutched at his arm “It’s okay, Luca Let him take care of erous”

Luca’s eyes showed hesitation, then slowly he nodded “Follow me!” He carried ain

I woke in a soft bed, feeling battered and foggy My eyes peeled open Gianna lay beside ht outside, so several hours e bruise on her forehead, but I supposed I looked worse We were alone and disappointment filledindown, I found es

Gianna stirred, then she gave me a relieved smile “You’re awake”

“Yeah,” I whispered My mouth felt as if it was filled with cotton

“Luca has been guarding your bed alht, but Matteo forced hiht”

“They caught some?”

“Yeah, they’re trying to extract information from them”

My lips twisted, but I couldn’t bring myself to feel sorry for them “How are you?”

“Better than you,” Gianna said, then she closed her eyes “I’m sorry I lashed out at you yesterday I would have hatedI said to you”