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But it’s the only way to drown out the demons in my mind

“Not going to like what?” I ask

He’s standing in the doorway, looking grim “What I’m about to tell you”

“Are we going to play ga to spit it out?” I snarl

“We think Matteo is ”

“Missing?” My jaw clenches tight

He’s a good lieutenant Sharp, cautious, proactive He’s been with the Family for a decade now, and he’s been loyal down to his bones for every second of that time

“Taken, probably”

“That’s a lot of uncertainty, Claudio I need better than that,” I reply

He nods and sinks to a seat on another bench “The eyewitnesses were civilians, so they’re a little shaken up by what they saw, and the information isn’t one-hundred-percent reliable But it appears that a group of armed men stormed into the laundro operation”

“The one Matteo oversees,” I fill in

“Yes, that’s the one”

“So soed out one of my best lieutenants”

Claudio nods and folds his hands in his lap

I eye hi for him to fill in the last piece of crucial information

“Who the fuck did it?” I demand

He sighs once more “The eyewitnesses said they heard Irish accents”

I closetide of fury inFrank

I’ll have his fucking head on a chopping board for this

Only when I’ain

I’ames

Done with thisme

He wants to get me riled up? Fine

“We’re going to go get Matteo,” I say at once “Now”

An hour later, we’re in the woods outside a ate encircling the property and greenery everywhere But it’s the tiny details I noticeprecise circuits along the periive away our position if we put one toe out of place

Half a dozen of my best men are crouched behind ear

“Marcello, are you sure you want to do this?” Claudio asks

“Stop trying to keepDon You answer to me”