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“I et a little bit in the fireplace”

“Porca miseria, Aida,” Dante swears “We just went there to drink their liquor and watch their fireworks, not burn their fucking house down!”

“It’s not going to burn down,” I say, without being entirely confident in ht there”

“That’s not better!” Dante explodes “Now he knows you did it!”

“He ht not even knoho I am”

“I doubt that very much He’s not as stupid as the rest of you are”

“Why am I included in this?” Sebastian says

“Because you’re stupid,” Dante replies “Even if you didn’t do anything tonight, specifically”

Sebastian laughs It’s impossible to offend him

“Where were you?” Dante says, rounding on Nero

“I was on the ht Her father owns the Fairreasy little crihter in the Griffins’ for rooe”

Dante is shaking his head in disbelief

“I can’t believe you guys You’re acting like children I never should have let you go over there”

“Oh, get off it,” Nero says He’s not one to take Dante’s shit, even if it ood boy? You hate those paddy fucks as much as we do Who cares if we ruined their party?”

“You’re gonna care if Calluonna tie us up in red tape and shut down every one of our projects He’ll bury us”