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Good She understands now I get us in a shadowed part of the dance floor, out of the spotlight shining directly in the center We roup of her ups in our world approaches, they clear a path and give

Ferro

That adrenaline puins to rise

The need to kill him, to take him and make him pay for what I al Al where I last spotted Marcello, I look his way, and that’s when I find hi nod, and that’s hs loudly as I slip away froue and an annoyed sound that I pay no h catches the eye of Ferro, keeping him focused on Arabella’s father

You can see it in his eyes—the recognition

As this distracts hiives me a chance to move closer We don’t dare cause a scene here at the event, much less one where Ferro’s family is present; it would be a bloodbath—a declaration of war Reaching into h the dancing couples and the suards are looking to where Ferro is, and I see uarded space and a straight shot to the exit door that leads to the alley

Ferro says soisters The guard catches sight of me in the crowd and moves

“Sir, it’s DeLuca,” I hear him tell Ferro, close behinda mask, but I don’t have tioing to make a run for it, to try to tackle me So I bolt toward Ferro in a last-ditch effort to at least pummel the fucker out of sheer desperation to exact souards focus their attention on me And just like that, two men take Ferro by the arms and rush him out as the other men make their move toward me

“Hey!” one hollers, and I spin to look at Marcello, who is already into me

“Gentle such a ruckus?” Marcello announces, and this stops the three h for ency exit

I barelytoward the street, where I see Ferro cli

“Fuck! God da at my hair I lost him, and now he knoe’re after him Hell, he already had suspicions, but now he knows for sure, and this will force hiht, another day, and h

I pull out my phone and dial Marcello

He answers and barks, “I’m on my way out”

I end the call and look around the alley and street, trying to think of what to do next It’s ti B