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I’ve heard Pop say it a million times but never paid much attention because it didn’t refer to me in any way that women made men soft I didn’t show et the fuck out “I think we should head back to the house” I didn’t wait for a response, just turned and walked back the way I came

I’d h fro but instead spent the tiranted every day She’s either very innocent or very sheltered, not sure which

I’ve never seen anyone take such pleasure in walking around the grounds of someone else’s home Add the fact that she was tense as hell the whole ti into her life didn’t seeive ht not be the way to go

The twinsmutts, almost identical white Po a racket at every da

“Keep your ankle biters away fro rown house cats Shit, there’re cats bigger than these two

She dropped down to her knees and called to thelee of a five-year-old at a carnival “They’re so adorable; what’re their names?”

“Belle and Beau” The twins answered her together as she played with the two ed onto her lap

“Do you have a dog?” Rosa knelt to join her

“No, but I’ve alanted one” She rubbed her face in their hair while laughing with pure joy

It’s the first tienuine pleasure in her There was no guile, no hidden pockets in her actions as she played with the dogs, and I knew that iffriends before, she’d won the rats like they birthed them

“Oh, that’s sad; you’ve alanted a pet but couldn’t Why not? Most of our friends have pets” Good, Rosa was still on the job

“Oh, Victoria doesn’t like… I irls and I shared a look over her head then Anna got that glint in her eye Fuck, I better get on this shit before they buy her a whole family of the shits One would do the job, but Draco Russo’s kids don’t do subtle very well, and yes, I’ that number

An idea began to for since I decided to stick ht back” I headed inside and up towhat I needed and going to the study I’ CIA, but it can’t be helped

I slipped thein a way that it wouldn’t be noticed, not unless she went searching, and et tossed when and if she cleaned it out It wasn’t much, but it was the best I could do for now It could also land my ass in jail, but I wasn’t raised to fear the law, and it’s not in my blood

I know randpa on Ma’s side was one of the founders of the new Sicilian organization that the world came to know by another nareat store in honor and integrity, and all the things the foundation of mafioso was built on, at least since the days of Mussolini

On the other hand, the father of the violator, also part of that saata, had gone the other way Add Pop, who has one foot straddling each of those worlds, and you have amation of all three The only probleiven day So, no, wiretapping her in a two-party consent state doesn’t faze me much

I headed back downstairs to find Ma “Oh, Ma, the girls wanted to remind you to call the Fontanes and let the for dinner”

“Oh, okay, I’ll have your father call since he’s the one who o? Did you ask your sisters?”

“They sees” She nodded, and I bounced before she could think of some shit for me to do