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“Her name’s Willow, she’s—well, technically my half-sister My father’s bastard”

“Okay And why are you showing me her picture?”

“Because we got infor to strike out at my father”

“Kidnapping?” His gaze flickers back to the picture Now there’s recognition “That’s where I’ve seen her face That was in the news,” he says, handing aze “My operations don’t make the news, Salvatore”

“It wasn’t you?”

He shakes his head “Wasn’t me”

“And you’re positive it wasn’t Delmonico?”

Indicating the photo in my hand, he says, “Whatever happened to your sister, I had nothing to do with it None ofto do with it”

Adrian reaches out and grabs the picture froet her back?”

I nod, watching his face for recognition, but after a brief gliives it back “Yeah, she’s okay now Proble like flies No one can find Tito, but my hunch is he’s behind it”

“Who would hire Tito to head an operation?” Adrian asks, raising an eyebrow

“Someone who doesn’t want it to succeed,” Mateo replies “Was your sister harmed?”

I nod jerkily “Yeah Nothing she won’t recover froh”

“Everyone’s dead but Tito?” Adrian reviews

“Almost everyone Her boyfriend was on the crew, but Willow’s protecting him”

“Wait, what?” Mateo asks, frowning

“It was a fucked up situation He wasn’t really on the crew, but Tito hired hih he knew…” I shake my head, since it’s too convoluted to explain briefly “Anyway, Tito and Ethan are the only ones left, and Tito’s the only one who ”

Mateo nods “We’ll keep an eye out I’ll get in touch if we see him”

“Might want to tell your sister’s boyfriend to watch his back,” Adrian advises

I raise a questioning eyebrow

“Everyone else is dead,” Adrian points out “If he’s not involved, he’s probably next”

I shrug, tucking the picture back into my pocket “She can do better anyway”

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Meet me at the bakery

I don’t recognize the nu about Scowling at my cell, I type back, “Who is this?”