I’ve by no means been extra disgusted at my father; he does not need something greater than one other piece for his arsenal. I refuse to let Stella or Likelihood simply change into one other pawn in his sport.

“Do we now have any concept who is likely to be looking out for me?” I ask, shifting my weight from foot to foot, hopefully getting an opportunity to seek out out the place to get forward of this earlier than it turns into an all-out manhunt. If there is a goal that I must deal with, I simply need him to inform me.

“It’s best to actually are available in and sit down if you are going to discuss enterprise. I am positive we are able to give you a superb idea or two, that’s when you have the time,” Christine says, and now I can see the very hints of a smirk on her face.

“What?” I ask, not understanding what she’s speaking about.

“Your seat, we have been preserving it heat for you. There are a couple of completely different choices that we are able to look into.” She gestures along with her hand towards one of many empty seats on the desk.

The identical desk I’ve by no means needed to be any a part of. I do not need to dig myself in deeper; I need to get out. She’s not giving me the choice.

“Sure, why do not you sit, Vittore. We have got some enterprise to go over anyway,” Babbo says from the place he is sitting. I look over to him and see that he is sporting the identical expression as my sister.

Victory.

I’ve by no means had a necessity to sit down on the desk earlier than, and despite the fact that my father has all the time needed me to hitch in and get extra concerned with the day-to-day operations, I would all the time discovered a strategy to dodge the accountability, pawning it off on one in every of my different siblings or operating off to a distant nation to carry out a success.

Now there is no escape.

Shifting slowly, feeling the revolt in each one in every of my bones as I make my approach towards the massive mahogany desk, I seize the furthest seat I can and plop down.

It is overseas.

“There, now is not {that a} good match,” my sister chuckles humorlessly, focusing all of her consideration on me.

“It is not everlasting,” I grit.

“I believe it must be. Now that you’ve got proven your effectiveness in toppling our competitors, I believe you will have way more of an enter once we face the identical issues once more. The Isley household was simply one in every of many who need to take our crown from us. If we need to keep on prime, then we have to know what our enemies are as much as always.”

“Safety… you need me to run safety for the household?” I ask, disbelief clear in my voice.

“Not simply that, however I am positive we’ll discover an incredible place to make use of you,” Christine solutions for my father.

It is like he isn’t even pulling the strings anymore. He is simply going together with no matter she says. Diego warned me in regards to the shift in dynamic, however I by no means actually observed it prior to now. I haven’t got to fret about releasing one other sigh of defeat; I lean again within the chair, “what would you like from me?”

Slowly, Christine slides a folder in my route.

“Let’s discuss in regards to the Colon cartel.”

She grins at me, and I do know for sure now there is no approach that I am going to discover my approach out of this. I am caught so deep not even God himself may pull me out.

Thirty-5

Vitto

I went there to get solutions. Went to seek out out who could be dumb sufficient to come back for my household as soon as once more. As an alternative, I left with extra questions and a extra outlined function in my household’s enterprise.

“Come, let me stroll you out, little brother,” Christine says cheerfully. Too cheerfully. I anticipate her to catch up, anxious to get again to the home the place I left Likelihood and Stella.

“One thing I can do for you, Christine?” I ask as she takes her time to seize maintain of her blazer and stroll with me towards the door, leaving my father sitting at his desk going over extra of the paperwork. “Simply attempting to catch up,” she hunches.

Slowly, we stroll down the lengthy hallway, lastly out of my father’s listening to. “It is good to have you ever again on this aspect of the border; New York simply is not the identical with out you.”

“That is bullshit, and you realize it. I am by no means right here.”

“True, however now that you’ve got, as an example, settled down, I am positive I will be seeing much more of you.”

“Relying on what Babbo has me doing, you may not,” I inform her.

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