Page 61 of Samson

“You realize I’ll know if you’re lying to me.”

“All I can do is pass on what he said.”

“And you believe him?”

“He had no reason to lie. And you promised you won’t hurt him.”

“Absolutely not. He’ll come out unscathed.”

“Good. You have what you came for. Now you can go.”

Marc thought for a minute. “I think you might be right. I can’t ever remember hearing about a knife fight. Although I did just hear recently that he took out a whole gang with a cow’s jawbone.”

“That’s ridiculous.”

“I’m only saying what I heard.” He stood. “It was good doing business with you. I appreciate your help.”

“Bye.”

“Good night to you both.”

Luca remained in the chair after Marc left, and Delilah looked down at him while squeezing the back of her neck. “What have you gotten yourself into?”

“Thanks for giving that information to Marc.”

“You didn’t answer my question.”

“It’s nothing. Marc’s got other deals going on. It’s not connected to the restaurant. I don’t even know what it is, but he really needed my help.”

“Was he serious when he said Samson’s been after him?”

“Yeah. And Marc doesn’t scare easily, but he’s afraid of Samson.”

“He should be. I’d rather let Samson have him.”

“I know Marc’s made some bad choices, but he’s not all bad.”

“Actually, he is. Is this why Trish left?”

“What?”

“The fight you had with Trish that ended things, was it about Marc?”

“She left because our personalities clashed. That’s it. It didn’t work out.”

She didn’t believe him, but she could see he was worn out. “At least he’ll be out of your hair after this.”

“Yeah.”

“You look disappointed.”

“He had some good ideas.”

“You can’t be serious.”

“It’s my business, okay? If you don’t like the way I’m running things, you can always leave.”

“That’s how you feel?”

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