Page 292 of Mafia Kings: Valentino

My fate was sealed.

“Then it’s agreed?” Niccolo asked.

“Agreed,” Vicari said. “Bring out your family.”

“Everyone,” Niccolo called out loudly, “Don Vicari has graciously agreed to our request. You can come out now.”

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Dario was the first off the plane. He held his hand out to help Alessandra descend the steps.

“Don Vicari,” he said once they both reached the ground, “thank you for your hospitality.”

NowVicari was all sugar and spice. “It’s my great honor and privilege to have you on my island today, Don Rosolini.”

Of course, we all noticed how he saidMY island.

As though all of Sicily belonged to him.

As Dario approached me, he looked at my face and frowned. “What happened?”

“It’s nothing,” I said grimly.

Dario looked over at Vicari –

“It was somebody else,” I muttered.

“A traitor,” Vicari said loudly. “Rest assured, once my men apprehend him, the scoundrel will spend a very long, very miserable time paying for it.”

“A traitor?!” Niccolo asked with fake surprise. “And you didn’t want us to keep our guns.”

Vicari just scowled at him.

Dario gave me a half-smile, then hugged me. “It’s good to see you.”

“Good to see you, too.”

Once he let go of me, Alessandra was waiting. I could see from the pain in her eyes that she knew everything that had happened with Cat.

She hugged me tight and whispered in my ear, “I’m so sorry.”

“Thank you.”

She pulled back to look at me. “Are you alright?”

“…no. No, I’m not.”

She nodded sadly, then joined Dario.

Adriano and Bianca came next.

“Jesus,” he grinned as he hugged me, “I’d hate to see the other guy.”

Me, too, considering he’s a bloated corpse right now,I thought.

Bianca and I air-kissed on both cheeks, and then she and Adriano joined Dario and Alessandra.

Next off the plane was Massimo.

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