Page 64 of Inferno

“But nothing we couldn’t learn fast.”

He hands me another, smaller piece of paper.

The listing price. I blink a few times at the amount of numbers.

Eight fucking figures.

As if on cue, the door opens behind us and a bottle of whiskey and two tumblers are placed on the table.

Enzo throws down wads of cash and pours the glasses.

My brain is too busy doing financial calculations. He leans over and picks up the overhead view again.

“Do you want me to tell you what I see here?”

I pick up my glass and take a sip, letting it coat my throat. I need this.

“Please.”

He rubs his hands together and grins.

I’ve heard he is the ultimate mastermind here.

He places the paper in the center of the table and points to the mansion behind the factory.

“You may not be aware, but I own an empire within the sex industry. Specifically, high-end clubs, only for the mafia or the elite in society.”

Now that gets my heart racing.

Money, guns, and sex. This sounds like a dream job.

“Okay.”

“Look closer, behind the mansion. There are houses placed in the woodlands, one giant mansion in front, see?”

I lean in and take a look and nod.

“What I see is the ultimate enterprise here. This is where we maintain order within our world. The factory, the perfect front to launder, to get our deliveries and disperse.”

“Agreed. Easily done.”

“I’m thinking, this mansion could be the center of my club. Only those who we want to know shall know of its existence. A place we can vet future members for other clubs across the globe. Managed by you and your brothers. Weed out the dirt, so to speak.”

He hands me another piece of paper, images of inside the mansion.

I flick through them.

It’s huge. In need of a revamp, but easily done.

“Lots of scope here for rooms, a bar. I see where you’re going.”

He leans back and knocks back his whiskey.

“I assume this area of my business is something you and your brothers would be interested in pursuing?”

I tap the side of my glass.

“I’ve never thought of owning my own, but I am very much involved in that lifestyle, yes.”

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