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“What makes you think that?”Leon frowned.
John nodded at the papers in his hand.“He speaks more than once about having some friends join in their quest.He tells Stephano that a few days before he gets released Stephano can expect some friends to show up.They are there to storm the gates of this house.Then once they take care of this household, they will accompany him to New York City and once the deed is done these men will have earned a position in Gianno’s empire.”
“Santo inferno,” Leon swore in his native language
Chapter Nine
Leon sat there a momentthen tapped his fingers on the table.“Ok, this is what I want you to do.Highlight the parts you just told me about and get them ready to send out.I want one copy to go to Marco and another copy to go to the Council.I was waiting until I knew more to call Marco.”He paused, then said, “Well, I know more now and none of it is good.”He shrugged.“Rowen asked that I not tell her uncle about her giving me the heads up as she thinks he won’t believe it.”
John snorted.“She might be right.Even after all these years, Marco has no reason to listen to her without proof and even after we send him this stuff, he still might not believe it.”
Leon sat back in his chair and stared at his son-in-law.“Well, if he doesn’t and Gianno somehow gets close to him, he might believe it then.”
John just stared back at him for a moment.
Leon went on to say, “Well, we warn him the same as we will warn the Council but I can’t make him believe it if he doesn’t want to.All I can do is protect me and my family.”
“And does that include Rowen and her brother?”John wanted to know.
Leon nodded.“We can’t ignore them or this situation.If her family comes gunning after us, we have to stop them anyway we can.”Shaking his head he added, “I cannot and will not temper my defense or offense because they might get shot and I don’t think she would want me to do that.There’s more to her story but if she got a gun to protect her and Calli then she had reason to worry.Her father doesn’t sound like she could count on him to protect them, so she did the next best thing.She armed herself.That alone tells me what I need to know.”
John nodded.“And I also got a link in her dad’s email so if there is more communication, I should be able to get that as well.”
“Good, keep an eye on them, Gianno’s time is coming up and we need to know what’s coming.”Leon growled.
“True enough.”John nodded.
“Also have someone watch Stephano.I want to know who comes to visit him in the next three weeks.”Leon nodded.“Now I have to call the Council and Marco.Neither call is going to be welcome but I have to do it anyway.”
John left to go set up the email chats.
Leon reached for a cigar.He felt like he needed the extra boost to make these calls.
He called the Council first.The Council was interested in the information and even more interested in the fact that one of Gianno’s own family came forward with the information.Leon told them he would forward what they had found to them and the Council would make a decision after they had read everything.In fact, they said they had already gotten it during this phone meeting and would look it over soon.
Leon assured them he was on top of the situation in Boston and would alert them as soon as something happened.The Council was very happy that he called and would stand beside him no matter what.Several of the Council members remembered what happened years ago and why Gianno Caldousce wouldn’t prevail in his mission.
