Page 105 of Disgraced (Russian Sinners 3)

“Yes, I believe he could,” Dimitry retorted. “We all know how sneaky he is. Besides, Irina falls around that age. The rumor was that she was around your age, Sergei.”

“Could we have really missed that connection for all those years?” I wondered.

“Truthfully, we were never interested in that kind of leverage over people,” Dimitry justified. “We would never use a family against our men. So it was easy to miss it. First, we were trying to survive and then we were working to get established and now we are working to get out of it all.”

I could see his point.

“It is plausible that Irina and Vlad are connected in more than business,” I agreed. “If he eliminated us, he would be in charge of the Russian and Polish mafia. It is clear now that Bartek is just a puppet. I certainly wouldn’t put it past either one of their greed. Honestly, I can’t believe that Vlad would have enough brain to pull it all off.”

“But Irina, that sneaky bitch would,” Nikolai chimed in.

He was right. Irina wasn’t stupid. She was manipulative, greedy, cruel but not stupid. Shit, could I have been so blind not to see it all these years?

“It might be best that all our women not stay in the city. Should we move them all?” I offered. My brothers could protect them but I still worried. They were family and mattered to me as much as my brothers.

“I think you are right, brother,” Dimitry agreed. “I don’t want that motherfucker or that woman getting anywhere near our women. He almost cost Anja-”

He couldn’t even finish the sentence. Dimitry has always been in control, thinking with a cool head… unlike me. Seeing my brother shaken up like that didn’t sit well with me.

I put my hand on his shoulder. “She is safe and alive. He won’t get another chance to hurt her… none of us!”

“Okay, it’s a plan then.” Nikolai announced, standing up. I knew he couldn’t wait to get back to his woman. “We’ll be here around noon. Girls will have their time and then we all head out of the city till we bring Vlad and Irina down.”

“I will let Scarlett’s family know too. They offered support.”

“Good. We’ll need all the support we can get against Vlad, the Polish, and Lebanese.”

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