Page 19 of Owned By the Mafia

Everyone cheers him on, but Dina calmly puts her hand on the gun and guides him to lift it. “I think not.”

They look at Dina, and the guy glares at her. “You’re betraying your people by being involved with these other families.”

“Am I? Before you kill this assh0le, can I at least say what I came to say? Then I’ll leave you to do whatever you decide to do.”

I look at her, and so do the Russian men, but they back off, forming a group around us.

Chapter 10 - Dinara

I have to be confident, and I must appear as though I’m on the side of the men because they are in a dangerous state of mind. They will just kill us at this point, without a care of what Ivan will do to them.

I stand up on a chair and hold my hands up. “What has happened today is a fucking travesty. This is not right, and our brethren need to be avenged. But this is not the work of the Quinn family men. They are not in this to betray you.”

“How do you know?” the gun holder calls. “How do we know you’re not just trying to cover with them?”

“Because they won’t benefit from this. You outnumber them and outgun them; they will lose. No, someone else is doing this without the knowledge of the heads of the families, and we need to find out who that is and make them pay.”

The men grumble, much like Robbie’s men did, but I shake my head. “It is right to be angry. The heads of the families are angry too because it is like killing their own brothers.”

“Ivan does not care about us. He only cares for his little drama battles with the Sorvinos and Quinns. Even Natalia, who once worked amongst us, is now fucking an Irishman and has his child.” It’s a man in the back, and I shake my head.

“It’s not true. The heads of the families are not embroiled in personal drama, no more than any of you are.”

“They don’t care about us and our needs.” Another shout from the back.

“Show yourself if you’re so confident in saying that,” I demand. “Because I challenge any of you to tell me a time you went to Ivan for help, and he turned you away.”

They murmured amongst themselves, and I looked at them as individually as possible, trying to make eye contact. “This is someone trying to divide the families because united the family coalition is more powerful than everyone, even the government. They want to divide us, not to provide for you but to take from you what you have gained. There are other enemies, not each other.”

The men shuffle around, and I nod. “Robbie,” I look down at him, “take Aidan and personally look into who is responsible for this attack. We, as leaders, should get to the bottom of this, and we will. Then the men can have their pound of flesh for revenge.”

Robbie moves toward me, and I hold a hand up. “Send your best guy to protect me. I’m sure you know someone almost as good as you.”

I look into Robbie’s eyes, and he nods. “I’ll send someone. Let’s get into this and find the fuckers who are fucking with our families.”

I give one final glance around. “Of course, Ivan will still take care of these men’s families. Their sacrifices will not be for nothing.”

The men nod amongst themselves, and I know I’ve managed to get headway.

I step down, and the men disperse to arrange to get the bodies out and to their families to be buried. Robbie leads me out of the laundromat, and I move closer to him. “We have to try to keep the men loyal. This is dividing the families which already were on a shaky unity.”

Robbie nods. “I’ll send Callum to guard you. He’s the best after myself and Aidan.”

I nod. “Just drop me at the office, and I will dig as much as possible from there.”

We chat briefly about who it could be as he drives me to the office. He leaves me there, and I greet Angelo and Rudy as I take the elevator up to my floor. Once in my office, I boot up my laptop and start searching. I also take out my phone and start making calls. I need CCTV footage. I need witnesses. I need to make sure the cops don’t get wind of this.

I know Robbie will get me in a few hours, so I need to make quick work of this.

I have just finished talking to Carmine when there’s a knock at my door, and I look up. “Hi.”

“I don’t know if you remember me,” Callum says. “I’m Callum. Robbie sent me.”

“Yes, I was expecting you. Find a space and stand guard. I am in the midst of trying to figure out who is trying to fuck us over.”

He moves to the side of the room where the window is and looks out. “I heard someone is attacking soldiers of the families.”

I glance at him. “Yes, someone is trying to divide us.”

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