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“No. Don’t tell me you’re going to stop calling or showing up at Zane’s. Or miss our weekly shopping trips.”

“Just for a while. We’ll still text. But I want you safe and at a distance from me. No doubt Gio’s looking into every aspect of my life as we speak.”

“Gio?”

“Mr. Ferraro,” Kara corrected herself.

“Right,” Tiko paused. “And as your friend, I’m still very concerned. But you know how fucking nosy I am, and I have to ask…”

“He’s as filthy as his nickname,” Kara responded with a chuckle.

There was silence on the line.

“Filthy how?” Tiko asked.

“Well, to start with, he’s got the biggest cock I’ve ever seen.”

This time, it was Tiko’s turn to choke.

5

GIO

“Tell me what you found.”

Gio sat across from Vincent. Roman was on his way back upstairs to join them.

“The good news is that I checked out all our regular clients and they’re clean. They have healthy bank accounts that can more than compensate for their gambling losses. None of them have ever been accused or convicted of fraud or any type of theft. And I looked over security videos from last weekend. I didn’t see any attempts to con the dealers.”

“Okay, so the bad news is, it has to be an employee. Someone that we trust,” Gio replied as Roman stepped into the room.

Gio nodded at him and Roman took the chair beside Vincent.

“Yup. We have twenty dealers, five bartenders, twenty wait staff including cashiers, and five security team members.”

“Fifty suspects is a large pool,” Gio considered. “How are we going to narrow it down?”

“I can add extra cameras, but there’s a risk that our security team might pick up on it,” Vincent added.

“So how do we find this fuckhead?” Gio demanded as he slammed his hand on the desk. “I want them caught!”

“Vincent, install the extra cameras,” Roman murmured. “But do it tomorrow, before anyone comes in. We can hold the security staff outside for an hour, I’ll make up some excuse.”

“Do it. And by the way, I’m paying the casino a visit on Saturday evening,” Gio commented. “I want the person responsible for stealing brought to me that night. I’ll play a couple hands and then head to the security office to deal with them. You have seven days to find this piece of shit. Understood?”

Vincent and Roman both nodded.

“Good, get back to work.”

Gio picked up his phone, and Vincent left the room. Roman stayed seated.

“Is there anything else? I’ve got a lot of emails to catch up on,” Gio asked.

“Is that Delaine woman coming back here next week?”

“Saturday. In fact, I’m going to take her with me to the casino. I’m going to gamble, have a drink with a beautiful woman, kill the fuckhead who stole from me, and then get laid.”

“Better watch that one. She runs the top escort agency in New York for a reason. She didn’t get there by being stupid.”

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