Chapter 98

•GIANNI•

The room smelt of dampness and mildew, and the chipping concrete floor had matches of wetness from the leaking roof.

I was used to dumps like this. But I would have rather been anywhere else.

There was nothing in the room but a steel table and a chair; it dipped to the side slightly on the uneven flooring.

Barney had arranged this place. He knew there was no reason to concern ourselves over style.

We were here to get a job done.

A messy job to say the least.

One of our newer recruits who worked with our men in Italy sat on the chai, a deep crease on his brow and tiny beads of sweat beginning to mist over his face.

He knew why he was here, although none of us told him.

He was found to be stealing our product. The drugs were going missing.

I stepped over to the table, his eyes stared up at me with worry in them.

Barney and Luca stood on either side of the sealed door.

They both knew I had no need or desire to involve either of them with this.

Theft and betrayal enraged me. Bu