26."Tension in the office"

Andrew DeLuca

I'm pacing back and forth in my office, I've never been this impatient before. Normally, I have a solution for everything, but she...

This ragazza makes me lose all reason. When I saw her by the pool talking to Derick, and the little charm he was throwing her way, my blood boiled, and I wanted nothing more than to dunk that figlio di puttana's head into that damn pool. But I couldn't, not yet. Derick was opening doors for me with some allies he had.

In the mafia, you can never mix personal matters with business. But it's important to make it clear what your territory is. I am feared in the following way: I have no mercy for anyone.

"Put your men on his tail, Lorenzo," I said, referring to Derick.

"Okay, boss, he's already heading to one of the hotels."

"Good. I don't want that traitor in my house."

"Forgive me for asking, Don, but what did he do?"

"He thinks he can come here, eat my food, enter my family's house, and hit on my wife," Lorenzo stared at me. "Alleged