Chapter 54

Kade POV

I stood outside the reception hall wanting nothing more than to go in there and wrap Evelyn in my arms. But I needed to keep my distance. Stefanos and his enforcers could be anywhere. I refused to have Evelyn in the crossfire. I loved her too much to push her into my mess.

So far everything had gone according to plan in regard to Ricci. Machine had informed me that authorities had found Ricci’s body hunched over in his home office tied to a chair to make it look like he was tortured in his own home. When authorities found the body, information about his

“extracurricular activities” would be strategically placed so the police would find it.

I knew Ricci had the local police departments on his payroll, however I had more. One call was all it took to lead the mouse to the cheese, so to speak. Machine clasped his hand on my shoulder. “We going inside, Fratello?”

I shook my head. “Nah man, we have work to do.”

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I made it 4 days before I couldn’t take the war in my head any lo