20. Firecracker Returns

"What about Silvio?" I ask, desperately needing to change the topic.

"He's disappeared. As we had suspected would happen. We believe that he's using Kevin's finances to hide from us. It seems as though Silvio managed to syphon a large number of funds from Kevin's company into offshore bank accounts. We're unable to trace it from there, but we believe Kevin was oblivious to this. As Kevin was under the impression that it was your father working against him, which was causing his funds to go sparse."

I continue to nod my head in response. In all fairness, my dad was, in fact, doing that. I know my dad has been after Kevin for years. But it just goes to show that you can never be too careful. Kevin had thought Silvio was on his side. When in reality, he was just biding his time, waiting for the opportunity to get rid of Kevin. To Silvio, Kevin was nothing more than a convenient placeholder.

Ash seems to grow silent, making me wonder if there's something else he's not telling me.

"What is