Thirty-six: Luca Capaldi

Thirty-six:

Luca Capaldi

Here’s the thing about being a Capaldi. It comes with a lot of wealth and a lot of privilege and a lot of power. And a lot of secrets. There are things that you have to do to protect the ones that you love even if they don’t like it. On the morning after Audrina’s birthday, there was a knock on my door. It woke me up.

I got up carefully and went to the door to answer it.

My father stood there. “We’ve got a problem,” he told me.

“What happened?” I asked.

“There’s a man that owes us money. He refuses to give it to us. I am going to take it. And you are going to help me.”

I glanced back at the room where Audrina was sleeping. She was curled up in my bed wearing one of my t-shirts. It was the sexiest that she had ever looked. Then I looked at my father. “Pop, I’ve got a girl here…. not just any girl. Didn’t Augusta tell you what was going on?”

Giuseppe nodded. “Augusta told me everything. You think that you are ready to be a man, to be married, then you ar