Mafia Kings: Valentino: Chapter 33

The awkwardness continued after dinner.

Don Vicari told us he had business to attend to, but he apparently remembered what I’d said to his daughter earlier.

“You two should get to know each other better,” he said.

I already knew Isabella well enough to realize this was going to be the worst arranged marriage of all time. I didn’t need to get to know her any better.

I just wanted to call Niccolo and bitch him out for ruining my life.

But I didn’t have that option, seeing as Don Vicari had my phone.

“Isabella, show him around the property,” he ordered – then added, “Chaperoned, of course.”

“Yes, Papa,” she replied timidly.

By ‘chaperoned,’ I assumed somebody would watch us from a distance.

I didn’t realize that every fucking woman at the lunch party except for the great-grandmother would walk along behind us.

Probably the only reason the great-grandmother didn’t go was because she was too slow.

Not only that, but four foot soldiers with shotguns accompanied the group.

I couldn’t fuckin’ believe it.

There I was, walking through the gardens behind the house with my future wife…

While 15 relatives and female servants chatted with each other about 20 feet behind us…

And four dudes with shotguns came along, too.

Fuckin’ weird.

“Is this normal?” I asked Isabella in a low voice as we started the walk.

“What – being chaperoned?” she asked in surprise.

I looked over my shoulder. “If that’s what you call this – yeah.”

“It’s normal if boys visit, yes.”

“I’m not a boy,” I said humorously.

I thought it was funny –

But Isabella’s face immediately clouded over, and she stared down at the ground in embarrassment. “Of course not – I’m sorry…”

“It’s fine,” I said, alarmed that she was acting like I’d yelled at her. “I’m a boy. It’s cool.”

She looked over at me and forced a halfhearted smile, then looked down at the ground again.

Jesus…

what having Don Vicari for a father will

boys come to visit?” I

Just a

did you go

“Yes.”

“What happened after that?”

didn’t have much to talk about, and they

Lucky them.

they weren’t locked into

around,” I said, only half-joking, “what

know,” she

like pulling

about you tell me your

Palermo a couple

I mean, like, outside

been

“WHAT?!” I shouted.

group of women behind us

the foot soldiers reached for

it’s fine!” I

all looked at me

the darker-haired servant girl, who was walking directly behind Isabella and staring at me

the

“Seriously –

off our estate

I said in

shouldn’t do that,” she

“Do what?”

the name of the Lord

Holy fucking SHIT.

ask her, Do you KNOW what your father

say anything. I was

care. I don’t. But some of the others are

her head behind

see a couple of the older women giving

Okay, good to know.

for the

then returned to her regular voice. “So,

“Lots of places.”

she asked excitedly. “Have you been

I chuckled. “Uh… yeah.”

“Naples?”

Paris, and London, and Barcelona, and New York, and Los Angeles, and Zurich, and

God!”

clapped a hand over her

to see all the women

the dark-haired servant girl, who was having a

Huh…

been everywhere!” Isabella whispered

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