Mafia Kings: Valentino: Chapter 38

The next morning, Niccolo still hadn’t returned from Sicily. I knew better than to ask questions.

At 8:30, Alessandra knocked on my door. When I answered, she was grinning like a loon, her cell phone at her ear. “It’s him!”

I gasped because I thought she meant Valentino –

But then I realized she was talking about the person her grandmother knew. Her contact inside the Sicilian gangster’s operation.

“Hold on,” Alessandra said into the phone, “I’m putting you on speaker.”

When she did, I heard street sounds: voices calling in the distance, a car driving past.

“I can’t talk long,” the voice said impatiently.

It was a man, probably in his early 20s.

“This is Caterina, the person we’re doing this for,” Alessandra said. She motioned for me to speak.

“…hello,” I said hesitantly.

“Hello,” the voice said curtly. “What do you want to know?”

“We need to know if you can arrange a meeting with Valentino,” Alessandra replied.

“Yes.”

“How can you be sure?” Alessandra asked.

“Because I’m lookin’ at him right now.”

My heart leapt in my chest.

“Valentino’s there with you?!” I cried out.

the street with

talk to

“NO,” the man snapped.

in a panic. She

sure you can arrange a meeting in the

How many times do I

Alessandra snapped right

into specifics. You’ll just

be able to

ding ding,” he said sarcastically. “Give the lady

obvious she thought he was

I did, too –

could get me

what Caterina

to Sicily as soon as possible. I

“How about tonight?”

Alessandra in shock. She

“Perfect.”

fly into

be closer to where Valentino

should she do when

taxi to a hotel. Keep your phone on and charged so I

her your number. She’ll text you when she

big risk here. I could get whacked for this, so I’m

phone off speakerphone and told me, “I’ll

“Alessandra – ”

then went out into

my bed, feeling guilty that she was

like it was going to cost her even more

of that was helping me calm down, so I pulled out my phone, opened Google

was a small city on the eastern

Florence than I’d ever been in my

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