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.

across the street with some other

talk

“NO,” the man snapped.

in a panic. She waved me

you sure you can arrange a meeting

many times do I have

snapped right back at

specifics. You’ll just have to

be able to identify you

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

made a face. It was obvious she thought he was

I did, too –

he could get me to

us what Caterina needs

to get to Sicily as soon as possible. I don’t know how LONG I

“How about tonight?”

in

“Perfect.”

fly into

that’ll be

she do when

Keep your phone on and charged so I

text you

here. I could get whacked for this, so I’m expecting something

She switched the phone off speakerphone and

“Alessandra – ”

out into the hall and closed the door behind

guilty

cost her even more than what she’d already given

I

was a small city on the

away from Florence than I’d

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