Mafia Kings: Valentino: Chapter 39

It was a long drive back to Don Vicari’s. I dreaded what would happen the entire way.

Rocco had probably already let his father know what happened in Pozzallo…

And Don Vicari was probably going to have something to say about it.

I was right on both counts.

When Paolo pulled up to the compound, a foot soldier was waiting for me by the side of the gravel drive. “The Don wants to see you.”

Great.

Paolo gave me an uneasy half-smile – Good luck, bud – and I followed the foot soldier into the house.

He took me to a door at the far end of the house and knocked.

“Come in,” said a gruff voice.

The foot soldier gestured – Go in – then walked off.

I entered a small study that was white like all the other rooms in the house.

It was lined with shelves. There were very few books, though. Mostly it was displays of old hunting rifles, knives, and binoculars.

Don Vicari was sitting behind a large wooden desk, which took up half the width of the room.

As soon as he saw me, he got a sour look on his face.

“Sit,” he said, pointing to a wooden chair across from the desk.

myself to get ripped a new

didn’t go quite the way I

against my son, in front of all

you… I

fuck were you

man with a sick wife,” I said. “I didn’t want to see an old

his chin

he finally asked, “Are your

immediately got angry. “Excuse

them money and doesn’t have it – do they just let them

family doesn’t steal from old men,” I

nose at

wanted to say, Well, YEAH

I knew I was swimming in

do our fair share of illegal shit,” I said darkly. “We pay off politicians so they give contracts to the people we tell them to. We pay off judges to throw out cases or give

those government contracts, and those court cases, and those botched police

the docks on the west coast,

racket so shit doesn’t get stolen or ‘misplaced’ – but we’re dealing with businessmen. Politicians. Rich people. What we don’t do is go

me for a

I just waited.

after you’ve laid out your offer, the first person

pretty much hated my

he was a

this case, he was

dealers, it’s fine to break

lighter touch with the shopkeepers. Most of ‘em are scared shitless and pay on time. If they want to pay but can’t, I told Rocco to just run up the debt and tack on interest. Keep them on the

a guy is openly defiant – unless he refuses to pay and threatens to make trouble – don’t burn down his fuckin’ shop.

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