Mafia Kings: Valentino: Chapter 45

We were meeting Rocco in a town called Gela, another small beach resort on the southern coast of Sicily.

Gela was a lot farther west than Pozzallo, which meant it was closer to Don Vicari’s compound. Paolo got us there in only an hour and a half.

We found Rocco and his boys in another café, sitting outside in their tracksuits.

“Well, well, well,” Rocco said as I walked up with Paolo. “Look who’s here – Mr. Bleedin’ Heart.”

I didn’t say anything. I just stood there grimly.

Rocco stayed in his chair. He knew better than to stand up next to me and look like a school kid.

“Am I gonna have any fuckin’ trouble out of you today?” he snapped.

“No.”

“No, sir,” he corrected me.

All his rent-a-thugs snickered.

“Don’t push it,” I warned him.

He glared at me, then broke out into a smirk. “The only reason I’m puttin’ up with your sorry ass is because Pop said I had to. But you so much as step out of line or give me any lip, I swear…”

He trailed off to imply a threat. It wasn’t very scary.

I wanted to say, You swear what, exactly? You’ll send me back home to Daddy because you’re too much of a pussy to handle it yourself?

Instead, I replied, “I won’t say anything.”

“Good. But just so I don’t have to listen to your fucking whining, today we’re starting with the scum of the earth. Does that meet your approval?” he asked mockingly.

“Fine.”

“Good. Let’s roll.”

Paolo moved to follow the group as they all moved into the street –

snapped. “You’re not part of my crew.

forlornly as I walked

a hurry to be a gangster, I

might just get your

help you


hit the back alleys of Gela,

up immediately, producing fatter stacks of bills than the shopkeepers from the

guys weren’t exactly

stomach so hard the guy crumpled to the ground. Rocco told him to have the money (plus a 50% late fee)

run for it when

Big mistake.

of Rocco’s thugs took off at

guess those tracksuits

minutes later, Rocco got a

Alright – see you in a

until we found an alley where the three thugs had the

it looked like he shopped at the same Armani Exchange as Rocco’s dipshits – but his eyes were rimmed with red, and

Classic case:

idiot who got high

which was his really big mistake. Besides

owe me a grand, but they’ve been giving me the runaround. I been on their ass all week about payin’ me back. If you go with me, you could, like, scare the shit out of them and get ‘em

his head like he

he

have broken it from the way

walking by the

THE FUCK’RE YOU LOOKIN’

They immediately disappeared.

guy. “You owe me six grand, you stupid

it’s only three,” the guy

with his broken jaw, it sounded

month ago, before all the late fees. Now you owe

the guy

of shit what happens when he’s late on his bills,” Rocco said to

was what they

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