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 –

“You’re not part of my crew. You

as I walked away with

hurry to be a

just

you if you


of Gela, looking

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

of guys weren’t exactly flush

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

other guy tried to run for it when he saw Rocco down

Big mistake.

thugs took

those tracksuits were good

minutes later, Rocco got a phone

are you? Alright – see

three thugs had the drug

Exchange as Rocco’s dipshits – but his eyes were rimmed with red, and he kept sniffing like he

Classic case:

got high on his own

his boss’s supply, which was

guy pleaded. “I got your money – I just gotta go get it. See, I got these guys who all 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

nodded his head like he

out of nowhere, he punched the guy

have broken it from the way

of people walking by the alleyway stopped to

FUCK’RE YOU LOOKIN’ AT?!” Rocco roared

They immediately disappeared.

guy. “You

only three,”

with his broken jaw, it sounded more like, No, ih on-ee

ago, before all the

the guy pleaded, tears in his

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

what they were waiting

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