Mafia Kings: Valentino: Chapter 68

That evening at dinner, I couldn’t eat.

All I could think about was the man chained in the barn… the horrors of his wounds…

The way he had whispered, Please… KILL me…

Don Vicari seemed to take pleasure in my distress. He smiled throughout dinner like he’d heard an amusing joke.

The great-grandmother kept her eyes on her plate, not ever looking up from it as she ate.

Isabella kept glancing back and forth between me and her father.

Finally, she timidly broke the silence.

“Is… is something wrong, Valentino?”

“He just had a hard day at work,” Don Vicari said.

“Oh – I’m so sorry.” The look of concern she gave me was real.

but couldn’t

announced. “I’ve decided to let Valentino escort you around Sicily

looked up in

her father, her lower lip quivering. “Are you… are you

he said, almost in annoyance. “I wouldn’t have said it if

hugged her father from the side

wider as

was one of the few times I’d ever seen him look genuinely

great-grandmother beamed at Isabella

Don Vicari said, his smile shifting to something sly and wolfish. “Your fiancé

“Really?!” Isabella sobbed.

and ran towards me as though she was going to hug

stopped short, like she knew she shouldn’t

shifted from foot to foot like an excited child

you, Valentino! Thank

look on her face was

be that happy about traveling

God-given right. Something they’d done all

do you say, boy?” Don Vicari asked,

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