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

you around Sicily to various towns. So

great-grandmother looked up in

lower lip quivering. “Are you… are

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

suddenly burst into tears, jumped up from her seat, and ran around the table. She hugged her father from the side as she continued to

Vicari smiled even wider as

seen him look genuinely happy…

great-grandmother beamed at Isabella and Don

smile shifting to something sly and wolfish. “Your

“Really?!” Isabella sobbed.

from her father’s side and ran towards me as though she was going to hug

like she knew

to foot like an excited child on

you, Valentino! Thank

her face was

about traveling 50 miles away

been their God-given right.

say, boy?” Don Vicari asked, his voice happy

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