Another upside of not having to work on Rocco’s crew was that I didn’t have to get up at the ass-crack of dawn anymore.
I was eating breakfast around 8 the next morning with Isabella and Ludavica – under the watchful and disapproving eye of an older kitchen servant – when Paolo walked in.
“Hey, boss,” he said cheerfully.
Guess he was happy about his promotion to Isabella’s bodyguard.
“Good morning,” I said.
“Signorinas,” he said respectfully to Isabella and Ludavica.
Isabella smiled back at him and said Ciao.
Ludavica said Ciao but didn’t smile.
Then Paolo turned back to me.
“Hey, boss,” he said excitedly, “take a look at this!”
He opened his suit jacket to reveal a shoulder holster and revolver.
“You know how to handle that thing?” I asked.
“Yes,” he said, offended.
“Okay.”
“So – where’re we headed this fine morning?” he asked Isabella.
“I asked Papa if we could go to Cefalù, and he said yes.”
“Where’s Cefalù?” I asked.
“About an hour and a half north of here,” Paolo said. “On the coast.”
I frowned. “How far is Cefalù from Ragusa?”
Paolo looked at me with wide eyes and a fake smile like, What the fuck are you asking THAT for? “Uh… three and a half hours, give or take?”
Shit. That meant Cat’s taxi would have to drive pretty far.
I needed to call her as soon as we got out of here.
“Alright, then – let’s get going,” I said.
We all walked out to the SUV. I got in the front passenger seat beside Paolo, and both girls got in the back.
As soon as Paolo was on the main road, I said, “Let me see your phone.”
He laughed nervously and looked at me like, Are you crazy?! “Uh… why, boss?”
“So I can call Caterina.”
I said it mostly to see what his reaction would be.
He didn’t disappoint.
He swerved into the oncoming lane, although he recovered quickly enough.
Luckily nobody was coming in the opposite direction.
“Jesus, don’t kill us!” I barked.
Paolo laughed nervously again. “Who’s Caterina?”
“We already know,” Isabella informed him from the backseat.
Paolo looked around in bug-eyed terror. “You do?!”
“Yes.” Then Isabella looked at me. “Is that her name? Caterina?”
“Yeah,” I said uncomfortably.
It was a little weird talking to your future wife about the girl you were banging.
“That’s a pretty name,” Isabella said sweetly.
“Yeah,” I said lamely.
What was I supposed to say?
Thank you?
I agree?
Instead, I focused on Paolo. “Your phone.”
Paolo was sweating now. “This is a bad idea.”
“Now you know why you got your promotion.”
He glared at me –
But he got distracted when Isabella said, “We can keep a secret.”
Paolo looked at them in the rearview mirror, then shook his head and swore under his breath.
“PHONE,” I said.
He pulled it out and slapped it into my palm.
“Pull off the road up ahead,” I ordered him.
“Why?”
“So I can talk
we don’t get to listen to
not my girlfriend. And no,
“Awww,” Ludavica complained playfully.
exclaimed. She was having more fun than I’d ever seen before. “What is she, then – your
she’s a fuck buddy,” Ludavica said,
then both girls collapsed into gales
at them in the rearview mirror, then looked at
on the girls’ playful
“…hello?” she answered warily.
“It’s me.”
voice suddenly full
being my girlfriend but quickly
ready to see
“Of course!”
But there’s something we need
Caterina sounded worried. “…oh?”
Vicari found out I didn’t work with his
about us?” she asked
order to get out of the house to see you, I had to come up
“…which is…?”
Isabella with me and show
a long
name?” Cat finally asked.
in
Another long pause.
you going to keep her from finding out about
“She already knows.”
“SHE ALREADY KNOWS?!”
Cat scream before. It took me by
said quickly. “She’s fine with it. She doesn’t want to
“And you believe her?!”
believe how much her father has her on lockdown. She’s only left her
hear the bewilderment in Cat’s voice. “And she’s HOW
think. Look, that’s not the
the part where you told your future wife about us isn’t the
is her father’s a fucking psychopath, and yesterday I saw what he did to somebody who crossed him,” I said angrily. “It wasn’t pretty. In fact, it
Silence.
to warn you. If you don’t want to run
want to run the risk,” she repeated in
him
of the house right under the nose of Niccolo and Don Rosolini. If either of THEM had found out I was going to see you, I don’t think it would have
done anything to you – they would’ve just stopped
nice about it if they found me here
still wouldn’t do anything to you,” I said in
trying to back out?” she asked softly. “Are you just trying to just let
“What?! No! Absolutely not!”
“Are YOU afraid?”
me. I’m afraid for you. If anything happened to you… I don’t think I could live with
if something happens to me,
I said with
don’t care. I only want to be with you. So if you’re asking
wondered how careful Don Vicari’s
I was relieved
said happily.
do I
pretty far from
better
me when you get there. Or
will. I can’t
here, babe,” I said warmly, a huge swell
I stopped myself.
about to say something I had
which wasn’t a good idea to
Especially now.
“…yes?” Cat whispered hopefully.
I struggled to answer…
said, “I’ll
Another long pause.
soon,” she said
Shit.
who was going to get laid in
Isabella had said last
Do you love her?
here for you – and
should probably START to
there for
through the other calls on Paolo’s phone
Alessandra’s number.
many Lars
number and waited, my
familiar
“Alessandra?”
joyously. “What are you doing
it
“So it’s going okay?”
going great. I’ve seen Caterina a couple of times in the last couple
Alessandra said
“…you do?”
I’m so happy for
it lifted
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