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 to her outside the
listen to your conversation with your girlfriend?”
not my girlfriend. And no,
“Awww,” Ludavica complained playfully.
more fun than I’d ever seen before.
buddy,” Ludavica said, which made Isabella
collapsed into gales of
mirror,
was outside the SUV – and had shut the door on the girls’
“…hello?” she answered warily.
“It’s me.”
voice suddenly full of
Isabella’s remark about Cat being my
ready to see me
“Of course!”
something we need to talk about
Caterina sounded worried. “…oh?”
out I didn’t work with
know about us?” she
in order to get out of the house to see you, I had to come
“…which is…?”
Isabella with me
a long
Cat
wife,” I said in annoyance.
Another long pause.
going to keep her from finding out about us if you’ve got to show her
“She already knows.”
“SHE ALREADY KNOWS?!”
heard Cat scream before. It took
cool,” I said quickly. “She’s fine with it. She doesn’t want to get married to me, either, but she wants to go out and see
“And you believe her?!”
wouldn’t believe how much her father has her on lockdown. She’s
bewilderment in Cat’s voice. “And
that’s not
part where you told your future wife about us isn’t the important part,” Cat said
important part 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.
called you to warn you. If you don’t want
want to run the risk,” she
him
of Niccolo and Don Rosolini. If either of THEM had found out I was going to see
done anything to you – they
I’m sure they wouldn’t be so nice about it if
do anything to you,”
asked softly. “Are you just
“What?! No! Absolutely not!”
“Are YOU afraid?”
for me. I’m afraid for you. If
Then she added, “But if something happens to me, I’m pretty sure it’ll happen to you,
dark,” I said with
“Look, I KNOW this is dangerous. I don’t care. I only want to be with you. So if you’re asking me, then I’m
how careful Don Vicari’s consigliere had
I
I said happily. “Alright,
I meet
place called Cefalù. It’s pretty far from Ragusa – about three-and-a-half
I better
text me when you get there. Or call
can’t wait to see
I said warmly, a huge swell of emotion surging in my
I stopped myself.
about to say something I had never said to any
good idea to say
Especially now.
“…yes?” Cat whispered hopefully.
I struggled to answer…
said,
Another long pause.
she said sadly, then hung
Shit.
to get laid in
remembered what Isabella had said last
Do you love her?
comes all the way here for you – and you hadn’t
probably START to think
stood there for a long time,
looked through the other calls on
Alessandra’s number.
many Lars
number and waited, my
familiar voice
“Alessandra?”
are you doing
lent it to
“So it’s going okay?”
great. I’ve seen Caterina a couple of times in the
know!” Alessandra said
“…you do?”
been texting me. I’m so happy for
lifted my
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