Mafia Kings: Valentino: Dark Mafia Romance Series #6 by Olivia Thorn

Chapter 79

Mafia Kings: Valentino: Chapter 79

I ran back to the east side of Ortigia – back to the tourists and sunbathers and people who didn’t have a care in the world.

I found Isabella and Ludavica in the same spot I’d left them. They were laughing and drinking white wine as they ate fried calamari.

Isabella looked at me in surprise. “Why are you back so early?”

“He ran out of steam and needed some oysters for stamina,” Ludavica joked.

“Lu!” Isabella scolded her but laughed all the same. “Where’s Paolo? He said he had to talk to you.”

I sat down opposite them, leaned over the table, and motioned them to come close enough that no one around us could hear.

“I need you to NOT react when I tell you something,” I whispered. “Do you understand?”

Both Isabella and Ludavica nodded nervously.

“I’m serious,” I growled.

“We’ll be quiet,” Isabella promised.

Ludavica nodded. “Promise.”

“Alright.” I paused. “Paolo’s dead.”

Both girls’ eyes widened in shock, but they stayed true to their word: neither gasped or cried out.

“What happened?” Isabella asked.

“He tried to blackmail me for a million euros.”

“What?!”

“Yeah. He said either my family paid him, or he was going to tell your father about me and Caterina.”

The color drained from Isabella’s face. “Does that mean… that you were the one who…”

She trailed off, but I knew where she was going.

You were the one who killed him.

I nodded.

Isabella was silent for a moment.

I thought she was going to freak out – start screaming and call me a murderer –

But instead she asked, “Is Caterina okay?”

Her concern for Cat touched me.

The fact that she was even thinking about her revealed a lot about who Isabella was deep down.

“She’s fine,” I said. “But we have a big problem.”

“‘We’?” Ludavica asked angrily.

“Lu,” Isabella hissed.

Ludavica shut up.

“What’s the big problem?” Isabella asked me.

“I need to make sure he disappears, if you get my drift.”

frowned. “Can’t you just tell

room? Registered in

work.” Isabella got a look of grim

at the restaurant. Just keep ordering food and drinking,” I said as I pulled out three hundred euros and laid them

you want

have to keep doing it until after

eyebrows shot up. “That’s

but I can’t do anything until it gets

are you going

the better. Do you have a phone number to call

looked surprised. “Yes, but do you really think that’s a good

call it. Not until I tell you

Can’t you just drive the three of

have to make it look like Paolo ran. If he ran, he

that would look suspicious.

you questions, I need you to be

my father easier

Yeah, right.

easier if you just stay here all night. You can say Paolo told you he had to take a call, then he left and never came back. The servers will be your alibi. If anybody asks them, they’ll say you were here the whole

“Where are you going to say you were, if you weren’t here with

haven’t gotten that far

can help,”

for yourself,”

her

rolled her eyes – but she didn’t say

me. “Just tell me what you need

stay here. I’ll come back if I

quietly. “By the way, do you have him on

frowned. “What difference does

to the lowest point. If

“…oh,” I said uneasily.

being purple could potentially fuck up

did you – uh, did

an hour.

mortis starts to set in one to two hours after death. After eight hours, he’ll

“Shit,” I snarled.

fuck up my

was back home in Tuscany, where nobody cared about lividity and rigor mortis and shit like that. You just

do you know all this stuff?” I

learned it from her father

But I was wrong.

lot of murder mysteries. How were you planning on

don’t think this is a good –

about lividity or rigor mortis,” she interrupted. “You

She had a point.

“Well?” she prodded.

seen Weekend At

face twisted in confusion.

mind. I was going to grab a bottle of wine, pretend we were drunk, take him out to

the pros and cons of how to patch a

was going to wait until

still

is why I was going to have Cat provide

shop, buy the biggest suitcase you can, cram him inside before rigor mortis sets in, and take it down to the water with

think it’s weird I’m taking a suitcase down

around you,” she

turned to glance at the tourists

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