G

ke this." The scarred-faced man said. "It is the high

l the shots he

n to do something about this." A man si

f the table, watching

or three years now, hard

ad lost count of just how many murders he ha

be dragged into this, Riccardo."

in, now his own captain, wa

ent for now. After our meeting tomorrow,

son is twelve. You want them to spend more d

sig

but they could not afford to m

s' lives were on the bargaining table, and the

t fair or scared of

hey were the law-abiding side because th

l put your children's li

e strategy cannot fix

s time to plan, months even,

how these things worked, it

care." Riccardo said, squi

he needed sleep. A bullet wound on his shoulder had

a threatening voice. You kno

glancing at Eli. "Our Sovereign

i said, and cr

And everyone around the table scrambled

He was a hot-headed young man that was initiated into

cob." Eli said

other in the whole Alexakis clan, and was mo

ardo said, gently knocki

he table lowered

s become, pointing guns at ourselves, and you don't care. Yo

ould dare speak to him in this manner. Riccardo

as angry and scared for

tand how

king down at Egan, who remained in his seat the w

he had a family, a rather large one, and hi

ot even a wife. So how can

ooking away as soon as Riccardo sai

or without your help." Riccard

uge terrace, on the top floor

eople moving around. He suspected there was a

ts even after everyone had left h

remained was Sam,

ght of having a fam

in no hurry thoug

ty? You're ol

elf old too. We're age

ed to loo

new Mafia Sovereign, he wanted in, and pract

al. The others were only comfortable when they acted like servants ar

big brother's right-hand man. And wa

is head and

This family is beginning to break slowly, our enemies

staring out at the people moving

young girl, docile, preferably from a disadvantaged backgro

n are trouble. You don't want them t

l them to teach the others a les

do now was go home and r

d. "However, you need to show them who

stood

or with long rifles

andmother thought about

joined the Mafia, instead of

ked down, towards where Egan had see

edding tune

before. He wanted to just see

g the garden with a mascara-tear-stained face. He

e garden's entra

pped at the makeshi

, wondering why sh

d in a hoarse voice. Her voic

a pitif

ould not hear what the woman told the b

wife you were just describi

looked at