“Would you like me to take your warm clothes out?”

“Yes, and a bra and panty too. What did you tell Papa you were doing?”

“I didn’t say anything, Miss Capello, your father got some news about one of his shipments, seems like there is still someone killing the Catelli’s soldiers.”

“Any idea who it is?” I ask him as he goes about getting my clothes ready and I hop into the bathtub, soaking up the heat that scorches my elbows.

“No, I think Deno is working on that. I’ll let you know if I hear anything.”

“Your cousin seems nice,” I say to him as he brings my clothes to the bath area.

His stare is harsh, as he scowls at my naked flesh under the water.

“She is nice to your face, but remember she still sees you as a minor. She has yet to know you are the root to a rose with deadly thorns.”

My skin flushes and I turn my back to his wandering gaze. That was enough torture for today. Because that is what it is to him, torture.

“Salvatore.”

“Yes, Miss Capello?”

“Have you always chosen God over everything else?”

“Yes. Though I must admit Miss Capello, you tempt me at times.”

“But doesn’t that make your faith stronger?”

“I, I, yes, it does.”

“What would you do with your freedom if it were granted?” I ask him for the seventeenth time since he told me about his Catholic upbringing.

“I would be a priest, and serve God until my last breath.”

same answer 17 times,” I

same question. Does

like the good man he is, he holds a towel open. I look at him,

really an answer or more of a confession,”

into the black track pants and long winter vest, saying nothing to the silky bra he chose and grab the jersey from his outstretched hand.

to hell. While he is a made-man, he killed once, a long time ago, by mistake and has never killed since. He is loyal,

me see it. Do you have it on your

gets off the bed and pulls the bag from underneath the bed and I wait patiently for him to

playing and I watch the

“Who is that?”

don’t know,” Something catches my eye and

“Is that...?”

“Yes, Mero,”

doing there, he said he was going to

and see Mero walk to the back of the restaurant. 10 minutes go by before he walks back

kills me further when he switches videos and the video changes to the outside where the hooded figure is jumping into the car with Mero, just

take in all

going to show Deno?” Salvatore asks and that is the big question. Am I? What was Mero thinking? Was he tied up loose

Mero and Michel are downstairs. Find out where Mero is sleeping and check if he brought anything with

Salvatore asks the question

is my friend, I can’t just sentence him to death

understand. But Deno

that we need to worry about, it’s Marco. I heard him talking to a man earlier when I decided to go snooping around the place. He mentioned something about kidnapping Dylan Creston, and me helping with that. Talking about helping, it is safe to say Gabriel is innocent which means we should let him in on our little side thing.”

Gabriel is innocent but he is very

question Salvatore, as I take in the cream walls, and brown wooden

notice this room

the DeMarco’s lived here, many years back. This room belonged to Berenice Antonella DeMarco, wife of the

smile, “Serious? And I get to

for only his eyes alone, and

knows something about someone, which is

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