Capo Dei Capi (Secrets of the Famiglia Part 1)
Chapter 37 (Marco)
"They'll want us to blame the Irish, or Bratva or better yet, the Cartel since they already on our fucking wish list," Gabriel growls.
"Or the Russos," I finish.
A phone rings. Sienna pulls it out from between her breast,
"As much as I would love to stay, I need to get my ass back to Liston. My Uncle is gonna have a few things to say when I get on home, might as well get it out and over." Sienna leaves us in the room as she answers her phone.
"What do we do about Alice in the interim?" Mero asks Aliyana. This is surprising since I know Gabriel is their leader. I remain silent, waiting.
"Nothing for now. Alice is a pain, but I won't kill my sister for making a few threats."
"I agree," Gabriel states. Michel's anger is not missed by Deno or myself.
"We get the proof we need to avenge Ren's death and bide our time. We can't bring the Government to our heals, but we can cut them down a few notches. Everyone in this room is a power in their own right. It is time the Government learns the error of their ways." Aliyana's words make me smirk. I say nothing as the young men she calls her friends simply fall in line.
Odd.
"The rest of you can leave. Aliyana, we need to talk before I get you home," Deno says, and though they look to each other in confusion, the boys leave.
talk to me about?" She asks as Mero slams
there is more you should know," Deno confesses, walking closer to
looked at by some trackers we know, there were no cars besides Michael Stones in the area that night. And he was there 2 hours before Ren arrived. The person who shot him did so at close range." Her confusion as to
She asks me.
has to have been one of you. The only reason you are standing here now is that you are the only one of your friends who could be accounted for, and that is because you
to him when I arrived at Azure," She says, so
out, everybody is a suspect. If anybody can figure out which of your friends could have killed my brother, or be behind it, it will be you. I suggest you get cracking," Deno says, all business as Aliyana undoubtedly goes to war with her loyalty to her friends and the
friends with a lot of people, it could be anyone," She argues, glaring at me, her cheeks flushed with a tint of pink. Anger suits her well.
her," I say to Deno without taking my
video footage we managed to get shows the same ring
me to betray my friends!" She yells, breaking our standoff, showing me her back as she walks a few steps to
asking you to avenge my brother," I correct her, ignoring Deno's glare as the harsh tone in my
the interim! It's a suicide," Her snarly
slices through her anger
who you are talking to
Government or acting out of their own free will, we need to know. These are trying times, Aliyana, in the State. My brother's death has made my family very angry. To go, unpunished will be an insult to the Catelli name, and I can't have that,"