Secret Surrogate to the Mafia King novel · Chapter 16 of 24
Chapter 16: The Table of Five
The funeral home smelled of lilies and floor wax, and the clock in the back room still ticked too loud.
Five men sat at the long table, and I stood at its foot with Fabrizia beside me.
Orazio had the head chair, with his hands folded and his face carved from stone.
Ettore sat halfway down in a fresh suit, with a lawyer at his elbow and a smile he had put on.
The fifth boss, a heavy man from the west side who had said nothing at the last hearing, was cleaning his nails.
Two men had patted down every guest at the door.
They had not patted down the bosses.
"The terms first," said the gray man, and tapped the color chart on the table. "One."
Ettore lifted a hand toward the side door.
It opened.
Gwen walked in alone, on her own feet.
Her white hair stood up in spikes, and her overalls were filthy, and there was a gray bruise along her jaw.
She stopped in the middle of the red carpet and looked around the room.
"I want it on the record," she said, "that the pizza was gas-station pizza."
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