The Don's Secret Wife Was Mafia Royalty novel · Chapter 18 of 32
Chapter 18: Opened Twice
The room exploded.
The South Side Don had the old Don from Elmwood Park by the lapels.
"You let go first. I felt you let go."
"I felt your hand on it, you thief."
Men were on their feet all down the table.
Teo had put himself between my son and the room without seeming to move.
Ruggero raised both hands for quiet, and slowly, it came.
"A tragedy," he said. "Someone in this house has betrayed Donna Ludovica. I'll find out who, I promise you. But the blood is gone, friends." He sighed. "We have one result. We'll have to accept it."
Carlotta was crying again, into her napkin.
Ludovica didn't move.
She was watching me.
"Doctor," I said. "Would you open your coat?"
Everyone turned.
The doctor in the tweed jacket looked at the old Don, who nodded.
He unbuttoned the jacket and held it open.
In the inside pocket, standing upright in a plastic rack, were three more vials.
Labeled. Taped. Dark red.
"The signora asked me in the hall to draw two of everything," he said. "One for the tray. One for my pocket."
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