The Don's Secret Wife Was Mafia Royalty novel · Chapter 22 of 32
Chapter 22: Paid on the Sidewalk
Teo did the Eisenhower at ninety with his hazards on.
I called the old baker from the front seat.
"They're here," he said. "Two big yellow machines on trucks. A lot of men in vests. And him, in his coat, standing on the sidewalk like a funeral."
"The babies?"
"Asleep. Teo's men are on the stairs. Nobody's coming up."
"Call the block," I said.
"I called them twenty minutes ago. Who do you think you're talking to?"
They were all there when we turned onto Taylor Street at one in the morning.
The excavators sat on their flatbeds at the curb, with men in orange vests smoking around them.
And in front of every shop on the 1000 block stood the people who owned it.
The florist, in a parka over her bathrobe, with a thermos.
The butcher, in his white coat, arms folded.
The deli sisters in matching quilted robes, not arguing for once.
The tailor, the barber, the hardware brothers, the shoe repair man, the gelato couple holding hands.
Ruggero stood in the middle of the street in his gray cashmere coat.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–16 of The Don's Secret Wife Was Mafia Royalty are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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