The Mafia Bride They Rejected Became an Underboss novel · Chapter 13 of 16
Chapter 13: Stefano's Price
I looked at Stefano crouched in front of me on the wet sidewalk.
His good suit was soaking up the fire hose water.
He thought he was making the best offer of his life.
"Take you back," I said.
"You know what I mean." He dropped his voice. "Carina's done. My uncles want her out. I'll file on Monday. You and me, the way it was supposed to be."
"The way it was supposed to be."
"The Marchetti name. The Lombardi trucks. Nobody in Chicago could touch us."
Behind him, a news van had pulled up.
A cameraman was already filming the crowd, the smoke, the kids in pajamas.
He swung the lens toward us.
Stefano didn't notice.
"Give me an answer," he said. "Right now, and this phone is yours."
I stood up.
It hurt. Everything hurt. My lungs felt like I'd swallowed sand.
I stood up anyway, so he had to look up at me.
"My daughter was in a bathtub on the eleventh floor," I said.
I said it loud enough for the camera.
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