“What?”
“Sometimes the police give inaccurate information.”
I arch a brow. “To cover up mob violence?”
“Or to deceive certain members of certain organizations that they’re not considering it a hit,” Dom says. “But moving on, Ernie Abruzzo ends up dead from an 'overdose' after Mrs. Ferraza's murder.”
“Trying to implicate Leo,” Roman says.
I didn’t need to ask about that. It’s well known that several people in Leo’s orbit have died by overdose.
“Isabella felt her mother’s murder wasn’t adequately investigated and Blackwood took advantage.” Roman turns to Dom. “Did I tell you she was attacked the day La Corona decided I should marry her?”
Dom shakes his head. “What?”
“I was following her. She had set up a meet with Blackwood. She expected him to extract her. Instead she was attacked and I saved her.”
“Was it Blackwood?” I ask.
“I couldn’t say. At the time I thought it was a mugger, but now I’m wondering if she was about to be another victim like her mother.” A darkness crosses Roman’s face. It’s scary and instinctively I take a step back.
“Thank God you were there,” Dom says, patting Roman on the arm.
“We’ve got fake information given to Gabriella Monti and an attempt to recruit her,” I continue, as I push forward another file. "And the kidnapping of Rocco Monti. The vehicle traced back to an FBI fleet. The anonymous call directly to me. Andthe Santa who took him suffered a heart attack while in your custody."
Roman arches a brow. “She knows about that?”
Dom shrugs.
“I still don’t know about Sal Abruzzo except that he’s missing.”
Roman shakes his head. “Probably got scared and ran off.”
“Scared of what?” I push, wondering if he’ll admit that murder is often a solution.
“Rats,” Roman says. “There’s a lot of them in this city.”
I’m certain Sal is dead at Roman’s hands, but there’s no point in pursuing it. "Then there's the missing money from the Monti raid.”
“And your attack that night,” Dom says, his hand rubbing my back.
Roman’s brow furrows as he notices the gesture.
“As far as I can see, in all these incidents, Blackwood is the only thing that ties them together.”
I swallow, still finding it hard to believe my boss would be so evil.
Unethical, yes, but a murdering kidnapper?
"The evidence points that way. But I can’t decide why. What's his endgame?"
"Power," Roman says simply. "Or revenge."
"Against whom?" I ask.
"All of us," Dom replies. "La Corona as a whole."
I shake my head. “We’ve already discussed this. It seems personal.”
