Time was ticking and Massimo looked toward the front door.
“It will only take a moment.”
Stepping into his father’s office, he looked to see a large note board with five capos’ names on it.He was surprised to see the Ferri name.
“Dad, I don’t have time for this.”
“Look, I know I’ve been out of the game for a while, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know what I’m doing,” he said.
“You think this is an inside job?”
“Vigo wouldn’t go against the Russo Mafia.He is not strong or powerful enough.He doesn’t have what it takes,” Vincent said.“This is a job from the inside.”
“With enough money to be able to waste giving to Gutterman?The same money I sent up in smoke?”
“Unless it was laundered money.Dirty money.Not real money,” Vincent said.“Then it doesn’t matter if you burned it, does it?”
There was one name he kept being drawn to.“Diego Bruno.The man that was going to marry Adelina.How does he play into this?He doesn’t do anything.”
“He’s wealthy.He has enough wealth to get the soldiers on his side.To manipulate other capos to his way of thinking.Don’t be fooled by a man who appears to be no one.”
“Okay, so why are the Ricardos there?”he asked.
“Everyone has a weakness and the Ricardos have been chasing their title to be leader for a long time.”
Massimo ran a hand down his face.“I’m going to talk to Vigo, then we’ll talk.”
“Adelina was a good choice,” Vincent said.
“You want to talk about my wife now?”Massimo asked.
“I don’t see a better time.”
“Dad, look, I get it, you’re ...dealing with your shit, finally, but trust me, I’ve got to get to this meeting, and if you want to, come with me.”
His father looked at him, as he stared back.The offer was there.Massimo would take his father with him.For a long time, Vincent had been locking himself away from the world.The scars and pain of losing his wife had taken too much out of him.Massimo watched as his father looked back at the board, and then toward him.
“I’ll grab my coat.”
Now, this surprised him.There were so many times over the past decade when he had asked his father to come with him, and each time he would say no.He would bow out of the fight and slink back to his office.
Together, they stepped out of the office and headed toward the door.Massimo had a quick word with his guards and told them to keep an eye on Adelina and Isabella.They were not to leave the house unless he was contacted first.With that, he and his father went to his car.
A couple of guards got into a second car, and Massimo reversed out of his parking spot, put it into “drive,” drove out of the main driveway of his home, and entered the main street.
“You okay, old man?”he asked, teasing his father.
“Old man.I bet I could still whip your ass and show you a couple of things.”
Massimo laughed.“Yeah, I bet you could, but I also bet Vigo will not know what has hit him when the two of us show up to this meeting.”
“I remember Vigo.He’s a pain in the ass, but he is fair.He can’t stand the Mafia.To him, we’re all cheating scum.”
“Cheating scum?”
“Some kind of card game many years ago, where he believed Russo was counting cards.It wasn’t the case.It was just a lucky card game,” Vincent said.
“You believe that.”
