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Adelina chuckled as did Isabella, and then the gunshot ricocheted through the shop.

“Get down!”Phil yelled toward the two of them.

She looked toward where the woman had been behind the counter, only she saw blood spatter on the wall behind her.

“What do we do?”Isabella asked.

“I don’t know.”

They started to crawl down the aisle, so they were far from the window, and Adelina looked around the corner, just as Phil got hit.

“Run!”Phil yelled.

Getting to her feet with Isabella in front of her, they took off to the back of the store.A couple of the pharmacy staff were crouching behind a counter, and she saw a door with the EXIT sign up ahead.

“Let’s go.”

They didn’t have a whole lot of time, and as she pushed that door open and she and Isabella ran out of the back, she came face to face with someone she never thought she would have to worry about again.

“Hello, Adelina,” Diego Bruno said.

She didn’t get a chance to speak or argue as he punched her in the face, hard, and everything went black.










Chapter Eleven

“What do you know aboutsomeone taking over the Russo Mafia?”Vincent said.

This was not quite how Massimo intended to ask the question but his father always had different methods.They were not the same.

Vigo smiled.“Ah, so you can confirm there is unrest in the Russo Mafia?”

“There is no such thing,” Massimo said.

“Just speculation,” Vigo said, looking from him to Vincent and back again.

“What is your connection to Luiz Gutterman?”Massimo asked.