There were also four silenced Berettas with small lasers mounted on top.
We would be able to see the laser dots with the night vision goggles – but the fuckers we were aiming at wouldn’t see a thing.
The Berettas were also loaded with high-capacity rounds – 30 bullets instead of the normal 15. We wouldn’t have to reload as much, which would come in handy.
There were also four bulletproof vests in the trunk.
While I kept my Beretta on Luciano, my guys slipped into the vests. Then they each grabbed a helmet, put it on, and flipped the night vision goggles up towards the ceiling. No need to use them while we still had the lights on.
Then they switched out their pistols for the new Berettas with laser sights.
I was the last to put on the goggles and switch out my gun. Ciro kept Luciano covered while I did it.
“Remember,” I said to Luciano, “you fuck us, and your wife and kids get smoked.”
“I remember,” he muttered.
“Good. Let’s go,” I said as I poked my pistol into his back.
We stepped over the puddle of blood on the concrete and walked to the door.
Luciano used a key andpunched in a code on an electric deadbolt, then opened it.
I was right behind him as he walked in. Romeo and Ciro followed behind us. Tiratore brought up the rear with his rifle slung over his shoulder on a strap.
Luciano had sketched out the floorplans back at his mistress’s apartment. Everything matched what he’d drawn.
We were in a small hallway lit by overhead lights.
We walked 30 feet to the house, then entered a sort of coatroom.
A computer panel with buttons and a screen glowed on the wall just a few feet away.
“Do it,” I whispered.
Luciano punched a string of numbers on the keypad.
I tensed, waiting for an alarm to start blaring –
But there was only a softbeep.
The screen read DISARMED.
“Good,” I whispered. “You said the fuse box was close?”
Luciano pointed at a door just a few feet away.
Tiratore opened it up… glanced inside… and nodded back at me.
“What about the backup generator?” I whispered.
“There’s a switch in there that will disable it,” Luciano replied. “It’s labeled. You’ll see it.”
I nodded at Tiratore.
He went inside, and I heardchack chack chack chackas he shut off all the breakers to the main house.
The lights in the coatroom and hallway went out, plunging us into darkness.
