Then his bravado flared back up.
“We can take them,” Cesare said boastfully.
“On the way up here, I counted ten deadCosa Nostraand fourteen of our men,” Romeo said. “Counting you, me, and the other four guys, we have six left. You really want to take on two dozenCosa Nostra?”
Cesare’s face contorted in rage –
But evenhewasn’tthatstupid.
“Fine,” he snarled. “I’ll just kill his whore.”
He pointed his gun at the pregnant woman’s head –
But Romeo put his hand on Cesare’s gun and murmured, “Then Rosolini won’t know it wasyouwho did this to him.”
Romeo had no way of knowing that for sure.
For all we knew, Rosolini might have captured one of our men and tortured the information out of him –
But our entire plan had been built around Cesare taunting Dario to his face as he killed him.
Notoncehad we ever let the enemy know who we were.
That simple detail hit Cesare hard.
“Shit,” he muttered. He seemed lost for a second – then quickly recovered. “I’ll write my name in her blood – ”
“We have 30 seconds at most,” Romeo said, “and then we’re dead.”
Cesare scowled in anger –
But he squatted down and loomed directly over the woman.
He hissed, “Tell your husband Cesare Caproni sends his regards – ”
Then he spat on her face and stood up.
“Let’s go,” he ordered as he walked out of the room. “Serpente, Guercio, Cinghiale, Mangiavatt – cover us!”
Romeo and I raced behind Cesare as he ran down the hallway, away from the dead bodies.
Our four men brought up the rear –
And then shots rang out behind us.
140
Giorgio
Inside The Hospital
Lars, Dario, and I raced up the stairwell.
We passed several deadCamorra –
Then my stomach twisted with horror when we reached the third-floor landing.
Three bodies in black suits lay on the floor.
