“It’s in Manhattan, but I’ll text you the exact location later.”
“Manhattan?” Rosa scoffed. “Fine. What am I picking up?”
“A briefcase.”
“What’s in the briefcase?”
“None of your business.”
Her eyes narrowed. “You’re not getting into dealing, are you? I don’t want to have anything to do with that, if you are.”
“For God’s sake, Rosa. It’s not drugs. It’s just some business papers I need. All you gotta do is bring the case to me, okay?”
“You swear you’re not dealing?”
“I swear. You know I’d never do that.”
“You better not be lying to me,” she said, then turned around and left.
The only thing that kept him from following her outside to remind her that she worked forhimand not the other way around was knowing that he only needed to see her one more time before she was out of his life.
He focused back on the task at hand and tried to reach Dominic and Manny again. But like before, their voicemails kicked in without the line ringing.
He slammed the receiver back onto its cradle and instantly the phone began to ring.
He snapped it up. “Where the hell have you been?”
There was a pause before a voice that was neither Dominic’s nor Manny’s said, “I’m not sure what you mean.”
“Who is this?”
“It’s Brady Carter, Mr. Gennaro. We talked last week?”
“Brady Carter?” Gennaro said, confused.
“I told you about Fratelli.”
Gennaro rolled his eyes. “I’m a little busy right now.”
“I just hadn’t heard from you, so I thought I’d check in.”
“AndIthought I told you to sit tight, didn’t I?”
“Well, um, I guess.”
“I’ll let you know when I find him, okay? Until then, stop calling me!”
Gennaro could hear Carter starting to apologize as he slammed the phone down again. That guy wasn’t going to get a dime from him.
His problem from before Carter called remained. Since neither Dominic nor Manny were answering their phone, he would have to find someone else to drive him around today, so he could concentrate on what he needed to do.
And if they weren’t going to help, they didn’t deserve a cut of Buono’s money.
That made him feel a whole lot better.
He thought about who he could get to fill in on short notice, and the first name that popped into his mind wasToomey’s. Out of everyone Gennaro had worked with lately, he had been the most reliable.
He called him.
