72|In Way Over His Head

After his brief stop in Sea Point, Austin headed to Hawthorne Towers and spent the night reviewing the audit report from Angelo's guy.

Sometime after 1:00 AM, he called his capos.

They were both thoroughly pissed, which was understandable, considering he'd broken their sleep. But their feelings were the least of his concern. They had work to do, and they wouldn't get it done by sleeping.

"Couldn't this have waited till the morning?" Angelo grumbled as he stifled a yawn.

"I don't pay you to sleep!" Austin growled. "Now, walk me through the three accounts!"

"Hold on, let me head to the study. Zuki's sleeping, you know," Angelo mumbled as he placed him on hold, leaving him alone with Tim on the call.

"So, how did the hot date go?" his cousin asked.

"It's over," Austin said.

"Yeah, I figured. It's 1:00 AM, after all."

"No. I mean, it's over between Beth and me," Austin said and touched his chest, baffled by the tight, squeezing sensation in his heart. It felt like it was splitting in half