Chapter 16 I Will Protect You Alyssa

“Whatever is going on, they’re doing a great job of hiding their tracks and playing off of old rivalries,” I muse.

Enzo Russo nods. “Yeah. They really are. They seem to know all the buttons to press when it comes to our families, and the dynamics between a couple of the businesses involved.”

“Who has knowledge like this?” I ask the room.

Amara tilts her head. “What do you mean?”

“What type of person, if any, makes it their business to know everything about everyone?”

Amara snorts. “We all do, babe.”

“No,” I stand. I’m pacing, my mind whirling. “We need to think of who has the most to lose, and most to gain.”

“To gain? Probably the motorcycle gang but they’re pretty much just thugs. Happy to be bodies for hire as long as they get their guns and their glory and get out,” Enzo adds.

I look at him. “You said there was trouble at the warehouse. What was it?”

“Workers being harassed on the way to work. Break-ins.”

“Amara and I were shot at, prior to coming to collect Alyssa,” Alessandro add