Chapter seventeen

All eyes shifted back to me, the Don remained silent, listening. I knew the kind of game Salvatore was playing at and I didn’t like it one bit. Being pushed into a corner wasn’t my style.

“Yeah, we had a…rat.” I admitted.

“only one?” Salvatore’s tone was challenging, his eyes gleaming with a mischievous spark as he leaned forward.

“since you seem to know so much, why don’t you tell me who the others are?” I snapped. “you’re out of line Sly,” my voice low and controlled. “I don’t take kindly to baseless accusations. Yeah, one of my men was compromised. But that’s a far cry from saying anyone else in my family is involved.” The truth was that, I did have my suspicions, but I kept them to myself for now.

Salvatore remained unphased, his smirk only widening. The man seemed to reveal in the discomfort he was causing me. Sly put up his hands in mock defense as though he hadn’t just turned the room against me. “hey, I’m merely presenting the facts as I’ve heard them,” he said, his to