Mafia Star (The Mancinelli Brotherhood Book 6) by Sabine Barclay

Author:Sabine Barclay [Barclay, Sabine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oliver Heber Books
Published: 2024-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Beth

I’ve never had a reason to be in Federal Plaza before. I spied Carmine and Matteo as I walked in. They’re inconspicuous; I only noticed because I was trying to take everything in, in case it would matter to Massimo later. He said he’d send them, and he did. I didn’t expect Sinead to show up at the scene. She whispered to me she was in the same law school class as my sister and Laura Kutsenko. It made me wonder why Chelle didn’t come instead. But she hasn’t been a defense attorney in years. She works in the nonprofit sector.

“Ma’am, step this way.”

I let a new agent take my arm as I pass through security. They’ve uncuffed me, but I’m still surrounded as though I might— could —make a break for it. I rode to the New York FBI field office alone. I saw Sinead talking to two men who looked in charge. One had an FBI jacket on, and the other had an ATF one.

What a lot of fuss for one man. Huh. My boyfriend must be important.

I can’t help the snarkiness now that I’m not terrified Marco will “accidentally” die in custody. I look for any name or identifying piece of information on every agent who gets near me. I might not remember them all, but I will remember most. I suspect Marco is going to demand that information, and I have no qualms handing it over. Not for my sake. I’d rather he not do anything to them because of me. But I don’t give a shit what happens to them after shooting at Marco, after having someone jump him, after subjecting him to the reporters and cameras. That makes me consider how easily I shot that agent in the arm.

That was about the stupidest, most short-sighted thing I’ve ever done. But I’d never felt that kind of blind rage in my life. I didn’t know I possessed it. If I feel that way about a threat to Marco, what the fuck am I going to do if we get married, have kids, and they end up Mafiosos? I get now what Pauly meant about being afraid of Marco’s mother. In the space of, what, ten— fifteen —minutes I discovered I have that capacity for unparalleled protectiveness.

That’s why I’ve followed Massimo’s instructions. I haven’t said a word except to say I was physically all right to Sinead. She reinforced Massimo’s message to remain silent. I’ve already faced a barrage of questions. Male, female, FBI, ATF, NYPD. I haven’t told them a single thing about me. They took my purse which I dropped when Marco and I were knocked to the ground. I don’t even remember carrying it. I must have clutched it to my chest while we ran. They know who I am now.

They know where I live, so I’m certain they’re turning over the place right now. They’ll find nothing. Marco hasn’t spent any time there. They won’t find a single fingerprint of his.

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