Ruining Vanessa by Donovan Raissa & Wolf Addison

Author:Donovan, Raissa & Wolf, Addison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-22T00:00:00+00:00

18

DAMIEN

“Coffee?” I ask Slayer, motioning to the pot on the counter. There’s an empty mug sitting next to it already, waiting for him.

Out of everybody who could visit me late at night, Slayer is at the bottom of the list for me. But I couldn’t leave the apartment, not with…

…Not with Vanessa sleeping peacefully on the couch. She’s been here for almost a week, recovering from the cuts that Slayer had given her. Part of me still wants to punch Slayer for that, but I’ve managed to calm down since I first saw the injuries.

Giulio’s random visits had helped defuse my ire, too. He’s still in a strange mood, but he’s no longer taking it out on Vanessa, at least.

“Yeah, please,” Slayer says with more manners than I’d have given him credit for. He heads straight to the coffee pot and pours some into the mug I’d left for him. “Thanks for letting me drop by. This is probably something I should talk to Giulio about, but…” He trails off as he takes a gulp of the hot coffee.

The fact that Slayer is calling him Giulio and not Jules speaks volumes.

“Yes. I know.” I take a sip from my own mug and sit by the breakfast bar, angling myself so I can watch Vanessa. “It really couldn’t wait until morning?”

“It looks like there’s a mole in one of Giulio’s clubs. Someone who knows about a certain missing person,” Slayer says bluntly. “Someone who told Nilo Romano about it.”

I wish I could be more shocked about it, but in this line of business, there’s always somebody who thinks they can get rich by selling out the organization, or at least use it as a get-out-of-jail-free card. But that missing person… There aren’t a lot of people who know about him. The ones who’d helped dispose of the body had no clue who the guy was.

“Why are you talking with Nilo Romano anyway?” I ask. “He’s the… Which one was he? Not the oldest Romano son. We just had dinner with him this week.”

“The one who looks like a kid,” Slayer says with a grimace.

Right, the one Giulio had taunted so often in the past few weeks. I’d almost forgotten about him because of how insignificant he is in the grand scheme of things, but Giulio must have left an impression on Nilo. He tends to do that.

“We had to stop by The Web to chat with the manager, and Mancini shows up with Nilo Romano in tow. Romano was pretty happy to try to throw ‘the fag,’” Slayer made quotes with his fingers, “under the bus. Says he has a contact.” He pauses, then his eyes meet mine. “Worst part? My fucking partner was with me.”

My hands tighten around my coffee mug. More witnesses. “Is your partner the type to follow up on this?”

Slayer hesitates, then slowly shakes his head. “I don’t think so. He thinks Giulio Pavone is insane, and he wants nothing to do with it. I told him I’d double check, but we’ve already gone through his clubs.

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