The Man with a Treasure: A Giordano Mafia Novel by India Adams

Author:India Adams [Adams, India]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-19T16:00:00+00:00

Trees were a blur as I raced us away, using all the training Pietro and Cristian provided me. The wheels spun underneath us, gripping the road with expertise. I realized it wasn’t only the beauty of the car that had lured me into buying it. It was the power and control it could offer when needing to speed away, safely, from the danger we left behind.

It was no surprise Scarlett fainted once Angelo told her that her mother was alive. What was a surprise was her waking as Angelo was carrying her through the kitchen. The money had been transferred. We were almost out of the horrendous house I would never forget…

“You had no choice but to strike her, Angelo.”

In the backseat, Scarlett slept in Angelo’s arms as his eyes slid shut with such regret that I felt it in the driver’s seat. I had seen Angelo do many things, but never had he hit or harmed a woman.

He had had no choice. Scarlett was too telling, giving away too much information when begging Angelo to bring her son with us.

Yes. Her son.

The Devil’s spawn.

My hands tightened on the steering wheel, even though I was trained to do the opposite. “That demon child? Could he really be hers?”

Angelo leaned his head back against the headrest. “She seemed most convinced.” His eyes finally opened and stared at the blurring trees. “We are safe now. You can slow down.”

I didn’t. I couldn’t. “Lorenzo was in a photograph on the wall.”

Angelo glared into the review mirror.

I nodded and grimaced. “He was naked.” I chin-gestured to Scarlett. “So was she.”

My best friend tried to pull away from me, sink into a seat that offered no escape.

“They were, my friend.”

Veins bulged in his neck. “Stop it.”

He was right. We needed a different subject. We had just left women, young men, and children, just to save one. It was wrong and unjust, but we felt bound to our duty and promises to save and keep Scarlett safe. Angelo had asked for Isabella’s blessings to protect Scarlett. That mother had accepted, and now was asking us to fulfill that vow.

God, please forgive me.

The car picked up speed, and we were leaving them all behind.

“Angelo, that girl with the grey eyes, what did she mean by Steel Stallions?”

After Scarlett woke up and begged for her son, the young woman that was tied to the stove whispered, “Steel Stallions.”

“I have no clue.” Angelo exhaled a shaky breath. “Sal,” he paused, “thank you for… helping me in the basement.”

“Do you know what happened? Why she enraptured you like that?”

Instead of answering me, he asked a question, but that question was the answer. “Sal, am I really holding her?” Disbelief.

To help convince him of something I was also struggling with, I finally eased my foot off the gas pedal. I had to find the strength to trust my heart and skill, acknowledging we finally had some distance between us and the enemy. I had to believe, for once, we hadn’t failed.

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