Chapter 15

Cosimo would hear our conversation if I called her. So I typed a brief email instead, hoping he wouldn’t catch what I was up to.

Hi. How are you doing? I was wondering if you could do me a favor. I need background information on a certain Irina Vlad. She’s in close relations with the Medici family, she does modeling in Florence, and she’s a Romanian national. That's all I know. Dig up the skeletons in her closet, will you? Looking forward to your reply. Regards, Tamira.

I put my phone away, somewhat relieved. We work with an old-school private detective. He might be outdated, but he’s just as resourceful as McGyver when it comes to sniffing out dirt on a client. The best thing is, he works for us incognito. And considering the fact that the Medici pretty much-controlled everything, not just in Citta del Salvatore and Pontefici but also globally, we had to do it without their knowledge.

Then I remembered it would be beneficial if I knew a bit more about Luca too. I pulled my device