LOGINMeanwhile in California, Elena and her parents were finishing up breakfast when there was a knock at the door. Despite the early hour, Elena had a sinking suspicion she knew who it was. She let Noah open the door this time."Good morning, little bro," Cameron greeted enthusiastically.The well-dress
Massimo didn't have time to object to Luca's proposal. Suddenly, more CO2 alarms were going off. Massimo couldn't mistake that shrill noise—not when it sounded like it was coming from the whole building.Last time, Luca had hacked into the alarms, he had only targeted one area. From the sounds of it
"Did you hear that?" one man asked. "It sounded like it came from here.""Isn't that room supposed to be locked?" another asked.Massimo heard three sets of rapidly approaching footsteps. They couldn't enter this room. Otherwise, Massimo would be screwed.He'd get arrested. He'd doom the mafia. And
"On it," Luca quickly replied. "There's a CO2 alarm nearby where the guard is stationed, right?"Massimo quickly glanced out from his hiding space. "Looks like it," he stated."Perfect."Before Massimo could ask any follow up questions, the CO2 alarm by the security booth started loudly beeping and
"Remember," Luca whispered from the ear piece, "you're looking for where their database is stored. That should be downstairs and then straight down the hall. If it's not, then there are still a few other places we can look.""Roger that," Massimo replied.He didn't voice his skepticism—namely that i
"How are things going with you?" Elena asked."I'm fine, but more importantly, are you?" Aria immediately texted back. "The last thing I heard was that whole disaster with Massimo and then you went silent for days! Did he kidnap you or something?""Sorry, I forgot to keep you updated with everything
Massimo couldn't believe his eyes. The basement was bare stone, but every wall was covered in photographs. Pictures of Elena, Aria, and himself.Some were taken discretely from outside the window of his office. Others were from Elena's time working at the Ferraro's hospital. And there were plenty of
"Don Massimo," Luca called seriously. "I said that Joshua Millers—""Yes, yes," Massimo said dismissively. "We can figure out what to do about that later.""Massimo," Luca repeated, "you spent days at that dock asking after two women who went missing. That means there's plenty of civilians who could
"Liar," Elena immediately accused. "That's not how any of this works.""Oh, but it is," Tyler insisted. "It's been quite a while, but old mafia kings have gotten replaced through other means than death and all out war. Other mafia heads can call for a vote of no confidence."Elena vaguely remembered
Elena squinted at the man."Kyle Dioli?" Elena asked suddenly. "Is that you?"The Diolis did have a single son, not that much older than herself. Though she hadn't seen him in quite some time, he must've become the leader of his family recently."I'm surprised you remembered me. Though I go by Capo







