The silence stretched after Angelo’s last words. Giovanni didn’t reply, didn’t rise, didn’t even blink. He only watched his son walk toward the doors, each step heavy, deliberate, echoing like a gauntlet thrown.When the oak doors closed behind Angelo, the room exhaled, though no one dared move until Giovanni did.For a long moment, the don sat unmoving, his face unreadable in the flickering firelight. Then, slowly, Giovanni leaned back in his chair. He swirled the whiskey in his glass, staring at the amber liquid as though it held answers. His voice, when it came, was low, calculated.“Loyalty.” He tasted the word like a bitter wine. “He thinks it means sacrifice.”The lieutenants lining the walls remained rigid, silent, their eyes down. They knew better than to interrupt when Giovanni’s mind was working.Finally, Giovanni set the glass down with a soft clink. His gaze lifted, sharp and deliberate, locking onto one man in particular , Enzo, his oldest capo, the kind who would slit th
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