No Longer the Outsider
Eight years into the Cappello family, and only today did I discover there's a meeting room beneath the estate.
Half an hour ago, my husband Julian put on his coat and said he was heading to the New Jersey docks to handle a smuggling shipment.
Five minutes after he left, the estate's internal line rang.
It was Julian's driver, asking if he should have the car washed. It had gotten dirty from yesterday's rain.
Julian never rides in anyone else's car for long trips.
If he'd gone to New Jersey, his driver should be behind the wheel right now.
I went down to the second-level basement garage. His car was still there. The emergency stairwell beside it was inexplicably open.
I followed it down and f