John Pinette Relationships Novels & Stories

Two heads were always better than one. Vincent nodded breezily, leaning back in the chair across from my desk. “There is nothing out of the ordinary about Evelina,” Vincent said honestly, but I could sense a wariness in his tone. “She was born to Joel and Nikita Perez. Nikita divorced her husband when Evelina was seven. Fucker dislocated Evelina’s arm at one of Sinclair’s work related events. I wanted to rearrange Joel’s face. He’s still slinking around here in the packhouse trying to find someone who will give him alcohol.” Vincent’s face became ominous as he spoke. “Suceeded last night but we were able to get the bottle away from him.”

Demetrio’s pov His name was Danilo Bianchi, the older brother of Penelope’s late husband, aged sixty-one, a retired construction worker, a husband and father of three, grandfather of four. His relationship with his late brother was nonexistent. He’d basiCellie ignored the existence of the younger Bianchi and his family until he died.

Vincent stands first. He doesn’t raise his voice, he never has to. The kind of power he carries doesn’t need shouting. It just needs weight... and he’s got plenty of it. He talks about Paolo. Not too long, not like a performance. Just the simple, brutal truth of who his cousin was and what was stolen from him. A man who served the family faithfully for thirty years. A man who deserved to die peacefully in his own bed one day, not with a bullet in his head in a random car three blocks from a restaurant he’d been going to every Thursday for eleven years.

Nickname: Pen, little girl, or tesoro Age: 20 yrs. Morello Mafia Household: AURELIO TONY ROCCO PAOLO ETHAN *Hacker DENZEL CALLISTO ALONZO *Traitor TITO *right-hand man in Miami VIC *bartender MARINO Blanco Mafia Household: FRANCISCO BLANCO *Isadora’s father and Alberto’s best friend, 40 yrs. GIULIA BLANCO *Isadora’s mother. DAVIDE SAUL *Traitor