After I Could Hear the Don's Thoughts
"I'll give you all of the Marlowe family's territory! Call it my apology. I'm begging you, come back to me!"
"If you won't, I'd rather die right here!"
His face was soaked in tears of regret, and the words he screamed carried the taste of blood.
"You've become a laughingstock," I said. "Your seat as Don was already hanging by a thread."
I spread my hands. "And here you are, wasting your time, begging me. The other Dons are ruthless wolves. Do you really think you can hold your territory?"
"I can't speak for the rest." I fired my last shot. "But I'd bet my life that right now, my father is swallowing your territory whole."