Capo Dei Capi (Secrets of the Famiglia Part 1) novel Chapter 24

Time, it always comes down to time. The amount of it can make a small inkling of a difference or the deciding factor between life and death.

“2 days and all we have is a fucking bullshit story blaming the Irish. We all know the fucking Irish didn’t whack Ren. The Cartel isn’t going to admit to fuck-all if they did it. Aleksei sure as shit has no beef with us. His fight has only ever existed with the Cartel and Lucca. We can't just go guns blazing, killing every fucking man that happens to sound like a foreigner because we want revenge. We need to think when it's all clear, let the dust settle,” Vincent states from the big screen in my boardroom.

The high-rise building is a place I conduct legal business. It's owned by the Delroy family in Texas.

The Delroy's hold the biggest latex company in the world.

The building hosted their offices and a few ‘silent partners’ like myself. I didn’t deal in latex. However, I did have a few hands in their other ventures, like artifacts and rare gems.

But the two floors I currently called mine were for the Real Estate agency I kept for legal purposes of my own.

This meeting, however, is not a legal matter or a civilian one. But I needed it to be done here. There are things I don’t want anybody finding out apart from the ones in attendance.

Which drew the reason as to why Vincent is on a skype call.

My brother's death came sudden, too sudden. We are all in mourning, some more than others. His death is our common ground for this evening's meeting.

A lot of people liked Lorenzo, some of those people extended into unchartered territory. We didn’t talk much about his extra murals with his friends when the 5 of them lived in Chicago. Or the few times people they knew disappeared after an altercation.

In return, he never questioned me or the reasons I asked him to do random shit, like making sure Kylie Bray and Aliyana met. And the accidental meetings he stumbled upon between Gabriel and his uncle. Except for a few days ago. He questioned my judgment, he was going to go behind my back and make things right. I was proud of him for standing up to me. I love my siblings, and Ren was the best of all my father’s children. He was the sacrifice that tied the rest of us together.