*Giovani*

Olivia and I looked at each other in frozen silence as my phone rang. Anyone could be on the other end of the line, with any news about Elena and our baby. My stomach swooped. I had received endless calls describing death and torture over my years as Don of the Valentino family, and no ringtone scared me as much as that one at that moment.

She twisted and stared into my eyes. I saw my own worry reflected back at me, but with an edge of ...