If Cassidy had been right—if Luca's weakness was truly buried there, then the old woman would be the lever that moved everything else.
Luca would explain what had happened to Cassidy. Truthfully, Renato did not care much for Cassidy.
Luca and Renato had both spent years living inside the illusion of peace in New York. Renato had never overstepped too boldly because Luca's reputation was already something close to folklore—too violent to dismiss, too disciplined to provoke casually. And besides, this was New York, not Italy.
In Italy, families like theirs could move mad. Here, they had to be more careful. Luca had the careful part mastered.
