"You're talking about wiping out the Romano family."
"If necessary. Yes." Dimitri leaned back. "I can't afford to look weak, Mike. Not now. Not when I'm positioning to challenge my father. Every family in Italy is watching. If they see the Romanos ambush me and live, they'll all try. But if they see the Romanos ambush me and die to the last man....."
"They'll think twice."
"Exactly."
Mike was quiet for a moment, processing.
"What do you need from me?"
"Information first. Find out everything about the Romano family. Who's in charge now that Sal's dead. Where they operate. What their operations are. Weaknesses we can exploit."
"And then?"
"Then we decide. Maybe we hit them directly, send soldiers to Naples, kill the leadership, scatter the organization. Or maybe we do it quietly.....poison their operations, turn their allies, strangle them economically until they collapse." Dimitri's eyes were calculating. "I want options, Mike. I want to choose how they die."
