ien
in gate. From my vantage point in the west wing, I watched o
nto the intercom, his voice dripping with t
Mrs. Valachi's vehicle is t
r of her place. She was not a guest o
itated. The ca
the back d
y. She stood there for a moment, surveying the imposing black ir
ed... un
o a beat-up looking gardening truck parked down the road. A man got
d amused glances. What was she do
s fluttering in the wind. She pulled ope
inforced steel. The thick, bulletp
a garden
transport vehicl
ral, angry sound that vibrated thr
e cracked with panic over the comms.
their rifles. Warn
ored th
a thunderclap. Metal screamed, groaned, and then buckled inward. The custom-made, ha
elessly against th
reckage, tearing up the manicured lawn, and scre
red across
and the grounds, surrounding the vehicle, thei
were crowding the windows, their fac
mposure gone. "Don... she... she ramm
cleaning my favorite pi
long time, I felt something other t
... in
mile touched my lip
r of the armored
dirt and grease, but somehow, it only made her stand o
nted at her head. She ignored the
of the house, and I knew, with absolu
rom her skirt, a gesture of s
voice, clear and car
ride i
om my men. They were frozen, uns
p, mocking edge to her voice
use, his face pale, pointing a trembl
t him, her gaze stil
p in the face to my entire family, "is the Don of the Val
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