Chapter 69

“SignorPiedmont Winery is singing like the proverbial canary, and he has implicated a small crime family in the Piedmont region.”

“Which has what to do with relaxing our guard?” I said.

“It seems that our bad guy had promised them access to some of the money he has squirreled away in exchange for my demise. They failed to deliver, so he didn’t give it to them.”

“Stop dragging this out and cut to the chase.”

“We’re going to grab the money, which should remove any motive for further attacks, especially with him under lock and key.”

“What about revenge for having grabbed the money?” I said.

“They won’t have time to worry about that, babe,” he said.

“Why?”

“As it happens, there’s a rival crime family in the Piedmont region, and we’re working on starting some conflict between the two groups.”

“However would we do that?” I said.