Chapter 56

“Get him water and Gatorade from the fridge.” Karen gave Caroline a once over, then huffed. “And at the cemetery, try not to take all attention from my husband’s coffin.”

Caroline jerked as if she’d been slapped, and quickly went to get the drinks to sober up Jimmy.

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Within an hour, the priest was there, as were several members of the MacGregor family or clan or whatever you chose to call it. Ian’s organization. The one that would be Jimmy’s as soon as Ian was in the ground, unless someone challenged Jimmy.

Nobody was going to, although some of the old school guys, ones that had been part of Robert’s crew and were still in the family business but more on the sidelines, tried to make small talk with Quinn. He always bowed out fast, pretending to need to make sure this or that was ready for after the graveside service.

He didn’t have it in him to act as if he was proud of Robert, when he hated the man’s guts.