Aid

The truth was out there. Everyone was talking.

Don Romano is deaf. 

Don Romano has lost his hearing.

It bothered him, of course it did. People thought he was a bit less than them because he could not hear. They thought that they could somehow get the upper hand on him.

To be fair, Gio understood where they were coming from. 

Had he not been the one who had lost his hearing, he would have thought along the same lines. But he knew better. Not only had the loss of one of his senses made the others stronger. Knowing that he had to compensate had made his mind sharper. He picked up on small details faster now. Just like he had that day when he had spotted Celeste's hidden bomb.

So even though Gio knew that some people thought him weak, he walked into his meeting with the other crime bosses with his head held high.

When he took his seat, he was met with absolute silence. The other bosses looked at him and at each other. No one said a word.