Eighty Two

Isabella

I watch as another soldier goes down with a bullet, and then Alessia screams. Chaos erupts, and I dive under the table. As the men scramble, Marco comes after me, apparently unconcerned about Alessia, who is still screaming out there.

Another soldier drops to the patio, dead. I cover my mouth, trying to hold down my pasta. What is happening? Some rival gang attack?

I know it isn't Dante. He couldn't have been clearer on the phone in Marco's car. If there is a rescue team coming for me, it isn't Dante Viscuso's.

Zio Lorenzo?

That also seems unlikely. How did he learn of my kidnap? Maybe Dante finally met up with him and told him how I had been kidnapped and how he has finally got rid of me as his problem.

Must be a rival attack.

Federico?

Marco grabs my arm. "Kick off those shoes. We need to run."