Chapter 8 - THE SECOND SECRET
Dante arrived at Elena's apartment twenty minutes later.
He read Sabrina's note without speaking.
“Did she say anything else?”
“She said Lily was in danger.”
Dante looked toward the little girl.
“Lily, do you remember anything else about the man at the store?”
Lily nodded slowly.
“He had two phones.”
“Two?”
“One was black. One was white. He gave the white one to the lady with red hair.”
Dante looked at Marco.
“Check every phone connected to Lorenzo and Sabrina.”
Marco's phone vibrated. He listened, then turned pale.
“Boss, we found a second device registered to a company in New Jersey. It received the microphone's signal.”
“Who controls the company?”
“An attorney named Peter Sloane.”
Dante recognized the name immediately.
Sloane had represented the Moretti family for twelve years. He knew the business structure, the family properties, and the identities of people who had received protection.
“He was supposed to attend the meeting,” Marco said.
Dante's jaw tightened.
“Then the leak came from inside the legal office.”
Elena looked between them.
“Why would someone want to know where those families were going?”
Dante answered honestly.
“Because some of them are witnesses to a crime. Someone wants to make sure they never speak.”
Lily tugged at his sleeve.
“Mr. Dante?”
He looked down.
“Yes?”
“Are you going to be okay?”
The question seemed to surprise him.
He crouched in front of her.
“I intend to be.”
“Then you should wear a different tie.”
For a second, nobody spoke.
Then Marco laughed under his breath.
May you like
Dante looked at the ruined tie in his hand.
“I think you're right.”
