Chapter 694

• As Lucien’s cars were leaving the little street which had Christmas revellers queueing to buy things for the festival ahead, another kind of scenario was being acted out in another part of the city.
• Piers Delano sat behind his desk, his face cold and grim as he listened to Patrick O’Connor.
• The Irishman had always carried a torch for the Mafia Don and he respected the Boss who had literally clawed his way to power, true, Patrick O’Connor had pitched in to help Piers when push came to shove but he was positive about one thing. He did not want to see a split happening between the father and the son.