Chapter 19 Two-card Monte

• Alessandro was vivid when we got into the car and I had no idea why. I had gotten what he came here for in the first place without any bloodshed. Any other person would be delighted with my approach but not him.
• “You should never have done that, Gianna,” Alessandro said, his voice cold, as he stared out of the moving car.
• “I was only trying to help and I didn’t want things to end on a sour note, Alessandro,” I said, trying to plead my case.