Chapter 6 - Victor Rinaldi Comes to Dinner
Victor Rinaldi was sixty-eight.
Polished.
Soft-spoken.
The kind of man who remembered birthdays and funerals.
He had helped Dominic take control after Antonio died.
When Dominic summoned him, Victor arrived smiling.
Then he saw Chloe.
The smile stopped.
“Elaine’s daughter.”
Chloe felt Dominic notice.
“You knew her mother.”
“Everyone knew Elaine.”
Dominic placed a photocopy of one ledger page on the table.
Victor did not touch it.
“Where did you get this?”
Wrong question.
Dominic leaned back.
“I didn’t say it was authentic.”
Victor recovered.
“Your father kept many records.”
Chloe watched his hands.
One thumb rubbed the edge of his ring.
Nervous.
Then Victor looked directly at her.
“Your mother should have destroyed that years ago.”
Silence.
Dominic’s voice lowered.
“Why?”
Victor stood.
“I’m leaving.”
Leo blocked the door.
Dominic shook his head.
“Let him.”
Victor left.
Chloe turned to Dominic.
“You just let him walk out.”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because now he thinks we have more than we do.”
May you like
Dominic looked toward the window.
“And frightened men make calls.”
