Read Online Until You Come Back To Me, Book 5 by Mallory Monroe - Free Book Online Page B

“Where does she
work?” she asked.
    Sal
frowned.   “What difference does that
make? I picked her up.    This guy, his
name is Alfie Farino , died, and his wife had to be
notified.    They had only been married a
couple of weeks.”
    Gemma
hadn’t expected to hear anything like that.   “My goodness” she said.   “I’m
sorry to hear that.”
    A
pained look coursed through Sal’s eyes.   “It was an awful thing.   Just
awful.   So I picked up the sister-in-law
from this restaurant she works at, took her to her sister’s house, to Alfie’s
house, and we notified his widow together.   It was a terrible scene.”
    Gemma
realized what she was hearing.   She
looked at Sal.   “So she wasn’t your
girlfriend or anything like that?”
    Sal
looked at her with shock in his eyes.   “My girlfriend?   What the fuck I’m
gonna have a girlfriend for when I have you?   What are you talking?”
    Now
Gemma felt bad for bringing it up.   “I
was just wondering---”
    “You
weren’t just nothing!   Who gave you the
idea that I was fooling around with that lady?”
    Gemma
didn’t respond.
    “Tell
me, Gemma.   You tell me.”
    She
was not going to keep any secrets from Sal.   “Reno saw you with the sister-in-law and he followed you.   He called and told me where you were.”  
    “He
called you?   Why that fucking snitch!”
    “He’s
no snitch, Sal.   He looks out for me like
that, and you know it.   He doesn’t want
you to break my heart.”
    Sal
looked at her.   “Break your heart?”   He held her tighter.   “I’ll break my own heart and a million others
before I break yours.”
    Gemma
smiled.   “I know,” she said, and held on
even tighter.

 
    The
door to Reno Gabrini’s massive office at the PaLargio Hotel and Casino flew
open, and Sal Gabrini, massively angry, hurried in.   Reno’s secretaries and assistants came in
behind him, assuring Reno that they did everything in their power to stop this
intrusion.   But Reno stood up and waved
them off.   “It’s okay,” he reassured his
staff.
    “Now
get the fuck out of here!” Sal ordered them.  
    Because
they knew the power Sal Gabrini wielded too, they got the fuck out, closing the
door behind them just as they saw Sal continuing toward Reno’s desk.
    “Settle
down, Sal,” Reno warned him as he continued to approach.
    “Settle
down my ass,” Sal said, still approaching.   “You called my wife on bullshit like that?   Really, Reno?   You called my wife, got her upset and scared, because you saw me with
some dame?   And you’re telling me to
settle down?    I’ve got your settle down
right here, you bastard!” Sal pushed his older cousin’s chest with the force of
both of his hands, causing Reno to stumble back.   But then Reno regained his balance, hurried
forward, and pushed Sal right back.   And
just as they used to do constantly as little kids, these two big men, titans of
industry, were now deadlocked into a wrestling match, with each man gaining and
losing ground as they stumbled around the office seeking to break the
stalemate.   It wasn’t until they fell
against the desk and Reno was able to pin Sal on top of it, did the tussling
cease.
    “Settle
your ass down,” Reno ordered him.
    “Let
me go!” Sal ordered back.  
    “For
what?   So that you can beat me up, and I
beat you back, and we keep it going all day long?   I’m too busy and so are you.   So let’s call it a draw and give it a rest,
Sal.   Neither one of us have time for
this shit.”
    When
Sal gave a weak nod, Reno released him.
    Sal
jerked away from Reno’s grasp just as he loosened it, but he didn’t try to
challenge him again.   Because Reno was
right, and he knew it.   Both men
straightened their expensive suits, and then Sal walked over to Reno’s floor-to-ceiling
window and looked out.
    Reno
looked at Sal.   This was much more than
just his anger over telling Gemma about that woman, although that woman might
be