Bellissimo Rilascio (Beautiful Release): The Family Series #3 Read Online Free PDF

ask me the questions you want the answers to, or are you going to continue to rot your liver every night?” Lynsey and her goddamn perception. I was fine living in my mind at the moment.
     
    “I’ll take my chances with liver rot.”
     
    “Stubborn ass. She’s in Miami with her family. Healing.”
     
    I hold my glass up in a mock cheers and down the liquid. I look across my club and see it’s time to close. “You working this weekend?”
     
    “I don’t have anywhere else to be.”
     
    “You could go to Miami.”
     
    “I could, but she needs time and space. Not reminders and regrets.”
     
    “See you.” I know being dismissive of her is a dick move, but I need solace right now.
     
    She is back in Miami.
     
    Healing.
     
    With him.
     
    The unknown was better than the scenarios running through my head.
     
    Her.
     
    Him.
     
    Together as one.
     
    Planning for the future.
     
    Every fucking thought killed me. I thought I was done bleeding over her. Not. Even. Close.
     
    I went to lock the door after the last employee left, and a man that looked familiar came through. “Mr. De Luca?” I knew he was being polite by posing it as a question. I’d seen that ploy too many times in my life.
     
    “You know who I am, but I’m at a disadvantage as I have no clue who you are or what you’re doing here.”
     
    His chuckle flows from him easily, and it didn’t set me on edge. He respected the straight shooter in me. Fucking Mob at my door. “Gino Rossi. The Costa family sent me to talk to you.”
     
    “I have nothing to say. That part of my life is over.” The Costa family is known for its ruthless endeavors. The families had abandoned Indian Shores. The respect Joseph Agosto had was notorious.
     
    “I’m sure we could change your mind. You have something we want and would be willing to compensate you very well. You know how this works, Heath.”
     
    The underlying threat. I was waiting for that. “I do. You know how it works too, or you wouldn’t be here asking. Agosto Family is no longer in play, so Costa is looking for new territory. Nobody here to stop him. You also know even though there is no active family, I still have many connections and can use them at any time. Now, I’ll repeat again, I want no part of what you’re offering.”
     
    “At least let me come in for a drink. And no hard feelings, but I will tell you, the Costa family isn’t looking to take over this territory. But if we were, you’d be treated like every other patron, connected or not.”
     
    And the not so subtle threat.
     
    If they move on this territory, I’ll pay in cash or blood. Pay for protection or there won’t be any. “Come in. Tell me your poison.”
     
    “Scotch. Neat.” Over the next hour, details were hammered out, promises and assurances made. Ones I could live with. I had no ties to the family, cleaned their money, and got paid. Well.
     
    I had nothing to lose, so I shook his hand with no remorse. I resigned to this decision and thought about where I could go when I retired in ten years, because with the cut they offered me, I’d triple my revenue and pay in three month’s time.
     
    As I climb into bed, I try not to think of how Bianca would feel about my business dealings. She’d hate it. She hated the Mob and everything it stood for. She grew up in it, and she has every right to feel the way she does. My mentality isn’t so black and white, but the life didn’t take my dad. It didn’t destroy the love of my life. She lost much more than she gained, so I can understand her bitterness. And as childish as it is, I get some satisfaction knowing I’m doing something that she would hate. Kind of evens the playing field. Tit for tat. Immature, but honest.
     
     

     
     
    Two months pass, and I’m raking in the dough. Money doesn’t fill the emptiness my life has become. I was never greedy and didn’t need the money when I took the deal. I just needed to feel anything but