Page 38 of Never Say Never

Benito placed a hand on my shoulder and squeezed. He didn't say anything more and neither did I. We knew it was hard, especially being so far away from my twin and my other brothers. My entire life changed before I was really ready. If given the chance all over again, I'd still give up everything I knew in order to help them. Anything for my familia.

"Did you get me any useful info?" Benito asked, getting us back on task.

"Don't insult me." I passed over the flashdrive of what I could find on the Acetos and Triads. "Qiang Zhao bought a ticket out of the country. We don't have enough to hold him, but Yor—my boss is working on getting him on the no fly list. But it means shit when he can take a private plane."

"He's running?" Benito laughed. "Sarebbe un peccato se lo lasciassi andare. È mio, posso ucciderlo."

"What do you want to do?"

"Kill him."

I nodded, knowing it was the only possibility where we all continued to thrive.

"I’ll find a way. The Acetos? Who’s leading them now?"

Benito grumbled under his breath in Italian. "I'm working on something, but they are being stubborn. That damn fool Tasso is in charge now.”

I groaned. “Tasso is a moron.”

“Yeah, but he has Qiang on his side.”

“What does Tasso want?”

Benito growled. “They’re demanding I give them a life for a life. They want my husband.”

I lifted a brow. Knowing my brother prior to being married, he'd sacrifice anyone and anything for power. Now, the look in his eyes said it all. His stance was firm.

"Harlow is a mess, but he's family. Not happening," I said.

Benito nodded.

"Guessing Dad said yes?"

"Never told him and don't plan to. I'll wipe the Aceto's off the face of the Earth before I let any of them so much as look at Harlow for too long."

I whistled. Oh, to be that in love. I had no idea how my brothers, who were stone-cold most of their lives, had relationships where they truly felt something for someone. Even Enzo was obsessed with his partner, going as far as to share his space with the man.

"How did they find out about the auction house?" Benito asked.

This was the hard part, letting my paranoid brother know his careful selection of people was flawed. He was bound to either kill everyone outside of the family or go on on a rampage. The latter, he hadn't done in a while.

"We have a rat."

"Who?"

I rolled my shoulders. "Right now, I've narrowed it down to five potential people."

Benito nodded, encouraging me to go on.

"Melony Thomas, Chelsea Bennet, your secretary Ashley, Marianna Dega, and Teresa Hammer."

"Melony would never," Benito said with a finality.

I had to agree. They went to school together but Melony had been around us since we were teens. If there was one thing about her that we all respected, it was that she didn't fuck with cops.

"Okay, that leaves her girlfriend, your secretary, and the house cleaner. Those were the only women close enough to you to get any kind of information."

Benito scratched at his beard. "Ashley only ever gets info on the business side of things. But it isn't impossible." He tilted his head. "Chelsea isn't exactly legal, she'd be putting herself in jeopardy, unless they have a case on her?"