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“And it didn’t work.”

“No,” he shakes his head. “It didn’t.”

Dino hadn’t been behind the attack on Luna at the farm. It had been an act of violence that seemingly didn’t have a root cause. A motorcycle gang war gone wrong.

But he’d told the Irish afterwards about her, and about Caterina.

That was why he did it. To start a fire to distract this cop from his family.

“So, what did you do next?”

“I went to the only person who could fix it,” Dino says dully. “I went to Marco. I told him about the girls and… her,” he whispers.

It’s fascinating that he hasn’t revealed her name yet.

“And he said that he would do it. He’d testify and make the deal. But in exchange, none of us were going to be touched. He would give them information on a different case. A different organization. And we would all stay free.”

My eyes widened. “Marco offered to narc?”

This is bad.

I would rather that he would be dead.

Dino’s face is angry, and I know he feels the same way.

“He did. For me. To keep my girls safe. To keep all of us from getting locked away. Marco offered to testify for one reason and one reason only, Sal. To keep all of us out of jail.”

“So why is Marco in Ireland?” Gia interjects.

Dino glances at her. “Marco isn’t doing anything here other than biding time until the trial.”

“Trial?”

I realize what he’s saying about two seconds before he says it.

“Marco’s in witness protection.”

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GIA

I stare at Sal’s brother in shock.

“Witness protection?” I hiss. I want to screech it louder than that, but I’m not sure who is in the little shop below. “Witness protection? Seriously?”

“Yeah.” Dino glares at me. “Seriously.”

Dino and I don’t like each other.

It’s pretty much just how it goes.

Since day one of meeting, we haven’t gotten along.

And I see no reason to change that now.

There’s so much to unpack with what he told us. My mind starts to go through it, and I still can’t believe what he’s saying.

He has kids.