FIFTY | SHADES OF DOUBT
Luca
As he’d promised, Keaton produced his brother, and on a sunny Wednesday morning, Gio and I sat across from them in my office. Keaton still wore his signature nervous demeanor while Karl didn’t seem to have a care in the world.
“So, where have you been?” I asked Karl.
“Away.”
“Away where?”
“Away from the territory.”
Keaton punched Karl in the shoulder, hard, making his little brother grimace with pain.
“Cut the s**t and answer his questions. I’m tired of taking the heat for you, so act like you’ve got some sense and stop being a d**k!”
It sounded like a conversation I would have with Gio or Matt any day of the week; brothers tended to cut straight to the bone.
“I was hiding. Me and my mate,” Karl advised.
“Where a
