The LoveI nodded slowly, trying to understand. Something was happening, something Jack couldn’t trust to the Families. Something ... “Do your parents know?”
Jon pursed his lips, shaking his head.
I remembered the funeral, how his mother wailed in anguish, the grief and despair on his father’s face. I whispered, “Good gods, Jon! Can you not tell them?”
Jon said, just as softly, “For the first time in a hundred years, Hart has threatened war against Diamond. Precisely because Jack told you the truth.” He relaxed into his chair, his eyes far away. “And there’s more. But he can no longer trust his Family. Not yet.”
So Jack had a plan. “And your other brothers?”
Jon shook his head, not meeting my eye.
His older brothers believe he’s dead. “Tony knows the truth. I told him the night of the
