Chapter 21
Brian was as good as his word, staying at Leo's side after the endless funeral, stepping in to introduce himself whenever Maria's family got too upset. Or too close. Leo kept himself distracted watching his brother smiling and working the crowd even though he didn't know a single word of Romanian.
So much like their mother at times like this. Better than his big brother was, even after Leo’d spent the last twenty years working with ego-starved celebrities. He knew he wouldn't have made it through the day without Brian’s smooth, people-handling interference.
Just as he'd expected, someone had tucked the required bottle of pălincă into the coffin beside his wife. Leo didn't have to ask Ana to suspect it had been Igor, the same one everyone had been seeking approval from when th
