long, so I’ll cut to the chase:
Federico is dead, Matt killed him.”
“ Matt’s alive?” Dan said,
sounding shocked, probably already knowing about Federico from
Honey.
“ Yes, and a Donatelli
spy.”
“ He’s what?!”
“ It’ s true; he’s been playing us all for
fools. And why didn’t you tell me about Sarah being a plant?” I
said, using Honey’s real name.
He went quiet.
“ Dan,” I hissed out. “I don’t
have much time on the phone. Understand this: I have tricked Frano
D’Angelo into believing I’m his lover. He trusts me now, but he
won’t if he catches me on his phone talking to you. Now, tell me
why I wasn’t told about Sarah being a plant.”
“ My boss suspected you were the
spy, not Matt. I told him I didn’t think you were, but he wasn’t
convinced, so he told me to have a fake family come in and give you
their sob story about Sarah. I had to convince you to take this job
any way I could. Don’t be angry with me; you still needed to take
the job. I wanted to prove that you weren’t the spy; I just didn’t
expect it was Matt. He ... God, how could he be a
Donatelli?”
“ He’s a very accomplished liar,”
I spat out, still furious with my pretend husband. “I lived with
him and didn’t even suspect a thing. He had the D’Angelos and
Federico fooled too, but that’s not why I’m calling. A war has
broken out amongst the families on the island. Christo Donatelli
has murdered two of Pedro Landi’s daughters with the help of the
Rosso family, and as a result, the Landi have taken up arms. The
D’Angelo house is now under lockdown with the Landi guarding it.
We’re basically prisoners in here, so whatever you do; do not have
anyone approach the house. The Landi are dangerous and extremely
volatile right now.”
“ I kno w. The plant in the Santini household
informed us about the situation. The agents have been told to
observe only. Here is Julio Rodriquez’s number if you need to
contact him.” He rattled it off. “He’s heading the team on the
island. And if you can, get out of the D’Angelo house and head
straight for Julio. I don’t want you in the middle of a Mafioso war. We can take
out the Black Russian another way.”
“ I’m fine; Frano will protect
me. He’s under the delusion I’m someone called Sophia Salvi, an old
lover of his.”
Dan went quiet, making me grit my teeth.
He bloody knew; his silence proof that the FBI had been using me; I
just didn’t know for what purpose.
“ I have heard of her,” Dan finally
said. “She died seven years ago.”
You lying son of a bitch! “Apparently I look
like her,” I said, forcing my voice to stay steady.
“ A lucky
coincidence .”
“ Yes ,” I replied, clenching my fist,
wondering what part he had in the mindfuck the FBI had done on me.
I just wished I could recall everything, because my memory was
still only returning in bits and pieces. Noise came from outside
the room. “I have to go, someone’s coming.” I hung up without a
goodbye, watching as Frano entered. I walked over to him, taking
the clothes out of his arms.
“ Was that the FBI?” he
asked.
“ Yes, they won’t storm the
house. Dan gave me the number of the man who is leading the team.
They are already here on the island.”
“ Did you find out anything
else?”
“ Dan knows I’m Sophia. He didn’t
say it, but I could tell by his voice that he was lying. And I
wasn’t told about Honey because they thought I was a mafia spy.
They didn’t suspect Matt at all.”
Frano breathed out. “Okay. I
need to call the Santini. Alessandro said his famiglia are refusing to back down to
the Landi. They are too hotheaded to listen to reason, though
luckily they have already gotten some of the Rossos off the
island.” He headed for the phone, muttering that Alessandro’s
oldest brother was now after Pedro Landi’s blood, because of the
death of Camila’s sister.
Understanding he was busy, I quickly got
dressed, enjoying the