Gianni sat in the backseat of the town car thinking about Cara Mia and hating it. She was a light in his life and his day entailed nothing but darkness. Today was going to be difficult, because he was going to be in both types of meetings all day with Pietro and he didn't have the patience for his men or his cousin.

The first few meetings dealt with the real estate aspect of the business and would be as boring and predictable as Gianni imagined. It was his evening meetings that had him feeling some type of way.

They had two large new territories that they had taken over,...