The men stood in the large room with their arms raised above their heads as Nikolai's armed men searched them. "As if we'd be stupid enough to pack something on us," Gianni growled. "It's just precaution," one of the men said to him. The men led them to a large circular table in the center of the warehouse.

"Have a seat. Don't move," one of the men said as he took a step back. They sat next to one another anxiously waiting. Soon Nikolai came bursting down the stairs with an entourage of his men behind him. "Fuckin' A, the Petrillo boys actually came," Nikolai said grinning as he walked...