A Quiet Understanding

Dante

I knew something was up the second Cassian said, "I'll handle it."

That tone of his was calm and final. It meant nobody was allowed to get involved in whatever trouble he was about to deal with.

Carmela didn't say a word.

That told me everything I needed to know.

So I just stood there on the terrace outside the hall with a cigarette between my fingers watching the sun go down across the esta