Caesar DeLuca (SAVAGE BLOODLINE) by Sienne Vega EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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CAESAR
There’s a line in the Bible that says every prudent man acts with
knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.
I’m not religious beyond my Italian Catholic heritage, and I damn sure
ain’t a saint by any stretch of the imagination. But I’ve always believed that
line to be a fact of life. Wise men are measured and have foresight; fools
don’t think at all, they act and then boast. They’re loud and obnoxious
because they think it gives them the upper hand.
They’re fools that are always surprised when the tables turn.
As I sit among my inner circle and we raise our glasses for a toast, I’m
reminded of that fact. The table has finally turned against Alfredo Carisi,
my family’s most threatening rival in Atlantic City.
For almost two decades, his family moved in on my family’s territory.
The DeLucas were once royalty in Atlantic City, dating all the way back to
my grandfather Arnaldo’s ambitious undertakings. He branched off from the
various empires the DeLucas had built in other parts of the country—and
the world—so that he could establish dominance in New Jersey’s Las
Vegas.
It worked. Grandpa Arnaldo opened up the successful casino known as
the Crown. People flocked from all over the city and country just to walk
the plush carpets and be dazzled by the sparkly slot machines.
But when Ermanno DeLuca, my grandfather’s brother and previous Don
of the family, was murdered in cold blood by the Saldano family, everything
changed. The DeLucas were pulled into a brutal war with the Saldanos and
another family by the name of Bianchi. Our influence in some territories
was damaged.
In Atlantic City, the Carisis took advantage. They moved back into our
territory as the Crown struggled to keep momentum and my father, the
DeLuca capo over the region, suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of fiftytwo.
For years, it seemed nothing would ever destabilize the Carisis’ run.
Alfredo Carisi rose to prominence around the same time I was coming up
the ranks. He made no secret of how proud he was the Carisis had bested
the DeLucas. He flaunted their win and hefty profits, thinking nobody
would ever come for his spot.
He never met anybody like me—the long-game type, the wait, study,
and observe type that lurks in the shadows and then takes over.
I raise the toast to the rest of the table, and we all sip on our alcoholic
beverages. Everybody from my closest confidants like Rocky and Vasco to
my newest business associates like Bacardi Silva and Sergio Malcone. The
latter two are happy to conduct business with me instead of Alfredo because
I’m decent enough to offer them a fair price.
Not only is Alfredo Carisi a fool, he’s a cheap fool who wants to stiff his
allies.
I welcome them into the fold. I treat them to dinner at the nicest Italian
restaurant in the city, Napoli. Later, they’ll be treated to the VIP game tables
at the Crown.
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