Rapture (BOUND BY SIN #3) by Anna Argento EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Gabriel
A well-read man is a powerful man.
My grandfather taught me this when I was five. His guidance and love
in all things are my most enduring and beautiful memories in a life
otherwise filled with darkness.
We would sit in this very garden, flanked by palm trees and tropical
foliage, the faint scent of jasmine and briny bay water in the humid tropical
air. The imposing, Mediterranean-style stucco mansion cast much-needed
shade on us while we waited for his private chef to make breakfast.
He’d drink coffee from Italy; I’d have fresh-squeezed orange juice from
one of the many groves our family owned here in Florida. Those were my
grandfather’s legitimate businesses, ones that I now run. I also have
inherited his not-so-legal ones, and in turn, have assumed all his influence
and power.
Some would say more power than my grandfather would have dared to
dream.
Back then, twenty-five years ago, the butler would emerge, carrying
four newspapers, and place them on the table. My grandfather would sort
through the stack and find the local paper with the comics for me, fold it
just so for my small hands, and hand it to me without a word. He’d dive into
the New York Times, then the Wall Street Journal and the Miami Herald.
After, he’d reach for the news sections of the Tampa Tribune.
He was a fast reader, something I eventually learned to emulate.
“Nonno,” I’d ask, “why do you read so many newspapers?”
He would take a thoughtful sip of coffee and consider me with those
hazel eyes, another thing I’ve inherited from him.
“Gabriel, a man needs to be informed about the world. He needs to
know where the power lies, and where it’s headed. It’s important to know
who is killing whom. A man needs to know the direction of the stock
market and the follies of the unwashed masses. And above all, a man like
me —men like us, Gabriel—needs to know if anyone’s in our business or
threatening our way of life. Knowledge is power, my boy. And don’t forget
books, either. They teach you much about the world. News in the morning
to prepare for your day.” He would hold up a section of the newspaper.
“And a fiction novel to tease your subconscious at night. A well-read man is
a powerful man.”
I think about this almost every day, as I sit in the same garden, drinking
Italian espresso and reading the same four newspapers he once did.
Usually I start with the New York Times—I enjoy their international
coverage—but today I’m selecting the Tampa Tribune first. My eyes scan
the bold, black headline above the fold.
“City Councilman Missing; Links To Organized Crime Revealed In
Exclusive Jailhouse Interview.”
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