A pause. In the background, he heard the faint shing of a blade being sharpened. The woman’s name was Sonya Araya. She ran the Araya crime family out of a monastery in the Bronx. She was known for two things: an obsession with antique Japanese metallurgy, and the fact that she had never broken a contract.
“He stole from me,” Sonya said. “A data cylinder. The kind that holds the accounting of every High Table tithe for the last three years. He tried to sell it to the Ruska Roma.”
Carmine closed his eyes. He had seen that man work once, in Minsk. It had taken three days to scrub the blood out of the grout.
Enzo grinned through broken teeth. “Empty. I swapped it for a paperweight three days ago. The real one is with the Ruska Roma already.”
“Then you have a dispute,” Carmine said. “Take it to the Adjudicator.”
He picked up the phone again.
A pause. In the background, he heard the faint shing of a blade being sharpened. The woman’s name was Sonya Araya. She ran the Araya crime family out of a monastery in the Bronx. She was known for two things: an obsession with antique Japanese metallurgy, and the fact that she had never broken a contract.
“He stole from me,” Sonya said. “A data cylinder. The kind that holds the accounting of every High Table tithe for the last three years. He tried to sell it to the Ruska Roma.” the continental: from the world of john wick libvpx
Carmine closed his eyes. He had seen that man work once, in Minsk. It had taken three days to scrub the blood out of the grout. A pause
Enzo grinned through broken teeth. “Empty. I swapped it for a paperweight three days ago. The real one is with the Ruska Roma already.” She ran the Araya crime family out of
“Then you have a dispute,” Carmine said. “Take it to the Adjudicator.”
He picked up the phone again.
