Page 380 of Sinfully Savage Mafia

I clench my fists tight. Yeah, I’m ready to do whatever he asks.

Except, there’s the whole kid thing to figure out…

“How old is the kid?” I say, sudden panic gripping me. I press a hand to my forehead, my stomach clenching.

I’m a fucking assassin, not Mary Poppins!

What the hell is he thinking?

“Five months old,” he says, peering at a paper. “It’s a girl.”

“Five months?” I cry out, falling back onto the mattress. “That’s not a kid, it’s a baby! Do you realize I have never even changed a diaper? How am I going to even get this job, Uncle?”

“Anya,” he says abruptly. “You are the only one who can do this.”

“Except I really can’t! Whoever is interviewing me will see it in a hot fucking second!”

“Then you’ll have to be extra convincing,” he says. “I’m sure you can find out everything you need to know onYouTube.”

“Great,” I huff. “That’s just perfect.” I shake my head at the screen.

He levels me with a sharp glare. “Youwilldo this, Anya. It’s because of the Villani family that Ivan Volkov was damn close to driving a dagger into my skull. This job will set us up for life. They took from me, now it’s my turn to take from them for our gain.”

“Can you please give me a little bit more than that, Uncle?” I ask, expelling a sigh of exasperation. “I mean, you never even told me about this Villani family before that day at Tatiana! I need more details about this amazing scheme of yours.”

“I told you. You’ll get the information when I say you need it! Not when you say you do!”

“This is insane!” I exclaim. “I could have at least prepared if you’d have told me about this last night.”

“There are reasons for everything, Anya,” he says coldly. “And you will do what I ask because if you don’t, you will become a target for Volkov as well.” His eyes take on a threatening glare. “And don’t think that I will put my neck on the line for you if you challenge me. This is my opportunity to get what I’m due. What I’ve been waiting years for!” His lips twist into a grimace. “And you’re going to help me get it because you owe me that. Do you understand?”

I grit my teeth and nod.

He stares at me for a second before speaking. “You killing Vigo cleared a path for us, Anya. You proved that you can deliver, and my contact is impressed. He is going to get us access to the Villanis’ territories in Manhattan in exchange for information, information you will be able to gather once you get this job.”

“Are you going to tell me who your contact is?”

“It’s nobody you would have heard of,” he snaps. “But just so you feel that I’m letting you in on some of the details, I’ll tell you that he reached out to Vigo first about this plan to overtake the Villani territories. He wanted to partner with the bratva to expand his drug pipeline into other tri-state areas. Of course, Vigo jumped at it because he’s already got a big business in those areas, and bringing in more product would line his pockets as well as Volkov’s.”

“What did the contact want in exchange? What kind of information?”

“He’s got some beef with the Villani family. Said they have information he can use to get access to their territories in Manhattan for more pipelines, but he can’t get to it himself. So that’s where you come in. He needs someone to gain their trust and get close enough to get this information for him. You proved yourself to him last night with the hit on Vigo. He was pleased.”

“What kind of information am I going to be looking for?” I ask, furrowing my brow. “Like a contract or something?”

“Enough with the questions!” Uncle Boris thunders. “Get the fucking job first!”

“So I’m going to spy on this family and gain their trust under false pretenses for a guy I don’t know at all.”

A faint smile lifts Boris’s lips. “Yes. Exactly. I need them to trust you, to give you access to private areas he can’t access.”

“So you think I’ll find incriminating evidence in the nursery?” I snap sarcastically.

“As an au pair, you will be living with them, and as the caretaker of their baby, you will be left alone to investigate certain areas. You will learn their habits, listen to their conversations. There are several brothers who are in business together, and I am sure you will meet them all. Keep an ear to the ground.”

“And what exactly am I listening for?” I ask, still flabbergasted that my life is morphing intoThe Nanny Diaries. I still don’t understand how this is going to help with Volkov. What does he want with them, anyway?”

“For the last fucking time, I will let you know everything you need once you get the job!”

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