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She took a sip of her drink, while Tatiana finished her glass, and then she coughed and wheezed.Liana knew this was a bad idea.Girls’ lunch was about having fun and then enjoying the spa.Today, that was not going to happen.Each of her friends drank the whiskey, and she didn’t know when she stopped feeling bad.It was like a sudden hit that came to her, and it no longer felt wrong to drink, and her body was a little numb.One glass turned into two, and with them all sharing the bottle, Tatiana ordered a second bottle.She did not see the trouble with them having whiskey, and they were laughing and giggling about their husbands and the fact they were in love with them.
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“Liana killed someone?”Diego asked.
Enzo Jr.swung his golf club, the ball went hurtling across the field, and he turned to look at Diego.
“Is this why you asked me to golf?To get the gossip on my little sister?”
“No, I asked you to golf because I know you’re fucking bad at it, and let’s face it, no one can hear us.”
Enzo Jr.shrugged.“So, Liana has finally been spilling secrets.”
“She doesn’t know if she killed someone or not.”
They started walking toward the green where Enzo Jr.had landed his ball.
The guy was trying to get the ball to go in the opposite direction.Diego wasn’t much for golf, but he knew how to play.Business could be conducted during a game of golf.
“Liana has not killed a soul, and I don’t want you telling her anything different,” Enzo Jr.said.
“Tell me the truth then.”
“Liana killed a man.An enemy, several years ago.She had a gun, and she fired it, and if she hadn’t done that, I would have been shot.My sister saved my life, and I am indebted to her.”
“Why can’t she know?”
“Do you think she will be able to handle the fact that she killed someone?”Enzo Jr.asked.“Don’t get me wrong, my sister is a tough cookie.Mom, Dad, and I made sure she was a free spirit, but even death affects everyone.Liana is the same.She saved me, but to do that, she had to kill a man.”
“She knows how to shoot?”
Enzo Jr.laughed.“She knows how to shoot and how to hunt, although she doesn’t like killing animals.I should warn you of that.”
Diego tapped his fingers onto his hips.“What else does she like?”
Enzo Jr.lifted his golf club as if to swing and then stopped and turned to look at him.“Have you brought me here to help you woo my sister?”
“You know what she likes.What she doesn’t like.You could help me.”
He laughed.“And why would I want to do that?”
“You love your sister, and you know there is no way I am going to divorce her.”
Enzo Jr.laughed.“Ah, but you gave her conditions, and trust me, I know my sister and she is going to piss you off until you agree to divorce her ass.You have put yourself in the hot seat, Mister, and I hate to break it to you, there is no easy way out of it.”
“I will never divorce your sister unless she turns into a rat and betrays the mafia, but then, even you and your father would have to consider your position, because she would be turning on you.”
He watched as her brother sighed.“You make some very valid points, and I don’t like it, but I don’t see what harm there could be if I give you a few tips to help you make amends with my sister.”
Diego couldn’t help but smile.If Enzo Jr.needed to come up with some way of making this agreeable to him, then he was all for it.Just so long as he got to learn more about Liana and how he could win her back.
He had no doubt that come the harsh light of day, or a morning with her friends, she was not going to be happy having sex with him, not once but twice.So, he wanted to be prepared.
“Liana loves everyday things.She is not much of a shopper.In fact, she hates going clothes shopping.Don’t get me wrong, she loves clothes, and once she finds something she likes, she will order it in every shade.She does not like to fiddle with what she knows.”
Diego had noticed this.In the six months they had been married, the few occasions he took her shopping, he’d been the one to insist they go, because he assumed that was what she would like.He had been so wrong.
“Let me think, what next, she loves to shoot guns.She doesn’t like actual moving targets, as you know, but she does like to shoot and be able to defend herself.She doesn’t like to be thought of as weak.”
