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           YouhavetoworryaboutLuca.I’llhavetoworryaboutLucaifIgoforyourdeal."

           Sollozzosaidquietly,"I’lltakecareofLuca.YoutakecareofSonnyandtheothertwokids.Listen,youcantellthemthatFreddiewouldhavegottenittodaywithhisoldmanbutmypeoplehadstrictordersnottogunhim.Ididn’twantanymorehardfeelingsthannecessary.Youcantellthemthat,Freddieisalivebecauseofme."

           FinallyHagen’smindwasworking.ForthefirsttimehereallybelievedthatSollozzodidnotmeantokillhimorholdhimasahostage.Thesuddenrelieffromfearthatfloodedhisbodymadehimflushwithshame.Sollozzowatchedhimwithaquietunderstandingsmile.Hagenbegantothinkthingsout.IfhedidnotagreetoargueSollozzo’scase,hemightbekilled.ButthenherealizedthatSollozzoexpectedhimonlytopresentitandpresentitproperly,ashewasboundtodoasaresponsibleConsigliere.Andnow,thinkingaboutit,healsorealizedthatSollozzowasright.AnunlimitedwarbetweentheTattagliasandtheCorleonesmustbeavoidedatallcosts.TheCorleonesmustburytheirdeadandforget,makeadeal.AndthenwhenthetimewasrighttheycouldmoveagainstSollozzo.

           Butglancingup,herealizedthatSollozzoknewexactlywhathewasthinking.TheTurkwassmiling.AndthenitstruckHagen.WhathadhappenedtoLucaBrasithatSollozzowassounconcerned?HadLucamadeadeal?HerememberedthatonthenightDonCorleonehadrefusedSollozzo,LucahadbeensummonedintotheofficeforaprivateconferencewiththeDon