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Chapter 23

           DuringhisexilehehadalwaysthoughtofKay,thoughhefelttheycouldneveragainbeloversorevenfriends.Hewas,afterallwassaid,amurderer,aMafiosowhohad"madehisbones."ButnowKaywaswipedcompletelyoutofhisconsciousness.

           Fabrizziosaidbriskly,"I’llgotothevillage,we’llfindoutabouther.Whoknows,shemaybemoreavailablethanwethink.There’sonlyonecureforthethunderbolt,eh,Calo?"

           Theothershepherdnoddedhisheadgravely.Michaeldidn’tsayanything.Hefollowedthetwoshepherdsastheystarteddowntieroadtothenearbyvillageintowhichtheflockofgirlshaddisappeared.

           Thevillagewasgroupedaroundtheusualcentralsquarewithitsfountain.Butitwasonamainroutesothereweresomestores,wineshopsandonelittlecafewiththreetablesoutonasmallterrace.TheshepherdssatatoneofthetablesandMichaeljoinedthem.Therewasnosignofthegirls,notatrace.Thevillageseemeddesertedexceptforsmallboysandameanderingdonkey.

           Theproprietorofthecafecametoservethem.Hewasashort,burlyman,almostdwarfishbuthegreetedthemcheerfullyandsetadishofchickpeasattheirtable."You’restrangershere,"hesaid,"soletmeadviseyou.Trymywine.Thegrapescomefrommyownfarmandit’smadebymysonsthemselves.Theymixitwithorangesandlemons.It’sthebestwineinItaly."

           Theylethimbringthewineinajuganditwasevenbetterthanheclaimed,darkpurpleandaspowerfulasabrandy.

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