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Chapter 23

           Thecafeownershrugged,morewarystill,knowinghewasnotdealingwithsomefarmboy."Whoareyouandwhatdoyouwantfrommydaughter?"

           WithoutevenhesitatingMichaelsaid,"IamanAmericanhidinginSicily,fromthepoliceofmycountry.MynameisMichael.Youcaninformthepoliceandmakeyourfortunebutthenyourdaughterwouldloseafatherratherthangainahusband.InanycaseIwanttomeetyourdaughter.Withyourpermissionandunderthesupervisionofyourfamily.Withalldecorum.Withallrespect.I’manhonorablemanandIdon’tthinkofdishonoringyourdaughter.Iwanttomeether,talktoherandthenifithitsusbothrightwe’llmarry.Ifnot,you’llneverseemeagain.Shemayfindmeunsympatheticafterall,andnomancanremedythat.ButwhenthepropertimecomesI’lltellyoueverythingaboutmethatawife’sfathershouldknow."

           Allthreemenwerelookingathimwithamazement.Fabrizziowhisperedinawe,"It’stherealthunderbolt."Thecafeowner,forthefirsttime,didn’tlooksoconfident,orcontemptuous;hisangerwasnotsosure.Finallyheasked,"Areyouafriendofthefriends?"

           SincethewordMafiacouldneverbeutteredaloudbytheordinarySicilian,thiswasascloseasthecafeownercouldcometoaskingifMichaelwasamemberoftheMafia.Itwastheusualwayofaskingifsomeonebelongedbutitwasordinarilynotaddressedtothepersondirectlyconcerned.

           "No,"Michaelsaid."I’mastrangerinthiscountry."

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