Three days later, on New York’s morning news:
[Exclusive: Wolfe Family Shipping Group Suffers Devastating Blow Within 72 Hours. Seven of its main cargo vessels have been detained simultaneously at ports in Naples, Marseille, and Gibraltar. The detaining authority is Italy’s financial police, citing suspected money laundering and smuggling. A spokesperson for Wolfe Group declined to comment.]
I sat in the chair outside the hospital room.
Santino was propped against the headboard, scrolling through the news on a tablet with one hand. When he finished reading, he looked up.
“Vivi. Wolfe’s ships got detained. Was that you?”
“No. That was the Italian financial police.”
“The financial police just happened to detain seven Wolfe ships for no reason?”
“Not for no reason. Three days ago, some
