Levi
I paced back and forth in front of the office windows, phone pressed to my ear. Technically, it wasn't my office—it belonged to Alonzo Levine. But now that he was gone, I was running his entire empire.
Taking over his responsibilities wasn't a drastic change from what I'd been doing before his passing last week, but it certainly felt different. I had been his consigliere, but our bond went much deeper than that.
My father had been consigliere to Alonzo's father before me, so Alonzo and I practically grew up together in this very house. We spent every day side by side, knowing that one day, we would lead this family together.
I paced restlessly in Alonzo Levine's office, now mine by default since his passing. He was just a year older than me, and now he was gone.
He had died sudde
