"Tony and Marcello came here last night after you had fallen asleep."
I was slightly surprised that Alexander's close men had come here at night. I didn't bother asking what they had come for since Alexander was already going to explain.
"After I had discovered you had left the house," Alexander shot me a disapproving look which I had the grace to look chagrined at. "I had immediately phoned my fratello to inform him of your disappearance, but you had returned before I could say anything. Worried, he and Marcello wanted to come but couldn't because they had been engaged in something they couldn't leave."
Alexander inhaled deeply and clenched his hands briefly. "You know that there is a traitor in our midst, and my father was aware?"
I nodded my head. I had been there when the three Ita
