Chapter 64
The smell of alcohol in the air made it heavy. Flavius was already half-drunk, a glint of indifference in his eyes and his speech slurred. Salvatore Dixon, by contrast, sat calmly, but every muscle in his body was on alert.
Salvatore slowly lifted his glass, then set it back down on the table without taking a drink. He looked at Flavius and began in a soft voice,
"It's been a long time, Flavius. Time changes things, doesn't it?"
Flavius smiled wryly.
"Time changes everything, Salvatore. People, relationships, even enmity."
Salvatore nodded lightly.
"Remember the old days? Back then, business was about accounts, words, and trust."
Flavius took a sip of his drink and chuckled.
"Trust is still there. It's just in a different place."
Salvatore didn't like the answer, but h
