Charlie wasn't too keen about Angela going to New York because she was still healing, and he had a feeling that something bad was going to happen. It was her who told him over lunch with Giovanni and Gael at the table. For a few seconds, there was only silence that you could hear a pin drop. Then Charlie gave Gael an undesirable stare as if he believed that Gael forced her to go to New York with them.
Gael loosened the neckline of his shirt, feeling the pressure of the older man's stare. Having faced many fellow mafiosos and criminals over the years, there was nothing like Charlie's judgment that made Gael want to kneel and ask for forgiveness for breaking his daughter's innocence and getting involved with him. Gael swallowed hard and opened his mouth to speak, but Angela beat him to it.
"I asked Gael if I could go with him…"
