*Tallon*
“What do you think, Vin? Should we put a few of Alessandro’s men here, just to beef up the security for a few weeks?” I turned around to see Vinny shuffling nervously from one foot to the other.
“Um, what was that?” he asked, refusing to meet my gaze.
We were examining one of our warehouses by the docks, but it was obvious that his head was not in the right space to be making important decisions. I waved my fingers in front of him.
“Come on, man, pay attention,” I snapped.
I tried hard not to pull rank with Vinny, but our life was too important to let anyone start slacking. If he couldn’t pay attention, he needed to tell me. In our line of work, our heads always had to be in the game.
“I’m sorry, I just have a lot on my mind,” he muttered. “What were you saying?”
