Respect: An Infidelity Stand-alone Novel

Sometimes she is…feisty.”Carmine’s laugh filled the room, echoing from the bookshelves to the walls. A man who once helped me asked me for assistance. It’s a debt—a favor. She’s a Costello. After all, you have been negotiating with others and not with me.”Loyalties?“I assure you that my loyalties—”“Words. “Son, you want my help. We’ve been called worse. I love Angelina, and her happiness is my goal. “Trust, Oren. I’d lived around it, even before Angelina. “Feisty…good word. You do want me to be happy, don’t you?”He has a job? “Sir?”“I want you to accompany Vincent to California.”I clenched my jaw and immediately regretted the knee-jerk reaction. Will you make me happy?”“Sir, our marriage is healthy. It’s all words until I see evidence with my own eyes.”“May I ask,” I began, “what this job will entail?”Carmine shrugged. “No, sir, I’d be happy to go to California.”“I’ve never asked you to help the family