Next Steps

Almost as if on cue, there was a knock on the door. 

Hester only entered after Julian confirmed it was safe to. He brought along a rather large briefcase.

"I wasn't sure what was required so I brought along a few things." Shifting away from the door frame, he set the briefcase in a corner before casting a glance at the boss lying in the hospital bed. 

"Before things go any further, Jovani and I need to go have a chat." She handed her phone off to Hester before indicating for the Vedova Near boss to follow. 

"Do we really have to have this conversation right now?" Jovani barely waited for the hospital room door to close before speaking.

"Yes because there's going to be a lot going on coming up and we need to agree on a few things." 

"Samuel will be fine. There's no reason to hem and haw over this." He didn't wait to hear what she said before brushing her off. He was beginning to get uncannily good at reading her. He needed to stop that.