Taking Things Further

Jovani's muddled brain couldn't understand what the other was fussing about. He came, he saw, he watched for a while but nothing horrible about the situation struck him in the face. What did Alonso anticipate as the proper reaction? Scolding? Chaos breaking lose? Hmph. Jovani tilted his head back to look at the ceiling. If it that were the case, he brought the wrong person in to review this matter.

The drugged Vedova Nera boss hardly cared about what happened to himself; why would be care about what his younger cousin did so long as it wasn't anything immediately fatal?

Certainly the nose in the room would be a lot to contend with, but Samuel actual bore a smile for more than a few seconds. Not an entirely genuine one but it looked better than that sullen expression that had been glued to the kid's face ever since he got there.