“Why wouldn’t he go home to Chicago?” I counter. “It would make a lot more sense. Clearly, he has been able to control things from a distance so far. I don’t know why he’d stay here and risk playing this game on your turf.”
Dima shakes his head. “His goal has always been to get back to New York City and run the Bratva here. Now that Zotov is dead and his plan is in motion, the members who defected will be even more willing to support him. It wouldn’t look good if he fled the city. It would make him look scared. He doesn’t want that.”
This is Dima’s world. He understands the mind of a don better than almost anyone.
But I understand something else that’s key here: the mind of a don’s partner.
“Vera will want him to be home. She’s pregnant with his sons. Due any day now.”
“Vera isn’t cal
