Back in Tommy’s office, Don spreads the manifest and the ledger across the desk again, this time with the family crowded close. The second page of payment records catches the light beside the red-circled notation.
Thomas "Tommy" Capozzi
That mark lines up with the payment date. Not a warning. A routing tag.
Vincenzo "Vinny" Capozzi
So somebody wasn’t just leaking, they were steering a shipment.
Joseph "Joey" Capozzi
He tracks the circled line with one thick finger, jaw tightening as the dates match up.
Tommy flips the pages fast, stops hard, and taps a payment entry against the circled mark. The numbers align. The shipment was meant for a rival syndicate, passed through Delaro’s channel like a handoff.
Victoria "Vicky" Capozzi
That is not a mistake. That is a deal.
The office goes still. Don has the shape of it now, the red mark not as caution, but as a promise fulfilled to someone waiting on the other side of the docks.
“I ask who the payment line leads to”
SUCCESS (Good Investigation, rolled -1)
Donatello "Don" Capozzi
Who does that payment line lead to?
Tommy stops paging through the ledger and turns the page toward the light. The circled mark sits against a code on the margin, then a name in the column beside it.
Thomas "Tommy" Capozzi
Delaro routed it to the Rinaldi crew. That line goes to their westside drop.
Vincenzo "Vinny" Capozzi
So the accomplice is one of theirs, or someone feeding them through Delaro.
Victoria "Vicky" Capozzi
Westside drop. That narrows the mouth of the trap.
The answer lands clean, but the paper tears a little under Tommy’s thumb as he grips it too hard. Outside the office door, a muted knock repeats once, then stops.
Quest Complete
Identify the traitor's accomplice
New Gift: Infernal Intuition