[He nods a bit stiffly. The topic of the Don is something he indeed doesn't really want to get too far into.] They were. Barbos and I got along very well--in a personal sense as well as a business sense. He got too ambitious for his own good, however. Brought it on himself.

I fear that's something I see with my clients over and over again. They become too confident in their resources, create some grandiose plot to get rid of their enemies, and then find themselves in trouble. Personally, I try not to stay aligned with any side for long to avoid that fallout. Much safer to outsmart and utilize my enemies than to eliminate them.

[He laughs.] They're adopted. Though, for the record, I'm thirty-six. Not old.