Lance walked up to him and patted his shoulder, "Need me to do something for you?"
"He's run off!" Alberto cursed repeatedly, "Someone told me he's run back to Sumuli Island!"
Lance sat next to him, "That's a good thing, at least he didn't become the new Family Head."
Alberto snorted, "Him? As if."
It wasn't a shake of the head, it was more of a head toss, "Unless nearly everyone in the Pasiletto Family is dead, he would never be in line. Not a chance!"
"So he ran off early!"
The inheritance of the Pasiletto Family was governed by rules, not everyone could become the Family Head. Even Mueller wasn't qualified to become the Family Head after Paul's death, though he, too, was dead.
Only his son could inherit the position of Family Head, and if his sons were also dead, the dead-extinct kind, then his wife would temporarily assume the position of the Family Head but wouldn't really exercise the responsibilities, just as a symbol.
