"I did," Gene said, opting to confirm Nelo's assertion so that he could get a better handle on the man he'd be...helping. If helping was in fact the right word for it. He did like to give Dante a hard time, but he was also genuinely interested in doing Nelo and Dante a good turn.

"And no, we don't know each other. You're...Dante's brother, right?" And this was the point where Gene was going to watch Nelo's face carefully, to see how he reacted to bringing up Dante.