THE LITTLE GIRL ASKED TO SIT WITH A STRANGER—BUT HER MOTHER NEVER EXPECTED THE MAFIA BOSS TO RECOGNIZE HER FACE

is over, I want to tell her myself.”

“With me there?”

She nodded.

He understood.

Before she turned away, she stopped.

“Damen, were you ever engaged after me?”

“No.”

“Did you love anyone?”

“Never.”

She did not ask anything else.

That night, Eli called at eleven.

“Boss, I have Marcus. Warehouse in Quincy. He is putting the next move together. Callaway is moving continue reading …