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

there is no coming back.”

He was silent.

“Then what do you want me to do?”

“Take him alive. Give him to the police. Hand him back to Callaway with a fist around his neck if you have to. But not in a body bag.”

He looked at her for a long moment.

Then he nodded once.

“All right. I will listen.”

It was the first time in his adult life he altered an order because continue reading …