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

near Tufts.

About a girl who liked books better than flowers.

About a black sedan outside her building.

About a young man too afraid to do anything but lie.

About the rainy night in June when he made the wrong choice for the right reason.

And about the day, eight years later, when a little girl in a navy raincoat walked across a restaurant floor and asked continue reading …