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

have pancakes?”

For the first time in his adult life, Damen smiled at a child.

“I will find a way to have pancakes.”

Three days in the Cambridge safe house felt like time holding its breath.

Damen did not leave the property. Eli handled outside calls. Joey worked the Marcus problem from a borrowed office in Brighton. Theo stood watch.

Inside that small continue reading …