THE MAFIA BOSS SLAPPED A SHY WAITRESS OVER A STOLEN WATCH — THEN SHE CALLED HER FATHER AND HE REALIZED HE HAD HIT THE WRONG GIRL

left side of her face burning with white-hot pain. Blood filled her mouth where her teeth had cut into her cheek. For a moment, the whole room blurred beneath a high ringing sound in her ears.

But she did not cry.

Something inside her went very still.

The shyness she had worn for eight months — the lowered eyes, the soft voice, the careful harmlessness continue reading …