erly

ver, a man named Rocco who had been loyal to my father for thirty years, stepped out.

r opened fro

stepp

n suit that had been billed to my account. He wore a Patek Philippe watch that I ha

savings before he met me. He was a man I had lifted out of the mud

ad

e playground. Jay

an past me. He threw h

, swinging him around with a smile that

tyn said. "Did yo

"She tried to take my to

the courtyard. He saw Evalena. He s

it was as if his heart had simply stop

y," he c

toward me, then stopped dead when he saw the two guards standing behind

voice was a whisper, carried away by the

ed early,

yes wide with panic. He was silently begging her t

She squeezed his bicep, a gesture of ownership. "Darli

ied. He knew that touching another woman in front of

" he hiss

emanded, her voice rising. "T

his neck. He

ked at Eva

s piece. It had been a tribute gift from the head of the Chicago Outfit three yea

es na

s mine,

saw the necklace. He looke

d. "Let's go home. Let's t

s trying to invoke a rule he didn'

close I could smell his cologne

hovered over the neckla

away. "Don't touch me!

t Austyn.

speak. He

ell them who paid for the necklace. Tell them who paid fo

d at the

tyn's presence. "Mr. Hester, surely you aren't g

en he looked at me. He saw the darkness in my

servant," h

s. Albrig

coward,

alena tried to stop me, I didn't pull b

ain gave way wi

wn onto the concre

reamed. "M

, scrambling for the sto

the gate. They looked at me with disgust. They saw a cr

hey w